Exhibit 12.1

GREAT PLAINS ENERGY

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

	Year to Date
	September 30
	2003		2002		2001			2000		1999		1998
	(Thousands)
Income (loss) from continuing operations
before cumulative effect of changes
in accounting principles	$	157,890	$	133,155	$	(16,966	)	$	128,631	$	81,915	$	120,722
Add:
Equity investment (income) loss		1,711		1,173		(24,639	)		19,441		24,951		11,683
Minority interests in subsidiaries		-		-		(897	)		-		1		(2,222	)
Income subtotal		159,601		134,328		(42,502	)		148,072		106,867		130,183
Add:
Taxes on income		66,578		48,275		(26,813	)		53,166		3,180		32,800
Kansas City earnings tax		789		635		583			421		602		864
Total taxes on income		67,367		48,910		(26,230	)		53,587		3,782		33,664
Interest on value of leased
property		4,807		7,093		10,679			11,806		8,577		8,482
Interest on long-term debt		42,138		65,837		83,581			60,956		51,327		57,012
Interest on short-term debt		4,245		6,312		9,915			11,537		4,362		295
Mandatorily redeemable Preferred
Securities		9,337		12,450		12,450			12,450		12,450		12,450
Other interest expense
and amortization		3,021		3,760		5,188			2,927		3,573		4,457
Total fixed charges		63,548		95,452		121,813			99,676		80,289		82,696
Earnings before taxes on
income and fixed charges		290,516		278,690		53,081			301,335		190,938		246,543
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		4.57		2.92		(a)			3.02		2.38		2.98

(a)	A $68.7 million deficiency in earnings caused the ratio of earnings
	to fixed charges to be less than a one-to-one coverage. A $195.8
	million net write-off before income taxes related to the bankruptcy
	filing of DTI was recorded in 2001.