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|  KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT      COMPANY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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|  COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF      EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| Income      from continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | $      | 156.7  |   | $          | 149.3  |   | $      | 143.7  |   | $      | 145.0  |              | $      | 125.4 |   |
| Add                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |   |   |
| Minority      interests in subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |   | -      |   |       | -      |   |   | 7.8    |   |   | (5.1   | )                 |   | (1.3 | ) |
| Income      subtotal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |   |   |   |       |   | 156.7  |   |   | 149.3  |   |   | 151.5             |   |   | 139.9 |   |   | 124.1 |   |
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| Taxes      on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |   | 59.3   |   |       | 70.3   |   |   | 48.0   |   |   | 53.8   |              |   | 83.3 |   |
| Kansas      City earnings tax                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   | 0.5    |   |       | 0.5    |   |   | 0.5    |   |   | 0.5    |              |   | 0.4 |   |
| Total      taxes on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   |   |   |       |   | 59.8   |   |   | 70.8   |   |   | 48.5              |   |   | 54.3 |   |   | 83.7 |   |
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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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |   | 54.5   |   |       | 55.4   |   |   | 56.7   |   |   | 61.2   |              |   | 57.7 |   |
| Interest      on short-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   | 20.3   |   |       | 8.0    |   |   | 3.1    |   |   | 0.5    |              |   | 0.6 |   |
| Mandatorily      Redeemable Preferred                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |   |   |
| Securities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   |   |   |       |   | -      |   |   | -      |   |   | -                 |   |   | - |   |   | 9.3 |   |
| Other      interest expense and amortization (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   | 6.8    |   |       | 3.2    |   |   | 3.6    |   |   | 14.0   |              |   | 4.1 |   |
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| Total      fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   |   |   |       |   | 85.5   |   |   | 70.7   |   |   | 69.6              |   |   | 81.9 |   |   | 77.6 |   |
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| Earnings      before taxes on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |   |   |
| income      and fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |   |   |       | $      | 302.0  |   | $      | 290.8  |   | $      | 269.6             |   | $ | 276.1 |   | $ | 285.4 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |   | 3.53   |   |       | 4.11   |   |   | 3.87   |   |   | 3.37   |              |   | 3.68 |   |
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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.  |
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