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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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|                                                   |                                                                                                                                         | Year      to Date |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                         | September      30 |   |
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                         | 2009              | 2008   | 2007   | 2006   | 2005   | 2004   |
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                         | (millions)        |
| Income      from continuing operations                 | $                                                                                                                                            | 108.9             |   | $      | 125.2  |   | $      | 156.7  |   | $      | 149.3  |              | $ | 151.5 |   | $ | 139.9 |   |
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| Add                                                    |                                                                                                                                         |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Taxes      on income                                   |                                                                                                                                         | 39.8              |   |   | 59.8   |   |   | 59.3   |   |   | 70.3   |              |   | 48.0 |   |   | 53.8 |   |
| Kansas      City earnings tax                          |                                                                                                                                         | 0.4               |   |   | 0.5    |   |   | 0.5    |   |   | 0.5    |              |   | 0.5 |   |   | 0.5 |   |
|                                                   | Total      taxes on income                                                                                                                   |              | 40.2   |   |   | 60.3   |   |   | 59.8   |   |   | 70.8              |   |   | 48.5 |   |   | 54.3 |   |
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| Interest      on value of leased property              |                                                                                                                                         | 4.5               |   |   | 3.3    |   |   | 3.9    |   |   | 4.1    |              |   | 6.2 |   |   | 6.2 |   |
| Interest      on long-term debt                        |                                                                                                                                         | 80.8              |   |   | 79.3   |   |   | 54.5   |   |   | 55.4   |              |   | 56.7 |   |   | 61.2 |   |
| Interest      on short-term debt                       |                                                                                                                                         | 4.7               |   |   | 15.2   |   |   | 20.3   |   |   | 8.0    |              |   | 3.1 |   |   | 0.5 |   |
| Other      interest expense and amortization (a)       |                                                                                                                                         | 0.8               |   |   | 1.4    |   |   | 6.8    |   |   | 3.2    |              |   | 3.6 |   |   | 14.0 |   |
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|                                                   | Total      fixed charges                                                                                                                     |              | 90.8   |   |   | 99.2   |   |   | 85.5   |   |   | 70.7              |   |   | 69.6 |   |   | 81.9 |   |
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| Earnings      before taxes on                          |                                                                                                                                         |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                   | income      and fixed charges                                                                                                                | $                 | 239.9  |   | $      | 284.7  |   | $      | 302.0  |   | $      | 290.8             |   | $ | 269.6 |   | $ | 276.1 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                |                                                                                                                                         | 2.64              |   |   | 2.87   |   |   | 3.53   |   |   | 4.11   |              |   | 3.87 |   |   | 3.37 |   |
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| (a)                                                    | On      January 1, 2007, Great Plains Energy elected to make an accounting policy      change to recognize interest related to uncertain tax |
|                                                   | positions      in interestexpense.                                                                                                           |