ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

These unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements in the Evergy Companies' combined 2023 Form 10-K.

These unaudited consolidated financial statements, in the opinion of management, reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary to fairly present the unaudited consolidated financial statements for each of the Evergy Companies for these interim periods. In preparing financial statements that conform to GAAP, management must make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the reported amounts of revenues and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

Each of Evergy's, Evergy Kansas Central's and Evergy Metro's unaudited consolidated financial statements includes the accounts of their subsidiaries and the variable interest entities (VIE) of which Evergy and Evergy Kansas Central are the primary beneficiaries. Undivided interests in jointly-owned generation facilities are included on a proportionate basis.  Intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The Evergy Companies assess financial performance and allocate resources on a consolidated basis (i.e., operate in one segment).

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash equivalents consists of highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at acquisition. Evergy has restricted cash included in Other within Other Assets on Evergy's consolidated balance sheets to facilitate servicing of Evergy Missouri West Storm Funding I, LLC's (Evergy Missouri West Storm Funding) debt. See Note 12 for additional information on the VIE. The following table summarizes the cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash included on Evergy's consolidated balance sheets.

	March 31 2024		December 31 2023
Evergy	(millions)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	63.7	$	27.7
Other assets
Other	1.7		—
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	65.4	$	27.7

Fuel Inventory and Supplies

Fuel Inventory and Supplies

The Evergy Companies record fuel inventory and supplies at average cost.

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

To compute basic earnings per common share (EPS), Evergy divides net income attributable to Evergy, Inc. by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS includes the effect of issuable common shares resulting from restricted share units (RSUs), restricted stock, convertible notes and a warrant. Evergy computes the dilutive effects of potential issuances of common shares using the treasury stock method, the contingently issuable share method or the if-converted method, as applicable.