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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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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Three                  Months Ended** |                               |     |     |     |     |     |   |         |                          |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                    | **March                  31** |     |     |     |     |     |   |         |                          |   |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                    | **2007**                      | **2006** | **2005** | **2004** | **2003** | **2002** |
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| Income                  from continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                    | $                             | 1,998    |     | $        | 149,321  |     | $      | 143,645      |                          | $ | 145,028 |   | $ | 125,373 |   | $ | 102,158 |   |
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| Minority                  interests in subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                    |                          | -        |     |     | -   |     |   | 7,805        |                          |   | (5,087 | ) |   | (1,263 | ) |   | - |   |
| Income                  subtotal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                    |                          | 1,998    |     |     | 149,321  |     |   | 151,450      |                          |   | 139,941 |   |   | 124,110  |   |   | 102,158 |   |
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| Taxes                  on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                    |                          | (4,931   | )        |     | 70,302   |     |   | 47,984       |                          |   | 53,703 |   |   | 83,270 |   |   | 62,532 |   |
| Kansas                  City earnings tax                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                    |                          | (16      | )   |     | 544      |     |   |  498    |                          |   | 602 |   |   | 418 |   |   | 635 |   |
| Total                  taxes on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                    |                          | (4,947   | )        |     | 70,846   |     |   |  48,482 |                          |   | 54,305 |   |   | 83,688 |   |   | 63,167 |   |
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| Interest                  on value of leased property                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                    |                          | 905      |     |     | 4,144    |     |   | 6,229        |                          |   | 6,222 |   |   | 5,944 |   |   | 7,093 |   |
| Interest                  on long-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                    |                          | 13,446   |     |     | 55,360   |     |   | 56,655       |                          |   | 61,237 |   |   | 57,697 |   |   | 63,845 |   |
| Interest                  on short-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                    |                          | 4,209    |     |     | 7,998    |     |   |  3,117  |                          |   | 480 |   |   | 560 |   |   | 1,218 |   |
| Mandatorily                  Redeemable Preferred                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                                    |                          |     |     |     |     |     |   |         |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Securities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                    |                          | -        |     |     | -        |     |   |  -      |                          |   | - |   |   | 9,338 |   |   | 12,450 |   |
| Other                  interest expense and amortization (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                    |                          | 3,755    |     |     | 3,207    |     |   | 3,667        |                          |   | 13,951 |   |   | 4,067 |   |   | 3,772 |   |
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| Total                  fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                    |                          | 22,315   |     |     | 70,709   |     |   | 69,668       |                          |   | 81,890 |   |   | 77,606 |   |   | 88,378 |   |
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| Earnings                  before taxes on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                    |                          |     |     |     |     |     |   |         |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| income                  and fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                    | $                             | 19,366   |     | $        | 290,876  |     | $      | 269,600      |                          | $ | 276,136 |   | $ | 285,404 |   | $ | 253,703 |   |
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| Ratio                  of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                    |                          | (b)      |     |     | 4.11     |     |   |  3.87   |                          |   | 3.37 |   |   | 3.68 |   |   | 2.87 |   |
|  (a)                   During the three months ended March 31, 2007, Kansas City Power&                  Light Company 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.  |
|  (b)                 A                $2.9 million deficiency                in earnings caused the ratio of earnings to fixed charges to be less                that                a one-to-one coverage.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |