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Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |
Accounts Receivable Details | Details for accounts receivable included on the balance sheets as of December 31 were as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Customer, less allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $84.5 |  |  |  | $81.8 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $77.3 |  |  |  | $73.0 |
Unbilled utility revenues | 85.4 |  |  | 92.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 85.4 |  |  | 92.3 |
Deferred proceeds | 177.2 |  |  | 203.5 |  |  | 177.2 |  |  | 203.5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other, less allowance for doubtful accounts | 80.2 |  |  | 95.7 |  |  | 39.5 |  |  | 43.4 |  |  | 23.1 |  |  | 33.1 |
|  | $427.3 |  |  |  | $473.3 |  |  |  | $216.7 |  |  |  | $246.9 |  |  |  | $185.8 |  |  |  | $198.4 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | Allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31 was as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Customer |  | $3.7 |  |  |  | $1.4 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $3.7 |  |  |  | $1.4 |
Other | 1.4 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.3 |
|  | $5.1 |  |  |  | $4.8 |  |  |  | $0.4 |  |  |  | $0.7 |  |  |  | $4.2 |  |  |  | $1.7 |
Maximum And Average Outstanding Cash Proceeds | IPL’s maximum and average outstanding cash proceeds related to the sales of accounts receivable program were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Maximum outstanding aggregate cash proceeds (based on daily outstanding balances) | $150.0 |  | $170.0 |  | $160.0
Average outstanding aggregate cash proceeds (based on daily outstanding balances) | 46.4 |  | 105.9 |  | 119.8
Receivables Sold Under The Agreement | As of December 31, the attributes of IPL’s receivables sold under the Receivables Agreement were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2013
Customer accounts receivable | $134.8 |  | $151.6
Unbilled utility revenues | 69.7 |  | 86.2
Other receivables | 0.1 |  | 0.2
Receivables sold to third party | 204.6 |  | 238.0
Less: cash proceeds (a) | 22.0 |  | 29.0
Deferred proceeds | 182.6 |  | 209.0
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts | 5.4 |  | 5.5
Fair value of deferred proceeds | $177.2 |  | $203.5
Outstanding receivables past due | $19.9 |  | $21.5
(a) | Changes in cash proceeds are presented in “Sales of accounts receivable” in operating activities in Alliant Energy’s and IPL’s cash flows statements.
Additional Attributes Of Receivables Sold Under The Agreement | Additional attributes of IPL’s receivables sold under the Receivables Agreement were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Collections reinvested in receivables | $1,997.9 |  | $1,880.8 |  | $1,771.6
Credit losses, net of recoveries | 11.4 |  | 11.9 |  | 10.0
IPL [Member] |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |
Accounts Receivable Details | Details for accounts receivable included on the balance sheets as of December 31 were as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Customer, less allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $84.5 |  |  |  | $81.8 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $77.3 |  |  |  | $73.0 |
Unbilled utility revenues | 85.4 |  |  | 92.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 85.4 |  |  | 92.3 |
Deferred proceeds | 177.2 |  |  | 203.5 |  |  | 177.2 |  |  | 203.5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other, less allowance for doubtful accounts | 80.2 |  |  | 95.7 |  |  | 39.5 |  |  | 43.4 |  |  | 23.1 |  |  | 33.1 |
|  | $427.3 |  |  |  | $473.3 |  |  |  | $216.7 |  |  |  | $246.9 |  |  |  | $185.8 |  |  |  | $198.4 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | Allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31 was as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Customer |  | $3.7 |  |  |  | $1.4 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $3.7 |  |  |  | $1.4 |
Other | 1.4 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.3 |
|  | $5.1 |  |  |  | $4.8 |  |  |  | $0.4 |  |  |  | $0.7 |  |  |  | $4.2 |  |  |  | $1.7 |
Maximum And Average Outstanding Cash Proceeds | IPL’s maximum and average outstanding cash proceeds related to the sales of accounts receivable program were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Maximum outstanding aggregate cash proceeds (based on daily outstanding balances) | $150.0 |  | $170.0 |  | $160.0
Average outstanding aggregate cash proceeds (based on daily outstanding balances) | 46.4 |  | 105.9 |  | 119.8
Receivables Sold Under The Agreement | As of December 31, the attributes of IPL’s receivables sold under the Receivables Agreement were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2013
Customer accounts receivable | $134.8 |  | $151.6
Unbilled utility revenues | 69.7 |  | 86.2
Other receivables | 0.1 |  | 0.2
Receivables sold to third party | 204.6 |  | 238.0
Less: cash proceeds (a) | 22.0 |  | 29.0
Deferred proceeds | 182.6 |  | 209.0
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts | 5.4 |  | 5.5
Fair value of deferred proceeds | $177.2 |  | $203.5
Outstanding receivables past due | $19.9 |  | $21.5
(a) | Changes in cash proceeds are presented in “Sales of accounts receivable” in operating activities in Alliant Energy’s and IPL’s cash flows statements.
Additional Attributes Of Receivables Sold Under The Agreement | Additional attributes of IPL’s receivables sold under the Receivables Agreement were as follows (in millions):
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Collections reinvested in receivables | $1,997.9 |  | $1,880.8 |  | $1,771.6
Credit losses, net of recoveries | 11.4 |  | 11.9 |  | 10.0
WPL [Member] |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |
Accounts Receivable Details | Details for accounts receivable included on the balance sheets as of December 31 were as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Customer, less allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $84.5 |  |  |  | $81.8 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $77.3 |  |  |  | $73.0 |
Unbilled utility revenues | 85.4 |  |  | 92.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 85.4 |  |  | 92.3 |
Deferred proceeds | 177.2 |  |  | 203.5 |  |  | 177.2 |  |  | 203.5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other, less allowance for doubtful accounts | 80.2 |  |  | 95.7 |  |  | 39.5 |  |  | 43.4 |  |  | 23.1 |  |  | 33.1 |
|  | $427.3 |  |  |  | $473.3 |  |  |  | $216.7 |  |  |  | $246.9 |  |  |  | $185.8 |  |  |  | $198.4 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | Allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31 was as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Customer |  | $3.7 |  |  |  | $1.4 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $3.7 |  |  |  | $1.4 |
Other | 1.4 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.3 |
|  | $5.1 |  |  |  | $4.8 |  |  |  | $0.4 |  |  |  | $0.7 |  |  |  | $4.2 |  |  |  | $1.7 |

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