UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 12, 2016

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

On September 12, 2016, Interstate Power and Light Company (“IPL”), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation, entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which IPL agreed to sell, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, $300 million aggregate principal amount of IPL’s 3.70% Senior Debentures due 2046 (the “Debentures”), in a public offering (the “Offering”). The Debentures are to be issued under an Indenture dated as of August 20, 2003, between IPL and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee (the “Indenture”), pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate provided pursuant to the Indenture setting forth the terms of the Debentures (the “Certificate”). The Offering is expected to close, subject to standard closing conditions, on September 15, 2016.

The Debentures are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-200941-01) that IPL filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 15, 2014 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement was supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement setting forth the terms of the Debentures that IPL filed with the SEC on September 13, 2016.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of filing exhibits to the Registration Statement relating to the public offering of the Debentures, and all such exhibits are hereby incorporated into the Registration Statement by reference. The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 and the Certificate is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Form 8-K.

On September 12, 2016, IPL issued a press release announcing that it had priced the Offering. The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Perkins Coie LLP, counsel to IPL, has issued an opinion to IPL, dated September 15, 2016, regarding the legality of the Debentures upon issuance thereof, and Nyemaster Goode, P.C., Iowa counsel to IPL, has issued an opinion to IPL, dated September 15, 2016, regarding certain legal matters relating to Iowa law. The opinions are filed as Exhibit 5.1 and Exhibit 5.2 hereto.

SIGNATURE

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

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