Exhibit 24

                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

      That the undersigned, a Director of Kansas City Power &
Light Company, a Missouri corporation, does hereby constitute
and  appoint Drue Jennings, his true and lawful attorney  and
agent,  with full power and authority to execute in the  name
and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  as  such  director   a
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  and  all   amendments
thereto;  hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent  full
power  of  substitution and revocation in the  premises;  and
hereby  ratifying and confirming all that such  attorney  and
agent may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 7th day of November, 2000.

                                   /s/Bernard J. Beaudoin
                                      Bernard J. Beaudoin





STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                    ) ss
COUNTY OF JACKSON   )


      On  this  7th  day  of November, 2000,  before  me  the
undersigned, a Notary Public, personally appeared Bernard  J.
Beaudoin, to be known to be the person described in  and  who
executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being by me first
duly  sworn,  acknowledged that he executed the same  as  his
free act and deed.

      IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand  and
affixed my official seal the day and year last above written.


                                   /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                                      Notary Public
                                      Ray County, Missouri

My Commission Expires:

April 8, 2004




                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

      That the undersigned, a Director of Kansas City Power &
Light Company, a Missouri corporation, does hereby constitute
and  appoint Drue Jennings, his true and lawful attorney  and
agent,  with full power and authority to execute in the  name
and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  as  such  director   a
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  and  all   amendments
thereto;  hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent  full
power  of  substitution and revocation in the  premises;  and
hereby  ratifying and confirming all that such  attorney  and
agent may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 7th day of November, 2000.

                                   /s/David L. Bodde
                                      David L. Bodde





STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                    ) ss
COUNTY OF JACKSON   )


      On  this  7th  day  of November, 2000,  before  me  the
undersigned,  a Notary Public, personally appeared  David  L.
Bodde,  to  be known to be the person described  in  and  who
executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being by me first
duly  sworn,  acknowledged that he executed the same  as  his
free act and deed.

      IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand  and
affixed my official seal the day and year last above written.


                                   /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                                      Notary Public
                                      Ray County, Missouri

My Commission Expires:

April 8, 2004





                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

      That the undersigned, a Director of Kansas City Power &
Light Company, a Missouri corporation, does hereby constitute
and  appoint Drue Jennings, his true and lawful attorney  and
agent,  with full power and authority to execute in the  name
and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  as  such  director   a
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  and  all   amendments
thereto;  hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent  full
power  of  substitution and revocation in the  premises;  and
hereby  ratifying and confirming all that such  attorney  and
agent may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 7th day of November, 2000.

                                   /s/William H. Clark
                                      William H. Clark





STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                    ) ss
COUNTY OF JACKSON   )


      On  this  7th  day  of November, 2000,  before  me  the
undersigned, a Notary Public, personally appeared William  H.
Clark,  to  be known to be the person described  in  and  who
executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being by me first
duly  sworn,  acknowledged that he executed the same  as  his
free act and deed.

      IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand  and
affixed my official seal the day and year last above written.


                                   /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                                      Notary Public
                                      Ray County, Missouri

My Commission Expires:

April 8, 2004




                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

      That the undersigned, a Director of Kansas City Power &
Light Company, a Missouri corporation, does hereby constitute
and  appoint Drue Jennings, his true and lawful attorney  and
agent,  with full power and authority to execute in the  name
and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  as  such  director   a
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  and  all   amendments
thereto;  hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent  full
power  of  substitution and revocation in the  premises;  and
hereby  ratifying and confirming all that such  attorney  and
agent may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 7th day of November, 2000.

                                   /s/Mark A. Ernst
                                      Mark A. Ernst





STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                    ) ss
COUNTY OF JACKSON   )


      On  this  7th  day  of November, 2000,  before  me  the
undersigned,  a  Notary Public, personally appeared  Mark  A.
Ernst,  to  be known to be the person described  in  and  who
executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being by me first
duly  sworn,  acknowledged that he executed the same  as  his
free act and deed.

      IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand  and
affixed my official seal the day and year last above written.


                                   /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                                      Notary Public
                                      Ray County, Missouri

My Commission Expires:

April 8, 2004




                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

      That the undersigned, a Director of Kansas City Power &
Light Company, a Missouri corporation, does hereby constitute
and  appoint Drue Jennings, his true and lawful attorney  and
agent,  with full power and authority to execute in the  name
and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  as  such  director   a
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  and  all   amendments
thereto;  hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent  full
power  of  substitution and revocation in the  premises;  and
hereby  ratifying and confirming all that such  attorney  and
agent may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 7th day of November, 2000.

                                   /s/W. Thomas Grant II
                                      W. Thomas Grant II





STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                    ) ss
COUNTY OF JACKSON   )


      On  this  7th  day  of November, 2000,  before  me  the
undersigned, a Notary Public, personally appeared  W.  Thomas
Grant  II, to be known to be the person described in and  who
executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being by me first
duly  sworn,  acknowledged that he executed the same  as  his
free act and deed.

      IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand  and
affixed my official seal the day and year last above written.


                                   /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                                      Notary Public
                                      Ray County, Missouri

My Commission Expires:

April 8, 2004




                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

      That the undersigned, a Director of Kansas City Power &
Light Company, a Missouri corporation, does hereby constitute
and  appoint Drue Jennings, his true and lawful attorney  and
agent,  with full power and authority to execute in the  name
and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  as  such  director   a
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  and  all   amendments
thereto;  hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent  full
power  of  substitution and revocation in the  premises;  and
hereby  ratifying and confirming all that such  attorney  and
agent may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 7th day of November, 2000.

                                   /s/William C. Nelson
                                      William C. Nelson





STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                    ) ss
COUNTY OF JACKSON   )


      On  this  7th  day  of November, 2000,  before  me  the
undersigned, a Notary Public, personally appeared William  C.
Nelson,  to  be known to be the person described in  and  who
executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being by me first
duly  sworn,  acknowledged that he executed the same  as  his
free act and deed.

      IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand  and
affixed my official seal the day and year last above written.


                                   /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                                      Notary Public
                                      Ray County, Missouri

My Commission Expires:

April 8, 2004




                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

      That the undersigned, a Director of Kansas City Power &
Light Company, a Missouri corporation, does hereby constitute
and  appoint Drue Jennings, her true and lawful attorney  and
agent,  with full power and authority to execute in the  name
and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  as  such  director   a
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  and  all   amendments
thereto;  hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent  full
power  of  substitution and revocation in the  premises;  and
hereby  ratifying and confirming all that such  attorney  and
agent may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 7th day of November, 2000.

                                   /s/Linda H. Talbott
                                      Linda H. Talbott





STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                    ) ss
COUNTY OF JACKSON   )


      On  this  7th  day  of November, 2000,  before  me  the
undersigned,  a Notary Public, personally appeared  Linda  H.
Talbott,  to be known to be the person described in  and  who
executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being by me first
duly  sworn, acknowledged that she executed the same  as  her
free act and deed.

      IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand  and
affixed my official seal the day and year last above written.


                                   /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                                      Notary Public
                                      Ray County, Missouri

My Commission Expires:

April 8, 2004




                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

      That the undersigned, a Director of Kansas City Power &
Light Company, a Missouri corporation, does hereby constitute
and  appoint Drue Jennings, his true and lawful attorney  and
agent,  with full power and authority to execute in the  name
and  on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  as  such  director   a
Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  and  all   amendments
thereto;  hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent  full
power  of  substitution and revocation in the  premises;  and
hereby  ratifying and confirming all that such  attorney  and
agent may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this 7th day of November, 2000.

                                   /s/Robert H. West
                                      Robert H. West





STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                    ) ss
COUNTY OF JACKSON   )


      On  this  7th  day  of November, 2000,  before  me  the
undersigned, a Notary Public, personally appeared  Robert  H.
West,  to  be  known to be the person described  in  and  who
executed the foregoing instrument, and who, being by me first
duly  sworn,  acknowledged that he executed the same  as  his
free act and deed.

      IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand  and
affixed my official seal the day and year last above written.


                                   /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                                      Notary Public
                                      Ray County, Missouri

My Commission Expires:

April 8, 2004