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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 |   |   |   |   |   |   |       |              |   |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                    | 2008          | 2007   | 2006   | 2005   | 2004   | 2003   |
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| Income      from continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                    | $             | 47.5   |   | $      | 159.2  |   | $      | 127.6      |              | $ | 164.2 |   | $ | 175.3 |   | $ | 189.2 |   |
| Add                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                    |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |       |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Minority      interests in subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                    |          | -      |   |   | -      |   |   | -          |              |   | 7.8 |   |   | (2.1 | ) |   | (1.3 | ) |
| Equity      investment (income) loss                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                    |          | 0.4    |   |   | 2.0    |   |   | 1.9        |              |   | 0.4 |   |   | 1.5 |   |   | 2.0 |   |
| Income      subtotal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                    |          | 47.9   |   |   | 161.2  |   |   | 129.5      |              |   | 172.4 |   |   | 174.7 |   |   | 189.9 |   |
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| Add                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                    |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |       |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Taxes      on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                    |          | 27.5   |   |   | 71.5   |   |   | 47.9       |              |   | 39.5 |   |   | 55.5 |   |   | 78.3 |   |
| Kansas      City earnings tax                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                    |          | -      |   |   | 0.5    |   |   |  0.5  |              |   | 0.5 |   |   | 0.5 |   |   | 0.4 |   |
| Total      taxes on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                    |          | 27.5   |   |   | 72.0   |   |   |  48.4 |              |   | 40.0 |   |   | 56.0 |   |   | 78.7 |   |
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| Interest      on value of leased property                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                    |          | 0.8    |   |   | 3.9    |   |   | 4.1        |              |   | 6.2 |   |   | 6.2 |   |   | 5.9 |   |
| Interest      on long-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                    |          | 39.9   |   |   | 74.1   |   |   | 62.6       |              |   | 64.3 |   |   | 66.1 |   |   | 58.8 |   |
| Interest      on short-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                    |          | 5.5    |   |   | 26.9   |   |   |  9.1  |              |   | 5.1 |   |   | 4.8 |   |   | 5.4 |   |
| Mandatorily      Redeemable Preferred                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                    |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |       |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Securities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                    |          | -      |   |   | -      |   |   |  -    |              |   | - |   |   | - |   |   | 9.3 |   |
| Other      interest expense and amortization (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                    | 1.7           |   |   | 7.2    |   |   | 5.2    |       |              | 5.9 |   |   | 13.6 |   |   | 3.9 |   |
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| Total      fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                    |          | 47.9   |   |   | 112.1  |   |   | 81.0       |              |   | 81.5 |   |   | 90.7 |   |   | 83.3 |   |
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| Earnings      before taxes on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                    |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |       |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| income      and fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                    | $             | 123.3  |   | $      | 345.3  |   | $      | 258.9      |              | $ | 293.9 |   | $ | 321.4 |   | $ | 351.9 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                    |          | 2.57   |   |   | 3.08   |   |   |  3.20 |              |   | 3.60 |   |   | 3.54 |   |   | 4.22 |   |
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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. |