Exhibit 12.1
GREAT PLAINS ENERGY
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
	Year to date
	June 30
	2004		2003			2002		2001			2000		1999
Income (loss) from continuing operations	(thousands)
before cumulative effect of changes
in accounting principles	$	70,948	$	189,702		$	136,702	$	(28,428	)	$	53,014	$	82,485
Add:
Equity investment (income) loss		613		2,018			1,173		(23,641	)		22,994		22,328
Minority interests in subsidiaries		435		(1,263	)		-		(897	)		-		-
Income subtotal		71,996		190,457			137,875		(52,966	)		76,008		104,813
Add:
Taxes on income		32,112		78,565			51,348		(34,672	)		7,926		4,707
Kansas City earnings tax		299		418			635		583			421		602
Total taxes on income		32,411		78,983			51,983		(34,089	)		8,347		5,309
Interest on value of leased
property		3,209		5,944			7,093		10,679			11,806		8,577
Interest on long-term debt		33,381		58,847			65,837		83,549			57,896		51,327
Interest on short-term debt		2,716		5,442			6,312		9,915			11,050		3,178
Mandatorily redeemable Preferred
Securities		-		9,338			12,450		12,450			12,450		12,450
Other interest expense
and amortization		2,009		3,912			3,760		5,188			2,927		3,573
Total fixed charges		41,315		83,483			95,452		121,781			96,129		79,105
Earnings before taxes on
income and fixed charges	$	145,722	$	352,923		$	285,310	$	34,726		$	180,484	$	189,227
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		3.53		4.23			2.99		(a)			1.88		2.39
(a) An $87.1 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.