RECEIVABLES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of Receivables

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

	March 31		December 31
	2022		2021
Evergy	(millions)
Customer accounts receivable - billed	$	14.5	$	13.7
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled	59.1		80.1
Other receivables	136.0		160.7
Allowance for credit losses	(24.4)		(32.9)
Total	$	185.2	$	221.6
Evergy Kansas Central
Customer accounts receivable - billed	$	8.6	$	9.7
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled	21.4		26.4
Other receivables	159.0		178.5
Allowance for credit losses	(10.1)		(13.0)
Total	$	178.9	$	201.6
Evergy Metro
Customer accounts receivable - billed	$	3.4	$	2.7
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled	9.2		25.9
Other receivables	16.1		15.7
Allowance for credit losses	(9.5)		(13.3)
Total	$	19.2	$	31.0

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

	March 31		December 31
	2022		2021
	(millions)
Evergy	$	45.8	$	63.7
Evergy Kansas Central	43.7		62.6
Evergy Metro	1.1		0.5

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

	March 31		December 31
	2022		2021
	(millions)
Evergy	$	338.0	$	319.0
Evergy Kansas Central	165.0		153.0
Evergy Metro	123.0		116.0

Summary of Bad Debt Expense

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

	2022		2021
Evergy	(millions)
Beginning balance January 1	$	32.9	$	19.3
Credit loss expense (income)	(4.1)		4.8
Write-offs	(7.9)		(4.0)
Recoveries of prior write-offs	3.5		3.5
Ending balance March 31	$	24.4	$	23.6
Evergy Kansas Central
Beginning balance January 1	$	13.0	$	7.5
Credit loss expense (income)	(0.6)		0.6
Write-offs	(3.6)		(0.5)
Recoveries of prior write-offs	1.3		1.2
Ending balance March 31	$	10.1	$	8.8
Evergy Metro
Beginning balance January 1	$	13.3	$	8.1
Credit loss expense (income)	(2.4)		2.5
Write-offs	(2.9)		(2.3)
Recoveries of prior write-offs	1.5		1.6
Ending balance March 31	$	9.5	$	9.9