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Related Parties

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Related Party Transaction [Line Items]

Related Parties

RELATED PARTIES

System Coordination and Operating Agreement - IPL and WPL are parties to a system coordination and operating agreement whereby Corporate Services serves as agent on behalf of IPL and WPL. The agreement, which has been approved or reviewed by FERC and all state regulatory bodies having jurisdiction, provides a contractual basis for coordinated planning, construction, operation and maintenance of the electric generation systems of IPL and WPL. As agent of the agreement, Corporate Services enters into energy, capacity, ancillary services, and transmission sale and purchase transactions. Corporate Services allocates a substantial portion of such sales and purchases among IPL and WPL based on invoices received from MISO, and the remaining sales and purchases based on procedures included in the agreement. The sales credited to and purchases billed to IPL and WPL for the three and nine months ended September 30 were as follows (in millions):

	IPL																WPL
	Three Months								Nine Months								Three Months								Nine Months
	2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012
Sales credited		$2				$3				$5				$7				$3				$4				$10				$10
Purchases billed	108				87				260				237				16				13				44				50

Service Agreement - Pursuant to a service agreement, 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 and a return on net assets. The amounts billed to IPL and WPL for the three and nine months ended September 30 were as follows (in millions):

	IPL																WPL
	Three Months								Nine Months								Three Months								Nine Months
	2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012
Corporate Services billings		$39				$34				$107				$97				$28				$26				$77				$76

Net intercompany payables to Corporate Services were as follows (in millions):

	IPL				WPL
	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012		September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Net payables to Corporate Services	$95		$72		$46		$40

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 for the three and nine months ended September 30 were as follows (in millions):

	Three Months								Nine Months
	2013				2012				2013				2012
ATC billings to WPL		$24				$22				$72				$67
WPL billings to ATC	2				3				9				7

WPL owed ATC net amounts of $7 million as of September 30, 2013 and $6 million as of December 31, 2012.

IPL [Member]

Related Party Transaction [Line Items]

Related Parties

RELATED PARTIES

System Coordination and Operating Agreement - IPL and WPL are parties to a system coordination and operating agreement whereby Corporate Services serves as agent on behalf of IPL and WPL. The agreement, which has been approved or reviewed by FERC and all state regulatory bodies having jurisdiction, provides a contractual basis for coordinated planning, construction, operation and maintenance of the electric generation systems of IPL and WPL. As agent of the agreement, Corporate Services enters into energy, capacity, ancillary services, and transmission sale and purchase transactions. Corporate Services allocates a substantial portion of such sales and purchases among IPL and WPL based on invoices received from MISO, and the remaining sales and purchases based on procedures included in the agreement. The sales credited to and purchases billed to IPL and WPL for the three and nine months ended September 30 were as follows (in millions):

	IPL																WPL
	Three Months								Nine Months								Three Months								Nine Months
	2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012
Sales credited		$2				$3				$5				$7				$3				$4				$10				$10
Purchases billed	108				87				260				237				16				13				44				50

Service Agreement - Pursuant to a service agreement, 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 and a return on net assets. The amounts billed to IPL and WPL for the three and nine months ended September 30 were as follows (in millions):

	IPL																WPL
	Three Months								Nine Months								Three Months								Nine Months
	2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012
Corporate Services billings		$39				$34				$107				$97				$28				$26				$77				$76

Net intercompany payables to Corporate Services were as follows (in millions):

	IPL				WPL
	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012		September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Net payables to Corporate Services	$95		$72		$46		$40

WPL [Member]

Related Party Transaction [Line Items]

Related Parties

RELATED PARTIES

System Coordination and Operating Agreement - IPL and WPL are parties to a system coordination and operating agreement whereby Corporate Services serves as agent on behalf of IPL and WPL. The agreement, which has been approved or reviewed by FERC and all state regulatory bodies having jurisdiction, provides a contractual basis for coordinated planning, construction, operation and maintenance of the electric generation systems of IPL and WPL. As agent of the agreement, Corporate Services enters into energy, capacity, ancillary services, and transmission sale and purchase transactions. Corporate Services allocates a substantial portion of such sales and purchases among IPL and WPL based on invoices received from MISO, and the remaining sales and purchases based on procedures included in the agreement. The sales credited to and purchases billed to IPL and WPL for the three and nine months ended September 30 were as follows (in millions):

	IPL																WPL
	Three Months								Nine Months								Three Months								Nine Months
	2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012
Sales credited		$2				$3				$5				$7				$3				$4				$10				$10
Purchases billed	108				87				260				237				16				13				44				50

Service Agreement - Pursuant to a service agreement, 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 and a return on net assets. The amounts billed to IPL and WPL for the three and nine months ended September 30 were as follows (in millions):

	IPL																WPL
	Three Months								Nine Months								Three Months								Nine Months
	2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012				2013				2012
Corporate Services billings		$39				$34				$107				$97				$28				$26				$77				$76

Net intercompany payables to Corporate Services were as follows (in millions):

	IPL				WPL
	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012		September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Net payables to Corporate Services	$95		$72		$46		$40

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 for the three and nine months ended September 30 were as follows (in millions):

	Three Months								Nine Months
	2013				2012				2013				2012
ATC billings to WPL		$24				$22				$72				$67
WPL billings to ATC	2				3				9				7

WPL owed ATC net amounts of $7 million as of September 30, 2013 and $6 million as of December 31, 2012.

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The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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