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Regulatory Matters (Customer Billing Credits) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2015
IPL [Member] |  |
Regulatory Liabilities [Line Items] |  |
Customer billing credits | $ 2 | $ 6

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- Definition Customer Billing Credits + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | lnt_CustomerBillingCredits
Namespace Prefix: | lnt_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | duration

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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilitiesLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

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- Details
Name: | dei_LegalEntityAxis=lnt_IplMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |