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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** |                                         |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |
|                                                                   |                              | **September                  30**  |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |   |
|                                                                   |                              | **2006**                                | **2005** | **2004** | **2003** | **2002** | **2001** |
|                                                                   |                              | (thousands)                             |     |
| Income                  (loss) from continuing operations              |                              | $                                       | 90,680   |     | $        | 164,209  |     | $      | 173,535 |                          | $ | 189,702 |   | $ | 136,702 |   | $ | (28,428 | ) |
| Add                                                                    |                              |                                    |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Minority                  interests in subsidiaries                    |                              |                                    | -        |     |     | 7,805    |     |   | (2,131  | )                             |   | (1,263 | ) |   | - |   |   | (897 | ) |
| Equity                  investment (income) loss                       |                              |                                    | 1,047    |     |     | 434      |     |   | 1,531   |                          |   | 2,018 |   |   | 1,173 |   |   | (23,641 | ) |
| Income                  subtotal                                       |                              |                                    | 91,727   |     |     | 172,448  |     |   | 172,935 |                          |   | 190,457 |   |   | 137,875 |   |   | (52,966 | ) |
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| Add                                                                    |                              |                                    |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Taxes                  on income                                       |                              |                                    | 36,683   |     |     | 39,691   |     |   | 54,451  |                          |   | 78,565 |   |   | 51,348 |   |   | (34,672 | ) |
| Kansas                  City earnings tax                              |                              |                                    | 664      |     |     | 498      |     |   | 602     |                          |   | 418 |   |   | 635 |   |   | 583 |   |
| Total                  taxes on income                                 |                              |                                    | 37,347   |     |     | 40,189   |     |   | 55,053  |                          |   | 78,983 |   |   | 51,983 |   |   | (34,089 | ) |
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| Interest                  on value of leased property                  |                              |                                    | 3,100    |     |     | 6,229    |     |   | 6,222   |                          |   | 5,944 |   |   | 7,093 |   |   | 10,679 |   |
| Interest                  on long-term debt                            |                              |                                    | 46,837   |     |     | 64,349   |     |   | 66,128  |                          |   | 58,847 |   |   | 65,837 |   |   | 83,549 |   |
| Interest                  on short-term debt                           |                              |                                    | 6,500    |     |     | 5,145    |     |   | 4,837   |                          |   | 5,442 |   |   | 6,312 |   |   | 9,915 |   |
| Mandatorily                  Redeemable Preferred                      |                              |                                    |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Securities                                                             |                              |                                    | -        |     |     | -        |     |   | -       |                          |   | 9,338 |   |   | 12,450 |   |   | 12,450 |   |
| Other                  interest expense and amortization               |                              |                                    | 3,836    |     |     | 5,891    |     |   | 13,563  |                          |   | 3,912 |   |   | 3,760 |   |   | 5,188 |   |
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| Total                  fixed charges                                   |                              |                                    | 60,273   |     |     | 81,614   |     |   | 90,750  |                          |   | 83,483 |   |   | 95,452 |   |   | 121,781 |   |
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| Earnings                  before taxes on                              |                              |                                    |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| income                  and fixed charges                              |                              | $                                       | 189,347  |     | $        | 294,251  |     | $      | 318,738 |                          | $ | 352,923 |   | $ | 285,310 |   | $ | 34,726 |   |
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| Ratio                  of earnings to fixed charges                    |                              |                                    | 3.14     |     |     | 3.61     |     |   | 3.51    |                          |   | 4.23 |   |   | 2.99 |   |   | (a | ) |
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| (a)    | An                  $87.1 million deficiency in earnings caused the ratio of earnings                  to fixed                  charges to be less than a one-to-one                                  |
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|   | coverage.                    A $195.8 million net write-off before income taxes related to                    the                    bankruptcy filing of DTI was recorded in                    2001. |