Dear Sister or Brother, 

February 25, 2004

Today, Wednesday, February 25, 2004 the Union's Negotiating Committee met with the Company's Committee and The IBEW 6th District International
Representative, Jim Dahlberg.  The Federal Mediator was not able to be present due to a personal conflict.

We began the day with a joint off the record discussion of the two committees with Bill Harvey from Alliant Energy in attendance.  We had
discussion on issues with the present negotiations and the issues facing the relationship between the Company, the Union and the Workers.  After
this session Shawn and Jim Dahlberg presented a revised four-year package that our Committee felt good about reaching resolution.  The Company considered the offer that we had proposed until after lunch.

The offer our Committee proposed had wages increased by 3.0% in the first year with full retroactivity.  The second and the third year had
percentage increases of 3.25%, but still had delayed wage increases to go in effect in late November of each year.  The fourth year, that was
proposed, had a wage increase of 3.5% and would go into effect in May. The proposed Social Security offset, which would help us gain a permanent improvement to the current pension plan, would be changed to 46% versus the 45% that was offered in the last offer that you voted on. Another benefit was that this proposal would lock in the Medical premium for the fourth year, which our committee saw as a positive move.

The Company rejected our offer and left us with a package showing NO MOVEMENT from yesterdays offer.  As you may remember, yesterday's
proposals had two options, Option A or Option B.  Company's statements included "Acceptance of one is the rejection of the other" and "No more
room for Movement".  See the attached chart for comparison of the Company's offer of Option A and Option B.  After receiving this same proposal, we adjourned for the day with no further progress.

*OPTION A*

General Wage Increase
Year One - 3.0% Full Retro
Year Two - 3.0% No Delays
Year Three - 3.0% No Delays

Pension
Temporary Early retirement factors Effective 6/1/04 through 5/31/05
Age Factor
62 1.0
61 .97
60 .94
59 .91
58 .88

Effective 6/01/05 as a permanent change to Early Retirement Factors
Age Factor
62 1.0
61 .95
60 .90
59 .85
58 .80
57 .75
56 .70
55 .65

. No Social security offset reductions
. The rest of the tentative agreement essentially stays the same

*OPTION B*

General Wage Increase
Year One - 3.0% Full Retro
Year Two - 3.25% Delayed
Year Three - 3.25% Delayed

Social Security offset from 50% to 46%
The rest of the tentative agreement essentially stays the same

We are scheduled to reconvene negotiations on Wednesday, March 10, 2004. The Mediator has conflicts in her schedule that will not allow us to
meet before that date.  We will be conducting more informational picketing at the Alliant CSC/DDC building in Janesville this Saturday,
February 28, 2004 from 9:00 AM to 12 Noon.  There will be more details to follow, so please check for further information.  We will see you
there.

In Solidarity,

Your Negotiating Committee

Shawn Reents
Mike Pyne
Gary McGrath
Bob Jung
Holly Kaiser