Exhibit 23-a






                 OPINION AND CONSENT OF COUNSEL

As  Senior  Vice President-Corporate Services and  Corporate
Secretary  of  Kansas  City Power & Light  Company,  I  have
reviewed  the  statements as to matters  of  law  and  legal
conclusions  in  the  Annual Report on  Form  10-K  for  the
fiscal  year  ended December 31, 1995, and  consent  to  the
incorporation  by  reference  of  such  statements  in   the
Company's  previously-filed Form S-3 Registration Statements
(Registration  No. 33-51799 and Registration  No.  33-56309)
and   Form   S-8   Registration   Statements   (Registration
No. 33-45618 and Registration No. 33-58917).



                                   /s/Jeanie Sell Latz


Kansas City, Missouri
March 1, 1996