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Segments Of Business (Products And Services) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Products and services 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 100.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Utility electric operations [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Products and services 81.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lnt_ElectricMember
82.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lnt_ElectricMember
84.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lnt_ElectricMember
Utility gas operations [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Products and services 15.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lnt_GasMember
14.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lnt_GasMember
13.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lnt_GasMember
Utility other [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Products and services 2.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lnt_OtherUtilityMember
2.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lnt_OtherUtilityMember
2.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= lnt_OtherUtilityMember
Other [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Products and services 2.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AllOtherSegmentsMember
2.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AllOtherSegmentsMember
1.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_AllOtherSegmentsMember