Alliant Energy Corporation Becomes a Corporate Partner of the WIAC

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Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
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RELEASED: Thursday, July 24, 2003

Alliant Energy Corporation Becomes a Corporate Partner of the WIAC

Madison, Wis.--Alliant Energy Corporation has agreed to become a corporate partner with the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) for a three year period beginning with the 2003-04 academic year.

"As a Wisconsin-based company, we're pleased to be a WIAC Corporate Partner," said Tim Heinrich, Manager-Branding and Production Services Alliant Energy. "Wisconsin's Universities help make this a great place to live and work and the WIAC helps develop fine student-athletes that make all of us proud to be from Wisconsin. We're proud to support the most prestigious and competitive non-scholarship conference in the NCAA, the Conference of Champions."

In making this announcement, WIAC Commissioner Dr. Gary F. Karner commented that "the WIAC is extremely pleased and fortunate to have Alliant Energy join its corporate partner program. Alliant Energy has been a valued supporter of various WIAC events, including the 'Border Battle', over the past five years and their participation as a full-fledge corporate partner will take our relationship to another level."

Alliant Energy joins American Family Insurance, Ministry Health Care, Holiday Inn, U.S. Cellular, and the Wisconsin Education Association Council as major corporate partners of the WIAC.

Alliant Energy Corporation, headquartered in Madison, Wis., is an energy holding company with regulated utility providers as well as non-regulated companies involved in delivering energy related products and services. Alliant Energy's utility operations serve more than 1.4 million customers in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Their service territory covers 54,000 square miles in the heartland of America and includes 9,700 miles of electric transmission lines and 8,000 miles of natural gas main. Alliant Energy has over 3 million customers globally.

The WIAC competes at the NCAA Division III level and consists of nine University of Wisconsin System universities including: UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout, UW-Superior and UW-Whitewater.

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