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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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|                                                   |                                                                                                                                        | Year      to Date |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                        | June      30      |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                        | 2008              | 2007   | 2006   | 2005   | 2004   | 2003   |
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                        | (millions)        |   |
| Income      from continuing operations                 | $                                                                                                                                           | 24.9              |   | $      | 156.7  |   | $      | 149.3  |                    | $ | 143.7 |   | $ | 145.0 |   | $ | 125.4 |   |
| Add                                                    |                                                                                                                                        |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Minority      interests in subsidiaries                |                                                                                                                                        | -                 |   |   | -      |   |   | -      |                    |   | 7.8 |   |   | (5.1 | ) |   | (1.3 | ) |
| Income      subtotal                                   |                                                                                                                                        | 24.9              |   |   | 156.7  |   |   | 149.3  |                    |   | 151.5 |   |   | 139.9 |   |   | 124.1 |   |
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| Add                                                    |                                                                                                                                        |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Taxes      on income                                   |                                                                                                                                        | 26.8              |   |   | 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                             |                                                                                                                                        | 26.8              |   |   | 59.8   |   |   | 70.8   |                    |   | 48.5 |   |   | 54.3 |   |   | 83.7 |   |
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| Interest      on value of leased property              |                                                                                                                                        | 1.6               |   |   | 3.9    |   |   | 4.1    |                    |   | 6.2 |   |   | 6.2 |   |   | 5.9 |   |
| Interest      on long-term debt                        |                                                                                                                                        | 37.3              |   |   | 54.5   |   |   | 55.4   |                    |   | 56.7 |   |   | 61.2 |   |   | 57.7 |   |
| Interest      on short-term debt                       |                                                                                                                                        | 7.5               |   |   | 20.3   |   |   | 8.0    |                    |   | 3.1 |   |   | 0.5 |   |   | 0.6 |   |
| Mandatorily      Redeemable Preferred                  |                                                                                                                                        |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Securities                                             |                                                                                                                                        | -                 |   |   | -      |   |   | -      |                    |   | - |   |   | - |   |   | 9.3 |   |
| Other      interest expense and amortization (a)       |                                                                                                                                        | 2.0               |   |   | 6.8    |   |   | 3.2    |                    |   | 3.6 |   |   | 14.0 |   |   | 4.1 |   |
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| Total      fixed charges                               |                                                                                                                                        | 48.4              |   |   | 85.5   |   |   | 70.7   |                    |   | 69.6 |   |   | 81.9 |   |   | 77.6 |   |
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| Earnings      before taxes on                          |                                                                                                                                        |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| income      and fixed charges                          | $                                                                                                                                           | 100.1             |   | $      | 302.0  |   | $      | 290.8  |                    | $ | 269.6 |   | $ | 276.1 |   | $ | 285.4 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                |                                                                                                                                        | 2.07              |   |   | 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 interestexpense. |