GREAT PLAINS ENERGY

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES


	2003			2002		2001			2000		1999

	(Thousands)
Income (loss) from continuing operations
before cumulative effect of changes
in accounting principles	$	153,613		$	133,155	$	(16,966	)	$	128,631	$	81,915
Add:
Equity investment (income) loss		2,018			1,173		(24,639	)		19,441		24,951
Minority interests in subsidiaries		(1,263	)		-		(897	)		-		1

Income subtotal		154,368			134,328		(42,502	)		148,072		106,867


Add:
Taxes on income		55,514			48,275		(26,813	)		53,166		3,180
Kansas City earnings tax		418			635		583			421		602

Total taxes on income		55,932			48,910		(26,230	)		53,587		3,782


Interest on value of leased
property		5,944			7,093		10,679			11,806		8,577
Interest on long-term debt		58,847			65,837		83,581			60,956		51,327
Interest on short-term debt		5,442			6,312		9,915			11,537		4,362
Mandatorily redeemable Preferred
Securities		9,338			12,450		12,450			12,450		12,450
Other interest expense
and amortization		3,912			3,760		5,188			2,927		3,573


Total fixed charges		83,483			95,452		121,813			99,676		80,289


Earnings before taxes on
income and fixed charges	$	293,783		$	278,690	$	53,081		$	301,335	$	190,938


Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		3.52			2.92		(a)			3.02		2.38


(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.