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|  GREAT PLAINS      ENERGY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |   |
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|  COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF      EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |   |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |   |   |   | 2007       |          | 2006   |   | 2005   |   | 2004   |   | 2003              |   |
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| Income      from continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | $      | 159.2  |   | $          | 127.6         |   | $      | 164.2  |   | $      | 175.3  |              | $      | 189.2 |   |
| Add                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |       |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |   |   |
| Minority      interests in subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   | -      |   |       |        - |   |   | 7.8    |   |   | (2.1   | )                 |   | (1.3 | )  |
| Equity      investment (income) loss                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |   | 2.0    |   |       | 1.9           |   |   | 0.4    |   |   | 1.5    |              |   | 2.0 |   |
| Income      subtotal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |   |   |   |       |          | 161.2  |   |   | 129.5  |   |   | 172.4             |   |   | 174.7 |   |   | 189.9 |   |
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| Add                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |       |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |   |   |
| Taxes      on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |   | 71.5   |   |       | 47.9          |   |   | 39.5   |   |   | 55.5   |              |   | 78.3 |   |
| Kansas      City earnings tax                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   | 0.5    |   |       | 0.5           |   |   | 0.5    |   |   | 0.5    |              |   | 0.4 |   |
| Total      taxes on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |   |   |       |          | 72.0   |   |   | 48.4   |   |   | 40.0              |   |   | 56.0 |   |   | 78.7 |   |
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| Interest      on value of leased property                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |   | 3.9    |   |       | 4.1           |   |   | 6.2    |   |   | 6.2    |              |   | 5.9 |   |
| Interest      on long-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   | 74.1   |   |       | 62.6          |   |   | 64.3   |   |   | 66.1   |              |   | 58.8 |   |
| Interest      on short-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |   | 26.9   |   |       | 9.1           |   |   | 5.1    |   |   | 4.8    |              |   | 5.4 |   |
| Mandatorily      Redeemable Preferred                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   |   |   |       |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |   |   |
| Securities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |   |   |       |          | -      |   |   | -      |   |   | -                 |   |   |   - |   |   | 9.3 |   |
| Other      interest expense and amortization (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   | 7.2    |   |       | 5.2           |   |   | 5.9    |   |   | 13.6   |              |   | 3.9 |   |
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| Total      fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   |   |       |          | 112.1  |   |   | 81.0   |   |   | 81.5              |   |   | 90.7 |   |   | 83.3 |   |
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| Earnings      before taxes on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   |   |   |       |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |   |   |
| income      and fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   |   |   |       | $             | 345.3  |   | $      | 258.9  |   | $      | 293.9             |   | $ | 321.4 |   | $ | 351.9 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   | 3.08   |   |       | 3.20          |   |   | 3.60   |   |   | 3.54   |              |   | 4.22 |   |
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|  (a)  On January 1, 2007,      Great Plains Energy adopted FIN No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in      Income Taxes," and along with             the adoption elected to make an accounting policy change to      recognize interest related to uncertain tax positions in interest                  expense.  |