SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS AND SHORT-TERM BANK LINES OF CREDIT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Short-term Debt

The following table summarizes the committed credit facilities (excluding receivable sale facilities discussed in Note 3) available to the Evergy Companies as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

			Amounts Drawn
	Master Credit Facility		Commercial Paper		Letters of Credit		Cash Borrowings		Available Borrowings		Weighted Average Interest Rate on Short-Term Borrowings
September 30, 2021	(millions)
Evergy, Inc.	$	700.0	$	289.0	$	0.7	$	—	$	410.3	0.21%
Evergy Kansas Central	750.0		236.0		0.1		—		513.9		0.19%
Evergy Metro	350.0		—		—		—		350.0		—%
Evergy Missouri West	700.0		95.5		—		—		604.5		0.17%
Evergy	$	2,500.0	$	620.5	$	0.8	$	—	$	1,878.7
December 31, 2020
Evergy, Inc.	$	450.0	n/a		$	0.7	$	200.0	$	249.3	1.40%
Evergy Kansas Central	1,000.0		50.0		17.0		—		933.0		0.23%
Evergy Metro	600.0		—		—		—		600.0		—%
Evergy Missouri West	450.0		65.0		2.0		—		383.0		0.36%
Evergy	$	2,500.0	$	115.0	$	19.7	$	200.0	$	2,165.3