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Commitments And Contingencies (Operating Expense Purchase Obligations) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013 MW
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Individual commitments incurred | 1 |
Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) (IPL) [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Approved amount of electric power capacity (in megawatts) | 431 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 2,598 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 2,180 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | WPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 290 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Other [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 47 | [1]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Other [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 26 | [1]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Other [Member] | WPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 15 | [1]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 365 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 240 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Natural Gas [Member] | WPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 125 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Coal [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 235 | [2]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Coal [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 71 | [2]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Coal [Member] | WPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 42 | [2]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Coal [Member] | Corporate Services [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 122 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | SO2 emission allowances [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 34 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | SO2 emission allowances [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 34 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | SO2 emission allowances [Member] | WPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 0 |
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 1,917 | [3]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 1,809 | [3]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | WPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 108 | [3]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) (IPL) [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 1,808 | [3],[4]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) (IPL) [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 1,808 | [3],[4]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) (IPL) [Member] | WPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 0 | [3],[4]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant (Kewaunee) (WPL) [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 57 | [3]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant (Kewaunee) (WPL) [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 0 | [3]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant (Kewaunee) (WPL) [Member] | WPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 57 | [3]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | Other [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 52 | [3]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | Other [Member] | IPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 1 | [3]
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Purchased Power [Member] | Other [Member] | WPL [Member] |  |
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |
Minimum future commitments | 51 | [3]
[1] | Includes individual commitments incurred during the normal course of business that exceeded $1 million at March 31, 2013.
[2] | Corporate Services entered into system-wide coal contracts on behalf of IPL and WPL that include minimum future commitments of $122 million that have not been directly assigned to IPL and WPL since the specific needs of each utility were not yet known as of March 31, 2013.
[3] | Includes payments required by purchased power agreements (PPAs) for capacity rights and minimum quantities of MWhs required to be purchased.
[4] | Includes commitments incurred under an existing PPA that expires February 2014 and a new PPA completed in March 2013. The new PPA grants IPL rights to purchase 431 MWs of capacity and the resulting energy from DAEC for a term from the expiration of the existing PPA in February 2014 through December 31, 2025. If energy delivered under the new PPA is less than the targeted energy amount, an adjustment payment will be made to IPL, which will be reflected in IPL’s energy adjustment clause.

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