[ Alliant Energy Iowa / IA ]
Alliant Energy Iowa electricity rates in Iowa
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Alliant Energy Iowa's average effective residential rate (17.77¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14.23¢ | — | 408,969 |
| 2016 | 14.77¢ | +3.8% | 402,199 |
| 2017 | 15.27¢ | +3.4% | 403,160 |
| 2018 | 15.85¢ | +3.8% | 403,726 |
| 2019 | 16.70¢ | +5.4% | 405,205 |
| 2020 | 16.61¢ | −0.5% | 407,849 |
| 2021 | 16.84¢ | +1.4% | 410,149 |
| 2022 | 17.75¢ | +5.4% | 412,497 |
| 2023 | 17.86¢ | +0.6% | 414,637 |
| 2024 | 17.90¢ | +0.2% | 417,153 |
| 2025 | 17.77¢ | −0.7% | 419,451 |
How this compares
Alliant Energy Iowa files with the EIA as Interstate Power and Light Co (utility ID 9417).
Serves 84 counties in Iowa: Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinton, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Howard, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Lyon, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Scott, Sioux, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth, Wright. 641 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is Alliant Energy Iowa raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Alliant Energy Iowa is on file with the Iowa Utilities Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved −0.7% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Alliant Energy Iowa charge per kWh?
Alliant Energy Iowa's average effective residential rate was 17.77¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Iowa's 2025 average was 13.62¢.
How much have Alliant Energy Iowa rates gone up in five years?
+7.0% between 2020 and 2025, against +11.1% for Iowa as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Alliant Energy Iowa have in Iowa?
419,451 residential customers in 2025, across 84 counties including Adair, Adams, Allamakee, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey; rate-case facts are from the Iowa Utilities Commission docket linked on this page. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)
