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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** |     |     |     |     |     |   |         |                          |   |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                              | **2007**                          | **2006** | **2005** | **2004** | **2003** | **2002** |
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| Income                  from continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                              | $                                 | 111,149  |     | $        | 127,630  |     | $      | 164,197      |                          | $ | 175,271 |   | $ | 189,230 |   | $ | 136,194 |   |
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| Minority                  interests in subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                              |                              | -        |     |     | -   |     |   | 7,805        |                          |   | (2,131 | ) |   | (1,263 | ) |   | - |   |
| Equity                  investment loss                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                              |                              | 1,139    |     |     | 1,932    |     |   | 434          |                          |   | 1,531 |   |   | 2,018 |   |   | 1,173 |   |
| Income                  subtotal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                              |                              | 112,288  |     |     | 129,562  |     |   | 172,436      |                          |   | 174,671 |   |   | 189,985 |   |   | 137,367 |   |
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| Taxes                  on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                              |                              | 46,020   |     |     | 47,822   |     |   | 39,462       |                          |   | 55,391 |   |   | 78,263 |   |   | 51,023 |   |
| Kansas                  City earnings tax                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                              |                              | 464      |     |     | 544      |     |   |  498    |                          |   | 602 |   |   | 418 |   |   | 635 |   |
| Total                  taxes on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                              |                              | 46,484   |     |     | 48,366   |     |   |  39,960 |                          |   | 55,993 |   |   | 78,681 |   |   | 51,658 |   |
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| Interest                  on value of leased property                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                              |                              | 2,734    |     |     | 4,144    |     |   | 6,229        |                          |   | 6,222 |   |   | 5,944 |   |   | 7,093 |   |
| Interest                  on long-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                              |                              | 49,759   |     |     | 62,643   |     |   | 64,349       |                          |   | 66,128 |   |   | 58,847 |   |   | 65,837 |   |
| Interest                  on short-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                              |                              | 20,494   |     |     | 9,057    |     |   |  5,145  |                          |   | 4,837 |   |   | 5,442 |   |   | 6,312 |   |
| Mandatorily                  Redeemable Preferred                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                              |                              |     |     |     |     |     |   |         |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Securities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                              |                              | -        |     |     | -        |     |   |  -      |                          |   | - |   |   | 9,338 |   |   | 12,450 |   |
| Other                  interest expense and amortization (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                              | 8,152                             |     |     | 5,207    |     |     | 5,891  |         |                          | 13,563 |   |   | 3,912 |   |   | 3,760 |   |
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| Total                  fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                              |                              | 81,139   |     |     | 81,051   |     |   | 81,614       |                          |   | 90,750 |   |   | 83,483 |   |   | 95,452 |   |
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| Earnings                  before taxes on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                              |                              |     |     |     |     |     |   |         |                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| income                  and fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                              | $                                 | 239,911  |     | $        | 258,979  |     | $      | 294,010      |                          | $ | 321,414 |   | $ | 352,149 |   | $ | 284,477 |   |
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| Ratio                  of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                              |                              | 2.96     |     |     | 3.20     |     |   |  3.60   |                          |   | 3.54 |   |   | 4.22 |   |   | 2.98 |   |
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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. |