A utility watchdog is hoping a trio of state regulatory judges will reconsider their position that Ameren Illinois be granted a rate hike of $315 million. 

The Proposed Order, submitted on Oct. 8 by three ICC Administrative Law Judges, granted the utility more than 90 percent of the $334 million Ameren had requested. CUB spokesman Jim Chilsen says that in August, they filed testimony identifying what it says is about $100 million in overcharges in Ameren's proposed rate hike.

CUB claims it identified hundreds of millions of dollars in wasteful or improper spending proposed by Ameren, with a portion to be recovered through the current rate-hike request, and the rest recovered over decades to come. The ICC is scheduled to make a final ruling on the case (Docket 24-0238) before the end of the year.