Ameren Corp Q2 2021 Earnings Call Summary

The following is excerpted from the question-and-answer section of the transcript.

Question: Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates LLC - Analyst : So just to sort of follow up on Jeremy's question there on the MTEP process and the transmission opportunities, which sound pretty exciting. One of the questions, I guess, that sort of comes up here is as you are aware that in Missouri there is this clean energy line. I forgot the exact name, but you're familiar with it. It's the one that's been held up by challenges to it. It seems like forever. It's not your line. It's more like a merchant line. But in general, how should we think about once MISO sort of identifies these, et cetera, the -- bringing those -- assuming that you guys get a good line of sight on opportunities for yourselves, how should we think about siting or permitting, et cetera, with respect to some of these projects in the context of that example that I've mentioned versus some of the add-ons and stuff that don't seem to have as much in the way of hurdles? Do you follow what I'm saying?

Question: Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates LLC - Analyst : Sorry, must have slipped my mind.

Question: Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates LLC - Analyst : Okay. Great. And then just finally on Illinois. I mean you mentioned in your remarks, and I'm just sort of -- do you have any sense as to whether or not something happens in the next, I guess, couple of months here? Or I mean you guys are obviously a lot closer to it than I am. I'm just sort of wondering if you had any odds on something in Illinois what those odds might be for something getting done?