Benefit Plans (Defined Benefit Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits Plans) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Defined benefit pension plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost		$ 2.7	$ 2.4	$ 5.4	$ 4.8
Interest cost		10.8	12.4	21.6	24.9
Expected return on plan assets		(17.5)	(15.0)	(34.9)	(30.0)
Amortization of prior service credit		(0.1)	(0.1)	(0.3)	(0.3)
Amortization of actuarial loss		8.6	9.1	17.2	18.2
Settlement losses	[1]	0.0	0.0	4.2	0.0
Total		4.5	8.8	13.2	17.6
OPEB Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost		0.9	0.9	1.7	1.7
Interest cost		1.7	2.1	3.5	4.2
Expected return on plan assets		(1.4)	(1.3)	(2.7)	(2.5)
Amortization of prior service credit		0.0	(0.1)	0.0	(0.1)
Amortization of actuarial loss		0.9	0.8	1.7	1.6
Settlement losses		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total		2.1	2.4	4.2	4.9
IPL [Member] | Defined benefit pension plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost		1.7	1.5	3.4	3.0
Interest cost		5.0	5.7	10.0	11.4
Expected return on plan assets		(8.2)	(7.1)	(16.3)	(14.1)
Amortization of prior service credit		0.0	0.0	(0.1)	(0.1)
Amortization of actuarial loss		3.7	4.0	7.4	7.9
Total		2.2	4.1	4.4	8.1
IPL [Member] | OPEB Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost		0.4	0.4	0.7	0.7
Interest cost		0.7	0.9	1.4	1.7
Expected return on plan assets		(0.9)	(0.9)	(1.9)	(1.8)
Amortization of prior service credit		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amortization of actuarial loss		0.2	0.3	0.5	0.7
Total		0.4	0.7	0.7	1.3
WPL [Member] | Defined benefit pension plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost		0.9	0.8	1.9	1.7
Interest cost		4.7	5.4	9.4	10.8
Expected return on plan assets		(7.6)	(6.6)	(15.2)	(13.1)
Amortization of prior service credit		0.0	0.0	(0.1)	(0.1)
Amortization of actuarial loss		4.1	4.4	8.2	8.8
Total		2.1	4.0	4.2	8.1
WPL [Member] | OPEB Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost		0.3	0.3	0.6	0.6
Interest cost		0.7	0.9	1.4	1.7
Expected return on plan assets		(0.1)	(0.2)	(0.3)	(0.3)
Amortization of prior service credit		0.0	(0.1)	0.0	(0.1)
Amortization of actuarial loss		0.5	0.4	1.0	0.8
Total		$ 1.4	$ 1.3	$ 2.7	$ 2.7

[1] Settlement losses related to payments made to retired executives of Alliant Energy.