EQUITY COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of Equity Compensation Expense and Associated Income Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the Evergy Companies' equity compensation expense and the associated income tax benefit.

	2020		2019		2018
Evergy	(millions)
Equity compensation expense	$	15.5	$	15.5	$	30.7
Income tax benefit	2.2		3.0		1.4
Evergy Kansas Central
Equity compensation expense	7.6		6.7		24.8
Income tax benefit	1.6		1.9		1.4
Evergy Metro(a)
Equity compensation expense	5.7		5.7		6.5
Income tax benefit	0.2		0.3		0.1

(a) Evergy Metro amounts are only included in consolidated Evergy from June 4, 2018, the date of the closing of the merger, and thereafter.

Schedule of Restricted Stock Unit Activity

RSU activity for awards with performance measures for 2020 is summarized in the following table.

	Nonvested Restricted Share Units		Grant Date Fair Value*
Beginning balance January 1, 2020		197,250		$	37.87
Granted		175,991		87.98
Forfeited		(25,277)		60.55
Ending balance December 31, 2020		347,964		61.57

* weighted-average

RSU activity for awards with only service requirements for 2020 is summarized in the following table.

	Nonvested Restricted Share Units		Grant Date Fair Value*
Beginning balance January 1, 2020		233,350		$	54.16
Granted		59,539		68.92
Vested		(120,536)		53.94
Forfeited		(11,611)		59.27
Ending balance December 31, 2020		160,742		59.42

* weighted-average