Exhibit 23.1.b


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-97263 and 333-87190) and Form S-8 (File
Nos. 33-45618 and 333-98781) of Great Plains Energy Incorporated of our report
dated February 5, 2002, except with respect to Note 13, as to which the date is
May 22, 2002, and except with respect to the to the 2001 and 2000 transitional
disclosures relating to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 142 as described in Note 6, as to which the date is February 21,
2003, relating to the financial statements of Great Plain Energy Incorporated,
which appears in this Form 10-K. We also hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in the above named registration statements of our report dated
February 5, 2002 relating to the financial statement schedule of Great Plains
Energy Incorporated, which also appears in this Form 10-K.


                                                  /s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                                     PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Kansas City, Missouri
February 28, 2003