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| **GREAT                  PLAINS ENERGY**                               |
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| **COMPUTATION                  OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES** |
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|                                                                   | **Three                  Months Ended** |                                     |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |
|                                                                   |                                    | **March                  31**  |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |   |
|                                                                   |                                    | **2006**                            | **2005** | **2004** | **2003** | **2002** | **2001** |
|                                                                   |                                    | (thousands)                         |     |
| Income                  (loss) from continuing operations              |                                    | $                                   | (2,136   | )        | $        | 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                       |                                    |                                | 290      |     |     | 434      |     |   | 1,531   |                          |   | 2,018 |   |   | 1,173 |   |   | (23,641 | ) |
| Income                  subtotal                                       |                                    |                                | (1,846   | )        |     | 172,448  |     |   | 172,935 |                          |   | 190,457 |   |   | 137,875 |   |   | (52,966 | ) |
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| Add                                                                    |                                    |                                |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Taxes                  on income                                       |                                    |                                | (8,630   | )        |     | 39,691   |     |   | 54,451  |                          |   | 78,565 |   |   | 51,348 |   |   | (34,672 | ) |
| Kansas                  City earnings tax                              |                                    |                                | 78       |     |     | 498      |     |   | 602     |                          |   | 418 |   |   | 635 |   |   | 583 |   |
| Total                  taxes on income                                 |                                    |                                | (8,552   | )        |     | 40,189   |     |   | 55,053  |                          |   | 78,983 |   |   | 51,983 |   |   | (34,089 | ) |
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| Interest                  on value of leased property                  |                                    |                                | 990      |     |     | 6,229    |     |   | 6,222   |                          |   | 5,944 |   |   | 7,093 |   |   | 10,679 |   |
| Interest                  on long-term debt                            |                                    |                                | 15,391   |     |     | 64,349   |     |   | 66,128  |                          |   | 58,847 |   |   | 65,837 |   |   | 83,549 |   |
| Interest                  on short-term debt                           |                                    |                                | 1,586    |     |     | 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               |                                    |                                | 1,244    |     |     | 5,891    |     |   | 13,563  |                          |   | 3,912 |   |   | 3,760 |   |   | 5,188 |   |
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| Total                  fixed charges                                   |                                    |                                | 19,211   |     |     | 81,614   |     |   | 90,750  |                          |   | 83,483 |   |   | 95,452 |   |   | 121,781 |   |
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| Earnings                  before taxes on                              |                                    |                                |     |     |     |     |     |   |    |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| income                  and fixed charges                              |                                    | $                                   | 8,813    |     | $        | 294,251  |     | $      | 318,738 |                          | $ | 352,923 |   | $ | 285,310 |   | $ | 34,726 |   |
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| Ratio                  of earnings to fixed charges                    |                                    |                                | (a       | )        |     | 3.61     |     |   | 3.51    |                          |   | 4.23 |   |   | 2.99 |   |   | (b | ) |
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| (a)    | A                  $10.4 million deficiency in earnings caused the ratio of earnings                  to fixed                  charges to be less than a one-to-one coverage. |
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|   | Net                  unrealized changes in fair value related to non-hedging energy                  contracts                  and from cash flow hedge ineffectiveness       |
|   | increased                  purchased power expenses by $35.9 million for the three months                  ended March                  31, 2006.                              |
| (b)    | 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.  |