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|  **GREAT                PLAINS ENERGY**                               |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |
|  **COMPUTATION                OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES** |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   |        |    | **Adjusted** |   | **Adjusted** |    |  Adjusted |    |  **Adjusted**          |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   | **2006**    |    | **2005**     |   | **2004**     |    | **2003**       |    | **2002**                    |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   | (thousands) |    |
| Income                (loss) from continuing operations                    | $      | 127,630 |   | $           | 164,197 |         | $      | 175,271      |    | $              | 189,230 |                        | $      | 136,194 |   |
| Add                                                                        |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |   |   |
| Minority                interests in subsidiaries                          |   | -       |   |        | 7,805   |         |   | (2,131       | )       |           | (1,263  | )                           |   | - |   |
| Equity                investment (income) loss                             |   | 1,932   |   |        | 434     |         |   | 1,531        |    |           | 2,018   |                        |   | 1,173 |   |
| Income                subtotal                                             |   |    |   |        |    | 129,562      |   |         | 172,436 |           |    | 174,671                     |   |   | 189,985 |   |   | 137,367 |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Add                                                                        |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |   |   |
| Taxes                on income                                             |   | 47,822  |   |        | 39,462  |         |   | 55,391       |    |           | 78,263  |                        |   | 51,023 |   |
| Kansas                City earnings tax                                    |   | 544     |   |        | 498     |         |   | 602          |    |           | 418     |                        |   | 635 |   |
| Total                taxes on income                                       |   |    |   |        |    | 48,366       |   |         | 39,960  |           |    | 55,993                      |   |   | 78,681 |   |   | 51,658 |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest                on value of leased property                        |   | 4,144   |   |        | 6,229   |         |   | 6,222        |    |           | 5,944   |                        |   | 7,093 |   |
| Interest                on long-term debt                                  |   | 62,643  |   |        | 64,349  |         |   | 66,128       |    |           | 58,847  |                        |   | 65,837 |   |
| Interest                on short-term debt                                 |   | 9,057   |   |        | 5,145   |         |   | 4,837        |    |           | 5,442   |                        |   | 6,312 |   |
| Mandatorily                Redeemable Preferred                            |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |   |   |
| Securities                                                                 |   |    |   |        |    | -            |   |         | -       |           |    | -                           |   |   | 9,338 |   |   | 12,450 |   |
| Other                interest expense and amortization                     |   | 5,207   |   |        | 5,891   |         |   | 13,563       |    |           | 3,912   |                        |   | 3,760 |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Total                fixed charges                                         |   |    |   |        |    | 81,051       |   |         | 81,614  |           |    | 90,750                      |   |   | 83,483 |   |   | 95,452 |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Earnings                before taxes on                                    |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |   |   |
| income                and fixed charges                                    |   |    |   |        | $       | 258,979      |   | $            | 294,010 |           | $       | 321,414                     |   | $ | 352,149 |   | $ | 284,477 |   |
|                                                                       |   |    |   |        |    |         |   |         |    |           |    |                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Ratio                of earnings to fixed charges                          |   | 3.20    |   |        | 3.60    |         |   | 3.54         |    |           | 4.22    |                        |   | 2.98 |   |