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Receivables
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Receivables [Abstract]  
Loans Notes Trade And Other Receivables Disclosure And Transfers And Servicing Of Financial Asset [Text Block]
4. RECEIVABLES
Great Plains Energy's and KCP&L's receivables are detailed in the following table.
 
September 30
December 31
 
 
2017
 
 
2016
 
Great Plains Energy
 
(millions)
 
Customer accounts receivable - billed
 
$
25.0

 
 
$
26.2

 
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled
 
114.9

 
 
79.1

 
Allowance for doubtful accounts - customer accounts receivable
 
(5.4
)
 
 
(4.0
)
 
Other receivables
 
51.9

 
 
64.7

 
Total
 
$
186.4

 
 
$
166.0

 
KCP&L
 
 

 
 
 

 
Customer accounts receivable - billed
 
$
24.4

 
 
$
25.5

 
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled
 
80.0

 
 
63.7

 
Allowance for doubtful accounts - customer accounts receivable
 
(2.8
)
 
 
(1.8
)
 
Other receivables
 
42.2

 
 
51.7

 
Total
 
$
143.8

 
 
$
139.1

 

Great Plains Energy's and KCP&L's other receivables at September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, consisted primarily of receivables from partners in jointly owned electric utility plants and wholesale sales receivables.
Sale of Accounts Receivable – KCP&L and GMO
KCP&L and GMO sell all of their retail electric accounts receivable to their wholly owned subsidiaries, KCP&L Receivables Company and GMO Receivables Company, respectively, which in turn sell an undivided percentage ownership interest in the accounts receivable to Victory Receivables Corporation, an independent outside investor. Each of KCP&L Receivables Company's and GMO Receivables Company's sale of the undivided percentage ownership interest in accounts receivable to Victory Receivables Corporation is accounted for as a secured borrowing with accounts receivable pledged as collateral and a corresponding short-term collateralized note payable recognized on the balance sheets.  At September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, Great Plains Energy's accounts receivable pledged as collateral and the corresponding short-term collateralized note payable were $195.0 million and $172.4 million, respectively. At September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, KCP&L's accounts receivable pledged as collateral and the corresponding short-term collateralized note payable were $130.0 million and $110.0 million, respectively. In September 2017, KCP&L and GMO amended their respective receivable sale agreements with Victory Receivables Corporation to extend the termination date to September 2018 and to allow for $130 million in aggregate outstanding principal amount of borrowings at any time for KCP&L and $50 million in aggregate outstanding principal amount of borrowings from mid-November through mid-June and then $65 million from mid-June through mid-November for GMO.