Consolidated Balance Sheets - Evergy Kansas Central, Inc (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Allowance for credit losses	$ 11.5	$ 10.5
Common stock - shares authorized (in shares)	600,000,000	600,000,000
Common stock - shares issued (in shares)	226,738,748	226,641,443
Evergy Kansas Central
Allowance for credit losses	$ 4.1	$ 3.8
Common stock - shares authorized (in shares)	1,000	1,000
Common stock - par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock - shares issued (in shares)	1	1