CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report dated  January 29, 1999 (except with respect to the matters  discussed in
Notes 5c and 17, as to which the date is October 29,  1999) on the  consolidated
financial  statements of Interstate Energy  Corporation (name changed to Alliant
Energy Corporation as of May 20, 1999) included in Alliant Energy  Corporation's
Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1998, as amended by
Alliant  Energy  Corporation's  Form  10-K/A  filed  November 1, 1999 and to all
references to our firm included in this  registration  statement and  Interstate
Energy  Corporation's  previously filed Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (No.
333-41485).



/s/  Arthur Andersen LLP
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 15, 1999