UNITED STATES
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549      

                           FORM 10-K/A
      [X]      ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
               THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934      

           For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994

      [ ]    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
               THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934        

                  Commission file number 1-3523

                     WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.               
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           KANSAS                                               48-0290150    
(State or other jurisdiction of                             (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)

    818 KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA, KANSAS                                 66612   
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                            (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code  913/575-6300

          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Common Stock, $5.00 par value                New York Stock Exchange          
    (Title of each class)          (Name of each exchange on which registered)
 
          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                Preferred Stock, 4 1/2% Series, $100 par value
                               (Title of Class)

Indicated by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes   x     No       

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this Form 10-K. (X)

State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by nonaffiliates of
the registrant.  Approximately $1,906,866,000 of Common Stock and $10,335,000
of Preferred Stock (excluding the 4 1/4% Series of Preferred Stock for which
there is no readily ascertainable market value) at March 23, 1995.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes
of common stock.

Common Stock, $5.00 par value                            61,760,853            
         (Class)                               (Outstanding at March 29, 1995)

                         Documents Incorporated by Reference:
     Part                              Document

     III      Portions of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for
              the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 2, 1995.


     Exhibit 12 is being submitted to correct Exhibit 12 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed on March 29, 1995.


                            SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                                 WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.     


March 30, 1995                        By         Jerry D. Courington         
                                                 Jerry D. Courington
                                                      Controller