SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  FORM 15

          Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration
      under Section 12(g) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
     or Suspension of Duty to File Reports Under Sections 13 and 15(d)
                  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                      Commission File Number: 1-3573

                  Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               One RiverCenter Place, 106 East Second Street
                          Davenport, Iowa  52801
                              (319) 326-7111
       (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
          area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                  Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
               $5.25 Series Preference Stock, no par value
               $7.80 Series Preference Stock, no par value
         (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                   None
        (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty
           to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the
appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend
the duty to file reports:

     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)  [x]      Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)  [ ]
     Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) [ ]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)   [ ]
     Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)  [ ]      Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)  [ ]
     Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) [ ]      Rule 15d-6            [ ]
     Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)  [x]

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the
certification or notice date:  None

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company has caused this
certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned duly authorized person.


Date:  July 3, 1995           By:  Lance E. Cooper
                                   Lance E. Cooper
                                   Vice President-Finance and
                                   Chief Financial Officer