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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 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                        | 2008              | 2007   | 2006   | 2005   | 2004   | 2003   |
|                                                   |                                                                                                                                        | (millions)        |
| Income      from continuing operations                 | $                                                                                                                                           | 112.5             |   | $      | 120.9  |   | $      | 136.7  |   | $                       | 135.1 |   | $ | 132.3 |   | $ | 149.6 |   |
| Add                                                    |                                                                                                                                        |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Minority      interests in subsidiaries                |                                                                                                                                        | -                 |   |   | -      |   |   | -      |   |                    | 7.8 |   |   | (5.1 | ) |   | (1.3 | ) |
| Equity      investment loss                            |                                                                                                                                        | 1.1               |   |   | 2.0    |   |   | 1.9    |   |                    | 0.4 |   |   | 1.5 |   |   | 2.0 |   |
|                                                   | Income      subtotal                                                                                                                        |              | 113.6  |   |   | 122.9  |   |   | 138.6  |                    |   | 143.3 |   |   | 128.7 |   |   | 150.3 |   |
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| Add                                                    |                                                                                                                                        |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Taxes      on income                                   |                                                                                                                                        | 68.4              |   |   | 44.9   |   |   | 60.3   |   |                    | 22.2 |   |   | 30.7 |   |   | 48.1 |   |
| Kansas      City earnings tax                          |                                                                                                                                        | 0.6               |   |   | 0.5    |   |   | 0.5    |   |                    | 0.5 |   |   | 0.5 |   |   | 0.4 |   |
|                                                   | Total      taxes on income                                                                                                                  |              | 69.0   |   |   | 45.4   |   |   | 60.8   |                    |   | 22.7 |   |   | 31.2 |   |   | 48.5 |   |
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| Interest      on value of leased property              |                                                                                                                                        | 2.5               |   |   | 3.9    |   |   | 4.1    |   |                    | 6.2 |   |   | 6.2 |   |   | 5.9 |   |
| Interest      on long-term debt                        |                                                                                                                                        | 87.1              |   |   | 74.1   |   |   | 62.6   |   |                    | 64.3 |   |   | 66.1 |   |   | 58.8 |   |
| Interest      on short-term debt                       |                                                                                                                                        | 12.4              |   |   | 26.4   |   |   | 9.2    |   |                    | 4.5 |   |   | 4.3 |   |   | 5.0 |   |
| Mandatorily      Redeemable Preferred                  |                                                                                                                                        |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                   | Securities                                                                                                                                  |              | -      |   |   | -      |   |   | -      |                    |   | - |   |   | - |   |   | 9.3 |   |
| Other      interest expense and amortization (a)       |                                                                                                                                        | (3.6              | )      |   | 5.8    |   |   | 3.9    |   |                    | 4.3 |   |   | 13.6 |   |   | 3.9 |   |
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|                                                   | Total      fixed charges                                                                                                                    |              | 98.4   |   |   | 110.2  |   |   | 79.8   |                    |   | 79.3 |   |   | 90.2 |   |   | 82.9 |   |
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| Earnings      before taxes on                          |                                                                                                                                        |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                   | income      and fixed charges                                                                                                               | $                 | 281.0  |   | $      | 278.5  |   | $      | 279.2  |                    | $ | 245.3 |   | $ | 250.1 |   | $ | 281.7 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                |                                                                                                                                        | 2.86              |   |   | 2.53   |   |   | 3.50   |   |                    | 3.09 |   |   | 2.77 |   |   | 3.40 |   |
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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 interestexpense. |