ALLIANT ENERGY CORP

NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 1(a) General -The interim unaudited Financial Statements included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, although management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in the 2025 Form 10-K.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments, which unless otherwise noted are normal and recurring in nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations, financial position and cash flows have been made. Results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026.

A change in management’s estimates or assumptions could have a material impact on financial condition and results of operations during the period in which such change occurred. Certain prior period amounts in the Financial Statements and Notes have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation for comparative purposes.

NOTE 1(b) Leases -

Finance Leases - WPL is currently leasing the Sheboygan Falls Energy Facility from AEF’s Non-utility Generation business. WPL is responsible for the operation of the EGU and has exclusive rights to its output. In the second quarter of 2026, WPL’s rent payments increased following the completion of the Sheboygan Falls Unit 2 advanced gas path project, which increased the efficiency and capacity of the Sheboygan Falls Energy Facility, resulting in a lease modification and remeasurement, which increased both “Property, plant and equipment, net” and “Other liabilities” by approximately $70 million on WPL’s balance sheet. For Alliant Energy, the leased Sheboygan Falls Energy Facility is eliminated upon consolidation and therefore is not reflected in Alliant Energy’s balance sheet.

NOTE 1(c) New Accounting Standards -

Environmental Credits - In May 2026, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an accounting standard that establishes recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements for environmental credits and environmental credit obligations. The standard requires environmental credits to be evaluated based on their intended use in determining whether the costs of such credits are recognized as assets and how those assets are subsequently measured. The standard also establishes a framework for recognizing and measuring environmental credit obligations and requires expanded annual and interim disclosures regarding environmental credits and environmental credit obligations, including information about the nature, intended use, measurement and settlement of environmental credits and related obligations. Alliant Energy, IPL and WPL currently expect to adopt this standard on January 1, 2028. Upon adoption, the standard is required to be applied retrospectively through a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening retained earnings balance as of January 1, 2028. Alliant Energy, IPL and WPL are currently evaluating the impact of this standard on their financial condition and results of operations and do not currently anticipate a material increase in environmental credit assets or environmental credit obligations upon adoption.