Exhibit 10-h

                 AMENDMENT TO SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

          The Severance Agreement between Kansas City Power &
Light  Company and <<FirstName>>, as entered into as of
<<SevDate>> (the "Agreement"), is hereby amended,  effective  as
of January <<Number>>, 1996 as set forth below.

          Terms which are defined in the Agreement shall have
the same meaning in this Amendment.

           1.    Section 1 of the Agreement is hereby amended
by  inserting the following new definition as subsection  (a)
thereof  and  by redesignating all subsequent subsections  ac
cordingly:

                (a)   "Beneficial Owner" has the meaning  set
     forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

           2.    Section 1(c) of the Agreement (as relettered
pursuant to paragraph 1 above is hereby amended so to read as
follows:

                (c)   "Cause" means (1) a material breach  by
     Executive  of  those  duties  and  responsibilities   of
     Executive  which  do not differ in any material  respect
     from the duties and responsibilities of Executive during
     the  90-day  period immediately prior  to  a  Change  in
     Control (or, for purposes of Section 3(d), during the 90-
     day  period immediately preceding a Potential Change  in
     Control),  other than as a result of incapacity  due  to
     physical   or  mental  illness,  which  is  demonstrably
     willful and deliberate on Executive's part, committed in
     bad  faith or without reasonable belief that such breach
     is  in  the  best interests of the Company, and  is  not
     remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of
     written  notice form the Company specifying such  breach
     or (2) the commission by Executive of a felony involving
     moral turpitude.

           3.    Section 1(d) of the Agreement (as relettered
pursuant to paragraph 1 above) is hereby amended to  read  as
follows:

                "Change  in Control" means the occurrence  of
     one of the following events:

                       (I)   any  Person is  or  becomes  the
Beneficial  Owner, directly or indirectly, of  securities  of
the  Company  (not  including in the securities  beneficially
owned  by  such Person any securities acquired directly  from
the  Company or its affiliates other than in connection  with
the  acquisition by the Company or its affiliates of  a  busi
ness) representing 20% or more of either the then outstanding
shares  of common stock of the Company or the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or

                           (II)   the  following  individuals
          cease  for  any reason to constitute a majority  of
          the  number  of directors then serving: individuals
          who,  on the date hereof, constitute the Board  and
          any  new  director  (other than  a  director  whose
          initial assumption of office is in connection  with
          an actual or threatened election contest, including
          but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating
          to  the  election of directors of the  Company,  as
          such  terms  are used in Rule 14a-11 of  Regulation
          14A  under  the Exchange Act) whose appointment  or
          election by the Board or nomination for election by
          the  Company's stockholders was approved by a  vote
          of  at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then
          still  in office who either were directors  on  the
          date  hereof or whose appointment, election or nomi
          nation for election was previously so approved; or

                            (III)   the stockholders  of  the
          Company  approve a merger or consolidation  of  the
          Company  with any other corporation or approve  the
          issuance  of  voting securities of the  Company  in
          connection  with a merger or consolidation  of  the
          Company  (or  any direct or indirect subsidiary  of
          the  Company) pursuant to applicable stock exchange
          requirements, other than (i) a merger or  consolida
          tion which would result in the voting securities of
          the  Company outstanding immediately prior to  such
          merger  or  consolidation continuing  to  represent
          (either  by  remaining  outstanding  or  by   being
          converted  into voting securities of the  surviving
          entity or any parent thereof), in combination  with
          the  ownership  of any trustee or  other  fiduciary
          holding  securities under an employee benefit  plan
          of the Company, at least 60% of the combined voting
          power  of  the voting securities of the Company  or
          such   surviving  entity  or  any  parent   thereof
          outstanding  immediately  after  such   merger   or
          consolidation,  or (ii) a merger  or  consolidation
          effected  to  implement a recapitalization  of  the
          Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person
          is  or  becomes the Beneficial Owner,  directly  or
          indirectly,  of  securities  of  the  Company  (not
          including in the securities Beneficially  Owned  by
          such  Person any securities acquired directly  from
          the  Company or its affiliates other than in connec
          tion  with  the acquisition by the Company  or  its
          affiliates of a business) representing 20% or  more
          of  either  the then outstanding shares  of  common
          stock  of the Company or the combined voting  power
          of the Company's then outstanding securities; or

                         (IV) the stockholders of the Company
          approve  a  plan of complete liquidation  or  disso
          lution of the Company or an agreement for the  sale
          or   disposition   by  the  Company   of   all   or
          substantially  all of the Company's  assets,  other
          than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or
          substantially  all of the Company's  assets  to  an
          entity,  at least 60% of the combined voting  power
          of  the  voting securities of which  are  owned  by
          Persons  in  substantially the same proportions  as
          their ownership of the Company immediately prior to
          such sale.

     Notwithstanding  the foregoing, no "Change  in  Control"
     shall be deemed to have occurred if there is consummated
     any  transaction  or  series of integrated  transactions
     immediately  following which the record holders  of  the
     common  stock of the Company immediately prior  to  such
     transaction or series of transactions continue  to  have
     substantially  the same proportionate  ownership  in  an
     entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets
     of the Company immediately following such transaction or
     series of transactions.

           4.    Section 1 of the Agreement is hereby amended
by  inserting the following new definition as subsection  (f)
thereof  and  by  redesignating  all  subsequent  subsections
accordingly:

                (f)   "Exchange  Act"  means  the  Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

           5.    Section 1(g) of the Agreement (as relettered
pursuant  to paragraphs 1 and 4 above) is hereby  amended  so
that  the  portion preceding paragraph (1) thereof  reads  as
follows

                (g)  "Good Reason" means, without Executive's
     express  written consent, the occurrence of any  of  the
     following events after a Change in Control (or after any
     Potential  Change  in  Control under  the  circumstances
     described in the second sentence of Section 3(d)  hereof
     (treating  all  references in this paragraph  (g)  to  a
     "Change in Control" as references to a "Potential Change
     in Control")).

           6.    Section 1 of the Agreement is hereby amended
by  inserting the following new definition as subsection  (i)
thereof  and  by  redesignating  all  subsequent  subsections
accordingly:

               (i)  "Person" has the meaning given in Section
     3(a)(9)  of  the Exchange Act, as modified and  used  in
     Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such  term
     shall  not include (i) the Company or any of its  subsid
     iaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securi
     ties  under  an employee benefit plan of the Company  or
     any  of  its  subsidiaries, (iii) an  underwriter  tempo
     rarily  holding  securities pursuant to an  offering  of
     such  securities, or (iv) a corporation owned,  directly
     or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in sub
     stantially  the same proportions as their  ownership  of
     stock of the Company.

           7.    Section 1 of the Agreement is hereby amended
by  inserting the following new definition as subsection  (j)
thereof  and  by  redesignating  all  subsequent  subsections
accordingly:

                (j)  "Potential Change in Control" means  the
     occurrence of one of the following events:

                          (I)   the  Company enters  into  an
          agreement,  the consummation of which would  result
          in the occurrence of a Change in Control;
                          (II)  the Company or any Person pub
          licly announces an intention to take or to consider
          taking   actions   which,  if  consummated,   would
          constitute a Change in Control;

                         (III)  any Person becomes the Benefi
          cial  Owner, directly or indirectly, of  securities
          of  the  Company representing 10% or more of either
          the  then outstanding shares of common stock of the
          Company  or  the  combined  voting  power  of   the
          Company's then outstanding securities; or

                          (IV)  the Board adopts a resolution
          to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement,
          a Potential Change in Control has occurred.

           8.    Section 1(k) of the Agreement (as relettered
pursuant to the above amendments) is hereby amended  to  read
as follows:

                (k)  "Termination Period" means the period of
     time  beginning with a Change in Control (or, if  later,
     beginning  with the consummation of the transaction  the
     approval   of   which  by  the  Company's   stockholders
     constitutes a Change in Control under Section  1(d)(III)
     or  (IV) hereof) and ending on the earliest to occur  of
     (1)  Executive's  70th birthday, (2) Executive's  death,
     and  (3)  three years following such Change  in  Control
     (or, if later, three years following the consummation of
     the  transaction the approval of which by the  Company's
     stockholders constitutes a Change in Control  under  Sec
     tion 1(d)(III) or (IV) hereof).

           9.    Section 1(l) of the Agreement (as relettered
pursuant to the above amendments) is hereby amended  to  read
as follows:

                (l)   "Window Period" means the 30-day period
     commencing  one  year  after the date  of  a  Change  in
     Control, or, if later, the 30 day period commencing  one
     year  after  the  consummation of  the  transaction  the
     approval   of   which  by  the  Company's   stockholders
     constitutes a Change in Control under Section  1(d)(III)
     or (IV) hereof).

           10.   Section 3 of the Agreement is hereby amended
by adding the following Section 3(d) at the end thereof:

                (d)  For the purposes of this Agreement,  the
     Executive's  employment shall be  deemed  to  have  been
     terminated within the Termination Period other  than  by
     reason  of  a  Nonqualifying  Termination  if  (i)   the
     Executive's employment is terminated without Cause prior
     to  a Change in Control and such termination was at  the
     request or direction of a Person who has entered into an
     agreement  with  the Company the consummation  of  which
     would constitute a Change in Control, (ii) the Executive
     terminates  his employment with Good Reason prior  to  a
     Change  in  Control and the circumstance or event  which
     constitutes Good Reason occurs at the request  or  direc
     tion of such Person, or (iii) the Executive's employment
     is terminated without Cause prior to a Change in Control
     and such termination is otherwise in connection with  or
     in anticipation of a Change in Control which actually oc
     curs.

           11.   Section 7 of the Agreement is hereby amended
to read as follows:

                7.   Operative Event.  Except as provided  in
     Section  3(d),  but notwithstanding any other  provision
     herein  to  the  contrary, no amounts shall  be  payable
     hereunder unless and until there is a Change in  Control
     at a time when Executive is employed by the Company.

           12.   Section  8(a)  of the  Agreement  is  hereby
amended to read as follows:

                (a)  This Agreement shall be effective on the
     date  hereof and shall continue until terminated by  the
     Company as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section  8;
     provided,  however, that this Agreement shall  terminate
     in  any event upon the first to occur of (i) Executive's
     70th birthday, (ii) Executive's death or (iii) except as
     provided   in   Section  3(d)  hereof,  termination   of
     Executive's  employment  with the  Company  prior  to  a
     Change in Control.

           13.   Section 9 of the Agreement is hereby amended
to read as follows:

               9.   Scope of Agreement.  Nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to entitle Executive to continued
employment with the Company and its subsidiaries, and except
as provided in Section 3(d) hereof, if Executive's employment
with the Company shall terminate prior to a Change in
Control, then Executive shall have no further rights under
this Agreement; provided, however, that any termination of
Executive's employment following a Change in Control (or as
described in Section 3(d)) shall be subject to all of the
provisions of this Agreement.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer of the
Company and Executive has executed this Amendment as of the
day and year first above written.


                    KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY


                    By:_______________________________
                         <<CEO>>


                    __________________________________
                         <<LastName>>