Exhibit 10-a


               KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

             SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

                    Effective April 1, 2000


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               KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

             SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN


                            PREAMBLE

The principal objective of this Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan  is  to  ensure  the  payment  of  a  competitive  level  of
retirement  income  in  order to attract,  retain,  and  motivate
selected executives, and to restore benefits which cannot be paid
under the Company's Qualified Pension Plan due to restrictions on
benefits, contributions, compensation, or the like imposed  under
that  plan.  The Company may, but is not required to,  set  aside
funds  from time to time to provide such benefits, and such funds
may  be  held  in a separate trust established for such  purpose.
This Plan is a successor to the supplemental executive retirement
component   of   the  Company's  former  Supplemental   Executive
Retirement  and  Deferred Compensation Plan (the  "Prior  Plan"),
which  was  effective on November 2, 1993.  It shall be effective
as  to  each  Participant  on  the  date  he  or  she  becomes  a
Participant  hereunder; provided, however, that the  benefits  of
those individuals whose employment with the Company or any of its
affiliates  terminated prior to April 1, 2000, shall continue  to
be  governed by the terms of the Prior Plan, and not the terms of
this  Plan.   This  Plan  supersedes the  supplemental  executive
retirement  component  of the Prior Plan  and  all  similar  non-
qualified supplemental executive retirement plans that may be  in
existence.


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                       TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE                                                      PAGE

  I  DEFINITIONS                                                1

 II  ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS                                   2

III  AMOUNT AND FORM OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS                     3

 IV  PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS                             7

  V  DEATH BENEFITS                                             7

 VI  MISCELLANEOUS                                              8

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                                ARTICLE I

                                DEFINITIONS


     1.1   "Active  Participant" means, with respect  to  a  Plan

Year, any employee of the Company (i) who is an officer appointed

by  the  Board  of  Directors,  or  (ii)  whose  annualized  Base

Compensation  exceeds the limitation imposed by Internal  Revenue

Code  Section 401(a)(17) and regulations promulgated  thereunder,

as  adjusted from time to time. For purposes of determining Years

of  Benefit  Service pursuant to Section 1.10 of  this  Plan,  an

employee shall be deemed to have been an Active Participant  with

respect to any Plan Year in which he or she was a Participant for

purposes of Sections II, III, IV, and V of the Prior Plan.

     1.3   "Basic  Plan"  means the Kansas  City  Power  &  Light

Company Management Pension Plan.  The following terms shall  have

the  same meaning as set forth in the Basic Plan, as amended from

time-to-time:

          -    Actuarial Equivalent

          -    Base Compensation

          -    Early Retirement Date

          -    Normal Retirement Date

          -    Plan Year

          -    Single Life Pension

          -    Years of Credited Service

     1.4   "Board  of Directors" means the Board of Directors  of

Kansas City Power & Light Company.

     1.5    "Committee"  means  the  Nominating  &   Compensation

Committee  (or  successor  to such Committee)  of  the  Board  of

Directors.


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     1.6   "Company" means Kansas City Power & Light  Company  or

its  successor and any wholly-owned subsidiary that has  adopted,

and whose employees participate in, the Basic Plan.

     1.7   "Participant" means an individual who  has  become  an

Active  Participant and who has not received his  or  her  entire

benefit under this Plan; provided, however, that individuals  who

were Participants for purposes of Sections II, III, IV, and V  of

the Prior Plan as of April 1, 2000, and whose employment with the

Company had not terminated as of that date, shall be Participants

in this Plan on that date.

     1.8   "Plan"  means this Kansas City Power &  Light  Company

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.

     1.9   "Surviving  Spouse"  means a  Participant's  surviving

spouse  who  is eligible to receive a surviving spouse's  benefit

under the Basic Plan.

     1.10  "Years  of  Benefit Service" means Years  of  Credited

Service (including fractions thereof) during which an employee is

an Active Participant.



                           ARTICLE II

                    ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS



     2.1  Except as provided in Sections 2.2 and 3.4, below, each

Participant   shall  be  eligible  to  receive   a   supplemental

retirement  benefit  under this Plan  beginning  as  soon  as  is

practicable after the Participant terminates employment with  the

Company.


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     2.2   Notwithstanding  any provision of  this  Plan  to  the

contrary,  the  terms of this Plan and all subsequent  amendments

hereto shall not affect the rights and benefits of any person who

is not an employee of the Company on or after April 1, 2000.  The

rights and benefits, if any, of such former employees (or spouses

or  beneficiaries of said former employees) shall continue to  be

governed  by  the terms of the Prior Plan as in effect  on  their

date  of  termination,  death, total disability,  or  retirement,

whichever first shall have occurred.



                          ARTICLE III

             AMOUNT AND FORM OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS



     3.1     Normal   Retirement.    A   Participant's    monthly

supplemental  retirement benefit payable  under  the  Plan  as  a

Single  Life Pension at the Participant's Normal Retirement  Date

shall  be made up of the sum of two portions, the first of  which

is  described  in  Paragraph  (a) and  the  second  of  which  is

described in Paragraph (b) of this Section.

          (a)   The first of those portions shall make up for the

     difference between an accrual rate of two percent  (2%)  and

     an accrual rate of one and two-thirds percent (1 2/3%) for each

     of an Active Participant's Years of Benefit Service.

          (b)   The  second portion shall make up for the benefit

     otherwise lost to an Active Participant under the Basic Plan

     due to:

               (i)   compensation deferred under the Kansas  City

          Power   and   Light   Company   Nonqualified   Deferred

          Compensation  Plan, or under Section VI  of  the  Prior

          Plan, and

               (ii)  any amounts disregarded under the Basic Plan

          pursuant  to  the provisions of Internal  Revenue  Code

          Sections   401(a)(17),  415,  or   similar


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          provisions restricting the amount of compensation or

          benefits that may  be  considered under plans qualified

          pursuant  to Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a).

     3.2   Benefits Payable Prior to Normal Retirement Date.   In

the  event  a Participant terminates employment with the  Company

before  he  or  she reaches Normal Retirement Date,  the  monthly

supplemental retirement benefit payable under the Plan  shall  be

determined by computing the monthly retirement benefit  necessary

to  make  up  for  the difference in accrual rates  described  in

Section 3.1(a), for the benefit otherwise lost to the Participant

due  to  the factors described in Paragraph 3.1(b), and  for  the

difference   between   computations  of  monthly   salary   using

computation  periods  of  more than thirty-six  (36)  consecutive

months rather than of thirty-six (36) consecutive months, reduced

to reflect the early payment of the benefit and the Participant's

younger  age in the same circumstances and to the same extent  as

the  Single  Life  Pension under the Basic  Plan  is  reduced  to

reflect these factors.  The result is that:

          (a)   There  shall  be  no early  retirement  reduction

     factor  applied to the retirement benefit of  a  Participant

     who  has satisfied all of the requirements set forth in  the

     Basic Plan for the Rule of 85 early retirement benefit,

          (b)  The Basic Plan's early retirement reduction factor

     of  one quarter of one-percent (.25%) per month shall  apply

     to  the  retirement benefit of a Participant  who  does  not

     satisfy all of the requirements set forth in the Basic  Plan

     for  the  Rule  of  85 early retirement benefit,  and  whose

     employment  with the Company terminates on or after  his  or

     her Early Retirement Date, and

          (c)   For  the retirement benefit of a Participant  who

     terminates  employment with the Company before  his  or  her

     Early  Retirement Date, and without satisfying  all

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     of the requirements set forth in the Basic Plan for the Rule

     of  85 early retirement benefit, no early retirement subsidy

     of any kind shall apply.

     3.3   Disability Retirement.  A Participant whose employment

with  the Company terminates due to a total disability for  which

the  Participant  is  eligible  to  receive  benefits  under  the

Company's Long-Term Disability Plan shall then be eligible for  a

supplemental  retirement  benefit.  The  supplemental  retirement

benefit  shall be determined in accordance with Sections 3.1  and

3.2,  except  that  his  or her Years of  Benefit  Service  shall

include   the  period  from  the  date  of  disability   to   the

Participant's Normal Retirement Date.  In no event shall Years of

Credited  Service  or  Benefit  Service  in  excess  of   30   be

considered.

     3.4  Form of Payment.  The Participant may elect the form in

which  benefits under the Plan are to be paid from the forms  set

forth  in this Section, the value of each of which shall  be  the

Actuarial  Equivalent of the value of each of the others.   Under

each form other than the Lump Sum Payment, payment shall begin as

soon  as  practicable after the Participant terminates employment

with the Company.

          (a)    Lump  Sum  Payment.   This  form  provides   the

     Participant  with  a  one-time, single sum  payment  of  the

     Participant's entire benefit under the Plan.  Payment  shall

     be  made  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  Participant

     terminates  employment with the Company, or  at  such  later

     anniversary of the Participant's termination as  is  elected

     by the Participant.

          (b)   Single Life Pension.  A Single Life Pension  pays

     the  Participant a monthly pension only for as long  as  the

     Participant lives.

          (c)   Single  Life Pension   with 60 Months Guaranteed.

     A  Single  Life  Pension with 60 Months  Guaranteed  pays  a

     monthly  benefit for as long as the Participant  lives.   If

     the Participant dies before receiving 60 monthly payments, the

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     Participant's  beneficiary  receives  them   for   the

     remainder of the 60 months that were guaranteed.

          (d)  Single Life Pension with 120 Months Guaranteed.  A

     Single  Life  Pension  with 120 Months Guaranteed  pays  the

     Participant a monthly benefit for as long as the Participant

     lives.  If the Participant dies before receiving 120 monthly

     payments,  the Participant's beneficiary receives  them  for

     the remainder of the 120 months that were guaranteed.

          (e)  100%, 75%, 66 2/3%, 50%, 33 1/3% and 25% Joint Pensions.

     A  100%, 75%, 66 2/3%, 50%, 33 1/3% or 25% Joint Pension pays  the

     Participant a monthly benefit for as long as the Participant

     lives.   If  the  Participant's spouse is  living  when  the

     Participant dies, he or she receives a monthly pension equal

     to  100%, 75%, 66 2/3%, 50%, 33 1/3% or 25%, respectively, of  the

     monthly pension the Participant received, for as long as  he

     or  she lives.  If the Participant is not married as of  the

     date the Participant's pension commences, it will be paid to

     the   Participant  as  a  Single  Life  Pension.   The  term

     "spouse," as used in this form, means the person to whom the

     Participant is married on the date the Participant's pension

     commences.

     3.5   Election of Form and Timing.  A new Active Participant

in  the Plan shall, within sixty (60) days of the date he or  she

becomes  a Participant, elect the form in which he or she  wishes

the benefit under the Plan to be paid.  In the case of a Lump Sum

Payment, the Participant shall also elect whether payment  is  to

be made as soon as is practicable after termination of employment

with the Company and, if not, the anniversary of termination when

payment is to be made.  A Participant in the Plan as of April  1,

2000,  shall make these elections no later than April  15,  2000.

If  such  a  Participant terminates employment with  the  Company

within  one (1) year of the date the election form is filed  with

the   Company,  the

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election  shall  have  no  effect,  and  the Participant's benefit

under the Plan will be paid in the form  of a  Single Life Pension,

if the Participant is then single, or  in the form of a 50% Joint

Pension, with the Participant's spouse as the survivor, if the

Participant is then married.



                           ARTICLE IV

                 PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS



     4.1   Supplemental retirement benefits payable in accordance

with  Article III shall commence as provided in Section 2.1,  and

shall  continue to be paid as required by the form in  which  the

Participant's benefit is paid.



                           ARTICLE V

                         DEATH BENEFITS



     5.1   If  a  Participant dies before supplemental retirement

benefit  payments  commence under this  Plan,  the  Participant's

Surviving Spouse shall receive a pre-retirement survivor  annuity

under  the  Plan.   The  amount  of the  pre-retirement  survivor

annuity  payable under this Plan shall be equal to the amount  of

the  qualified  pre-retirement survivor annuity determined  under

the  Basic Plan, but calculated by substituting the amount of the

Participant's  supplemental retirement benefit  determined  under

Article III for the amount of the Participant's benefit under the

Basic Plan.

     5.2  A Surviving Spouse's benefit under Section 5.1 shall be

payable  monthly; its duration shall be the same as that  of  the

qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity payable under the Basic

Plan.

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                             ARTICLE VI

                            MISCELLANEOUS



     6.1   The  Board  of Directors may, in its sole  discretion,

terminate, suspend, or amend this Plan at any time or from  time-

to-time,  in  whole  or  in  part.   However,  no  amendment   or

suspension of the Plan shall affect a Participant's right or  the

right of a Surviving Spouse to benefits accrued up to the date of

any  amendment or termination, payable at least as quickly as  is

consistent  with the Participant's election made as  provided  in

Section  3.5.  In the event the Plan is terminated, the Committee

will  continue  to administer the Plan until all amounts  accrued

have been paid.

     6.2    Nothing  contained  herein  shall  confer  upon   any

Participant  the  right  to be retained in  the  service  of  the

Company, nor shall it interfere with the right of the Company  to

discharge  or otherwise deal with Participants without regard  to

the existence of this Plan.

     6.3   Neither the Committee nor any member of the  Board  of

Directors  nor  any officer or employee of the Company  shall  be

liable  to  any  person  for  any  action  taken  or  omitted  in

connection   with   the  administration  of   the   Plan   unless

attributable  to his or her own fraud or willful misconduct;  nor

shall  the  Company be liable to any person for any  such  action

unless attributable to fraud or willful misconduct on the part of

a director, officer or employee of the Company.

     6.4   This Plan is unfunded, and constitutes a mere  promise

by the Company to make benefit payments in the future.  The right

of  any Participant or Surviving Spouse to receive a distribution

under  this Plan shall be an unsecured claim against the  general

assets  of  the Company.  The Company may choose to  establish  a

separate trust (the "Trust"), and to contribute to the Trust from

time  to time assets that shall be held therein, subject  to  the

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claims  of  the Company's creditors in the event of the Company's

insolvency, until paid to Plan Participants and Surviving Spouses

in such manner and at such times as specified in the Plan.  It is

the  intention  of the Company that such Trust,  if  established,

shall  constitute an unfunded arrangement, and shall  not  affect

the  status of the Plan as an unfunded Plan for purposes of Title

I  of  the  Employee Retirement Income Security Act of  1974,  as

amended.  The Trustee of the Trust shall invest the Trust assets,

unless  the Committee, in its sole discretion, chooses either  to

instruct the Trustee as to the investment of Trust assets  or  to

appoint one or more investment managers to do so.

     6.5   To  the  maximum extent permitted by law,  no  benefit

under  the  Plan shall be assignable or subject in any manner  to

alienation,   sale,   transfer,  claims  of  creditors,   pledge,

attachment, or encumbrances of any kind.

     6.6  Any amounts payable hereunder to any person under legal

disability  or who, in the judgment of the Committee,  is  unable

properly to manage his or her financial affairs, may be  paid  to

the legal representative of such person or may be applied for the

benefit  of  such  person in any manner which the  Committee  may

select.

     6.7   The Plan shall be administered by the Committee or its

designee, which may adopt rules and regulations to assist  it  in

the administration of the Plan.

     6.8   A  request for a Plan benefit shall be filed with  the

Chairperson of the Committee or his or her designee,  on  a  form

prescribed   by  the  Committee.   Such  a  request,  hereinafter

referred to as a "claim," shall be deemed filed when the executed

claim form is received by the Chairperson of the Committee or his

or her designee.

     The  Chairperson  of the Committee or his  or  her  designee

shall  decide such a claim within a reasonable time after  it  is

received.  If a claim is wholly or partially denied, the

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claimant shall be furnished a written notice setting forth, in a

manner calculated to be understood by the claimant:

          (a)  The specific reason or reasons for the denial;

          (b)   A specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions

     on which the denial is based;

          (c)   A  description  of  any  additional  material  or

     information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim,

     along   with   an  explanation  of  why  such  material   or

     information is necessary; and

          (d)   Appropriate  information as to the  steps  to  be

     taken  if  the claimant wishes to appeal his or  her  claim,

     including  the period in which the appeal must be filed  and

     the period in which it will be decided.

The  notice  shall be furnished to the claimant  within  90  days

after receipt of the claim by the Chairperson of the Committee or

his  or  her  designee, unless special circumstances  require  an

extension  of time for processing the claim.  No extension  shall

be  for  more  than 90 days after the end of the  initial  90-day

period.   If  an  extension of time for processing  is  required,

written  notice  of  the  extension shall  be  furnished  to  the

claimant  before  the  end  of the initial  90-day  period.   The

extension   notice  shall  indicate  the  special   circumstances

requiring  an  extension of time and the date by  which  a  final

decision will be rendered.

     If  a claim is denied, in whole or in part, the claimant may

appeal  the denial to the full Committee, upon written notice  to

the  Chairperson  thereof.   The claimant  may  review  documents

pertinent  to  the appeal and may submit issues and  comments  in

writing  to the Committee.  No appeal shall be considered  unless

it  is received by the Committee within 90 days after receipt  by

the claimant of written notification of denial of the claim.  The

Committee  shall  decide the appeal within 60 days  after  it  is

received.    However,  if  special

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circumstances require an extension of time for processing, a decision

shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than 120 days

after the appeal is received. If such an extension of time for deciding

the appeal is required, written notice of the extension shall be

furnished to the claimant prior to the commencement of the extension.

The Committee's  decision  shall  be in  writing  and  shall  include

specific reasons for the decision, written in a manner calculated

to  be understood by the claimant, and specific references to the

pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision is based.

     6.9   Each Participant shall receive a copy of the Plan and,

if a Trust is established pursuant to Section 6.4, the Trust, and

the   Company  shall  make  available  for  inspection   by   any

Participant  a  copy  of  any  rules  and  regulations  used   in

administering the Plan.

     6.10 If any contest or dispute shall arise as to amounts due

to a Participant under this Plan, the Company shall reimburse the

Participant,  on  a  current basis, all legal fees  and  expenses

incurred  by the Participant in connection with such  contest  or

dispute;  provided, however, that in the event the resolution  of

any  such  contest  or  dispute includes a  finding  denying  the

Participant's   claims,  the  Participant   shall   be   required

immediately to reimburse the Company for all sums advanced to the

Participant hereunder.

     6.11  This Plan is binding on the Company and will bind with

equal  force  any  successor of the Company, whether  by  way  of

purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise.

     6.12  If  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  holds   any

provision  of  this  Plan  to be invalid  or  unenforceable,  the

remaining  provisions  of the Plan shall  continue  to  be  fully

effective.

     6.13  To the extent not superseded by the laws of the United

States, this Plan shall be construed according to the laws of the

State of Missouri.

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