Commitments And Contingencies (Other Purchase Commitments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			$ 1,230
Individual commitments incurred			1
IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			723
Individual commitments incurred			1
WPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			498
Individual commitments incurred			1
Purchased Power [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[1]		145
Purchased Power [Member] | IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[1]		144
Purchased Power [Member] | WPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[1]		1
Natural gas [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			892
Natural gas [Member] | IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			460
Natural gas [Member] | WPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			432
Coal [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[2]		117
Coal [Member] | IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[2]		76
Coal [Member] | WPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[2]		41
Other [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[3]		76
Other [Member] | IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[3]		43
Other [Member] | WPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[3]		$ 24
Forecast [Member] | DAEC PPA [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Buyout payment		$ 110

[1] Includes payments required by PPAs for capacity rights and minimum quantities of MWhs required to be purchased. As a result of an amendment to shorten the term of the DAEC PPA, Alliant Energy’s and IPL’s amounts include minimum future commitments related to IPL’s purchase of capacity and the resulting energy from DAEC through September 2020, and do not include the September 2020 buyout payment of $110 million.

[2] Corporate Services entered into system-wide coal contracts on behalf of IPL and WPL that include minimum future commitments. These commitments were assigned to IPL and WPL based on information available as of September 30, 2019 regarding expected future usage, which is subject to change.

[3] Includes individual commitments incurred during the normal course of business that exceeded $1 million at September 30, 2019.