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Commitments And Contingencies (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |
Operating Expense Purchase Obligations | At March 31, 2017, minimum future commitments related to these operating expense purchase obligations were as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
Purchased power (a) |  | $1,372 |  |  |  | $1,266 |  |  |  | $106 |
Natural gas | 812 |  |  | 426 |  |  | 386 |
Coal (b) | 165 |  |  | 73 |  |  | 92 |
Other (c) | 38 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 3 |
|  | $2,387 |  |  |  | $1,785 |  |  |  | $587 |
(a) | Includes payments required by purchased power agreements for capacity rights and minimum quantities of MWhs required to be purchased.
(b) | Corporate Services entered into system-wide coal contracts on behalf of IPL and WPL that include minimum future commitments. These commitments were assigned to IPL and WPL based on information available as of March 31, 2017 regarding expected future usage, which is subject to change.
(c) | Includes individual commitments incurred during the normal course of business that exceeded $1 million at March 31, 2017.
MGP Site Estimated Future Costs And Recorded Liabilities | At March 31, 2017, estimated future costs expected to be incurred for the investigation, remediation and monitoring of the MGP sites, as well as environmental liabilities recorded on the balance sheets for these sites, were as follows (in millions). At March 31, 2017, such amounts for WPL were not material.
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL
Range of estimated future costs |  | $12 |  | - | $31 |  |  | $10 |  | - | $28
Current and non-current environmental liabilities | 17 |  | 14
IPL [Member] |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |
Operating Expense Purchase Obligations | At March 31, 2017, minimum future commitments related to these operating expense purchase obligations were as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
Purchased power (a) |  | $1,372 |  |  |  | $1,266 |  |  |  | $106 |
Natural gas | 812 |  |  | 426 |  |  | 386 |
Coal (b) | 165 |  |  | 73 |  |  | 92 |
Other (c) | 38 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 3 |
|  | $2,387 |  |  |  | $1,785 |  |  |  | $587 |
(a) | Includes payments required by purchased power agreements for capacity rights and minimum quantities of MWhs required to be purchased.
(b) | Corporate Services entered into system-wide coal contracts on behalf of IPL and WPL that include minimum future commitments. These commitments were assigned to IPL and WPL based on information available as of March 31, 2017 regarding expected future usage, which is subject to change.
(c) | Includes individual commitments incurred during the normal course of business that exceeded $1 million at March 31, 2017.
MGP Site Estimated Future Costs And Recorded Liabilities | At March 31, 2017, estimated future costs expected to be incurred for the investigation, remediation and monitoring of the MGP sites, as well as environmental liabilities recorded on the balance sheets for these sites, were as follows (in millions). At March 31, 2017, such amounts for WPL were not material.
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL
Range of estimated future costs |  | $12 |  | - | $31 |  |  | $10 |  | - | $28
Current and non-current environmental liabilities | 17 |  | 14
WPL [Member] |
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items] |
Operating Expense Purchase Obligations | At March 31, 2017, minimum future commitments related to these operating expense purchase obligations were as follows (in millions):
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
Purchased power (a) |  | $1,372 |  |  |  | $1,266 |  |  |  | $106 |
Natural gas | 812 |  |  | 426 |  |  | 386 |
Coal (b) | 165 |  |  | 73 |  |  | 92 |
Other (c) | 38 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 3 |
|  | $2,387 |  |  |  | $1,785 |  |  |  | $587 |
(a) | Includes payments required by purchased power agreements for capacity rights and minimum quantities of MWhs required to be purchased.
(b) | Corporate Services entered into system-wide coal contracts on behalf of IPL and WPL that include minimum future commitments. These commitments were assigned to IPL and WPL based on information available as of March 31, 2017 regarding expected future usage, which is subject to change.
(c) | Includes individual commitments incurred during the normal course of business that exceeded $1 million at March 31, 2017.

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