Alliant Energy 10-Q 2025-09-30

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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 September 30, 2025

or

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

For the transition period from to

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 September 30, 2025:

Alliant Energy Corporation, Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 257,053,689 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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DEFINITIONS

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

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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, 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 are incurred prior to regulatory approval or 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 electric generating units (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 obtain regulatory approval for construction projects with acceptable conditions;

• 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, including previously exempted tariffs related to solar project materials and equipment from certain countries, 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 and potential policy changes that may enable large customers to source behind-the-meter generation directly from third parties, in IPL’s and WPL’s service territories on system reliability, operating expenses and customers’ demand for electricity;

• economic conditions in IPL’s and WPL’s service territories, including the potential impacts of business or facility closures and tariffs;

• 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 timely, including significant new commercial or industrial customers, such as data centers;

• the ability of potential large load growth customers to timely construct new facilities, due to local or state regulatory actions, zoning or permitting actions, public opposition or other factors, 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 achieve the expected level of tax benefits for renewable generation and energy storage projects based on tax guidelines, timely beginning of construction and in-service dates, sourcing permissible amounts of construction support from entities with ties to certain foreign countries, 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;

• federal and state regulatory or governmental actions, including the impact of legislation, Treasury regulations, executive orders, interpretations and guidance, and changes in public policy, including changes impacting renewable tax credits and siting generation and energy storage projects;

• 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;

• 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, including preserving the qualification of any future tax credits;

• 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;

• 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;

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• 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 (GHG), 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 GHG 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 and energy storage facilities, including start-up risks, breakdown or failure of equipment, fires, 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 other postretirement benefits (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, including potential impairments;

• 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

ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

Refer to accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

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This MDA includes information relating to Alliant Energy, and IPL and WPL (collectively, the Utilities), as well as ATC Holdings, AEF and Corporate Services. Where appropriate, information relating to a specific entity has been segregated and labeled as such. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and the Notes included in this report, as well as the financial statements, notes and MDA included in the 2024 Form 10-K. Unless otherwise noted, all “per share” references in MDA refer to earnings per diluted share.

2025 HIGHLIGHTS

Key highlights since the filing of the 2024 Form 10-K include the following:

Customer Investments:

• Over the next six years, Alliant Energy currently plans to develop and/or acquire new generation investments to add flexibility with evolving load growth, including approximately 2,000 MW of natural gas resources, approximately 1,300 MW of new energy storage, approximately 1,100 MW of new renewable generation, improvements of approximately 530 MW at existing natural gas-fired EGUs, and refurbishments at approximately 450 MW of existing wind farms. Alliant Energy is currently evaluating the impact of potential additional large load growth customers and MISO’s seasonal resource adequacy requirements on its resource plans and will update these generation investment plans as needed in the future. Estimated capital expenditures for these planned projects for 2025 through 2029 are included in the “Generation” section in the construction and acquisition table in “Liquidity and Capital Resources.” Information on IPL’s and WPL’s regulatory filings and/or approvals for future generation and energy storage projects are as follows:

• In February 2025, WPL filed a certificate of authority (CA) application with the PSCW for approval to construct a 2 billion cubic feet, or 25 million gallon, liquified natural gas facility in Rock County, Wisconsin. A decision from the PSCW is currently expected in the second quarter of 2026.

• In April 2025, the PSCW issued an order authorizing WPL to construct, own and operate a 17.5 MW natural gas-fired EGU using Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine (RICE) technology, at the site of its Riverside Energy Center.

• In April 2025, WPL filed a CA application with the PSCW for approval to construct, own and operate the Bent Tree North EGU, an approximate 153 MW wind farm. A decision from the PSCW is currently expected in the second quarter of 2026.

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• In May 2025, the PSCW issued an order authorizing WPL to refurbish the Bent Tree wind farm.

• In June 2025, the IUC issued an order authorizing IPL to construct, own and operate the Cedar River Generating Station, a 94 MW natural gas-fired EGU using RICE technology, at the site of its Prairie Creek Generating Station.

• In June 2025, the PSCW issued an order authorizing WPL to construct, own and operate an approximately 20 MW compressed carbon dioxide-based long-duration energy storage system at the site of its Columbia Energy Center.

• In July 2025, IPL filed for advance rate-making principles with the IUC for up to 1,000 MW of new wind generation in Iowa. The advance rate-making principles filing included requests for a fixed cost cap of $3,020/kilowatt, including allowance for funds used during construction and transmission upgrade costs among other costs, and a return on common equity of 11.25%. A decision from the IUC is currently expected in the first quarter of 2026.

• In July 2025, the IUC issued an order authorizing IPL to construct, own and operate up to 150 MW of energy storage at the site of its retired Lansing Generating Station.

• In July 2025, WPL completed construction of approximately 100 MW of energy storage at the site of its Grant County solar facility.

• In August 2025, the IUC issued an order authorizing IPL to construct, own and operate up to 75 MW of energy storage at the site of its Golden Plains wind farm.

• In August 2025, IPL filed a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity (GCU Certificate) application with the IUC for approval to construct, own and operate an approximate 720 MW simple-cycle natural gas-fired EGU at the site of its Marshalltown Generating Station, known as the Bobcat Energy Center. A decision from the IUC is currently expected in the first quarter of 2026.

• In September 2025, the IUC issued an order authorizing IPL to construct, own and operate up to 75 MW of energy storage at the site of its Whispering Willow - North wind farm.

• In October 2025, WPL completed construction of approximately 75 MW of energy storage at the site of its Wood County solar facility.

• In November 2025, IPL filed a GCU Certificate application with the IUC for approval to construct, own and operate a 94 MW natural gas-fired EGU using RICE technology at the site of its Burlington Generating Station. A decision from the IUC is currently expected in the first quarter of 2026.

Rate Matters:

• In September 2025, WPL filed a unanimous settlement agreement with the PSCW for the 2026/2027 forward-looking Test Period. In November 2025, the PSCW issued an oral decision approving the settlement agreement. A written order from the PSCW is currently expected by the end of 2025. The settlement agreement reflects the following:

• Annual incremental rate increases for its retail electric customers of $79 million and $73 million in 2026 (effective January 1, 2026) and 2027 (effective January 1, 2027), respectively, and an average retail electric rate base of $6,234 million and $6,549 million in 2026 and 2027, respectively.

• Annual incremental rate increases for its retail gas customers of $7 million and $5 million in 2026 (effective January 1, 2026) and 2027 (effective January 1, 2027), respectively, and an average retail gas rate base of $558 million and $593 million in 2026 and 2027, respectively.

• Return on common equity of 9.8% and common equity component of its regulatory capital structure of 54.5%.

• Key drivers include revenue requirement impacts of increasing electric and gas rate base, including wind refurbishment projects, energy storage, existing natural gas-fired EGU improvements, solar generation costs incurred that exceed the construction cost estimates previously approved by the PSCW (refer to Note 3 for further discussion), and electric and gas distribution investments.

• Extension, with certain modifications, of current earnings sharing mechanism through 2027, including deferral of a portion of earnings if the annual regulatory return on common equity exceeds 10.05% during the 2026/2027 Test Period (deferral of 50% of its excess earnings between 10.05% and 10.55%, and 100% of any excess earnings above 10.55%).

• Allowance for funds used during construction applied to 100% of construction work in progress balances related to construction activity on capital projects requiring PSCW approval and are impacted by federal law changes.

• IPL currently expects to file a subsequent proceeding with

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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk are reported in the 2024 Form 10-K and have not changed materially.

Alliant Energy’s, IPL’s and WPL’s management evaluated, with the participation of each of Alliant Energy’s, IPL’s and WPL’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Disclosure Committee, the effectiveness of the design and operation of Alliant Energy’s, IPL’s and WPL’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of September 30, 2025 pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based on their evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that Alliant Energy’s, IPL’s and WPL’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

There was no change in Alliant Energy’s, IPL’s and WPL’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2025 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Alliant Energy’s, IPL’s or WPL’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None. SEC regulations require Alliant Energy, IPL and WPL to disclose information about certain proceedings arising under federal, state or local environmental provisions when a governmental authority is a party to the proceedings and such proceedings involve potential monetary sanctions that Alliant Energy, IPL and WPL reasonably believe will exceed a specified threshold. Pursuant to the SEC regulations, Alliant Energy, IPL and WPL use a threshold of $1 million for purposes of determining whether disclosure of any such proceedings is required. Applying this threshold, there are no environmental matters to disclose for this period.

The risk factors described in Item 1A in the 2024 Form 10-K have not changed materially.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

A summary of Alliant Energy common stock repurchases for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 was as follows:

(a)All shares were purchased on the open market and held in a rabbi trust under the Alliant Energy Deferred Compensation Plan. There is no limit on the number of shares of Alliant Energy common stock that may be held under the Deferred Compensation Plan, which currently does not have an expiration date.

(c)During the quarter ended September 30, 2025, no director or officer of Alliant Energy, IPL or WPL adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement, as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

The following Exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Alliant Energy Corporation, Interstate Power and Light Company and Wisconsin Power and Light Company have each duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on the 7th day of November 2025.