**PERFORMANCE      SHARE AGREEMENT**

**PURSUANT      TO THE**

**GREAT      PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED**

**LONG-TERM      INCENTIVE PLAN**

**EFFECTIVE      MAY 7, 2002 (THE PLAN)**

**February 6,      2007**

| **1.  ** | **Performance              Share Award.**              The Company hereby grants to the Grantee _______ Performance Shares              for              the **three-year              period ending 2009**              (the Award Period). The Performance Shares may be earned based upon              the              Company’s performance as set forth in              Appendix A. |
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| **2.  ** | **Terms              and Conditions.**              The grant of Performance Shares is subject to the following terms and              conditions: |
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| **a.  ** | **Payment              of Award**.              As soon as practicable after the end of the Award Period, the Compensation              and Development Committee of the Board of Directors (the Committee)              shall              for purposes of this Agreement determine the Company’s performance as set              forth in Appendix A. The number of performance shares shall be adjusted              in              accordance with the provisions provided in              Appendix A. |
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| **b.  ** | **Form              of Payment.**              The payment to which Grantee shall be entitled at the end of an Award              Period will be equal to the Fair Market Value of the number of shares              of              the Company’s Common Stock equal to the number of Performance Shares              earned. Payment will be made in Common Stock unless the Committee deems              otherwise. The number of shares of Common Stock to be paid to Grantee              will              be determined by dividing the portion of the payment not paid in cash              by              the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date on which the              date of              Performance Share Award as set forth in Appendix B              hereto. |
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| c.   | In              the event the Grantee leaves the employment of the Company before the              end              of the Performance Period, the Performance Shares are subject to              forfeiture as set forth in the Plan. |
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**Dividend      Rights.**

| 4. | **Change                In Control.**                In                the event of a Change in Control, as defined in the Plan, the Performance                Shares and dividend shares accrued thereon shall be deemed to have                been                fully earned and payable as set forth in Section Eleven of the                Agreement. |
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| 5. | **Notices.**                Any notice hereunder to the Company shall be addressed to the Offices                of                the Corporate Secretary. |
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| GREAT                PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED                             |
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| By:                ________________________________                         |
|        Michael                J. Chesser |

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**APPENDIX      A**

**Performance      Criteria for the 2007-2009 Plan**

| Total                ShareholderReturn                Percentile Rank | Percentage                Payout |
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| 81st                and Above                                         | 200%                             |
| 65th                to                80th                            | 150%                             |
| 50th                to                64th                            | 100%                             |
| 35th                to                49th                            | 50%                              |
| 34th                and Below                                         | 0                                |

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**APPENDIX      B**

| Grant:                                                                   | 1,000                Performance Shares          |
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| Fair                Market Value of common stock at time of grant:       | $30                                              |
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| Fair                Market Value of common stock at end of Award Period: | $40                                              |
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| Performance                at Target (100%)                              | All                Performance Shares Are Earned |
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| 1,000                x $40 = $40,000                                     |                                             |
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| $40,000                ÷ $30 = 1,333 shares of common stock         |                                             |