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           SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                 Washington, D.C.  20549


                        FORM 8-K

                     Current Report


         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
             Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
		     August 12, 2002


            GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                         0-33207
                (Commission file number)


          MISSOURI                    43-1916803
(State of other jurisdiction or     (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or            Identification No.)
       organization)


                      1201 Walnut
              Kansas City, Missouri  64106
        (Address of principal executive offices)


                     (816) 556-2200
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                     NOT APPLICABLE
 (Former name or former address, if changed since last
                        report)


ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS (c) Exhibit No. ------- 99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated August 12, 2002 as signed by Bernard J. Beaudoin. 99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated August 12, 2002 as signed by Andrea F. Bielsker. ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE On August 12, 2002, Bernard J. Beaudoin, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Andrea F. Bielsker, Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, of Great Plains Energy Incorporated submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460. A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2. SIGNATURES 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 hereunto duly authorized. GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED /s/Jeanie Sell Latz Jeanie Sell Latz Executive Vice President-Corporate and Shared Services and Secretary Date: August 12, 2002

                                                     Exhibit 99.1

       Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
       and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
         Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Bernard J. Beaudoin, Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Great Plains Energy Incorporated,
state and attest that:

     1.   To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
          covered reports of Great Plains Energy Incorporated, and, except
          as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

          - no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
            material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report
            (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
            materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

          - no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary
            to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
            circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
            the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
            report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
            on which it was filed).

     2.   I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the
          Company's audit committee.

     3.   In this statement under oath, each of the following, if
          filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered
          report":

          - Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 of
            Great Plains Energy Incorporated;

          - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
            definitive proxy materials of Great Plains Energy Incorporated
            filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
            10-K identified above; and

          - any amendments to any of the foregoing.



      /s/Bernard J. Beaudoin       Subscribed and sworn to
      Bernard J. Beaudoin          before me this 12th day of
	                           August, 2002
      August 12, 2002
                                   /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                                   Notary Public

                                   My Commission Expires:  April 8, 2004


                                                     Exhibit 99.2

       Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
       and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and
         Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Andrea F. Bielsker, Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer of Great Plains Energy
Incorporated, state and attest that:

     1.   To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
          covered reports of Great Plains Energy Incorporated, and, except
          as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

          - no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
            material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report
            (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
            materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

          - no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary
            to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
            circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
            the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
            report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
            on which it was filed).

     2.   I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the
          Company's audit committee.

     3.   In this statement under oath, each of the following, if
          filed on or before the date of this statement, is a
          "covered report":

          - Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 of
            Great Plains Energy Incorporated;

          - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
            definitive proxy materials of Great Plains Energy Incorporated
            filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-
            K identified above; and

          - any amendments to any of the foregoing.



/s/Andrea F. Bielsker         Subscribed and sworn to
Andrea F. Bielsker            before me this 12th day of
                              August, 2002
August 12, 2002
                              /s/Jacquetta L. Hartman
                              Notary Public

                              My Commission Expires:  April 8, 2004