Exhibit 12.1

# GREAT PLAINS ENERGY

# COMPUTATION OF RATIO
OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

|                                                                                                                                  | Three Months Ended |  |   |        |   |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |  | - | ------ | - | -
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|(thousands)                                                                                                                      
|Income (loss) from continuing operations                                                                                          |                    |  |   |        |   |  
|before cumulative effect of changes                                                                                               |                    | 
|in accounting principles                                                                                                          |                    |  | $ | 29,502 |   | $
|Add:                                                                                                                              |                    | 
|Equity investment (income) loss                                                                                                   |                    |  |   | 307    |   |  
|Minority interests in subsidiaries                                                                                                |                    |  |   | (1,243 | ) |  
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|Income subtotal                                                                                                                   |                    |  |   | 28,566 |   |  
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|Add:                                                                                                                              |                    | 
|Taxes on income                                                                                                                   |                    |  |   | 12,163 |   |  
|Kansas City earnings tax                                                                                                          |                    |  |   | 140    |   |  
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|Total taxes on income                                                                                                             |                    |  |   | 12,303 |   |  
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|Interest on value of leased                                                                                                       |                    | 
|property                                                                                                                          |                    |  |   | 1,653  |   |  
|Interest on long-term debt                                                                                                        |                    |  |   | 16,702 |   |  
|Interest on short-term debt                                                                                                       |                    |  |   | 1,257  |   |  
|Mandatorily redeemable Preferred                                                                                                  |                    | 
|Securities                                                                                                                        |                    |  |   | -      |   |  
|Other interest expense                                                                                                            |                    | 
|and amortization                                                                                                                  |                    |  |   | 777    |   |  
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|Total fixed charges                                                                                                               |                    |  |   | 20,389 |   |  
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|Earnings before taxes on                                                                                                          |                    | 
|income and fixed charges                                                                                                          |                    |  | $ | 61,258 |   | $
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                |                    |  |   | 3.00   |   |  
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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 coverage.
|A $195.8 million net write-off before income taxes related to the bankruptcy filing of DTI was recorded in 2001.