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|                                             | GREAT      PLAINS ENERGY                                                                                                                     |
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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           | $                                                                                                                                            | 7.8               |   | $      | 120.9  |   | $      | 136.7  |   | $      | 135.1                         |   | $ | 132.3 |   |   | $ | 149.6 |   |
| Add                                              |                                                                                                                                         |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Minority      interests in subsidiaries          |                                                                                                                                         | -                 |   |   | -      |   |   | -      |   |   | 7.8                           |   |   | (5.1 | ) |   |   | (1.3 | ) |
| Equity      investment (income) loss             |                                                                                                                                         | 0.8               |   |   | 2.0    |   |   | 1.9    |   |   | 0.4                           |   |   | 1.5 |   |   |   | 2.0 |   |
| Income      subtotal                             |                                                                                                                                         | 8.6               |   |   | 122.9  |   |   | 138.6  |   |   | 143.3                         |   |   | 128.7 |   |   |   | 150.3 |   |
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| Add                                              |                                                                                                                                         |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Taxes      on income                             |                                                                                                                                         | 22.5              |   |   | 44.9   |   |   | 60.3   |   |   | 22.2                          |   |   | 30.7 |   |   |   | 48.1 |   |
| Kansas      City earnings tax                    |                                                                                                                                         | -                 |   |   | 0.5    |   |   | 0.5    |   |   | 0.5                           |   |   | 0.5 |   |   |   | 0.4 |   |
| Total      taxes on income                       |                                                                                                                                         | 22.5              |   |   | 45.4   |   |   | 60.8   |   |   | 22.7                          |   |   | 31.2 |   |   |   | 48.5 |   |
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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                  |                                                                                                                                         | 50.1              |   |   | 74.1   |   |   | 62.6   |   |   | 64.3                          |   |   | 66.1 |   |   |   | 58.8 |   |
| Interest      on short-term debt                 |                                                                                                                                         | 8.8               |   |   | 26.4   |   |   | 9.2    |   |   | 4.5                           |   |   | 4.3 |   |   |   | 5.0 |   |
| Mandatorily      Redeemable Preferred            |                                                                                                                                         |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Securities                                       |                                                                                                                                         | -                 |   |   | -      |   |   | -      |   |   | -                             |   |   | - |   |   |   | 9.3 |   |
| Other      interest expense and amortization (a) |                                                                                                                                         | 3.2               |   |   | 5.8    |   |   | 3.9    |   |   | 4.3                           |   |   | 13.6 |   |   |   | 3.9 |   |
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| Total      fixed charges                         |                                                                                                                                         | 63.7              |   |   | 110.2  |   |   | 79.8   |   |   | 79.3                          |   |   | 90.2 |   |   |   | 82.9 |   |
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| Earnings      before taxes on                    |                                                                                                                                         |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| income      and fixed charges                    | $                                                                                                                                            | 94.8              |   | $      | 278.5  |   | $      | 279.2  |   | $      | 245.3                         |   | $ | 250.1 |   |   | $ | 281.7 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges          |                                                                                                                                         | 1.49              |   |   | 2.53   |   |   | 3.50   |   |   | 3.09                          |   |   | 2.77 |   |   |   | 3.40 |   |
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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. |              |