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Related Parties
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Related Parties RELATED PARTIES
Service Agreements - Pursuant to service agreements, IPL and WPL receive various administrative and general services from an affiliate, Corporate Services. These services are billed to IPL and WPL at cost based on expenses incurred by Corporate Services for the benefit of IPL and WPL, respectively. These costs consisted primarily of employee compensation and benefits, fees associated with various professional services, depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment, and a return on net assets. Corporate Services also acts as agent on behalf of IPL and WPL pursuant to the service agreements. As agent, Corporate Services enters into energy, capacity, ancillary services, and transmission sale and purchase transactions within MISO. Corporate Services assigns such sales and purchases among IPL and WPL based on statements received from MISO. The amounts billed for services provided, sales credited and purchases were as follows (in millions):
IPLWPL
202020192018202020192018
Corporate Services billings$176$185$170$142$142$132
Sales credited3568483728
Purchases billed32933135810812081

As of December 31, net intercompany payables to Corporate Services were as follows (in millions):
20202019
IPL$110$112
WPL7385

ATC - Pursuant to various agreements, WPL receives a range of transmission services from ATC. WPL provides operation, maintenance, and construction services to ATC. WPL and ATC also bill each other for use of shared facilities owned by each party. The related amounts billed between the parties were as follows (in millions):
202020192018
ATC billings to WPL$108$109$106
WPL billings to ATC101311

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, WPL owed ATC net amounts of $9 million and $9 million, respectively.
In 2020, WPL received $46 million from ATC related to construction deposits WPL previously provided ATC for transmission network upgrades for West Riverside, which is substantially recorded in “Other” in Alliant Energy’s and WPL’s cash flows from investing activities.

WPL’s Sheboygan Falls Energy Facility Lease - Refer to Note 10 for discussion of WPL’s Sheboygan Falls Energy Facility lease.
IPL [Member]  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Related Parties RELATED PARTIES
Service Agreements - Pursuant to service agreements, IPL and WPL receive various administrative and general services from an affiliate, Corporate Services. These services are billed to IPL and WPL at cost based on expenses incurred by Corporate Services for the benefit of IPL and WPL, respectively. These costs consisted primarily of employee compensation and benefits, fees associated with various professional services, depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment, and a return on net assets. Corporate Services also acts as agent on behalf of IPL and WPL pursuant to the service agreements. As agent, Corporate Services enters into energy, capacity, ancillary services, and transmission sale and purchase transactions within MISO. Corporate Services assigns such sales and purchases among IPL and WPL based on statements received from MISO. The amounts billed for services provided, sales credited and purchases were as follows (in millions):
IPLWPL
202020192018202020192018
Corporate Services billings$176$185$170$142$142$132
Sales credited3568483728
Purchases billed32933135810812081

As of December 31, net intercompany payables to Corporate Services were as follows (in millions):
20202019
IPL$110$112
WPL7385
WPL [Member]  
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]  
Related Parties RELATED PARTIES
Service Agreements - Pursuant to service agreements, IPL and WPL receive various administrative and general services from an affiliate, Corporate Services. These services are billed to IPL and WPL at cost based on expenses incurred by Corporate Services for the benefit of IPL and WPL, respectively. These costs consisted primarily of employee compensation and benefits, fees associated with various professional services, depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment, and a return on net assets. Corporate Services also acts as agent on behalf of IPL and WPL pursuant to the service agreements. As agent, Corporate Services enters into energy, capacity, ancillary services, and transmission sale and purchase transactions within MISO. Corporate Services assigns such sales and purchases among IPL and WPL based on statements received from MISO. The amounts billed for services provided, sales credited and purchases were as follows (in millions):
IPLWPL
202020192018202020192018
Corporate Services billings$176$185$170$142$142$132
Sales credited3568483728
Purchases billed32933135810812081

As of December 31, net intercompany payables to Corporate Services were as follows (in millions):
20202019
IPL$110$112
WPL7385

ATC - Pursuant to various agreements, WPL receives a range of transmission services from ATC. WPL provides operation, maintenance, and construction services to ATC. WPL and ATC also bill each other for use of shared facilities owned by each party. The related amounts billed between the parties were as follows (in millions):
202020192018
ATC billings to WPL$108$109$106
WPL billings to ATC101311

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, WPL owed ATC net amounts of $9 million and $9 million, respectively.
In 2020, WPL received $46 million from ATC related to construction deposits WPL previously provided ATC for transmission network upgrades for West Riverside, which is substantially recorded in “Other” in Alliant Energy’s and WPL’s cash flows from investing activities.

WPL’s Sheboygan Falls Energy Facility Lease - Refer to Note 10 for discussion of WPL’s Sheboygan Falls Energy Facility lease.