POWER OF ATTORNEY
	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Heather A. Humphrey, Christie Dasek-Kaine, Jon H. Otto,
Donna G. Quinn, and Nicole A. Wehry and any individual who hereafter holds
the offices of Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Evergy, Inc. (the ?Company?),
or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the
undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
	(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned?s name and on the
undersigned?s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ?SEC?) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
	(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned?s capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms
3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended and the rules thereunder;
	(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and
	(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact?s discretion.
	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
to the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 2nd day of October, 2024.

/s/Dean A. Newton
Dean A. Newton