Nature and wildlife benefit from the wide range of programs we support in both Missouri and Illinois. Our aim is to protect, preserve and educate for future generations. The actions we’ve taken demonstrate our commitment to being a good environmental steward.
For example, Ameren Illinois created an Avian Protection Program. The program strives to make its structures safe for birds of prey to land or nest by retrofitting older lines with protective covers and making the spacing on new lines wide enough to accommodate the 5-foot wingspan of an eagle.
We physically inspected 150 circuits across our service territory where there was a heavy population of birds of prey. After those inspections, we retrofitted 1,400 structures on those circuits with plastic products to protect birds of prey and other wildlife from electrocution and averting power outages for our customers. All new structures we build are avian safe.