Alliant Energy Corporation

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Thank you for holding and welcome to Alliant Energy's fourth quarter four-year 2025 earnings conference call. At this time, all lines are in a listen-only mode. Today's conference is being recorded. I would like to turn the call over to your host, Susan Gill, Investor Relations Manager at Alliant Energy. Please go ahead.

Good morning. I would like to thank all of you for joining us today for Alliant Energy's fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results conference call. We appreciate your participation. With me here today are Lisa Barton, President and CEO, Robert Durian, Executive Vice President and CFO. Following prepared remarks by Lisa and Robert, we will have time to take questions from the investment community. We issued a news release last night announcing our fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results and affirmed 2026 earnings and dividend guidance. This release as well as an earnings presentation will be referenced during today's call and are available on the investor page of our website at www.alliantenergy.com. Before we begin, I need to remind you the remarks we make on this call and our answers to your questions include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risk that could cause actual results to be materially different. Those risks include, among others, matters discussed in Alliant Energy's news release issued last night and in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. This presentation contains references to ongoing earnings per share, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. References to ongoing earnings exclude material charges or income that are not normally associated with ongoing operations. The reconciliation between ongoing and GAAP measures is provided in the earnings release, which is available on our website. At this point, I'll turn the call over to Lisa.

Thank you, Sue. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. 2025 was defined by major shifts in public policy, global trade, tax legislation, and the acceleration of electric demand. We delivered another year of strong financial and operational performance while making significant progress across our strategic priorities. From a financial perspective, we continued our consistent track record of performance with 10 year compound annual EPS growth of 6.3%. Our ongoing 2025 EPS growth of 6% exceeded the midpoint of our guidance and aligns with our long-term earnings growth target of five to seven plus percent. We also increased our dividend marking the 22nd consecutive year of dividend increases and delivered a total share owner return of over 13% for the year. Regulatory execution was another area of strength. In Wisconsin, we achieved a highly constructive outcome in our 2026-2027 rate review, a unanimous settlement approved by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. We executed well against our customer-focused investment plan. During the year, we completed 275 megawatts of energy storage investments. We completed the Neenah and Sheboygan Falls turbine upgrades. And we proactively protected future customer investments by safe harboring planned renewable and energy storage projects amid evolving tax legislation, preserving flexibility and enabling cost-effective future energy solutions. Strategically, unlocking the potential of our customers and communities remains central to our approach. Data centers represent significant capital investments in local communities. that strengthen local tax breaks and support schools, infrastructure, and public services, providing meaningful benefits to our communities. In Iowa, the approval of our first two individual customer rate contracts by the Iowa Utilities Commission provides a proven framework to support economic development while delivering benefits for all customers. Combined with our commitment to keep Iowa retail electric base rates flat for existing customers through the end of the decade, this approach demonstrates our ability to deliver win-win solutions, capturing growth that helps absorb fixed costs and reduces rate pressure for existing customers. We are utilizing individual customer rates in both Iowa and Wisconsin to ensure all customers benefit from economic development. A relentless focus on customers and building stronger communities is at the heart of everything we do. The Alliant Energy Advantage is our ability to move at the speed of our customers, aligning capital, infrastructure, and regulatory solutions to enable growth, while advancing outcomes that meet customers, communities, and share owners' expectations. Swiftly pivoting when our customers pivot is part of that advantage and a key differentiator for Alliant Energy. We aim to be a partner of choice with the goal of continuing to attract these customers to our service area. In furtherance of that goal, we closed the year with four executed ESAs totaling three gigawatts of peak load, translating to a 50% future growth in demand. We have a solid execution plan and a backlog of opportunities to drive future waves of growth for our share owners, customers, and communities. Navigating this environment requires agility, disciplined decision-making, and a steadfast focus on long-term value. As we previously shared, QTS, one of the data center customers we serve, made the decision to relocate its Greater Madison, Wisconsin data center project. After assessing multiple sites within our service area, QTS has selected a new location within our Iowa service territory. I am pleased to share that we have signed a new electric service agreement for this relocated QTS project and our four-year consolidated capital expenditure program and investment growth expectations remain on track. Robert will provide additional details on these updates. The speed and effectiveness of our response to the QTS Data Center relocation highlights the strength of our partnerships the flexibility of our planning, and our disciplined focus on near-term execution. Looking towards 2026, we are focused on pursuing industry-leading demand growth and successful project execution against those opportunities. We are actively engaged with customers and continue to pursue between 2 to 4 gigawatts of additional large load growth opportunities beyond what is already reflected in our current capital and financial outlooks. Importantly, these growth opportunities are in addition to the four previously announced contracted projects. We expect to provide updates as we make further progress with new electric service agreements. Driving affordable energy solutions is foundational to our strategy, and we have built a strong foundation that positions us well for sustainable growth and delivering meaningful value to customers. This is supported by maximizing existing resources, extending asset life, investing in natural gas resources, and strategically integrating renewables and energy storage facilities. These remain the most cost-effective ways to maintain reliability. Proactive safe harboring of renewable and energy storage investments prioritizing plug-in ready sites, which minimizes transmission investments and accelerates our ability to serve new customers. In addition, we continue to unlock ancillary value through the optimization and monetization of our fiber network, creating unique financial benefits for existing customers. As I reflect on my second year as CEO, I am incredibly proud of what our team accomplished and I'm excited about the opportunities ahead. The commitment of our employees enhances our ability to serve customers and communities, contributing to sustainable long-term value generation for share owners. As we prepare to celebrate National Engineers Week, I want to recognize the exceptional contributions of our engineers. whose innovation and expertise continue to propel our industry forward. I sincerely thank our generation teams, line crews, gas techs, and extended workforce for their dedication, especially in maintaining safe and reliable systems during extreme winter weather events. Your efforts are the foundation of our success. There is tremendous opportunity ahead, and Alliant Energy is well-positioned to help build a stronger, more resilient energy future, one that benefits customers, communities, employees, and share owners alike. I will now turn the call over to Robert to provide our financial update and an update on regulatory matters.

Thank you, Lisa. Good morning, everyone. Yesterday, we announced 2025 GAAP and ongoing earnings. For the full year 2025, Align Energy delivered ongoing earnings per share growth of 18 cents compared to 2024. This year-over-year improvement was driven primarily by increased revenue requirements from rate-based increases, reflecting continued investment in generation and energy storage, as well as favorable temperature impacts on electric and gas sales. These positive drivers were partially offset by higher operating and maintenance expenses, primarily related to planned generation maintenance activities, and the addition of new generation resources, as well as higher generation development costs to support long-term growth. Increased depreciation and financing expenses associated with expanding capital investments also offset a portion of the earnings improvement. Temperatures in 2025 contributed approximately 3 cents per share to electric and gas margins. For comparison, 2024 temperatures reduced margins by approximately 15 cents per share. Excluding the impact of temperatures, electric sales increased by nearly 1% in 2025 compared to 2024, driven by higher commercial and industrial sales across both IPL and WPL. Our ongoing earnings for 2025 exclude two non-recurring items, including a $0.05 charge related to the suspension of production at Travero's wind turbine blade recycling operations based on a review of strategic options for the business, and a $0.03 charge associated with remeasurement of deferred tax assets. This tax item reflects updated state income tax apportionment assumptions driven by higher projected electric utility revenues from commercial and industrial customers, including new data center agreements. With these results, we continue to deliver the consistent financial performance investors expect from Align Energy. We have now achieved annual ongoing earnings growth of over 6% for more than a decade. while maintaining our focus on customer affordability. Turning to our capital plan, as Lisa mentioned earlier, our consolidated four-year capital plan remains on track, as shown on slide six. Following the relocation of the QTS load from Wisconsin to Iowa, we reallocated certain gas, wind, and energy storage investments between our state utilities. This update represents a repositioning of resources within our consolidated portfolio. With flexible and proactive resource planning, we have strong confidence in our ability to execute the projects within our updated capital expenditure plan. We have secured gas turbine reservation agreements and project locations for all planned self-developed gas resources. Our plan includes simple cycle gas resources to address increasing capacity needs while retaining flexibility to expand these gas resources to combine cycle facilities in the future. The additional Iowa wind investments would be part of our advanced rate making proposal for which a settlement has been filed and a final IUC decision is pending. And we have taken action that protects tax credits for our planned renewable and energy storage projects through proactive safe harboring and development activity. This ability to pivot while maintaining execution certainty reflects the strength of the Align Energy Advantage. As a result of the new electric service agreement for QTS's relocation, And with our capital plan remaining materially consistent, we are affirming our 2026 earnings guidance. As shown on slide 7, our 2026 earnings guidance reflects several key assumptions. These include higher earnings from growing capital investments, including allowance for funds used during construction, expected retail sales growth of approximately 1%, inclusive of sales to new data centers during construction, higher O&M depreciation and financing costs consistent with increasing capital investments, and the ability to utilize investment tax credits from energy storage placed in service in 2025 and 2026 to support earning our authorized Iowa Electric ROE while maintaining stable base rates for our electric customers in Iowa. With respect to our longer-term outlook and incorporating QTS's new load expectations, We expect our compound annual earnings growth rate across 2027 to 2029 to be consistent with what we shared in November 2025, 7% plus. This growth rate is based on current projections for the timing and execution of capital expenditure plans and data center load. We will continue to assess our long-term earnings growth potential as we execute on our data center expansion and capital expenditure plans. Turning to financing, as shown on slide 8, our 2026 debt financing plans include up to $1.2 billion of long-term issuances, consisting of up to $400 million at the parent or aligned energy finance, up to $300 million at WPL, and up to $500 million at IPO. With our strong liquidity positions, we are well positioned to address upcoming parent-level maturities in March 2026, and we have already retired our $300 million term loan with a new term loan expected in the first quarter. As a reminder, our four-year capital plan is funded through a balanced mix of cash from operations, including proceeds from ongoing tax credit monetization, and new financings including debt, hybrid instruments, and common equity. Of the approximately $2.4 billion of expected common equity needs over the four-year period, we have already raised approximately $1 billion through forward equity agreements. This leaves approximately $1.3 billion of remaining equity to be raised through 2029, excluding equity expected to be raised under our share and redirect plan. Overall, our financing plan provides flexibility to support efficient execution of our strategy. Turning to our regulatory matters, we achieved several constructive regulatory decisions throughout the year as listed on slide 10. Our 2026 regulatory agenda remains closely aligned with our capital investment plans. as we have no active rate reviews planned in 2026, reducing regulatory uncertainty. In Iowa, the Iowa Utility Commission recently approved certificates of public convenience and necessity for two generation facilities, a 720 megawatt natural gas facility using simple cycle combustion turbines in Marshall County, Iowa, referred to as the Bobcat Energy Center, and a 94 megawatt natural gas rice unit in Burlington, Iowa. We are also awaiting an IUC decision on the settlement for advanced rainmaking principles for up to one gigawatt of new wind generation, which we expect to allow customers to avoid significant fuel costs and generate tax credits while supporting investment in cost-effective responsible energy resources. We anticipate a decision in this proceeding during the first half of 2026. In Wisconsin, we currently have five active dockets. including three requests for pre-approval of customer-focused investments. These include our first-ever liquefied natural gas storage facility to add physical gas capacity and enhance winter reliability, and requests to add approximately 430 megawatts of new wind generation to deliver zero fuel cost energy and tax credit for our customers. We expect decisions on these matters over the next 12 months. We are also awaiting a decision from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on the individual customer rate filing associated with the Metadata Center in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Earlier this month, intervenors submitted testimony that was generally supportive while offering proposals for additional company and existing customer protections. We are expecting a decision on this docket in the second quarter. Looking ahead, we expect to make additional filings throughout the year to support planned customer investments. In addition, we anticipate filing a new individual customer rate application with the Iowa Utility Commission related to the relocated QTS data center in the first half of 2026. I will now turn the call back over to Lisa to provide closing remarks.

Thank you, Robert. Delivering consistency and financial performance year after year, growing at the pace of the people and places we serve is the Alliant Energy advantage that sets us apart. Our proactive approach and commitment to economic development is a strength as we continue to serve the needs of our communities. By pursuing win-win solutions, we're driving affordability, fueling growth, and creating lasting share owner value. In closing, thank you for your continued support and engagement with Alliant Energy. We look forward to connecting with many of you at upcoming investor conferences. I will now turn the call back to the operator to open the line for questions.

Thank you, Ms. Barton. At this time, the company will open the call to questions from members of the investment community. Should you have any questions at this time, please press star 1 on your telephone. And if you would like to withdraw from the polling process, please press star 2. And if you're using your speakerphone, you will need to lift the handset first before pressing any keys. Please go ahead and press star one now if you do have any questions. Thank you. First, we will hear from Shar Perez at Wells Fargo. Please go ahead.

Hey guys, good morning.

Good morning, Shar.

Morning, Lisa. So just firstly, on the three gigawatts of data centers you have in plan, can you just remind us, what's the minimum take agreements and is that minimum what is assumed in your current plan? So if we look at it this way, If these hyperscalers were to ramp faster and take on more power over time, would that sort of be accretive to your current planning assumptions?

Yeah, that would absolutely be accretive to our planning assumptions.

Got it. Okay, perfect. And then obviously, you know, we're seeing a lot of noise in Wisconsin around sort of data center developments and moratoriums, etc., Just can you talk about how your conversations are going with the hyperscalers and are you kind of now implementing somewhat stricter safeguards so a situation like QTS doesn't happen again? Or has the conversations really shifted to more deals being done in Iowa versus Wisconsin? I mean, between active and incremental deals, you guys have like four to eight gigawatts out there. Thanks.

Yeah, no, great question. I mean, we've always talked about the fact that the differences between Iowa and Wisconsin with respect to growth that Iowa does have some strategic advantages. As you may recall, we serve 75% of the communities in Iowa versus 40% of the communities in Wisconsin. There's a little bit more of an advantage in terms of access to transmission. there and a bit of a broader access to gas. So Iowa does have some strategic advantages. You know, as it relates to Wisconsin data center growth, we are committed to making sure that Wisconsin is open for all business, including data centers. And I'll remind folks about some of the uniqueness associated with the QTS DeForest opportunity. That required not only

annexation but rezoning as well so it was a higher bar there than we would traditionally uh have with with other sites got it so just maybe uh follow up to that if more of the deals strategically are going to be shifted towards iowa is there anything you know robert wants to call out fundamentally that could be advantageous for us thanks

Yeah, when I think about it, both jurisdictions have very strong regulatory environments, so I don't see a lot of difference between the two. We are fortunate that we've got a construct in Iowa right now that is very receptive to growth. When you think about what we agreed to in the last rate case, we really have structured ourselves to be able to grow at the pace of our customers while achieving our authorized returns and maintaining base rates that are stable through the end of the decade at least, and we're trying to extend that over a longer period of time.

Got it. Super helpful, guys. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.

Thank you. Next question will be from Nicholas Campanella at Barclays. Please go ahead.

Hey, good morning. Thanks for taking my question. Good morning. I wanted to ask on the QCF2, and it's good to see that this was shifted. um to a new site um can you maybe just kind of talk about what is required there from a you know permitting zoning approval process anything that you really to kind of move forward with construction i think you said in the prepared you're going to be making a um a pair of filing for that in in the state uh soon but just what's the path of construction thanks

Yeah, just as a point of clarity, it would be an ICR. We have the individual customer rate constructs that we use in both Wisconsin and Iowa. So we have been super pleased with our ability to pivot and, quite frankly, pivot on a dime with respect to this. And I think this shows the strength of our team as well as the robustness of the opportunities that we have across our service territory. So we offered them opportunities basically in both states. If you think about it, it's got a similar demand, similar timing, same demand, similar timing, similar ramp rate, and they have land control, and it is zoned industrial.

Okay. Thank you. And then just on the two to four gigs, is there anything else that you can kind of give us around your goals for timing when you could bring in another deal to the plan? I know you said that you'll announce them as they come, but is that something that you think you could see by the first half of this year, or what would you say in terms of timing? Thank you.

Yeah, no, great question. And it's always very fluid. As we've mentioned, we've got two to four gigawatts in terms of active discussions. I'll I'll give it to you and maybe a little bit of a breakdown, which might be helpful. We, in essence, have three buckets. We've got expansion opportunities at existing sites. We have existing customers in new locations. And we have new customers in new locations. And I will remind folks that we have set ourselves up with a pretty high bar with respect to making sure that we've got high quality ESAs. And then with those ESAs, there's a very high degree of success off of it. First and foremost, we make sure that we've got a very clean understanding of the timing of the project, the peak load, the load ramp. In doing so, we're also identifying the generation investments that would be needed. We make sure we've got comprehensive transmission studies so that they can understand what the cost of the interconnection is, as well as land control. And we do think that that land control element is particularly important in these situations. As you all know, we have been talking about growing at the pace of our customers and communities and really in our strategy, trying to make sure that we are first movers. And we feel that that combination gives very high quality ESAs for our investors to count on for growth.

Okay, thank you.

Next question will be from Paul Zimbardo at Jefferies. Please go ahead.

Hi. Good morning, team.

Good morning.

Thank you. And just to continue the comment theme a little bit, you mentioned the land control on the 2 to 4 gigawatts. Does that include kind of industrial and the appropriate zoning and annexation? Just any color you could provide there would be helpful.

Yeah. provide color to all of the folks who are out there and all of the land. But what we can say is that certainly for land that we own, and we own a considerable amount of land, this has been part of our economic development strategy for the past couple of years. And in doing so, all of that land is zoned industrial, if that's helpful.

That is helpful. Thank you. And then just turning to 2026, I see you're assuming about 1% retail sales growth, which sounds like it's consistent with what you experienced in 2025. I don't know if you think that's a fairly conservative assumption just as the data centers start to ramp or there's other dynamics at play there.

No, yeah, I think it's fairly consistent. We are expecting to see some level of data center load start in the second half of 2026. But really, think about most of the load coming in for the data centers in 27 and beyond, and that's when you'll see the much higher growth rates that we're expecting in our plan.

Okay, great. Thank you, team.

Next question will be from Paul Freeman at Leidenberg. Please go ahead.

Thanks, and congratulations on the shift in QTS. Does the shift in renewables in your capex from the gas generation supply, is that being driven by the expected supply for QTS, or is there something else that's driving that shift?

Yeah, Paul, when you think about our investment plan, it's pretty consistent overall when you think about the four years of 2026 through 2029. We're still at roughly that $13.4 billion, consistent with what we shared with investors back in November. Most of the recent shift, as you indicated, was just a shift between what we call gas generation to renewables. There's also some shift between our Wisconsin utility to our Iowa utilities that coincide with the relocated load. When I think about the renewables, you may be familiar, we do have an RPU filing in front of the commission right now in Iowa, and As the team continues to identify further renewable development opportunities that are cost effective for our customers, we're going to continue to add those to the plan. And so we saw an opportunity to do that with this recent update. And then on the gas side, we had previously had a gas combined cycle plant within the planned time horizon, but we've shifted that out beyond the planned horizon. really in favor of trying to get to simple cycle facilities quicker because we know the capacity is important for our customers to be able to get them online quicker. So I'd still say that combined cycle is an opportunity for us and really upside opportunity to us when you think of beyond the planning horizon of 2026 through 2029.

one thing that i would add is just a reminder of the fact that from a we don't have an irp process a litigated irp process so that allows us to be flexible in terms of our resource planning and to be able to to pivot as we identify other projects that we can get into service fairly quickly to grow at that pace of our customers it is speed to market which is what we are acutely focused on and one of the advantages i think that we have with respect to attracting these large loads

Great, and I guess when I look at some of your peers in terms of where your rate-based growth is, you're at 12%. Many of those peers that are at very high levels of rate-based growth have somewhat more robust EPS growth rates. Is there something we should think of that's sort of holding you at lower levels?

Yeah, Paul, I'd say we're probably pretty consistent with most others when it comes to the level of dilution. We're going to see from the equity that we need to be able to finance this rate-based growth. Maybe something that's a little bit different from us is we do have some current level debt that we're going to need to refinance and the current debt's at pretty low interest rates. And so we've built in some, I'll say, conservative assumptions as to what the new interest rates will be in the plan. And that's probably maybe a differentiating factor. And hopefully we'll be able to beat that when we execute those transactions. But We prefer to be a little more conservative at the outset here.

Great. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Next question will be from Andrew Weissel at Scotiabank. Please go ahead.

Hey, good morning, everyone. I want to echo the kudos on the change there. Like you said, nice to see you pivot on a dime, as you called it. First question is on turbine reservations for gas and safe harbored credits for renewables and storage. I know you've got that all covered for what's in the plan. Please remind me or help me understand, what do you mean by what's in the plan? Specifically, does that cover everything related to the three gigawatts for the four projects that have ESAs? Would that cover some of the two to four gigawatts of upside? Just how are you thinking about serving all of those needs or potential needs from a generation perspective? I know you You alluded to that a little bit in the last question, but maybe you can get a little more specific, please.

No, that's fine. With respect to the three gigawatts, you know, that is all in the plan. And as we look towards the two to four gigawatts that we're in active negotiations on, we're also working on the generation side. And I'll just point folks to a recent RFP that we had issued here.

uh in 20 in 25 so we are actively continuing to pair the load growth with generation okay so the comments refer to the three gig but not the two to four is that right correct okay got it thank you uh and then in terms of excuse me moving the capex around I know you you talked about moving generation from Wisconsin to Iowa related to the QTS relocating It looks like some of the timing changed as well. Some spending moved up from 27 to 26 and then a little bit got pushed back from 28 to 29. Is that just fine tuning or was that related to QTS or maybe you could just detail some of those changes?

Yeah, most of those are pretty modest. I don't think any one year is probably moving around more than about $100 million. And so think of that as just refinements to the process as we continue to work through completing all of the contracts and stuff for the capital expenditure planning. So I wouldn't read anything more than to just more refinement than anything.

OK, very good. And then maybe this is just kind of a nitpicky one, but just to clarify, the 50% increase in projected demand, that stat is not a change? But it looks like the base did change. Now, you're saying off of 2025 base of five and a half gigs. Previously, it showed off of a 2024 base of six gigs. So it looks like, and now you're saying by 2031 versus by 2030 previously. Just trying to understand, are you now saying it's going to be a little later and a little smaller? Is that meant to be a change in the messaging of future demand? Or how should we think about that?

I would think of most of those numbers are just refinements and rounding issues more than anything. There is some, as we think about this relocation of QTS from Wisconsin to Iowa, there's a little bit of a delay in the ramp, as you can imagine, because we're starting out a little bit later with the development activities, but it's less than a year. And so, again, we're just probably getting a little more fine-tuned on the numbers and the dates, but I wouldn't read anything more into that than that. Okay. Very good.

We appreciate the specificity. Thank you so much.

Thank you. A reminder, ladies and gentlemen, to please press star one should you have any questions. Thank you. Next will be Rini Singh at Bank of America. Please go ahead.

Morning, guys. Just quick question on, you know, the gubernatorial races. So, you know, with heading into those races in Iowa and Wisconsin and with the incumbents not running, I guess, how are you thinking about, like, regulatory continuity and potential policy shifts, like, basically around generation planning and large loads?

You know, great question. And, you know, this is fundamental to our philosophy of making sure that You've heard us talk about a Rubik's Cube. We're solving for reliability, resiliency, growth, and affordability. That is core to everything that we do. We actually posted recently this week on our website to ensure that there was clarity in terms of our philosophy, our commitment to our customers, which is they will not be paying for this data center growth. They will be benefiting from this data center growth. So we're really trying to make sure that that message is clear. Obviously we have in both states, uh, governors who have elected not to run for reelection in Iowa. The primaries are coming up fairly soon in the June 2nd timeframe. You've got five Republicans running three Democrats in Wisconsin. It's very early days, uh, August, I think 11th. It is that the primaries are set for there's two Republicans and nine Democrats really in, in that race. Yeah, we expect the races to very much be focused on health care, housing costs, potentially energy costs and so forth. But that's why how we're navigating this growth is so critical. And we've certainly had the support of the public utilities commissions as it relates to our approach. And again, as a reminder, with this individual customer rate contract that we submit to the commissions, it really gives the commissions that opportunity to truly understand the details of it, to make sure that all customers are benefiting, to make sure that, you know, they've got that opportunity for oversight on an individual basis. And we think that that's a strength as well.

That makes sense. And then just secondly, you know, keeping on theme with the data centers, do you, like in Wisconsin, do you kind of view it as the challenges being tied to local or township concerns, or is it kind of more broadly based in Wisconsin? I know Iowa has the strategic advantages, but do you think, like, for example, with the meta-ICR, there's more need to provide more disclosures in Wisconsin, or is this kind of township level?

really township level is how we're viewing it and again just as a reminder that you know the forest community is just outside of Madison very close to Madison and it did require annexation and rezoning it certainly was a lift for the community governor Evers in his state of the state address was extremely supportive of data centers and highlighted the importance of data centers for the growth of the state, making sure that we continue to be a bit of a tech hub and so forth. And that is very much in line with how we're seeing it. So this is just a local issue in our minds.

Great.

Thanks so much. Thank you. Ms. Gil, there are no further questions at this time.

With no more questions, this concludes our call. A replay will be available on our investor website. We thank you for your continued support of Alliance Energy and feel free to contact me with any follow-up questions.

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, this does indeed conclude your conference call for today. Once again, thank you for attending. And at this time, we do ask that you please disconnect your lines. Have a good weekend.