RECEIVABLES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of Receivables

The Evergy Companies' other receivables also included receivables from contracts with customers as summarized in the following table.

	March 31 2020		December 31 2019
	(millions)
Evergy	$	45.8	$	42.0
Evergy Kansas Central	43.9		37.7
Evergy Metro	1.3		1.2

The Evergy Companies' receivables are detailed in the following table.

	March 31 2020			December 31 2019
Evergy	(millions)
Customer accounts receivable - billed	$	3.9		$	7.2
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled	63.6			104.0
Other receivables	133.2			127.8
Allowance for credit losses	(11.5		)	(10.5		)
Total	$	189.2		$	228.5
Evergy Kansas Central
Customer accounts receivable - billed	$	—		$	—
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled	26.1			49.7
Other receivables	120.4			94.5
Allowance for credit losses	(4.1		)	(3.8		)
Total	$	142.4		$	140.4
Evergy Metro
Customer accounts receivable - billed	$	3.3		$	3.1
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled	16.9			26.5
Other receivables	18.4			23.1
Allowance for credit losses	(5.2		)	(4.6		)
Total	$	33.4		$	48.1

The Evergy Companies' accounts receivable pledged as collateral and the corresponding short-term collateralized note payable are summarized in the following table.

	March 31 2020		December 31 2019
	(millions)
Evergy	$	322.0	$	339.0
Evergy Kansas Central	159.0		171.0
Evergy Metro	113.0		118.0

Summary of Bad Debt Expense

The change in the Evergy Companies' allowance for credit losses is summarized in the following table.

Three Months Ended March 31	2020			2019
Evergy	(millions)
Beginning balance	$	10.5		$	9.2
Credit loss expense	2.7			3.8
Write-offs	(5.0		)	(6.5		)
Recoveries of prior write-offs	3.3			3.3
Ending balance	$	11.5		$	9.8
Evergy Kansas Central
Beginning balance	$	3.8		$	3.9
Credit loss expense	0.8			(0.5		)
Write-offs	(1.2		)	(0.2		)
Recoveries of prior write-offs	0.7			1.0
Ending balance	$	4.1		$	4.2
Evergy Metro
Beginning balance	$	4.6		$	3.8
Credit loss expense	1.4			2.8
Write-offs	(2.6		)	(4.2		)
Recoveries of prior write-offs	1.8			1.6
Ending balance	$	5.2		$	4.0