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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Operating Lease Rent Expense | Rental expenses associated with operating leases were as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Operating lease rental expenses (excluding contingent rentals) |  | $9 |  |  |  | $69 |  |  |  | $70 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $5 |  |  |  | $64 |  |  |  | $63 |
Contingent rentals (primarily related to Riverside PPA) | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4 |
|  | $9 |  |  |  | $75 |  |  |  | $75 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $5 |  |  |  | $5 |  |  |  | $69 |  |  |  | $67 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases | At December 31, 2013, future minimum operating lease payments, excluding contingent rentals, were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
Alliant Energy |  | $10 |  |  |  | $9 |  |  |  | $3 |  |  |  | $3 |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | $22 |  |  |  | $49 |
IPL | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 27 |
WPL | 6 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |
IPL [Member] |
Schedule of Operating Lease Rent Expense | Rental expenses associated with operating leases were as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Operating lease rental expenses (excluding contingent rentals) |  | $9 |  |  |  | $69 |  |  |  | $70 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $5 |  |  |  | $64 |  |  |  | $63 |
Contingent rentals (primarily related to Riverside PPA) | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4 |
|  | $9 |  |  |  | $75 |  |  |  | $75 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $5 |  |  |  | $5 |  |  |  | $69 |  |  |  | $67 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases | At December 31, 2013, future minimum operating lease payments, excluding contingent rentals, were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
Alliant Energy |  | $10 |  |  |  | $9 |  |  |  | $3 |  |  |  | $3 |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | $22 |  |  |  | $49 |
IPL | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 27 |
WPL | 6 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |
WPL [Member] |
Schedule of Operating Lease Rent Expense | Rental expenses associated with operating leases were as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Operating lease rental expenses (excluding contingent rentals) |  | $9 |  |  |  | $69 |  |  |  | $70 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $5 |  |  |  | $64 |  |  |  | $63 |
Contingent rentals (primarily related to Riverside PPA) | — |  |  | 6 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4 |
|  | $9 |  |  |  | $75 |  |  |  | $75 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $4 |  |  |  | $5 |  |  |  | $5 |  |  |  | $69 |  |  |  | $67 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases | At December 31, 2013, future minimum operating lease payments, excluding contingent rentals, were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
Alliant Energy |  | $10 |  |  |  | $9 |  |  |  | $3 |  |  |  | $3 |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | $22 |  |  |  | $49 |
IPL | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 27 |
WPL | 6 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |
WPL [Member] | Sheboygan Falls Energy Facility [Member] |
Schedule of Capital Lease Expense | Sheboygan Falls lease expenses were included in WPL’s Consolidated Statements of Income as follows (in millions):
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Interest expense |  | $10.9 |  |  |  | $11.3 |  |  |  | $11.7 |
Depreciation and amortization | 6.2 |  |  | 6.2 |  |  | 6.2 |
|  | $17.1 |  |  |  | $17.5 |  |  |  | $17.9 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases | At December 31, 2013, WPL’s estimated future minimum capital lease payments for Sheboygan Falls were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | Thereafter |  | Total |  | Less: amount representing interest |  | Present value of minimum capital lease payments
Sheboygan Falls | $15 |  | $15 |  | $15 |  | $15 |  | $15 |  | $98 |  | $173 |  | $74 |  | $99

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