| **GREAT                      PLAINS ENERGY**                                                                                                                                                        |   |
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| **COMPUTATION                      OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES**                                                                                                                          |   |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                |   | **2005** |   | **2004** |   | **2003** |   | **2002** |   | **2001** |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                |   | (thousands) |   |
| Income                      (loss) from continuing operations                                                                                                                                       |   | $ | 164,209 |   | $ | 173,535 |   | $ | 189,702 |   | $ | 136,702 |   | $ | (28,428 | ) |
| Add                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Minority                      interests in subsidiaries                                                                                                                                             |   |   | 7,805 |   |   | (2,131 | ) |   | (1,263 | ) |   | - |   |   | (897 | ) |
| Equity                      investment (income) loss                                                                                                                                                |   |   | 434 |   |   | 1,531 |   |   | 2,018 |   |   | 1,173 |   |   | (23,641 | ) |
|                           Income                      subtotal                                                                                                                  |   |   | 172,448 |   |   | 172,935 |   |   | 190,457 |   |   | 137,875 |   |   | (52,966 | ) |
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| Add                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Taxes                      on income                                                                                                                                                                |   |   | 39,691 |   |   | 54,451 |   |   | 78,565 |   |   | 51,348 |   |   | (34,672 | ) |
| Kansas                      City earnings tax                                                                                                                                                       |   |   | 498 |   |   | 602 |   |   | 418 |   |   | 635 |   |   | 583 |   |
|                           Total taxes on income                                                                                                                                 |   |   | 40,189 |   |   | 55,053 |   |   | 78,983 |   |   | 51,983 |   |   | (34,089 | ) |
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| Interest                      on value of leased property                                                                                                                                           |   |   | 6,229 |   |   | 6,222 |   |   | 5,944 |   |   | 7,093 |   |   | 10,679 |   |
| Interest                      on long-term debt                                                                                                                                                     |   |   | 64,349 |   |   | 66,128 |   |   | 58,847 |   |   | 65,837 |   |   | 83,549 |   |
| Interest                      on short-term debt                                                                                                                                                    |   |   | 5,145 |   |   | 4,837 |   |   | 5,442 |   |   | 6,312 |   |   | 9,915 |   |
| Mandatorily                      Redeemable Preferred                                                                                                                                               |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                           Securities                                                                                                                                            |   |   | - |   |   | - |   |   | 9,338 |   |   | 12,450 |   |   | 12,450 |   |
| Other                      interest expense and amortization                                                                                                                                        |   |   | 5,891 |   |   | 13,563 |   |   | 3,912 |   |   | 3,760 |   |   | 5,188 |   |
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|                           Total fixed charges                                                                                                                                   |   |   | 81,614 |   |   | 90,750 |   |   | 83,483 |   |   | 95,452 |   |   | 121,781 |   |
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| Earnings                      before taxes on                                                                                                                                                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                           income and fixed charges                                                                                                                              |   | $ | 294,251 |   | $ | 318,738 |   | $ | 352,923 |   | $ | 285,310 |   | $ | 34,726 |   |
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| Ratio                      of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                             |   |   | 3.61 |   |   | 3.51 |   |   | 4.23 |   |   | 2.99 |   |   | (a | ) |
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| (a)                      An $87.1 million deficiency in earnings caused the ratio of                      earnings to                      fixed charges to be less than a                          |
|                           one-to-one coverage. A $195.8 million net write-off before                      income taxes                      related to the bankruptcy filing of |
|                           DTI                      was recorded in 2001.                                                                                                        |