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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

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Name of Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address of Principal Executive Offices, Telephone Number, Commission File Number, IRS Employer Identification Number

ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION

(a Wisconsin Corporation)

4902 N. Biltmore Lane

Madison, Wisconsin 53718

Telephone (608) 458-3311

Commission File Number - 1-9894

IRS Employer Identification Number - 39-1380265

INTERSTATE POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

(an Iowa corporation)

Alliant Energy Tower

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401

Telephone (319) 786-4411

Commission File Number - 1-4117

IRS Employer Identification Number - 42-0331370

WISCONSIN POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

(a Wisconsin corporation)

4902 N. Biltmore Lane

Madison, Wisconsin 53718

Telephone (608) 458-3311

Commission File Number - 0-337

IRS Employer Identification Number - 39-0714890

This combined Form 10-Q is separately filed by Alliant Energy Corporation, Interstate Power and Light Company and Wisconsin Power and Light Company. Information contained in the Form 10-Q relating to Interstate Power and Light Company and Wisconsin Power and Light Company is filed by each such registrant on its own behalf. Each of Interstate Power and Light Company and Wisconsin Power and Light Company makes no representation as to information relating to registrants other than itself.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Alliant Energy Corporation, Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value, Trading Symbol LNT, Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Alliant Energy Corporation - Yes ☒ No ☐

Interstate Power and Light Company - Yes ☒ No ☐

Wisconsin Power and Light Company - Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Alliant Energy Corporation - Yes ☒ No ☐

Interstate Power and Light Company - Yes ☒ No ☐

Wisconsin Power and Light Company - Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Alliant Energy Corporation - Large Accelerated Filer ☒ Accelerated Filer ☐ Non-accelerated Filer ☐ Smaller Reporting Company ☐ Emerging Growth Company ☐

Interstate Power and Light Company - Large Accelerated Filer ☐ Accelerated Filer ☐ Non-accelerated Filer ☒ Smaller Reporting Company ☐ Emerging Growth Company ☐

Wisconsin Power and Light Company - Large Accelerated Filer ☐ Accelerated Filer ☐ Non-accelerated Filer ☒ Smaller Reporting Company ☐ Emerging Growth Company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Alliant Energy Corporation ☐

Interstate Power and Light Company ☐

Wisconsin Power and Light Company ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Alliant Energy Corporation - Yes ☐ No ☒

Interstate Power and Light Company - Yes ☐ No ☒

Wisconsin Power and Light Company - Yes ☐ No ☒

Number of shares outstanding of each class of common stock as of March 31, 2025:

Alliant Energy Corporation, Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 256,876,299 shares outstanding

Interstate Power and Light Company, Common Stock, $2.50 par value, 13,370,788 shares outstanding (all outstanding shares are owned beneficially and of record by Alliant Energy Corporation)

Wisconsin Power and Light Company, Common Stock, $5 par value, 13,236,601 shares outstanding (all outstanding shares are owned beneficially and of record by Alliant Energy Corporation)

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Definitions1
Forward-looking Statements1
Part I. Financial Information3
Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)3
Alliant Energy Corporation3
Interstate Power and Light Company6
Wisconsin Power and Light Company9
Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements12
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies12
2. Regulatory Matters12
3. Receivables13
4. Investments13
5. Common Equity13
6. Debt15
7. Revenues16
8. Income Taxes16
9. Benefit Plans16
10. Derivative Instruments17
11. Fair Value Measurements18
12. Commitments and Contingencies20
13. Segments of Business22
14. Related Parties23
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations23
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk30
Item 4. Controls and Procedures30
Part II. Other Information31
Item 1. Legal Proceedings31
Item 1A. Risk Factors31
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds31
Item 5. Other Information31
Item 6. Exhibits32
Signatures32

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DEFINITIONS

The following abbreviations or acronyms used in this report are defined below:

Abbreviation or AcronymDefinitionAbbreviation or AcronymDefinition
2024 Form 10-KCombined Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Alliant Energy, IPL and WPL for the year ended Dec. 31, 2024IPLInterstate Power and Light Company
AEFAlliant Energy Finance, LLCIUCIowa Utilities Commission
Alliant EnergyAlliant Energy CorporationMDAManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
ATCAmerican Transmission Company LLCMISOMidcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
ATC HoldingsInterest in American Transmission Company LLC and ATC Holdco LLCMWMegawatt
Corporate ServicesAlliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc.N/ANot applicable
EGUElectric generating unitNote(s)Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
EPAU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOPEBOther postretirement benefits
EPSEarnings per weighted average common sharePSCWPublic Service Commission of Wisconsin
Financial StatementsCondensed Consolidated Financial StatementsU.S.United States of America
GAAPU.S. generally accepted accounting principlesWPLWisconsin Power and Light Company

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements contained in this report that are not of historical fact are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified as such because the statements include words such as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “project,” “will,” “projections,” “estimate,” or other words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe future financial performance or plans or strategies are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such statements. Some, but not all, of the risks and uncertainties of Alliant Energy, IPL and WPL that could materially affect actual results include:

  • IPL’s and WPL’s ability to obtain adequate and timely rate relief to allow for, among other things, the recovery of and/or the return on costs, including fuel costs, operating costs, transmission costs, capacity costs, costs of generation projects including such costs that exceed initial estimates, deferred expenditures, deferred tax assets, tax expense, interest expense, capital expenditures, marginal costs to service new customers, and remaining costs related to EGUs that have been or may be permanently closed and certain other retired assets, environmental remediation costs, and decreases in sales volumes, as well as earning their authorized rates of return, payments to their parent of expected levels of dividends, the impact of rate design on current and potential customers and demand for energy in their service territories, and the ability to obtain regulatory approval with acceptable conditions for individual customer rates for large load growth customers;

  • the impact of IPL’s retail electric base rate moratorium;

  • the ability to complete construction of generation and energy storage projects by planned in-service dates and within the cost targets set by regulators due to cost increases of and access to materials, equipment and commodities, which could result from tariffs, duties or other assessments, inflation, labor issues or supply shortages, the ability to successfully resolve warranty issues or contract disputes and the ability to obtain adequate generator interconnection agreements to connect the new projects to MISO in a timely manner;

  • weather effects on utility sales volumes and operations;

  • the direct or indirect effects resulting from cybersecurity incidents or attacks on Alliant Energy, IPL, WPL, or their suppliers, contractors and partners, or responses to such incidents;

  • the impact of customer- and third party-owned generation, including alternative electric suppliers, in IPL’s and WPL’s service territories on system reliability, operating expenses and customers’ demand for electricity;

  • economic conditions and the impact of business or facility closures in IPL’s and WPL’s service territories;

  • the ability and cost to provide sufficient generation and the ability of ITC Midwest LLC and ATC to provide sufficient transmission capacity for potential load growth, including significant new commercial or industrial customers, such as data centers;

  • the ability of potential large load growth customers to timely construct new facilities, as well as the resulting higher system load demand by expected levels and timeframes;

  • the impact of energy efficiency, franchise retention and customer disconnects on sales volumes and operating income;

  • the impact that price changes may have on IPL’s and WPL’s customers’ demand for electric and gas services and their ability to pay their bills;

  • changes in the price of delivered natural gas, transmission, purchased electric energy, purchased electric capacity and delivered coal, particularly during elevated market prices, and any resulting changes to counterparty credit risk, due to shifts in supply and demand caused by market conditions, regulations and MISO’s seasonal resource adequacy process;

  • the ability to obtain regulatory approval for construction projects with acceptable conditions;

  • the ability to achieve the expected level of tax benefits based on tax guidelines, timely in-service dates, compliance with prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, project costs and the level of electricity output generated by qualifying generating facilities, and the ability to efficiently utilize the renewable generation and energy storage project tax benefits to achieve IPL’s authorized rate of return and for the benefit of IPL’s and WPL’s customers;

  • the ability to utilize tax credits generated to date, and those that may be generated in the future, before they expire, as well as the ability to transfer tax credits that may be generated in the future at adequate pricing;

  • federal and state regulatory or governmental actions, including the impact of legislation, regulatory agency orders and executive orders, and changes in public policy, including the potential repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022;

  • disruptions to ongoing operations and the supply of materials, services, equipment and commodities needed to continue to operate and maintain existing assets and to construct capital projects, which may result from geopolitical issues, tariffs, supplier manufacturing constraints, regulatory requirements, labor issues or transportation issues, and thus affect the ability to meet capacity requirements and result in increased capacity expense;

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  • the impacts of changes in the tax code, including tax rates, minimum tax rates, adjustments made to deferred tax assets and liabilities, and changes impacting the availability of and ability to transfer renewable tax credits;

  • inflation and higher interest rates;

  • continued access to the capital markets on competitive terms and rates, and the actions of credit rating agencies;

  • the future development of technologies related to electrification, and the ability to reliably store and manage electricity;

  • employee workforce factors, including the ability to hire and retain employees with specialized skills, impacts from employee retirements, changes in key executives, ability to create desired corporate culture, collective bargaining agreements and negotiations, work stoppages or restructurings;

  • disruptions in the supply and delivery of natural gas, purchased electricity and coal;

  • changes to the creditworthiness of, or performance of obligations by, counterparties with which Alliant Energy, IPL and WPL have contractual arrangements, including large load growth customers, participants in the energy markets and fuel suppliers and transporters;

  • the impact of penalties or third-party claims related to, or in connection with, a failure to maintain the security of personally identifiable information, including associated costs to notify affected persons and to mitigate their information security concerns;

  • impacts that terrorist attacks may have on Alliant Energy’s, IPL’s and WPL’s operations and recovery of costs associated with restoration activities, or on the operations of Alliant Energy’s investments;

  • changes to MISO’s resource adequacy process establishing capacity planning reserve margin and capacity accreditation requirements that may impact how and when new and existing generating facilities, including IPL’s and WPL’s additional solar generation, may be accredited with energy capacity, and may require IPL and WPL to adjust their current resource plans, to add resources to meet the requirements of MISO’s process, or procure capacity in the market whereby such costs might not be recovered in rates;

  • any material post-closing payments related to any past asset divestitures, including the transfer of renewable tax credits, which could result from, among other things, indemnification agreements, warranties, guarantees or litigation;

  • issues associated with environmental remediation and environmental compliance, including compliance with all current environmental and emissions laws, regulations and permits and future changes in environmental laws and regulations, including the Coal Combustion Residuals Rule, Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and federal, state or local regulations for emissions reductions, including greenhouse gases, from new and existing fossil-fueled EGUs under the Clean Air Act, and litigation associated with environmental requirements;

  • increased pressure from customers, investors and other stakeholders to more rapidly reduce greenhouse gases emissions;

  • the timely development of technologies, innovations and advancements to provide cost effective alternatives to traditional energy sources;

  • the ability to defend against environmental claims brought by state and federal agencies, such as the EPA and state natural resources agencies, or third parties, such as the Sierra Club, and the impact on operating expenses of defending and resolving such claims;

  • the direct or indirect effects resulting from breakdown or failure of equipment in the operation of electric and gas distribution systems, such as mechanical problems, disruptions in telecommunications, technological problems, and explosions or fires, and compliance with electric and gas transmission and distribution safety regulations, including regulations promulgated by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration;

  • issues related to the availability and operations of EGUs, including start-up risks, breakdown or failure of equipment, availability of warranty coverage and successful resolution of warranty issues or contract disputes for equipment breakdowns or failures, performance below expected or contracted levels of output or efficiency, operator error, employee safety, transmission constraints, compliance with mandatory reliability standards and risks related to recovery of resulting incremental operating, capacity, fuel-related and capital costs through rates;

  • impacts that excessive heat, excessive cold, storms, wildfires, or natural disasters may have on Alliant Energy’s, IPL’s and WPL’s operations and construction activities, and recovery of costs associated with restoration activities, or on the operations of Alliant Energy’s investments;

  • Alliant Energy’s ability to sustain its dividend payout ratio goal;

  • changes to costs of providing benefits and related funding requirements of pension and OPEB plans due to the market value of the assets that fund the plans, economic conditions, financial market performance, interest rates, timing and form of benefits payments, life expectancies and demographics;

  • material changes in employee-related benefit and compensation costs, including settlement losses related to pension plans;

  • risks associated with operation and ownership of non-utility holdings;

  • changes in technology that alter the channels through which customers buy or utilize Alliant Energy’s, IPL’s or WPL’s products and services;

  • impacts on equity income from unconsolidated investments from changes in valuations of the assets held, as well as potential changes to ATC’s authorized return on equity;

  • impacts of IPL’s future tax benefits from Iowa rate-making practices, including deductions for repairs expenditures and cost of removal obligations, allocation of mixed service costs and state depreciation, and recoverability of the associated regulatory assets from customers, when the differences reverse in future periods;

  • current or future litigation, regulatory investigations, proceedings or inquiries;

  • reputational damage from negative publicity, protests, fines, penalties and other negative consequences resulting in regulatory and/or legal actions;

  • the direct or indirect effects resulting from pandemics;

  • the effect of accounting standards issued periodically by standard-setting bodies;

  • the ability to successfully complete tax audits and changes in tax accounting methods with no material impact on earnings and cash flows; and

  • other factors listed in MDA and Risk Factors in Item 1A in the 2024 Form 10-K.

Alliant Energy, IPL and WPL each assume no obligation, and disclaim any duty, to update the forward-looking statements in this report, except as required by law.

Available Information. Alliant Energy routinely posts important information on its website and considers the Investors section of its website, www.alliantenergy.com/investors, a channel of distribution for material information. Information contained on Alliant Energy’s website is not incorporated herein by reference.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Next: Item 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)