SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549


                            FORM 11-K


        [X]    ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
               SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999

                               OR

        [ ]    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
               OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               For the transition period from ______ to ______

                  Commission file number 1-707

              A.   Full title of the Plan:

                   Kansas City Power & Light Company
                   Cash or Deferred Arrangement
                   (Employee Savings Plus Plan)
                   (hereinafter referred to as "Plan")


              B.   Name of issuer of the securities held
                   pursuant to the Plan and the address
                   of its principal executive office:

                   Kansas City Power & Light Company
                   1201 Walnut
                   Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2124



Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Financial Statements, Supplemental Schedules and Exhibits
Contents
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                                                                 Page

Report of Independent Accountants                                   1

Report of Independent Auditors                                      2

Financial Statements:

  Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits
      as of December 31, 1999 and 1998                              3

  Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
      for the Years Ended December 31, 1999 and 1998                4

  Notes to Financial Statements                                  5-14


Supplemental Schedules:

  Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment
      Purposes as of December 31, 1999                             15

  Schedule H, Line 4j - Schedule of Reportable Transactions
      for the year ended December 31, 1999                         16



Exhibits:

  Consent of Independent Accountants                        Exhibit 1

  Consent of Independent Auditors                           Exhibit 2




               Report of Independent Accountants


The Administrative Committee
Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan

We  have  audited  the  accompanying statement  of  net  assets
available for benefits of the Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash  or  Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan  (the
Plan)  as  of  December 31, 1999 and the related  statement  of
changes in net assets available for benefits for the year  then
ended.   These  financial statements are the responsibility  of
the  Plan's  management.  Our responsibility is to  express  an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We  conducted  our audit in accordance with auditing  standards
generally  accepted  in  the United  States.   Those  standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance  about whether the financial statements are  free  of
material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a  test
basis,  evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in  the
financial  statements.   An audit also includes  assessing  the
accounting  principles used and significant estimates  made  by
management,  as  well  as  evaluating  the  overall   financial
statement  presentation.  We believe that our audit provides  a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In  our  opinion,  the financial statements referred  to  above
present  fairly,  in  all  material respects,  the  net  assets
available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 1999  and
the  changes in net assets available for benefits for the  year
then  ended in conformity with accounting principles  generally
accepted in the United States.

Our  audit was performed for the purpose of forming an  opinion
on  the  basic  financial statements taken  as  a  whole.   The
supplemental  schedules listed in the  table  of  contents  are
presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not  a
required  part  of  the  basic  financial  statements  but  are
supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's
Rules  and  Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under  the
Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act  of  1974.    These
supplemental  schedules are the responsibility  of  the  Plan's
management.  The supplemental schedules have been subjected  to
the  auditing  procedures applied in the  audit  of  the  basic
financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated  in
all  material  respects  in relation  to  the  basic  financial
statements taken as a whole.


Kansas City, Missouri
June 23, 2000



                Report of Independent Auditors

The Administrative Committee
Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan

We  have  audited  the  accompanying statement  of  net  assets
available for benefits of the Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash  or  Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan  (the
Plan)  as  of  December 31, 1998 and the related  statement  of
changes in net assets available for benefits for the year  then
ended.   These  financial statements are the responsibility  of
the  Plan's  management.  Our responsibility is to  express  an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We  conducted  our audit in accordance with auditing  standards
generally accepted in the United States.  Those standards
require that we plan  and perform  the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement.  An audit  includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the  amounts  and disclosures in the
financial statements.   An audit  also  includes assessing the
accounting principles  used and  significant  estimates  made by
management,  as  well  as evaluating  the  overall financial
statement presentation.   We believe  that  our audit provides a
reasonable  basis  for  our opinion.

In  our  opinion,  the financial statements referred  to  above
present  fairly,  in  all  material respects,  the  net  assets
available for benefits as of December 31, 1998 and the  changes
in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States.


                                           /s/Ernst & Young LLP

Kansas City, Missouri
June 11, 1999

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 1999 and 1998
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         Assets                                       1999          1998

Investments at fair value:
 Kansas City Power & Light Stock Fund            $ 69,163,105  $ 89,135,730
 Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio                 10,154,490     9,149,784
 Fidelity Puritan Fund                             18,467,141    19,258,447
 Fidelity Magellan Fund                            59,177,346    47,434,268
 Fidelity Asset Manager Fund                        2,250,673     1,812,232
 Fidelity OTC Portfolio                            11,394,570     5,142,776
 Fidelity Overseas Fund                             3,429,599     2,378,507
 Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Portfolio                5,766,495     1,318,563
 Fidelity Freedom Income Fund                         405,938       136,097
 Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund                           323,014        54,842
 Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund                           370,236       294,050
 Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund                           459,730       133,883
 Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund                           255,231        74,415
 Loans to participants                              5,476,981     5,887,704
                                                  -----------   -----------
Total investments                                 187,094,549   182,211,298
                                                  -----------   -----------
Receivables:
 Contributions:
  Employer                                            122,295             -
  Employee                                            417,265             -
 Loan payments from participants                       95,699             -
                                                  -----------   -----------
    Total receivables                                 635,259             -
                                                  -----------   -----------
    Total net assets available for benefits      $187,729,808  $182,211,298
                                                  -----------   -----------
                                                  -----------   -----------


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
For the Years Ended December 31, 1999 and 1998
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                                                       1999           1998
          Additions

Investment income:
 Net appreciation (depreciation)
   in fair value of investments                    $(11,687,929)   $ 11,062,578
 Dividends                                           12,802,834       9,677,125
 Interest:
  Investments                                           587,793         483,879
  Money market                                            4,759           7,575
  Loans                                                 621,338         506,912
                                                     ----------      ----------
    Net investment income                             2,328,795      21,738,069
                                                     ----------      ----------
 Contributions:
  Employee                                            9,075,626       8,657,892
  Employer                                            3,187,453       2,777,009
  Reimbursed commissions                                 68,560          49,768
  Forfeitures                                            15,092          11,655
                                                     ----------      ----------
    Total contributions                              12,346,731      11,496,324
                                                     ----------      ----------

    Total additions                                  14,675,526      33,234,393
                                                     ----------      ----------
Deductions

Distribution to participants                          9,150,620       6,466,088
Transfer to another plan                                      -         490,877
Forfeited benefits                                        6,396          17,871
                                                     ----------      ----------
    Total deductions                                  9,157,016       6,974,836

Net increase in net assets
  available for plan benefits                         5,518,510      26,259,557

Net assets available for benefits:
 Beginning of year                                  182,211,298     155,951,741
                                                    -----------     -----------
 End of year                                      $ 187,729,808   $ 182,211,298
                                                    -----------     -----------
                                                    -----------     -----------

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
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1.   Description of the Plan:

     The  following  description of the Kansas City  Power  &  Light
     Company  Cash  or  Deferred Arrangement Employee  Savings  Plus
     Plan    (the   Plan)   provides   only   general   information.
     Participants  should refer to the summary plan description  for
     a more complete description of the Plan's provisions.

     The  Plan  is  designed to encourage and  assist  employees  of
     Kansas  City Power and Light Company (the Company) to  adopt  a
     regular  savings  and investment program for  long-term  needs,
     especially  retirement.  The Company is the plan  administrator
     and  United  Missouri  Bank, N.A. (UMB) is  the  trustee.   The
     Administrative Committee is the fiduciary of the Plan  and  has
     the  responsibility of establishing the rules under  which  the
     Plan is run.

     The  Plan is a contributory defined contribution plan available
     to  permanent full- and part-time employees of the Company, KLT
     Inc.,  KLT Power Inc., KLT Gas Inc. and KLT Telecom, Inc.   The
     Plan  is  subject to the provisions of the Employee  Retirement
     Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

     Eligibility and Employee Contributions

     Employees   are   immediately   eligible   to   make   elective
     contributions  to  the  Plan.  Employees  beginning  employment
     during  the  first 15 days of a month, can begin  participating
     in  the  Plan  the  first day of the following  month.   If  an
     employee's  first day of employment is after the  15th  of  the
     month, he/she is eligible to participate in the Plan the  first
     day of the next following month.

     Participants can contribute any whole percentage of their  base
     pay  from  2%  to  12% (see note 5), to the Plan,  except  that
     contributions  may not exceed the maximum allowable  under  the
     law.  The maximum individual contribution allowed for 1999  and
     1998  was  $10,000.  Other special limitations may  reduce  the
     participant  elective and Company matching maximum contribution
     amounts for highly compensated employees.

     Company Matching Contributions

     The   Company  contributes  an  amount  equal  to  50%  of  the
     employee's  elective contribution, not to  exceed  3%  of  base
     pay,  as  defined  in the Plan.  Company contributions  may  be
     made   in  cash,  Company  stock,  or  a  combination  thereof.
     Company  contributions will be invested in the common stock  of
     the   Company  at  all  times.   The  Company  begins  matching
     employee contributions when the employee completes one year  of
     service.

     Effective  February  24, 1999, the Plan was  amended  to  allow
     participants who have attained the age of 55 to transfer  funds
     in  their Company-Match Account to any investment fund  offered
     under the Plan.

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements, Continued
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     Rollovers

     Participants   may  elect  to  transfer  funds   from   another
     qualified  retirement  plan to the Plan, with  permission  from
     the Administrative Committee.

     Vesting and Forfeitures

     Participants  are  100%  vested in their elective  contribution
     and  rollover accounts at all times.  Participants  who  retire
     after  age  55, die or become totally and permanently  disabled
     while an employee of the Company are considered 100% vested  in
     the  Company-Match  Account,  regardless  of  their  length  of
     service with the Company.

     Vesting  of  the  Company-Match Account  for  participants  who
     leave the Company for a reason other than death, disability  or
     retirement  is based on years of service for vesting.   A  year
     of  service for Plan purposes is defined as any year  in  which
     an  employee completes at least 1,000 hours of service with the
     Company.   Generally all years of service with the Company  are
     taken  into account in computing years of service for  vesting.
     Participants  who  accrue  two  years  of  service   prior   to
     termination  of  employment are 20% vested.   Participants  are
     credited  with  20%  additional vesting each  year  thereafter,
     with full vesting after six years of service.

     The portion of the Company-Match Account that is not vested  is
     forfeited  by terminating participants.  Forfeitures  are  used
     to  reduce future Company matching contributions.  The 1999 and
     1998  forfeited benefits were $6,396 and $17,871, respectively.
     The  Company used forfeiture credits of $15,092 and $11,655 for
     1999   and   1998,   respectively,  to  reduce   the   matching
     contributions.

     Investment of Accounts

     Investment  of  Elective Contribution and Rollover  Accounts  -
     Participants  may direct (in 5% increments) the  investment  of
     their  elective contribution and rollover accounts  in  one  or
     more of the following 13 investment funds:

     (i)    KCPL Stock Fund - A fund designed to invest solely in the
            Company's common stock.

     (ii)   Fidelity  Managed Income Portfolio (MIP) - A  collective
            investment trust that seeks to preserve capital and provide a
            competitive level of income over time.

     (iii)  Fidelity Puritan Fund - A growth and income fund that
            seeks income consistent with preservation of capital by investing
            in a broadly diversified portfolio of common stock, preferred
            stock and bonds, including lower-quality, high-yield debt
            securities.

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements, Continued
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     (iv)   Fidelity Magellan Fund - A growth fund that seeks long-term
            capital appreciation by investing in stocks of companies with
            potentially above average growth potential and a corresponding
            higher level of risk.

     (v)    Fidelity Asset Manager Fund - An asset allocation fund that
            seeks high total return with reduced risk over the long term by
            investing in domestic and foreign equities, bonds and short-term
            instruments.

     (vi)   Fidelity OTC Portfolio - A growth fund that seeks long-term
            capital appreciation by investing in securities traded on the
            over-the-counter securities market.

     (vii) Fidelity Overseas Fund - An international growth fund
            that seeks long-term capital growth by investing in foreign
            securities that include common stock, securities convertible into
            common stock and debt instruments.

     (viii) Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund - A growth fund that
            seeks long-term capital growth by investing mainly in common
            stocks of well-known and established companies.

     (ix)   Fidelity Freedom Income Fund - A high current income fund
            which also has a secondary objective, capital appreciation.  The
            fund invests in a combination of Fidelity funds allocating assets
            according to a stable target asset allocation that emphasizes
            fixed income and money market funds but also includes equity
            funds.

     (x)    Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund - A high total return fund that
            invests in a combination of Fidelity equity, fixed income and
            money market funds and allocates its assets among those funds
            according  to an asset allocation strategy that  becomes
            increasingly conservative as Freedom 2000 approaches its target
            retirement date.  Targeted to investors expected to retire around
            the year 2000.

     (xi)   Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund - A high total return fund that
            invests in a combination of Fidelity equity, fixed income and
            money market funds and allocates its assets among those funds
            according  to an asset allocation strategy that  becomes
            increasingly conservative as Freedom 2010 approaches its target
            retirement date.  Targeted to investors expected to retire around
            the year 2010.

     (xii)  Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund - A high total return fund
            that invests in a combination of Fidelity equity, fixed income
            and money market funds and allocates its assets among those funds
            according  to an asset allocation strategy that  becomes
            increasingly conservative as Freedom 2020 approaches its target
            retirement date.  Targeted to investors expected to retire around
            the year 2020.


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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements, Continued
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     (xiii)  Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund - A high total return fund
             that invests in a combination of Fidelity equity, fixed income
             and money market funds and allocates its assets among those funds
             according  to an asset allocation strategy that  becomes
             increasingly conservative as Freedom 2030 approaches its target
             retirement date.  Targeted to investors expected to retire around
             the year 2030.

     As  of December 31, 1999, 1,845 employees were participating in
     the   Plan,  1,175  of  whom  were  investing  their   elective
     contributions in more than one of the available options of  the
     Plan.   There  were 66 employees contributing only to  Fidelity
     MIP,  32  employees contributing only to the  Fidelity  Puritan
     Fund,  152 employees contributing only to the Fidelity Magellan
     Fund,  3  employees  contributing only to  the  Fidelity  Asset
     Manager  Fund, 24 employees contributing only to  the  Fidelity
     OTC  Portfolio, 4 employees contributing only to  the  Fidelity
     Overseas  Fund,  349 employees contributing only  to  the  KCPL
     Stock  Fund, 1 employee contributing only to the Freedom Income
     Fund,  4  employees contributing only to Freedom 2000  Fund,  3
     employees  contributing  only  to  Freedom  2010,  6  employees
     contributing  only  to  Freedom 2020, 3 employees  contributing
     only to Freedom 2030 and 23 employees contributing only to  the
     Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Portfolio.

     Participants  also  have the opportunity to  change  how  their
     past  savings  in  their  elective and  rollover  accounts  are
     invested.   Participants  can make  such  changes  on  a  daily
     basis.   Participants  making such elections  will  have  their
     fund  shares  sold, the proceeds transferred  and  fund  shares
     purchased per their request.

     The  nonparticipant-directed portion of  the  KCPL  Stock  Fund
     consisted  of  1,463,798  shares  valued  at  $32,295,036   and
     1,373,495  shares  valued at $40,689,749 at December  31,  1999
     and 1998, respectively.

     Allocation of Investment Income

     The  trustee  allocates investment income based on  the  shares
     held  by participants in their individual accounts.  Individual
     accounts  are  valued on each business day by  the  trustee  to
     reflect the current market value of the investments.

     If  contributions  or  participant transfers  received  by  the
     trustee  cannot  be  immediately  invested  in  the  investment
     funds,  the  moneys are held in an interest-bearing  UMB  Money
     Market  Fund.  Some distributions may also be invested  in  the
     money  market  fund prior to payment to the  participant.   Any
     interest  earned  is allocated back to the investment  accounts
     based on the amounts originally transferred.

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements, Continued
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     Termination Payments

     Participants  who leave the Company as a result of termination,
     retirement  or  permanent disability  may  receive  the  entire
     amount  of  their  account in a one lump-sum payment,  rollover
     their   account   to  another  trustee  or   elect   to   defer
     distribution  until age 62 or retirement, whichever  is  later.
     Upon  death, distributions will be made to beneficiaries  in  a
     lump  sum or in installment payments over a period of  no  more
     than  three years.  Payment will commence no later than 60 days
     after the December 31 coinciding with or following the date  of
     the participant's death.

     Terminated  employees  may  elect to defer  their  distribution
     until  age  62.   The  deferred  totals  for  participants  not
     required  to  receive distributions in the next  calendar  year
     are  $8,409,530  and $10,376,119 as of December  31,  1999  and
     1998, respectively.

     Loans to Participants

     The  Plan  allows participants to borrow against  their  vested
     account  balance to obtain either an installment or residential
     loan.   Other  than  by obtaining a loan,  the  Plan  does  not
     provide  for  in-service  withdrawals from  elective  accounts,
     rollover  accounts  or  Company-Match Accounts.   Distributions
     are  made  only  upon  retirement, disability,  termination  of
     employment or death.

     An  installment  loan may be used for any  purpose,  whereas  a
     residential  loan  must  be  used  for  the  purchase  of   the
     participant's  primary residence.  The maximum loan  terms  for
     installment  and  residential loans  are  five  and  15  years,
     respectively.  A participant may have no more than one of  each
     type of loan outstanding at the same time.

     For   all   loans   issued  through  October   1989,   if   the
     participant's  account balance was $20,000 or less,  a  maximum
     of  80%  of the vested account balance, not to exceed  $10,000,
     could  be  borrowed.   If  the account balance  was  more  than
     $20,000,  50%  of  the vested account balance,  not  to  exceed
     $50,000, could be borrowed.  The interest rate for these  loans
     was  based  on  the Fidelity GIC Group Trust interest  rate  of
     8.31%.

     For  loans  issued after November 1, 1989, the  maximum  amount
     that  a  participant can borrow is 50% of their vested  account
     balance,  not to exceed $50,000.  The interest rate  for  these
     loans  is  UMB's  prime  rate plus 2%.  The  minimum  amount  a
     participant can borrow is $1,000.

     Principal  and  interest  on  all  loans  is  repaid   to   the
     participant's  individual  accounts  based  on  their   current
     contribution  allocation election.  All  loans  are  repaid  by
     payroll  deduction except when paid in full in advance  or  the
     unpaid  principal  is deducted from a total distribution  which
     results from a death, disability, retirement or termination.

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements, Continued
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     Commissions and Administrative Expenses

     Total  1999  and  1998  commissions were $68,560  and  $49,768,
     respectively.   Commissions paid by the Plan for purchases  and
     sales  of Company common stock are netted against distributions
     and contributions and are reimbursed by the Company.

     Administrative  expenses are also paid by the Company.   During
     the  years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998, a net of $(71,362)
     and  $(39,969),  respectively, in costs for the  administration
     of  the  Plan  were billed to the Company by the Trustee  after
     deducting    plan   expense   reimbursements   from    Fidelity
     Investment.

     Related-Party and Party-In Interest Transactions

     The  trustee is authorized under contract provisions and  ERISA
     regulations  to  invest  in  funds under  its  control  and  in
     securities of the Company.

     In  1999, purchases and sales in the KCPL Stock Fund under  the
     trustee's   control   totaled  $14,540,933   and   $11,889,397,
     respectively.  In 1998, purchases and sales in the  KCPL  Stock
     Fund  under  the  trustee's  control  totaled  $12,264,877  and
     $8,012,960, respectively.

     Temporary cash balances are invested on a daily basis in short-
     term  investment  funds under the trustee's control.   Although
     those  temporary cash balances are not material to  the  Plan's
     financial statements, in 1999 there were 689 purchases and  676
     sales  in  the  UMB Money Market Fund totaling $18,513,010  and
     $18,578,271,  respectively.  There were 476 purchases  and  490
     sales  in  the  UMB Money Market Fund totaling $19,738,449  and
     $19,742,933, respectively, in 1998.

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

     Basis of Accounting

     The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the
     accrual method of accounting.

     Valuation of Investments

     Investments  of  the  Plan are valued at fair  value  based  on
     quoted  market  prices on the last business  day  of  the  plan
     year.   Loans  to participants are valued based on  outstanding
     principal  amounts owed on the last business day  of  the  plan
     year as reported to the Plan by the trustee.

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements, Continued
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     Use of Estimates

     The  preparation  of  financial statements in  conformity  with
     generally  accepted  accounting principles requires  management
     to  make  estimates  and assumptions that  affect  the  amounts
     reported  in  the financial statements and accompanying  notes.
     Actual results could differ from those estimates.

     Financial Statement Presentation

     On  September  15,  1999, the American Institute  of  Certified
     Public   Accountants  issued  Statement   of   Position   99-3,
     Accounting  for and Reporting of Certain Deferred  Contribution
     Plan  Investments  and  Other Disclosure Matters  ("SOP  99-3")
     which,  among  other  things, eliminated previous  requirements
     for  defined contribution plans to present plan investments  by
     general  type for participant-directed investment programs  and
     to  disclose participant-directed investment programs.  SOP 99-
     3  is  effective for financial statements for Plan years ending
     after   December  15,  1999.   Accordingly,  the   accompanying
     financial  statements for both 1998 and  1999  do  not  include
     details   of   the   Plan's   participant-directed   investment
     programs.

     Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Fair Value of Investments

     The Plan presents in the statement of changes in net assets
     availble for benefits the net appreciation (depreciation) in the
     fair value of its investments which consists of the realized
     gains or losses and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
     on those investments.

3.   Investments:

     The  Plan's investments are held by UMB.  The following  tables
     present    the    Plan's    investments   including    separate
     identification of investments that represent 5% or more of  the
     Plan's  net  assets available for benefits.   During  1999  and
     1998, the Plan's investments (including investments bought  and
     sold,   as   well   as  held,  during  the  year)   appreciated
     (depreciated) in fair value as follows:

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Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements, Continued
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                                             Realized and
                                            Unrealized Net
                                             Appreciation
                                            (Depreciation)    Fair Value
                                             in Fair Value      at End
                                              During Year       of Year

Year ended December 31, 1999:
 Investments at fair value as determined by
  quoted market price:
  Kansas City Power & Light Stock Fund      $ (22,692,927)   $  69,163,105
  Fidelity Investment Funds:
   Managed Income Portfolio Fund                        -       10,154,490
   Puritan Fund                                   (975,391)     18,467,141
   Magellan Fund                                 6,470,693      59,177,346
   Asset Manager Fund                              116,534       2,250,673
   OTC Portfolio                                 3,640,409      11,394,570
   Overseas Fund                                   801,664       3,429,599
   Blue Chip Growth Portfolio                      801,054       5,766,495
   Freedom Income Fund                               4,624         405,938
   Freedom 2000 Fund                                17,166         323,014
   Freedom 2010 Fund                                37,939         370,236
   Freedom 2020 Fund                                55,799         459,730
   Freedom 2030 Fund                                34,507         255,231
                                               -----------     -----------
                                               (11,687,929)    181,617,568
 Investments at estimated fair value:
  Loans to participants, 7.75% to 12%                    -       5,476,981
                                              ------------     -----------
                                            $  (11,687,929)   $187,094,549
                                              ------------     -----------
                                              ------------     -----------

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements, Continued
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                             Realized and
                                            Unrealized Net
                                             Appreciation
                                            (Depreciation)    Fair Value
                                             in Fair Value       at End
                                              During Year       of Year

Year ended December 31, 1998:
 Investments at fair value as determined by
  quoted market price:
  Kansas City Power & Light Stock Fund        $   (774,899)  $  89,135,730
  Fidelity Investment Funds:
   Managed Income Portfolio Fund                         -       9,149,784
   Puritan Fund                                    771,994      19,258,447
   Magellan Fund                                 9,714,854      47,434,268
   Asset Manager Fund                              (85,805)      1,812,232
   OTC Portfolio                                 1,119,461       5,142,776
   Overseas Fund                                   204,113       2,378,507
   Blue Chip Growth Portfolio                       91,925       1,318,563
   Freedom Income Fund                               1,897         136,097
   Freedom 2000 Fund                                  (326)         54,842
   Freedom 2010 Fund                                 2,042         294,050
   Freedom 2020 Fund                                14,117         133,883
   Freedom 2030 Fund                                 3,205          74,415
                                               -----------    ------------
                                                11,062,578     176,323,594
 Investments at estimated fair value:
  Loans to participants, 7.75% to 12%                    -       5,887,704
                                               -----------    ------------

                                              $ 11,062,578   $ 182,211,298
                                               -----------    ------------
                                               -----------    ------------

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Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Notes to Financial Statements, Continued
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4.   Income Tax Status:

     The  Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal
     Revenue  Service dated July 16, 1998 stating that the  Plan  is
     qualified  under  Section 401(1) of the Internal  Revenue  Code
     (the  Code)  and, therefore, the related trust is  exempt  from
     taxation.   Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate  in
     conformity  with  the Code to maintain its qualification.   The
     Plan   has   been  amended  since  receiving   the   last   tax
     determination  letter.   However, the Administrative  Committee
     believes  the  Plan  is being operated in compliance  with  the
     applicable  requirements of the Code and,  therefore,  believes
     that  the  Plan  is  qualified and the  related  trust  is  tax
     exempt.

5.   Subsequent Event:

     Effective  January  1,  2000, the Plan  was  amended  to  allow
     participants to contribute up to 15% of their base pay  to  the
     Plan.

6.   Form 5500:

     The  Form  5500 has not yet been completed for the  year  ended
     December 31, 1999.

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                     SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES




Kansas City Power & Light Company
Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
December 31, 1999
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                          Number
                                         of Shares                  Current
Identity of Issuer                       or Units        Cost        Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Corporate Stocks:
 Kansas City Power & Light Company*      3,134,897  $  74,987,744 $ 69,163,105

Registered Investment Companies:
 Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio      10,290,852     10,294,145   10,154,490
 Fidelity Puritan Fund                     970,423     16,863,042   18,467,141
 Fidelity Magellan Fund                    433,121     37,721,263   59,177,346
 Fidelity Asset Manager Fund               122,452      2,141,459    2,250,673
 Fidelity OTC Portfolio                    167,641      6,952,818   11,394,570
 Fidelity Overseas Fund                     71,435      2,452,489    3,429,599
 Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Portfolio        95,932      4,920,820    5,766,495
 Fidelity Freedom Income Fund               35,829        400,589      405,938
 Fidelity Freedom 2000 Fund                 24,866        310,340      323,014
 Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund                 24,898        339,865      370,236
 Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund                 28,067        396,076      459,730
 Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund                 15,120        220,654      255,231
Participant loans, 7.75% to 12%                                 -    5,476,981
                                                       ----------  -----------
                                                     $158,001,304 $187,094,549
                                                     ------------ ------------
                                                     ------------ ------------

*Party-in-interest to the Plan.

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                                                                                             Current
                                                                    Expense                  value of
                                                                    incurred                 asset on
Identity of                                Purchase     Selling      with          Cost     transaction       Net
Party Involved    Description of asset      price        price    transaction    of asset      date           gain
                                                                                     
UMB Bank, N.A.**  Money market account  $18,513,010  $         -  $         -  $18,513,010  $18,513,010   $        -
UMB Bank, N.A.**  Money market account            -   18,578,271            -   18,578,271   18,578,271            -
UMB Bank, N.A.**  Kansas City Power &
                   Light Company Stock
                   Fund                  14,540,933            -       37,208   14,578,141   14,578,141            -
UMB Bank, N.A.**  Kansas City Power
                   Light Company Stock
                   Fund                           -   11,889,397       31,962   10,938,890   11,857,435      918,545
Fidelity
 Investments      Fidelity Magellan       4,908,101            -            -    4,908,101    4,908,101            -
Fidelity           Fund
 Investments      Fidelity Magellan               -    4,489,578            -    3,007,887    4,489,578    1,481,691
                   Fund


*    Any single transaction within the plan year that involves more than 5% of
     the current value of plan assets or any series of transactions within the
     plan year with or in conjunction with the same person that, when
     aggregated, involves more than 5% of the current value of plan assets.

**   Party-in-interest to the Plan.




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                          SIGNATURES


    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934, the Administrative Committee of the Employee Savings
Plus Plan has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                  EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLUS PLAN
                             (
                             (
                             (By: /s/B. M. Tate
                             (    B. M. Tate, Chairman
                             (
                             (
                             (    /s/F. L. Branca
                             (    F. L. Branca, Member
                             (
                             (
                             (    /s/J. S. Latz
                             (    J. S. Latz, Member


June 28, 2000




                                                      Exhibit 1


              Consent of Independent Accountants

We   consent   to  the  incorporation  by  reference   in   the
registration statement of Kansas City Power & Light Company  on
Form  S-8  (File  No. 333-32636) of our report dated  June  23,
2000, on our audit of the financial statements and supplemental
schedules of Kansas City Power & Light Company Cash or Deferred
Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan as of and for  the  year
ended  December  31,  1999, which report is  included  in  this
Annual Report on Form 11-K.


                                  /s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Kansas City, Missouri
June 28, 2000




                                                      Exhibit 2



                Consent of Independent Auditors

We   consent   to  the  incorporation  by  reference   in   the
registration  statement (Form S-8 No. 333-32636) pertaining  to
the  Kansas  City  Power  &  Light  Company  Cash  or  Deferred
Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan of Kansas City  Power  &
Light  Company of our report dated June 11, 1999, with  respect
to  the  financial statements of the Kansas City Power &  Light
Company Cash or Deferred Arrangement Employee Savings Plus Plan
as  of  and  for  the year ended December 31,  1998,  which  is
included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended
December 31, 1999.


                                           /s/Ernst & Young LLP


Kansas City, Missouri
June 28, 2000