Alliant Energy: PowerHouse TV episodes now available online

Media Contact: Scott Reigstad (608) 458-3145

Visit http://www.powerhousetv.com or your local library to view energy efficiency videos

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – February 26, 2010 – Alliant Energy now offers PowerHouse, the popular half-hour television program, online at PowerHouseTV.com . You can visit the website anytime, for up-to-date tips on energy efficiency and project ideas for your home.

For the last thirteen years, Alliant Energy’s PowerHouse television show has given homeowners practical advice on a wide variety of topics, including energy efficiency, conservation, safety and the environment. The show focuses on do-it-yourself projects, with demonstrations of simple improvements that any homeowner can tackle.

Every PowerHouse episode contains three or four segments on a variety of topics related to energy efficiency. Each five- to seven-minute segment can be viewed separately online, allowing you to view exactly the topics that interest you most. Sample online videos include information on buying new appliances, do-it-yourself energy-saving bathroom ideas, instructions on how to install a ceiling fan, information on landscape lighting, and much more.

And of course, PowerHouse is still aired on local television stations and is available at some libraries on DVD for check-out. The complete set of 51 PowerHouse episodes is offered free of charge to libraries in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. To find out if your local library has PowerHouse DVDs, visit powerhousetv.com/library.

With so many ways to watch PowerHouse, it’s hard to miss an episode – on television, online or in your local library! For more information on Alliant Energy’s PowerHouse program and energy-saving tips, visit powerhousetv.com .

Alliant Energy is an energy-services provider with subsidiaries serving approximately 1 million electric and over 400,000 natural gas customers. Providing its customers in the Midwest with regulated electric and natural gas service is the company’s primary focus. Alliant Energy is the trade name of utility companies Wisconsin Power and Light Company and Interstate Power and Light Company. Alliant Energy, headquartered in Madison, Wis., is a Fortune 1000 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LNT. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at http://www.alliantenergy.com.