Exhibit 23-b









                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


As independent public accountants,  we hereby consent to the  incorporation by
reference  of  our   report,  which  includes  an   explanatory  paragraph  to
acknowledge  the Company's  change  in method  of  accounting for  incremental
nuclear refueling outage costs  in 1992, dated January 28, 1994,  appearing in
the Annual Report  on Form 10-K of Kansas  City Power & Light Company  for the
fiscal year  ended December 31, 1993, into the Company's previously filed Form
S-3 Registration Statements (Registration  No. 33-54196 and 33-51799) and Form

S-8 Registration  Statements (Registration  No. 33-45618 and Registration  No.
33-62942). 




                                                    /s/Coopers & Lybrand      
                                                     Coopers & Lybrand        





Kansas City, Missouri
March 25, 1994