WISCONSIN POWER & LIGHT CO
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                             _______________________

                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                             _______________________


               Date of Report
               (Date of earliest
               event reported):    May 22, 1996


                        Wisconsin Power and Light Company         
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     Wisconsin                        0-337                    39-0714890    
   (State or other              (Commission File             (IRS Employer   
   jurisdiction of                   Number)              Identification No.)
   incorporation)


                222 West Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53703      
          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


                                 (608) 252-3311          
                         (Registrant's telephone number)


   <PAGE>
   Item 5.     Other Events.

          On November 10, 1995, WPL Holdings, Inc. ("WPL"), a holding company
   incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and the parent
   corporation of Wisconsin Power and Light Company (the "Company"), IES
   Industries Inc. ("IES"), a holding company incorporated under the laws of
   the State of Iowa, and Interstate Power Company ("IPC"), an operating
   public utility incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, among
   others, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger providing for the
   strategic three-way business combination of WPL, IES and IPC (hereinafter
   referred to as the "Merger").  In the Merger, WPL, as a surviving holding
   company, will change its name to Interstate Energy Corporation
   ("Interstate Energy").  

          On May 22, 1996, WPL, IES and IPC, among others, entered into an
   amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Agreement and Plan of
   Merger as so amended is hereinafter referred to as the "Merger Agreement")
   to provide, under certain circumstances, the holders of IES common stock
   with an increased share exchange ratio.  As revised, the Merger Agreement
   does not amend the share exchange ratio applicable to holders of IPC
   common stock nor does it change the fact that the outstanding shares of
   WPL common stock will remain unchanged and outstanding after the Merger as
   shares of Interstate Energy common stock.

          The Merger Agreement is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report
   on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.  The brief summary of
   certain revised provisions of the Merger Agreement set forth above is
   qualified in its entirety by reference to that agreement.


   Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

          (a)  Not Applicable.

          (b)  Not Applicable.

          (c)  Exhibits.

               The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are
               filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.


   <PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
   1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
   behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                        WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY


   Date:  May 22, 1996.                 By:  /s/ Edward M. Gleason           
                                             Edward M. Gleason
                                             Controller, Treasurer and
                                             Corporate Secretary


   <PAGE>
                        WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY

                            EXHIBIT INDEX TO FORM 8-K
                            Report Dated May 22, 1996



                             Exhibit




    (2.1)        Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of
                 Merger and Stock Option Agreements, dated
                 May 22, 1996, by and among WPL Holdings,
                 Inc., IES Industries Inc., Interstate Power
                 Company, AMW Acquisition, Inc., WPLH
                 Acquisition Co. and Interstate Power
                 Company.

    (2.2)        Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
                 November 10, 1995, by and among WPL
                 Holdings, Inc., IES Industries Inc.,
                 Interstate Power Company and AMW
                 Acquisition, Inc.  [Incorporated by
                 reference to Exhibit (2.1) to Wisconsin
                 Power and Light Company's Current Report on
                 Form 8-K, dated November 10, 1995]



                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                          AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
                                       AND
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS


             THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this "Amendment"), dated as of May 22,
   1996, by and among WPL Holdings, Inc., a holding company incorporated
   under the laws of the State of Wisconsin ("WPL"), IES Industries Inc., a
   holding company incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa ("IES"),
   Interstate Power Company, an operating public utility incorporated under
   the laws of the State of Delaware ("Interstate"), AMW Acquisition, Inc., a
   wholly-owned subsidiary of WPL incorporated under the laws of the State of
   Delaware ("AMW"), WPLH Acquisition Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WPL
   incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin ("Acquisition"), and
   Interstate Power Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Interstate
   incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin ("New Interstate").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

             WHEREAS, the parties hereto (other than Acquisition and New
   Interstate) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
   Agreement") dated as of November 10, 1995;

             WHEREAS, certain of the parties hereto entered into various
   Stock Option Agreements (the "Stock Option Agreements") dated November 10,
   1995;

             WHEREAS, in furtherance of the transactions contemplated
   therein, the respective parties have agreed to certain amendments to the
   Merger Agreement and the Stock Option Agreements;

             NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
   representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein,
   the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as
   follows:

             1.   Amendments.  Upon the execution of this Amendment by all
   parties hereto, the Merger Agreement shall be amended as follows:

                  (a)  The introductory paragraph of the Merger Agreement
        shall be restated in its entirety to read as follows:

                       "THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of
                  November 10, 1995, as amended (this "Agreement"), by and
                  among WPL Holdings, Inc., a holding company incorporated
                  under the laws of the State of Wisconsin ("WPL"), IES
                  Industries Inc., a holding company incorporated under the
                  laws of the State of Iowa ("IES"), Interstate Power
                  Company, an operating public utility incorporated under the
                  laws of the State of Delaware ("Interstate"), WPLH
                  Acquisition Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WPL
                  incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin
                  ("Acquisition"), and Interstate Power Company, a wholly-
                  owned subsidiary of Interstate incorporated under the laws
                  of the State of Wisconsin ("New Interstate", and together
                  with WPL, IES, Interstate and Acquisition, after the
                  Effective Time (as hereinafter defined), the "Company"),"

                  (b)  The second recital to the Merger Agreement shall be
        restated in its entirety to read as follows:

                  "WHEREAS, in furtherance thereof, the respective Boards of
                  Directors of WPL, IES, Interstate, Acquisition and New
                  Interstate have approved this Agreement and the Merger (as
                  defined in Section 1.1 below) on the terms and conditions
                  set forth in this Agreement;"

                  (c)  Sections 1.1(a) and (b) of Article I shall be restated
        in their entirety to read as follows:

                       "Section 1.1  The Merger.  Upon the terms and subject
                  to the conditions of this Agreement:

                            (a)  at the Effective Time the Merger shall be
                  effected as follows:

                                 (i)  IES shall be merged with and into WPL
                       (the "IES Merger") in accordance with the laws of the
                       States of Wisconsin and Iowa;

                                 (ii)  Acquisition shall be merged with and
                       into Interstate (the "Interstate Merger") in
                       accordance with the laws of the States of Wisconsin
                       and Delaware;

                                 (iii)  The IES Merger, together with the
                       Interstate Merger, are collectively referred to herein
                       as the "Merger;

                  provided, however, that in the event that there has been a
                  failure to obtain any WPL Required Statutory Approvals due
                  to any limitations imposed under Section 196.795 of the
                  Wisconsin Statutes (a "Wisconsin Regulatory Event"), the
                  Merger shall be effected as follows, with the terms "IES
                  Merger," "Interstate Merger" and "Merger" being defined as
                  set forth below:

                                 (i)  Interstate shall be merged with and
                       into New Interstate (following such intermediate
                       merger, to be deemed "Interstate" for the purposes of
                       this Agreement), with New Interstate to be the
                       surviving corporation; and

                                 (ii)  Acquisition shall be merged with and
                       into Interstate, with Interstate to be the surviving
                       corporation (steps (i) and (ii) being referred to
                       collectively herein as the "Interstate Merger"); and

                                 (iii)  Utilities (as hereinafter defined)
                       shall be merged with and into a wholly-owned
                       subsidiary of IES ("New Utilities," to be formed as a
                       Wisconsin corporation, and following such intermediate
                       merger, to be deemed "Utilities" for the purposes of
                       this Agreement), with New Utilities to be the
                       surviving corporation; and

                                 (iv)  IES shall be merged with and into WPL
                       (steps (iii) and (iv) being collectively referred to
                       herein as the "IES Merger") in accordance with the
                       laws of the States of Wisconsin and Iowa; and

                                 (v)  The IES Merger, together with the
                       Interstate Merger, are collectively referred to herein
                       as the "Merger."

                            (b)  WPL shall be the surviving corporation of
                  the IES Merger, and Interstate shall be the surviving
                  corporation of the Interstate Merger, and each shall
                  continue its respective corporate existence under the laws
                  of the States of Wisconsin and Delaware, as applicable;
                  and"

                  (d)  Section 1.3 of Article I shall be restated in its
        entirety to read as follows:

                       "Section 1.3  Effective Time of the Merger.  On the
             Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), articles and certificates
             of merger together, in the case of the IES Merger, with a Plan
             of Merger in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
             1.3, which Plan of Merger is incorporated by reference herein
             and deemed a part hereof (the "Plan of Merger"), complying with
             the requirements of the WBCL, the IBCA and the DGCL, shall be
             executed by WPL, IES, Interstate and Acquisition (or, if a
             Wisconsin Regulatory Event shall have occurred, WPL, IES,
             Interstate, New Interstate, Utilities, New Utilities and
             Acquisition) and shall be filed by WPL, Utilities and
             Interstate, as appropriate, with the Secretary of State of the
             State of Wisconsin pursuant to the WBCL and the Secretary of
             State of the State of Iowa pursuant to the IBCA, in the case of
             the IES Merger, and the Secretary of State of the State of
             Delaware pursuant to the DGCL and the Secretary of State of the
             State of Wisconsin pursuant to the WBCL, in the case of the
             Interstate Merger.  The Merger shall become effective on the
             latest of the times (the "Effective Time") specified in the
             appropriate articles and certificates of merger filed with
             respect to the IES Merger and the Interstate Merger,
             respectively."

                  (e)  Sections 2.1(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall be restated
        in their entirety and a new Section 2.1(b)(iv) shall be added to read
        as follows:

                       "(i)  Each issued and outstanding share of IES Common
             Stock (other than shares canceled pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i)
             and IES Dissenting Shares (as hereinafter defined)) shall be
             converted into the right to receive 0.98 duly authorized,
             validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable (except as
             otherwise provided in Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL) shares
             of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of WPL ("WPL Common
             Stock"), including, if applicable, associated rights (the "WPL
             Rights") to purchase shares of WPL Common Stock pursuant to the
             terms of that certain Rights Agreement between WPL and Morgan
             Shareholder Services Trust Company, as Rights Agent thereunder,
             dated as of February 22, 1989 (the "WPL Rights Agreement"). 
             Until the Distribution Date (as defined in the WPL Rights
             Agreement) all references in this Agreement to the WPL Common
             Stock shall be deemed to include the associated WPL Rights. 
             Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the McLeod Contingency (as
             hereinafter defined) shall have occurred prior to the Closing
             Date, each issued and outstanding share of IES Common Stock
             (other than shares canceled pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i) and
             IES Dissenting Shares) shall be converted into the right to
             receive 1.01 duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
             nonassessable (except as otherwise provided in Section
             180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL) shares of WPL Common Stock.  The
             specific exchange ratio at which shares of IES Common Stock are
             ultimately converted into shares of WPL Common Stock in the IES
             Merger is hereafter referred to as the "IES Ratio".  As used in
             this Agreement, the term "McLeod Contingency" shall mean the
             completion of a firm commitment underwritten initial public
             offering of Class A common stock by McLeod, Inc., a Delaware
             corporation ("McLeod"), at a per share price equal to or greater
             than $13.00 (as adjusted for any stock split, recapitalization
             or the like effected prior to the completion of such offering,
             other than the stock split disclosed in McLeod's registration
             statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange
             Commission on April 2, 1996), that results in McLeod (a)
             receiving gross proceeds of such offering equal to or greater
             than $75 million in addition to any gross proceeds from the sale
             of its Class A common stock to existing stockholders and (b)
             having its Class A common stock, immediately following the
             completion of such initial public offering, registered pursuant
             to Section 12 of the Exchange Act (as hereinafter defined).

                       (ii)  Each issued and outstanding share of Interstate
             Common Stock (other than shares canceled pursuant to Section
             2.1(a)(ii)) shall be converted into the right to receive 1.11
             (the "Interstate Ratio") duly authorized, validly issued, fully
             paid and nonassessable (except as otherwise provided in Section
             180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL) shares of WPL Common Stock,
             provided, however, that if a Wisconsin Regulatory Event shall
             have occurred, each issued and outstanding share of Interstate
             Common Stock (other than shares canceled pursuant to Section
             2.1(a)(ii)) shall first automatically be converted into one duly
             authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable (except
             as otherwise provided in Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL)
             share of Common Stock, par value $3.50 per share, of New
             Interstate (the "New Interstate Common Stock") and thereafter,
             such one share of New Interstate Common Stock shall be converted
             into the right to receive a number of duly authorized, validly
             issued, fully paid and nonassessable (except as otherwise
             provided in Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL) shares of WPL
             Common Stock equal to the Interstate Ratio.

                       (iii)  If a Wisconsin Regulatory Event shall have
             occurred, each issued and outstanding share of Utilities Common
             Stock (as hereinafter defined) shall be converted into the right
             to receive one duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
             nonassessable (except as otherwise provided in Section
             180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL) share of Common Stock, par value
             $2.50 per share, of New Utilities (the "New Utilities Common
             Stock").

                       (iv)  Upon such conversions and except as otherwise
             provided in Section 2.2, all such shares of IES Common Stock,
             Interstate Common Stock (and, if a Wisconsin Regulatory Event
             shall have occurred, Utilities Common Stock) shall be canceled
             and cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate formerly
             representing any such shares of IES Common Stock and Interstate
             Common Stock (and, if applicable, Utilities Common Stock) shall
             cease to have rights with respect thereto, except the right to
             receive the shares of WPL Common Stock (or New Utilities Common
             Stock) to be issued in consideration therefor upon (in the case
             of the IES Common Stock and the Interstate Common Stock) the
             surrender of such certificate in accordance with Section 2.3 and
             any cash in lieu of fractional shares of WPL Common Stock."

                  (f)  Sections 2.1 (c) and (d) of Article II shall be
        restated in their entirety, and a new Section 2.1 (e) shall be
        inserted thereafter to read as follows:

                       "(c) Interstate Preferred Stock.  Each issued and
             outstanding share of Preferred Stock, $50 par value, of
             Interstate (the "Interstate Preferred Stock") shall be unchanged
             as a result of the Interstate Merger and shall remain
             outstanding thereafter, provided, however, that if a Wisconsin
             Regulatory Event shall have occurred, each outstanding share of
             Interstate Preferred Stock (other than shares owned directly or
             indirectly by WPL, IES or Interstate and other than Interstate
             Dissenting Shares) will be converted into one share of Preferred
             Stock, $50 par value, of New Interstate (the "New Interstate
             Preferred Stock") with terms (including dividend rights) and
             designations under the New Interstate restated articles of
             incorporation substantially identical to those of the converted
             shares of Interstate Preferred Stock under the Interstate
             restated certificate of incorporation.  In the event that a
             Wisconsin Regulatory Event shall have occurred, from and after
             the Effective Time, each outstanding certificate theretofore
             representing shares of Interstate Preferred Stock shall be
             deemed for all purposes to evidence the ownership of and to
             represent an equal number of shares of New Interstate Preferred
             Stock into which such shares of Interstate Preferred Stock shall
             have been converted.

                       (d)  Conversion of Acquisition Common Stock.  All of
             the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
             Acquisition (the "Acquisition Common Stock") issued and
             outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
             converted into that number of shares of Interstate Common Stock
             (as the surviving corporation in the Interstate Merger) which
             shall be equivalent to the aggregate number of shares of
             Interstate Common Stock (exclusive of the shares canceled
             pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii)) issued and outstanding
             immediately prior to the Effective Time, provided, however, if a
             Wisconsin Regulatory Event shall have occurred, all of the
             shares of Acquisition Common Stock issued and outstanding
             immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into
             that number of shares of New Interstate Common Stock (as the
             surviving corporation in the Interstate Merger) which shall be
             equivalent to the aggregate number of shares of New Interstate
             Common Stock (exclusive of the shares canceled pursuant to
             Section 2.1(a)(ii)) issued and outstanding immediately prior to
             the Effective Time.  From and after the Effective Time, each
             outstanding certificate theretofore representing shares of
             Acquisition Common Stock shall be deemed for all purposes to
             evidence ownership of and to represent the number of shares of
             Interstate Common Stock or New Interstate Common Stock, as
             appropriate, into which such shares of Acquisition Common Stock
             shall have been converted.

                  (e)  Redemption of Utilities Preferred Stock.  If a
             Wisconsin Regulatory Event shall have occurred, all of the
             shares of Utilities Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined)
             issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
             shall be redeemed prior to consummation of the Merger."

                  (g)  Section 4.4(a)(ii) of Article IV shall be deleted in
        its entirety and the representation and warranty currently set forth
        as Section 4.4(a)(i) shall thereafter be set forth as Section 4.4(a)
        of Article IV.

                  (h)  Section 7.12 of Article VII shall be restated in its
        entirety to read as follows:

                       "Section 7.12  Transmission, Generation.  Except as
             required pursuant to tariffs on file with the FERC as of the
             date hereof, in the ordinary course of business consistent with
             past practice, or as set forth in Section 7.12 of the WPL
             Disclosure Schedule, the IES Disclosure Schedule or the
             Interstate Disclosure Schedule, no party shall, nor shall any
             party permit any of its Subsidiaries to,

                                 (a)  commence construction of any additional
                       generating, transmission or delivery capacity, or

                                 (b)  obligate itself to purchase or
                       otherwise acquire, or to sell or otherwise dispose of,
                       or to share, any additional generating, transmission
                       or delivery capacity,

                  in an amount in excess of $30 million in the case of WPL,
                  $80 million in the case of IES, and $16 million in the case
                  of Interstate, except as set forth in the budgets or
                  forecasts of WPL dated November 10, 1995, IES dated October
                  16, 1995 and Interstate dated February 27, 1995,
                  respectively, which budgets or forecasts have been shared
                  with each other party hereto."

                  (i)  Section 8.14(e) of Article VIII shall be deleted and
        Sections 8.14(f), (g) and (h) shall thereafter be reordered to become
        Sections 8.14(e), (f) and (g), respectively.  All references in the
        Merger Agreement to Sections 8.14(f), (g) and (h) shall hereafter be
        to Sections 8.14(e), (f) and (g), respectively.

                  (j)  Section 8.15 of Article VIII shall be restated in its
        entirety to read as follows:

                            "Section 8.15  Employment Contracts.  WPL, or in
                  the case of Mr. Chase, Interstate, shall, as of or prior to
                  the Effective Time, enter into employment contracts with
                  each of Messrs. Liu, Davis, Stoppelmoor, and Chase in the
                  forms set forth in Exhibit 8.15.1, 8.15.2, 8.15.3 and
                  8.15.4, respectively."

                  (k)  Exhibit 8.15.5 shall be deleted as an exhibit from the
        Merger Agreement.

                  (l)  The parenthetical references "(other than AMW)"
        contained in Section 10.3(a)(i), Section 10.3(a)(ii), Section
        10.3(b)(iii) and Section 10.3(c) of Article X shall be amended to
        read "(other than Acquisition and New Interstate)".

                  (m)  The cover page and the signature page shall be amended
        to delete references to AMW Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware
        corporation, and to add references to WPLH Acquisition Co., a
        Wisconsin corporation, and to Interstate Power Company, a Wisconsin
        corporation.

                  (n)  The Index of Defined Terms which precedes the body of
        the Agreement shall be amended to add the defined terms
        "Acquisition," "New Interstate," "Wisconsin Regulatory Event," "New
        Utilities," "New Interstate Common Stock," "New Utilities Common
        Stock," New Interstate Preferred Stock," "Acquisition Common Stock,"
        "McLeod Contingency" and "McLeod."  The Index of Defined Terms shall
        be further amended to delete the defined terms "AMW" and "AMW Common
        Stock."

             2.   References to Merger Agreement.  From and after the date of
   this Amendment, each reference in the Merger Agreement to "this
   Agreement," "hereof," "hereunder" or words of like import, and all
   references to the Merger Agreement in any and all agreements, instruments,
   documents, notes, certificates and other writings of every kind and
   nature, shall be deemed to mean the Merger Agreement as modified and
   amended by this Amendment.

             3.   References to AMW in Merger Agreement; Addition of New
   Interstate.  To the extent not otherwise provided for above, from and
   after the date of this Amendment, all references in the Merger Agreement
   and in the exhibits thereto (other than the Stock Option Agreements) to
   AMW shall thereafter be modified to refer to Acquisition.  In addition,
   New Interstate shall be inserted in the Merger Agreement and the exhibits
   thereto (other than the Stock Option Agreements) as the fifth and final
   party to the Merger Agreement.

             4.   Amendments to Plan of Merger.  From and after the date of
   this Amendment, the Plan of Merger (in the form of Exhibit 1.3 to the
   Merger Agreement) shall be amended as follows:

             (a)  The first sentence of Section 1.04 of the Plan of Merger
             shall be amended to read as follows:  "At the Effective Time,
             the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be
             comprised of the persons designated pursuant to Section 8.13 of
             the Merger Agreement and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the
             Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer and President
             of the Surviving Corporation shall be the persons designated in
             Section 8.14(a), (b) and (c) of the Merger Agreement."

             (b)  The first sentence of Section 2.01(b) of the Plan of Merger
             shall be amended to read as follows:  "Each share of IES Common
             Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
             Time (other than shares cancelled pursuant to Section 2.01(a) or
             shares for which dissenters' rights have been exercised under
             applicable law) shall be converted into the right to receive
             [insert IES Ratio as determined in accordance with the Merger
             Agreement] shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of WPL
             Holdings ("WPL Holdings Common Stock"), including the associated
             rights to purchase shares of WPL Holdings Common Stock (the
             "Rights") pursuant to that certain Rights Agreement between WPL
             Holdings and Morgan Shareholder Services Trust Company, as
             Rights Agent thereunder, dated February 22, 1989 (the "Rights
             Agreement").

             5.   Amendments to Stock Option Agreements.  From and after the
   date of this Amendment, the first recital of each of the six Stock Option
   Agreements (in the forms as included as exhibits A through F to the Merger
   Agreement and in the forms as executed by WPL, IES and Interstate) shall
   be amended as follows:

                  (a)  All references to "AMW Acquisition, Inc.," a
                       "Delaware" corporation, shall be amended to refer to
                       "WPLH Acquisition Co.," a "Wisconsin" corporation, and
                       all references to "AMW" shall be amended to refer to
                       "Acquisition".

                  (b)  "Interstate Power Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary
                       of Interstate organized under the laws of the State of
                       Wisconsin," shall be inserted as the fifth and final
                       party to the Merger Agreement.

                  (c)  The reference to the "Agreement and Plan of Merger,
                       dated as of November 10, 1995, (the "Merger
                       Agreement")" shall be amended to reference the
                       "Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November
                       10, 1995, as amended, (the "Merger Agreement")".

                  (d)  References to the merger of "AMW with and into
                       Interstate," "AMW with and into OPTION HOLDER," where
                       Interstate has been previously defined as OPTION
                       HOLDER, and "AMW with and into OPTION GRANTOR," where
                       Interstate has been previously defined as OPTION
                       GRANTOR, in accordance with the laws of the "State of
                       Delaware" as set forth in the Stock Option Agreements
                       shall be amended to provide for the merger of
                       "Acquisition with and into Interstate (or a successor
                       thereto)," "OPTION HOLDER (or a successor thereto),"
                       or "OPTION GRANTOR (or a successor thereto),"
                       respectively, in accordance with the laws of the
                       "States of Delaware and/or Wisconsin."

             Section 14(c) of each of the six Stock Option Agreements shall
   be restated in its entirety to read as follows:

                  "(c) Nothing contained in this Agreement, express or
                       implied, is intended to confer upon any person other
                       than the parties hereto and their respective
                       successors and permitted assigns any rights or
                       remedies of any nature whatsoever by reason of this
                       Agreement."

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WPL, IES, Interstate, AMW, Acquisition and
   New Interstate have caused this Amendment to be signed by their respective
   officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

                                        WPL HOLDINGS, INC.

   Attest:

   By:/s/ Edward M. Gleason             By:/s/ Erroll B. Davis, Jr.      
     Edward M. Gleason                     Name:   Erroll B. Davis, Jr.
     Corporate Secretary                   Title:  President and Chief
                                                   Executive Officer

                                        IES INDUSTRIES INC.

   Attest:

   By:/s/ Stephen W. Southwick          By:/s/ Lee Liu                   
     Name:  Stephen W. Southwick           Name:   Lee Liu
     Title:    Secretary                   Title:  Chairman of the Board,
                                                   President  & Chief
                                                   Executive Officer

                                        INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY
                                        (a Delaware Corporation)

   Attest:

   By:/s/ Joseph C. McGowan             By:/s/ Wayne H. Stoppelmoor      
     Joseph C. McGowan                     Name:   Wayne H. Stoppelmoor
     Secretary and Treasurer               Title:  Chairman of the Board,
                                                   President and Chief
                                                   Executive Officer

                                        AMW ACQUISITION, INC.

   Attest:

   By:/s/ Edward M. Gleason             By:/s/ Erroll B. Davis, Jr.      
     Edward M. Gleason                     Name:   Erroll B. Davis, Jr.
     Secretary                             Title:  President

                                        WPLH ACQUISITION CO.

   Attest:

   By:/s/ Edward M. Gleason             By:/s/ Erroll B. Davis, Jr.      
     Edward M. Gleason                     Name:   Erroll B. Davis, Jr.
     Secretary                             Title:  President

                                        INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY
                                        (a Wisconsin Corporation)

   Attest:

   By:/s/ Joseph C. McGowan             By:/s/ Michael R. Chase          
     Joseph C. McGowan                     Name:   Michael R. Chase
     Secretary and Treasurer               Title:  President


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