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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Income Taxes [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates | Overall effective income tax rates, which were computed by dividing income tax expense (benefit) by income before income taxes, were as follows. The effective income tax rates were different than the federal statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes, production tax credits, amortization of excess deferred taxes and the effect of rate-making on property-related differences. The decreases in overall effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same periods in 2019 were primarily due to increases in production tax credits as a result of increased wind production in 2020 and increased amortization of excess deferred taxes primarily at WPL, which were used to offset increases in WPL’s 2020 increased revenue requirements.
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| Three Months |  | Nine Months |  | Three Months |  | Nine Months |  | Three Months |  | Nine Months
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Overall income tax rate | (9%) |  | 9% |  | (9%) |  | 10% |  | (14%) |  | 5% |  | (14%) |  | 4% |  | (7%) |  | 18% |  | (8%) |  | 18%
Summary Of Tax Credit Carryforwards | At September 30, 2020, carryforwards and expiration dates were estimated as follows (in millions):
| Range of Expiration Dates |  | Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
Federal net operating losses | 2037 |  |  | $371 |  |  |  | $343 |  |  |  | $3 |
State net operating losses | 2020-2040 |  | 623 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 2 |
Federal tax credits | 2022-2040 |  | 446 |  |  | 252 |  |  | 173 |
IPL [Member] |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates | Overall effective income tax rates, which were computed by dividing income tax expense (benefit) by income before income taxes, were as follows. The effective income tax rates were different than the federal statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes, production tax credits, amortization of excess deferred taxes and the effect of rate-making on property-related differences. The decreases in overall effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same periods in 2019 were primarily due to increases in production tax credits as a result of increased wind production in 2020 and increased amortization of excess deferred taxes primarily at WPL, which were used to offset increases in WPL’s 2020 increased revenue requirements.
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| Three Months |  | Nine Months |  | Three Months |  | Nine Months |  | Three Months |  | Nine Months
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Overall income tax rate | (9%) |  | 9% |  | (9%) |  | 10% |  | (14%) |  | 5% |  | (14%) |  | 4% |  | (7%) |  | 18% |  | (8%) |  | 18%
Summary Of Tax Credit Carryforwards | At September 30, 2020, carryforwards and expiration dates were estimated as follows (in millions):
| Range of Expiration Dates |  | Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
Federal net operating losses | 2037 |  |  | $371 |  |  |  | $343 |  |  |  | $3 |
State net operating losses | 2020-2040 |  | 623 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 2 |
Federal tax credits | 2022-2040 |  | 446 |  |  | 252 |  |  | 173 |
WPL [Member] |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates | Overall effective income tax rates, which were computed by dividing income tax expense (benefit) by income before income taxes, were as follows. The effective income tax rates were different than the federal statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes, production tax credits, amortization of excess deferred taxes and the effect of rate-making on property-related differences. The decreases in overall effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same periods in 2019 were primarily due to increases in production tax credits as a result of increased wind production in 2020 and increased amortization of excess deferred taxes primarily at WPL, which were used to offset increases in WPL’s 2020 increased revenue requirements.
| Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
| Three Months |  | Nine Months |  | Three Months |  | Nine Months |  | Three Months |  | Nine Months
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Overall income tax rate | (9%) |  | 9% |  | (9%) |  | 10% |  | (14%) |  | 5% |  | (14%) |  | 4% |  | (7%) |  | 18% |  | (8%) |  | 18%
Summary Of Tax Credit Carryforwards | At September 30, 2020, carryforwards and expiration dates were estimated as follows (in millions):
| Range of Expiration Dates |  | Alliant Energy |  | IPL |  | WPL
Federal net operating losses | 2037 |  |  | $371 |  |  |  | $343 |  |  |  | $3 |
State net operating losses | 2020-2040 |  | 623 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 2 |
Federal tax credits | 2022-2040 |  | 446 |  |  | 252 |  |  | 173 |

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