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Condensed Parent Company Financial Statements (Condensed Balance Sheet) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:        
Other $ 116.9us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent $ 125.7us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent    
Total current assets 1,043.1us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 1,011.2us-gaap_AssetsCurrent    
Investments:        
Other 58.4lnt_OtherLongTermInvestmentsAndMarketableSecurities 57.5lnt_OtherLongTermInvestmentsAndMarketableSecurities    
Total investments 344.9us-gaap_LongTermInvestments 329.6us-gaap_LongTermInvestments    
Other assets 1,759.5lnt_DeferredChargesRegulatoryAssetsAndOtherAssetsNoncurrent 1,445.1lnt_DeferredChargesRegulatoryAssetsAndOtherAssetsNoncurrent    
Total assets 12,085.9us-gaap_Assets 11,112.4us-gaap_Assets 10,785.5us-gaap_Assets  
Current liabilities:        
Current maturities of long-term debt 183.0us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent 358.5us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent    
Commercial paper 141.3us-gaap_CommercialPaper 279.4us-gaap_CommercialPaper    
Other 262.4us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent 233.8us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent    
Total current liabilities 1,214.7us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 1,433.3us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent    
Long-term debt, net 3,606.7us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 2,977.8us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent    
Other liabilities:        
Non-current deferred tax liabilities 2,321.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 2,112.7us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent    
Other 260.1us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 273.9us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent    
Total other liabilities 3,624.0us-gaap_DeferredCreditsAndOtherLiabilities 3,218.1us-gaap_DeferredCreditsAndOtherLiabilities    
Common Equity:        
Retained earnings 1,938.0us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 1,780.7us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit    
Shares in deferred compensation trust (8.9)us-gaap_CommonStockHeldInTrust (8.0)us-gaap_CommonStockHeldInTrust    
Total common equity 3,438.7us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 3,281.4us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 3,134.9us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 3,013.0us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and equity 12,085.9us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity 11,112.4us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity    
Parent Company [Member]        
Current assets:        
Notes receivable from affiliated companies 95us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
72us-gaap_NotesReceivableRelatedPartiesCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Other 4.0us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
3.0us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Total current assets 99.0us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
75.0us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Investments:        
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries 3,753lnt_ParentCompanyInvestmentInConsolidatedSubsidiaries
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
3,585lnt_ParentCompanyInvestmentInConsolidatedSubsidiaries
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Other 15.0lnt_OtherLongTermInvestmentsAndMarketableSecurities
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
14.0lnt_OtherLongTermInvestmentsAndMarketableSecurities
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Total investments 3,768.0us-gaap_LongTermInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
3,599.0us-gaap_LongTermInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Other assets 10.0lnt_DeferredChargesRegulatoryAssetsAndOtherAssetsNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
6.0lnt_DeferredChargesRegulatoryAssetsAndOtherAssetsNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Total assets 3,877.0us-gaap_Assets
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
3,680.0us-gaap_Assets
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Current liabilities:        
Current maturities of long-term debt 0us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
250.0us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Commercial paper 141.0us-gaap_CommercialPaper
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
96.0us-gaap_CommercialPaper
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Other 29.0us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
10.0us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Total current liabilities 170.0us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
356.0us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Long-term debt, net 250.0us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
0us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Other liabilities:        
Non-current deferred tax liabilities 11.0us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
39.0us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Other 11.0us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
7.0us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Total other liabilities 22.0us-gaap_DeferredCreditsAndOtherLiabilities
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
46.0us-gaap_DeferredCreditsAndOtherLiabilities
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Common Equity:        
Common stock and additional paid-in capital 1,510us-gaap_CommonStocksIncludingAdditionalPaidInCapital
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
1,509us-gaap_CommonStocksIncludingAdditionalPaidInCapital
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Retained earnings 1,934.0us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
1,777.0us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Shares in deferred compensation trust (9.0)us-gaap_CommonStockHeldInTrust
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
(8.0)us-gaap_CommonStockHeldInTrust
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Total common equity 3,435.0us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
3,278.0us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
   
Total liabilities and equity $ 3,877.0us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
$ 3,680.0us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember