SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
        PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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Check the appropriate box:

[ ]  Preliminary Proxy Statement
[ ]  Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted
     by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))

[ ]  Definitive Proxy Statement
[X]  Definitive Additional Materials
[ ]  Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 240.14a-11(c) or Rule
     240.14a-12

                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
        (NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

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     14a-6(i)(2) or Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule 14A.

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     Act Rule 14a-6(i)(3).

[ ]  Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules
     14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.

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                  KCPL/UTILICORP MEDIA ADVISORY
                                
                                
                     LARGE TURNOUT EXPECTED
                FOR KCPL/UCU SHAREHOLDER MEETING
                                
     Kansas City, MO, April 28, 1996 --More than 1,000 area

shareholders of both Kansas City Power & Light Company and

UtiliCorp United are expected to attend a special meeting in

Kansas City at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, April 29, to hear CEOs Drue

Jennings and Rick Green detail the benefits of the proposed

merger of the two companies.

     This meeting is not open to the public, however, reporters

are welcome to attend and cover the meeting in the Count Basie

Ballroom in the Downtown Kansas City Marriott Hotel.  There will

be an opportunity for media interviews immediately following the

session at approximately 10:45 a.m.

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Media Contacts:     Pam Levetzow, KCPL
                    816-556-2902 (pager)
                    Jerry Cosley, UCU
                    816-467-3677