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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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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Three      Months Ended |               |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |              |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                    | March      31 |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |              |   |   |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                    | 2008          | 2007   | 2006   | 2005   | 2004   | 2003   |
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| Income      from continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                    | $             | 17.0   |   | $      | 156.7  |   | $      | 149.3   |              | $ | 143.7 |   | $ | 145.0 |   | $ | 125.4 |   |
| Add                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                    |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Minority      interests in subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                    |          | -      |   |   | -      |   |   | -       |              |   | 7.8 |   |   | (5.1 | ) |   | (1.3 | ) |
| Income      subtotal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                    |          | 17.0   |   |   | 156.7  |   |   | 149.3   |              |   | 151.5 |   |   | 139.9 |   |   | 124.1 |   |
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| Add                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                    |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Taxes      on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                    |          | (2.2   | )      |   | 59.3   |   |   | 70.3    |              |   | 48.0 |   |   | 53.8 |   |   | 83.3 |   |
| Kansas      City earnings tax                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                    |          | -      |   |   | 0.5    |   |   | 0.5     |              |   | 0.5 |   |   | .5 |   |   | 0.4 |   |
| Total      taxes on income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                    |          | (2.2   | )      |   | 59.8   |   |   | 70.8    |              |   | 48.5 |   |   | 54.3 |   |   | 83.7 |   |
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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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |                    |          | 16.2   |   |   | 54.5   |   |   | 55.4    |              |   | 56.7 |   |   | 61.2 |   |   | 57.7 |   |
| Interest      on short-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                    |          | 4.6    |   |   | 20.3   |   |   | 8.0     |              |   | 3.1 |   |   | 0.5 |   |   | 0.6 |   |
| Mandatorily      Redeemable Preferred                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                    |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Securities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                    |          | -      |   |   | -      |   |   |  - |              |   | - |   |   | - |   |   | 9.3 |   |
| Other      interest expense and amortization (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                    | 1.0           |   |   | 6.8    |   |   | 3.2    |    |              | 3.6 |   |   | 14.0 |   |   | 4.1 |   |
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| Total      fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                    |          | 22.6   |   |   | 85.5   |   |   | 70.7    |              |   | 69.6 |   |   | 81.9 |   |   | 77.6 |   |
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| Earnings      before taxes on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                    |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| income      and fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                    | $             | 37.4   |   | $      | 302.0  |   | $      | 290.8   |              | $ | 269.6 |   | $ | 276.1 |   | $ | 285.4 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                    |          | 1.65   |   |   | 3.53   |   |   | 4.11    |              |   | 3.87 |   |   | 3.37 |   |   | 3.68 |   |
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| (a)       On January 1, 2007, Kansas City Power & Light Company 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. |
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