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                             MCGLADREY & PULLEN
                Certified Public Accountants and Consultants








                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



     We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
     No. 33-32529 on Form S-8 of Interstate Power Company of 
     our report dated February 22, 1994, appearing in the Annual Report 
     on Form 11-K of Interstate Power Company for the year ended
     December 31, 1993.




                                        /s/  McGladrey & Pullen




     March 14, 1994