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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases | At December 31, 2015, future minimum operating lease payments, excluding contingent rentals, were as follows (in millions):
| 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
Alliant Energy |  | $6 |  |  |  | $8 |  |  |  | $3 |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | $19 |  |  |  | $40 |
IPL | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 23 |
WPL | 3 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |
IPL [Member] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases | At December 31, 2015, future minimum operating lease payments, excluding contingent rentals, were as follows (in millions):
| 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
Alliant Energy |  | $6 |  |  |  | $8 |  |  |  | $3 |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | $19 |  |  |  | $40 |
IPL | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 23 |
WPL | 3 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |
WPL [Member] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases | At December 31, 2015, future minimum operating lease payments, excluding contingent rentals, were as follows (in millions):
| 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
Alliant Energy |  | $6 |  |  |  | $8 |  |  |  | $3 |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | $2 |  |  |  | $19 |  |  |  | $40 |
IPL | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 23 |
WPL | 3 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |
WPL [Member] | Sheboygan Falls Energy Facility [Member] |
Schedule of Capital Lease Expense | Sheboygan Falls lease expenses were included in WPL’s income statements as follows (in millions):
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Interest expense |  | $9.9 |  |  |  | $10.4 |  |  |  | $10.9 |
Depreciation and amortization | 6.2 |  |  | 6.2 |  |  | 6.2 |
|  | $16.1 |  |  |  | $16.6 |  |  |  | $17.1 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases | At December 31, 2015, WPL’s estimated future minimum capital lease payments for Sheboygan Falls were as follows (in millions):
| 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | Thereafter |  | Total |  | Less: amount representing interest |  | Present value of minimum capital lease payments
Sheboygan Falls | $15 |  | $15 |  | $15 |  | $15 |  | $15 |  | $68 |  | $143 |  | $54 |  | $89

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