Alliant Energy

Alliant Energy is a regulated utility serving electricity and natural gas customers in Iowa and Wisconsin through its Interstate Power and Light and Wisconsin Power and Light subsidiaries. Like most regulated utilities, its earnings are set by state regulators and grow with approved investment, currently focused on wind, solar and grid modernisation, which lends the business unusual predictability. Alliant has paid dividends for decades and increased them for more than twenty consecutive years, backed by the steady, regulated cash flow that defines the sector. A dependable, consistently rising payout supported by a clear investment plan is the core attraction, even if the current yield is modest and the stock carries the interest-rate sensitivity common to utilities. The profile is that of a reliable, slow-growing income holding.