Commitments And Contingencies (Other Purchase Commitments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			$ 1,218
Individual commitments incurred			1
IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			709
Individual commitments incurred			1
WPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			478
Individual commitments incurred			1
Purchased Power [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[1]		76
Purchased Power [Member] | IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[1]		75
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			915
Natural gas [Member] | IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			508
Natural gas [Member] | WPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments			407
Coal [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[2]		110
Coal [Member] | IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[2]		68
Coal [Member] | WPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[2]		42
Other [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[3]		117
Other [Member] | IPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[3]		58
Other [Member] | WPL [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Minimum future commitments	[3]		$ 28
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 has historically entered into system-wide coal contracts on behalf of IPL and WPL that include minimum future commitments. Such commitments were assigned to IPL and WPL based on information available as of March 31, 2020 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 March 31, 2020.