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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Fair Value Measurements (Fair Value Of Net Derivative Assets (Liabilities)) (Details) - Commodity Contracts [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, net derivative assets	$ 8.7	$ (32.7)	$ 17.9
Excluding FTRs [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, net derivative liabilities	2.3	43.1
FTRs [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, net derivative assets	11.0	10.4
IPL [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, net derivative assets	10.1	(1.9)	19.4
IPL [Member] \| Excluding FTRs [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, net derivative liabilities		12.3
Fair value, net derivative assets	0.1
IPL [Member] \| FTRs [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, net derivative assets	10.0	10.4
WPL [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, net derivative assets	(1.4)	(30.8)	$ (1.5)
WPL [Member] \| Excluding FTRs [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, net derivative liabilities	2.4	30.8
WPL [Member] \| FTRs [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value, net derivative assets	$ 1.0	$ 0.0