Exhibit 12.1
GREAT PLAINS ENERGY COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
	Year to Date June 30
		2005		2004			2003			2002		2001			2000
		(thousands)
Income (loss) from continuing operations		$	45,697	$	173,535		$	189,702		$	136,702	$	(28,428	)	$	53,014
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Equity investment (income) loss			689		1,531			2,018			1,173		(23,641	)		22,994
Minority interests in subsidiaries			7,805		(2,131	)		(1,263	)		-		(897	)		-
Income subtotal			54,191		172,935			190,457			137,875		(52,966	)		76,008
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Taxes on income			15,096		54,451			78,565			51,348		(34,672	)		7,926
Kansas City earnings tax			204		602			418			635		583			421
Total taxes on income			15,300		55,053			78,983			51,983		(34,089	)		8,347
Interest on value of leased property			2,248		6,222			5,944			7,093		10,679			11,806
Interest on long-term debt			31,973		66,128			58,847			65,837		83,549			57,896
Interest on short-term debt			1,818		4,837			5,442			6,312		9,915			11,050
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred
Securities			-		-			9,338			12,450		12,450			12,450
Other interest expense and amortization			2,849		13,563			3,912			3,760		5,188			2,927
Total fixed charges			38,888		90,750			83,483			95,452		121,781			96,129
Earnings before taxes on
income and fixed charges		$	108,379	$	318,738		$	352,923		$	285,310	$	34,726		$	180,484
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges			2.79		3.51			4.23			2.99		(a)			1.88
(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.