SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
8-K
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Current
Report
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Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
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Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
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Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 30,
2007
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Commission
File
Number
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Registrant,
State of Incorporation,
Address
and Telephone Number
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I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number
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001-32206
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GREAT
PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED
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43-1916803
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(A
Missouri Corporation)
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1201
Walnut Street
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Kansas
City, Missouri 64106
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(816)
556-2200
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NOT
APPLICABLE
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||||
(Former
name or former address,
if
changed since last report)
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000-51873
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KANSAS
CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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44-0308720
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(A
Missouri Corporation)
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||||
1201
Walnut Street
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||||
Kansas
City, Missouri 64106
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||||
(816)
556-2200
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||||
NOT
APPLICABLE
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||||
(Former
name or former address,
if
changed since last report)
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[ ]
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
230.425)
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[ ]
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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[ ]
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act
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(17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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[ ]
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
2.02
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Results
of Operations and Financial
Condition
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Item
9.01
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits
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(d) Exhibit
No.
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99
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Press
release issued by Great Plains Energy Incorporated on October 30,
2007.
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GREAT
PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED
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/s/
Terry Bassham
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Terry
Bassham
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Executive
Vice President- Finance & Strategic Development and Chief Financial
Officer
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KANSAS
CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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/s/
Terry Bassham
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Terry
Bassham
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Media
Contact:
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Matt
Tidwell
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816-556-2902
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Invester
Contact:
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Michael
Cline
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816-556-2262
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Consolidated
Statements of Income
|
||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended
|
Year
to Date
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|||||||||||||||
September
30
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September
30
|
|||||||||||||||
As Adjusted | As Adjusted | |||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
Revenues
|
(thousands,
except per share amounts)
|
|||||||||||||||
Electric
revenues - KCP&L
|
$ |
416,049
|
$ |
359,270
|
$ |
990,844
|
$ |
890,551
|
||||||||
Electric
revenues - Strategic Energy
|
575,679
|
458,538
|
1,468,666
|
1,127,056
|
||||||||||||
Other
revenues
|
223
|
730
|
1,345
|
2,220
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
991,951
|
818,538
|
2,460,855
|
2,019,827
|
||||||||||||
Operating
Expenses
|
||||||||||||||||
Fuel
|
75,624
|
76,254
|
186,240
|
178,051
|
||||||||||||
Purchased
power - KCP&L
|
41,254
|
5,157
|
80,360
|
18,844
|
||||||||||||
Purchased
power - Strategic Energy
|
565,467
|
462,299
|
1,386,816
|
1,117,404
|
||||||||||||
Skill
set realignment costs
|
-
|
1,389
|
-
|
15,905
|
||||||||||||
Operating
expenses - KCP&L
|
75,710
|
69,316
|
223,371
|
196,556
|
||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative - non-regulated
|
21,464
|
18,819
|
64,142
|
47,338
|
||||||||||||
Maintenance
|
19,632
|
19,395
|
72,611
|
65,902
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
46,247
|
40,422
|
137,108
|
118,618
|
||||||||||||
General
taxes
|
33,554
|
31,826
|
88,335
|
87,234
|
||||||||||||
(Gain)
loss on property
|
-
|
28
|
11
|
(569 | ) | |||||||||||
Other
|
-
|
12
|
156
|
22
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
878,952
|
724,917
|
2,239,150
|
1,845,305
|
||||||||||||
Operating
income
|
112,999
|
93,621
|
221,705
|
174,522
|
||||||||||||
Non-operating
income
|
2,310
|
9,852
|
9,183
|
16,741
|
||||||||||||
Non-operating
expenses
|
(1,101 | ) | (2,141 | ) | (4,750 | ) | (5,593 | ) | ||||||||
Interest
charges
|
(28,217 | ) | (17,974 | ) | (67,830 | ) | (53,113 | ) | ||||||||
Income
before income taxes and loss from equity investments
|
85,991
|
83,358
|
158,308
|
132,557
|
||||||||||||
Income
taxes
|
(23,392 | ) | (26,952 | ) | (46,020 | ) | (38,243 | ) | ||||||||
Loss
from equity investments, net of income taxes
|
(410 | ) | (468 | ) | (1,139 | ) | (1,047 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income
|
62,189
|
55,938
|
111,149
|
93,267
|
||||||||||||
Preferred
stock dividend requirements
|
411
|
411
|
1,234
|
1,234
|
||||||||||||
Earnings
available for common shareholders
|
$ |
61,778
|
$ |
55,527
|
$ |
109,915
|
$ |
92,033
|
||||||||
Average
number of common shares outstanding
|
85,649
|
80,081
|
84,683
|
77,266
|
||||||||||||
Average
number of diluted common shares outstanding
|
85,741
|
80,342
|
85,006
|
77,364
|
||||||||||||
Basic
earnings per common share
|
$ |
0.72
|
$ |
0.69
|
$ |
1.30
|
$ |
1.19
|
||||||||
Diluted
earnings per common share
|
$ |
0.72
|
$ |
0.69
|
$ |
1.29
|
$ |
1.19
|
||||||||
Cash
dividends per common share
|
$ |
0.415
|
$ |
0.415
|
$ |
1.245
|
$ |
1.245
|
Consolidated
Earnings and Earnings Per Share
|
||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended September 30
|
||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Earnings
per Great
|
|||||||||||||
Earnings
|
Plains
Energy Share
|
|||||||||||||||
As
Adjusted
|
As
Adjusted
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
(millions)
|
||||||||||||||||
KCP&L
|
$
|
76.5
|
$ |
70.7
|
$
|
0.89
|
$
|
0.88
|
||||||||
Strategic
Energy
|
(4.1 | ) | (10.9 | ) | (0.05 | ) | (0.14 | ) | ||||||||
Other
|
(10.3 | ) | (3.9 | ) | (0.11 | ) | (0.04 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income
|
62.1
|
55.9
|
0.73
|
0.70
|
||||||||||||
Preferred
dividends
|
(0.3 | ) | (0.5 | ) | (0.01 | ) | (0.01 | ) | ||||||||
Earnings
available for common shareholders
|
$
|
61.8
|
$
|
55.4
|
$
|
0.72
|
$
|
0.69
|
||||||||
Reconciliation
of GAAP to Non-GAAP
|
||||||||||||||||
Earnings
available for common shareholders
|
$
|
61.8
|
$
|
55.4
|
$
|
0.72
|
$
|
0.69
|
||||||||
Reconciling
items
|
||||||||||||||||
KCP&L
- allocation of holding company merger tax benefits
|
(2.4 | ) |
-
|
(0.02 | ) |
-
|
||||||||||
KCP&L
- skill set realignment costs
|
-
|
0.8
|
-
|
0.01
|
||||||||||||
KCP&L
- Hawthorn No. 5 litigation recoveries
|
-
|
(14.4 | ) |
-
|
(0.18 | ) | ||||||||||
Strategic
Energy - mark-to-market impacts
|
||||||||||||||||
from
energy contracts
|
11.4
|
15.7
|
0.13
|
0.20
|
||||||||||||
Strategic
Energy - allocation of holding company
|
||||||||||||||||
merger
tax benefits
|
(0.4 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Other
- merger transition non-labor costs
|
0.9
|
-
|
0.01
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
- mark-to-market impact of interest rate hedge
|
5.6
|
-
|
0.06
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Core
earnings
|
$
|
76.9
|
$
|
57.5
|
$
|
0.90
|
$
|
0.72
|
||||||||
Core
earnings
|
||||||||||||||||
KCP&L
|
$
|
74.1
|
$
|
57.1
|
$
|
0.87
|
$
|
0.71
|
||||||||
Strategic
Energy
|
6.9
|
4.8
|
0.08
|
0.06
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
(4.1 | ) | (4.4 | ) | (0.05 | ) | (0.05 | ) | ||||||||
Core
earnings
|
$
|
76.9
|
$
|
57.5
|
$
|
0.90
|
$
|
0.72
|
GREAT
PLAINS ENERGY
|
||||||||||||||||
Consolidated
Earnings and Earnings Per Share
|
||||||||||||||||
Year
to Date September 30
|
||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Earnings
per Great
|
|||||||||||||
Earnings
|
Plains
Energy Share
|
|||||||||||||||
As
Adjusted
|
As
Adjusted
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
(millions)
|
||||||||||||||||
KCP&L
|
$
|
115.1
|
$
|
120.3
|
$
|
1.35
|
$
|
1.55
|
||||||||
Strategic
Energy
|
16.5
|
(17.6 | ) |
0.19
|
(0.23 | ) | ||||||||||
Other
|
(20.5 | ) | (9.5 | ) | (0.23 | ) | (0.12 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income
|
111.1
|
93.2
|
1.31
|
1.20
|
||||||||||||
Preferred
dividends
|
(1.2 | ) | (1.3 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.01 | ) | ||||||||
Earnings
available for common shareholders
|
$
|
109.9
|
$
|
91.9
|
$
|
1.29
|
$
|
1.19
|
||||||||
Reconciliation
of GAAP to Non-GAAP
|
||||||||||||||||
Earnings
available for common shareholders
|
$
|
109.9
|
$
|
91.9
|
$
|
1.29
|
$
|
1.19
|
||||||||
Reconciling
items
|
||||||||||||||||
KCP&L
- allocation of holding company merger tax benefits
|
(2.4 | ) |
-
|
(0.02 | ) |
-
|
||||||||||
KCP&L
- skill set realignment costs
|
-
|
9.7
|
-
|
0.13
|
||||||||||||
KCP&L
- Hawthorn No. 5 litigation recoveries
|
-
|
(14.4 | ) |
-
|
(0.19 | ) | ||||||||||
Strategic
Energy - mark-to-market impacts
|
||||||||||||||||
from
energy contracts
|
(12.2 | ) |
38.0
|
(0.14 | ) |
0.49
|
||||||||||
Strategic
Energy - allocation of holding company
|
||||||||||||||||
merger
tax benefits
|
(0.4 | ) |
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Other
- merger transition non-labor costs
|
1.7
|
-
|
0.01
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
- mark-to-market impact of interest rate hedge
|
5.6
|
-
|
0.06
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Other
- skill set realignment costs
|
-
|
0.2
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Core
earnings
|
$
|
102.2
|
$
|
125.4
|
$
|
1.20
|
$
|
1.62
|
||||||||
Core
earnings
|
||||||||||||||||
KCP&L
|
$
|
112.7
|
$
|
115.6
|
$
|
1.33
|
$
|
1.49
|
||||||||
Strategic
Energy
|
3.9
|
20.4
|
0.05
|
0.26
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
(14.4 | ) | (10.6 | ) | (0.18 | ) | (0.13 | ) | ||||||||
Core
earnings
|
$
|
102.2
|
$
|
125.4
|
$
|
1.20
|
$
|
1.62
|
GREAT
PLAINS ENERGY
|
||||||||||||||||
Summary
Income Statement by Segment
|
||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
|
Strategic
|
|
||||||||||||
|
GPE
|
KCP&L
|
Energy
|
Other
|
||||||||||||
(millions)
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating
revenues
|
$
|
992.0
|
$
|
416.0
|
$
|
576.0
|
$
|
-
|
||||||||
Fuel
|
(75.6 | ) | (75.6 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Purchased
power
|
(606.8 | ) | (41.3 | ) | (565.5 | ) |
-
|
|||||||||
Other
operating expense
|
(150.4 | ) | (128.1 | ) | (17.1 | ) | (5.2 | ) | ||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
(46.2 | ) | (44.1 | ) | (2.1 | ) |
-
|
|||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
113.0
|
126.9
|
(8.7 | ) | (5.2 | ) | ||||||||||
Non-operating
income (expenses)
|
1.2
|
0.2
|
0.8
|
0.2
|
||||||||||||
Interest
charges
|
(28.2 | ) | (17.1 | ) | (0.9 | ) | (10.2 | ) | ||||||||
Income
taxes
|
(23.5 | ) | (33.5 | ) |
4.7
|
5.3
|
||||||||||
Loss
from equity investments
|
(0.4 | ) |
-
|
-
|
(0.4 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
62.1
|
$
|
76.5
|
$
|
(4.1 | ) |
$
|
(10.3 | ) | ||||||
Earnings
(loss) per GPE common share
|
$
|
0.72
|
$
|
0.89
|
$
|
(0.05 | ) |
$
|
(0.12 | ) |
GREAT
PLAINS ENERGY
|
||||||||||||||||
Summary
Income Statement by Segment
|
||||||||||||||||
Year
to Date September 30, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
|
Strategic
|
|
||||||||||||
|
GPE
|
KCP&L
|
Energy
|
Other
|
||||||||||||
(millions)
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating
revenues
|
$
|
2,460.9
|
$
|
990.8
|
$
|
1,470.1
|
$
|
-
|
||||||||
Fuel
|
(186.2 | ) | (186.2 | ) |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Purchased
power
|
(1,467.2 | ) | (80.4 | ) | (1,386.8 | ) |
-
|
|||||||||
Other
operating expense
|
(448.7 | ) | (383.0 | ) | (52.1 | ) | (13.6 | ) | ||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
(137.1 | ) | (130.9 | ) | (6.2 | ) |
-
|
|||||||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
221.7
|
210.3
|
25.0
|
(13.6 | ) | |||||||||||
Non-operating
income (expenses)
|
4.4
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
(1.1 | ) | |||||||||||
Interest
charges
|
(67.8 | ) | (52.0 | ) | (2.4 | ) | (13.4 | ) | ||||||||
Income
taxes
|
(46.1 | ) | (45.7 | ) | (9.1 | ) |
8.7
|
|||||||||
Loss
from equity investments
|
(1.1 | ) |
-
|
-
|
(1.1 | ) | ||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
111.1
|
$
|
115.1
|
$
|
16.5
|
$
|
(20.5 | ) | |||||||
Earnings
(loss) per GPE common share
|
$
|
1.29
|
$
|
1.35
|
$
|
0.19
|
$
|
(0.25 | ) |
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
September
30
|
December
31
|
|||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
(thousands)
|
|||||||
Current
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
34,959
|
$
|
61,823
|
||||
Restricted
cash
|
147,041
|
-
|
||||||
Receivables,
net
|
475,716
|
339,399
|
||||||
Fuel
inventories, at average cost
|
35,397
|
27,811
|
||||||
Materials
and supplies, at average cost
|
63,347
|
59,829
|
||||||
Deferred
refueling outage costs
|
8,147
|
13,921
|
||||||
Refundable
income taxes
|
-
|
9,832
|
||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
33,103
|
39,566
|
||||||
Derivative
instruments
|
4,727
|
6,884
|
||||||
Other
|
10,468
|
11,717
|
||||||
Total
|
812,905
|
570,782
|
||||||
Nonutility
Property and Investments
|
||||||||
Affordable
housing limited partnerships
|
19,392
|
23,078
|
||||||
Nuclear
decommissioning trust fund
|
110,668
|
104,066
|
||||||
Other
|
15,179
|
15,663
|
||||||
Total
|
145,239
|
142,807
|
||||||
Utility
Plant, at Original Cost
|
||||||||
Electric
|
5,419,610
|
5,268,485
|
||||||
Less-accumulated
depreciation
|
2,554,815
|
2,456,199
|
||||||
Net
utility plant in service
|
2,864,795
|
2,812,286
|
||||||
Construction
work in progress
|
388,010
|
214,493
|
||||||
Nuclear
fuel, net of amortization of $115,991 and $103,381
|
64,380
|
39,422
|
||||||
Total
|
3,317,185
|
3,066,201
|
||||||
Deferred
Charges and Other Assets
|
||||||||
Regulatory
assets
|
421,718
|
434,392
|
||||||
Goodwill
|
88,139
|
88,139
|
||||||
Derivative
instruments
|
4,378
|
3,544
|
||||||
Other
|
45,857
|
29,795
|
||||||
Total
|
560,092
|
555,870
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
4,835,421
|
$
|
4,335,660
|
GREAT
PLAINS ENERGY
|
||||||||
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
September
30
|
December
31
|
|||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
LIABILITIES
AND CAPITALIZATION
|
(thousands)
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Notes
payable
|
$ |
86,000
|
$ |
-
|
||||
Commercial
paper
|
208,647
|
156,400
|
||||||
Current
maturities of long-term debt
|
534
|
389,634
|
||||||
EIRR
bonds classified as current
|
146,500
|
144,742
|
||||||
Accounts
payable
|
369,531
|
322,724
|
||||||
Accrued
taxes
|
58,868
|
24,106
|
||||||
Accrued
interest
|
24,447
|
14,082
|
||||||
Accrued
compensation and benefits
|
23,024
|
33,266
|
||||||
Pension
and post-retirement liability
|
1,037
|
1,037
|
||||||
Derivative
instruments
|
81,575
|
91,482
|
||||||
Other
|
20,514
|
25,520
|
||||||
Total
|
1,020,677
|
1,202,993
|
||||||
Deferred
Credits and Other Liabilities
|
||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
625,332
|
622,847
|
||||||
Deferred
investment tax credits
|
27,395
|
28,458
|
||||||
Asset
retirement obligations
|
94,147
|
91,824
|
||||||
Pension
and post-retirement liability
|
188,054
|
176,189
|
||||||
Regulatory
liabilities
|
119,854
|
114,674
|
||||||
Derivative
instruments
|
14,812
|
61,146
|
||||||
Other
|
72,809
|
49,103
|
||||||
Total
|
1,142,403
|
1,144,241
|
||||||
Capitalization
|
||||||||
Common
shareholders' equity
|
||||||||
Common
stock-150,000,000 shares authorized without par value
|
||||||||
86,243,732
and 80,405,035 shares issued, stated value
|
1,061,026
|
896,817
|
||||||
Retained
earnings
|
494,876
|
493,399
|
||||||
Treasury
stock-77,465 and 53,499 shares, at cost
|
(2,375 | ) | (1,614 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss)
|
(23,351 | ) | (46,686 | ) | ||||
Total
|
1,530,176
|
1,341,916
|
||||||
Cumulative
preferred stock $100 par value
|
||||||||
3.80%
- 100,000 shares issued
|
10,000
|
10,000
|
||||||
4.50%
- 100,000 shares issued
|
10,000
|
10,000
|
||||||
4.20%
- 70,000 shares issued
|
7,000
|
7,000
|
||||||
4.35%
- 120,000 shares issued
|
12,000
|
12,000
|
||||||
Total
|
39,000
|
39,000
|
||||||
Long-term
debt
|
1,103,165
|
607,510
|
||||||
Total
|
2,672,341
|
1,988,426
|
||||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
||||||||
Total
|
$ |
4,835,421
|
$ |
4,335,660
|
Statistical
Summary
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended
|
Year
to Date
|
||||||||||||||||||
September
30
|
September
30
|
||||||||||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
KCP&L
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Retail
revenues (millions)
|
$ |
351.9
|
$ |
311.4
|
$ |
825.6
|
$ |
742.4
|
|||||||||||
Wholesale
revenues (millions)
|
$ |
59.3
|
$ |
43.7
|
$ |
152.0
|
$ |
137.4
|
|||||||||||
Average
non-firm wholesale price per MWh
|
$ |
41.99
|
$ |
37.88
|
$ |
41.88
|
$ |
45.03
|
|||||||||||
Wholesale
MWh sales (thousands)
|
1,438
|
1,058
|
3,686
|
3,240
|
|||||||||||||||
Cooling
degree days
|
1,175
|
1,093
|
1,581
|
1,664
|
|||||||||||||||
Equivalent
availability - coal plants
|
89
|
%
|
88 | % |
78
|
% | 82 | % | |||||||||||
Capacity
factor - coal plants
|
86
|
% | 82 | % |
74
|
% | 75 | % | |||||||||||
Strategic
Energy
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Average
retail gross margin per MWh
|
$ |
1.75
|
$ | (0.79 | ) | $ |
5.42
|
$ |
0.78
|
||||||||||
Change
in fair value related to non-hedging energy
|
|||||||||||||||||||
contracts
and from cash flow hedge ineffectiveness
|
3.30
|
|
5.60
|
(1.36 | ) |
|
5.21
|
||||||||||||
Average
retail gross margin per MWh without fair
|
|||||||||||||||||||
value
impacts 1
|
$ |
5.05
|
|
$ |
4.81
|
$ |
4.06
|
|
$ |
5.99
|
|||||||||
MWhs
delivered (thousands)
|
5,842
|
4,748
|
15,108
|
12,384
|
|||||||||||||||
MWhs
delivered plus current year backlog (thousands)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
20,363
|
16,513
|
|||||||||||||||
Average
duration - new and resigned contracts (months)
|
15
|
17
|
16
|
17
|
|||||||||||||||
MWh
sales (thousands)
|
5,684
|
7,351
|
21,260
|
22,213
|
|||||||||||||||
Retention
rate
|
57
|
% | 58 | % |
48
|
% | 53 | % | |||||||||||
|
Retention
rate including month to month customers
|
74
|
% | 80 | % |
60
|
% | 66 | % | ||||||||||
1
This
is a non-GAAP financial measure that differs from GAAP because it
excludes
the impact of unrealized fair value gains or
|
|||||||||||||||||||
losses. Management
believes this measure is more reflective of average retail gross
margins
on MWhs delivered due to the
|
|||||||||||||||||||
non-cash
nature and volatility of changes in fair value related to non-hedging
energy contracts and from cash flow hedge
|
|||||||||||||||||||
ineffectiveness. Management
and the Board of Directors use this as a measurement of Strategic
Energy's
realized average
|
|||||||||||||||||||
retail
gross margin per delivered MWh, which are settled upon delivery at
contracted prices.
|
2007
Core Earnings Guidance
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Previous
Range
|
Revised
Range
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas
City Power & Light
|
$ |
1.87
|
-
|
$ |
1.94
|
$ |
1.78
|
-
|
$ |
1.83
|
||||||||||||
Strategic
Energy
|
0.07
|
-
|
0.13
|
0.09
|
-
|
0.12
|
||||||||||||||||
Other1
|
(0.34 | ) |
-
|
(0.32 | ) | (0.27 | ) |
-
|
(0.25 | ) | ||||||||||||
Consolidated
Core EPS2
|
$ |
1.60
|
-
|
$ |
1.75
|
$ |
1.60
|
-
|
$ |
1.70
|
1.
|
Other
includes Home Service Solutions, Holding Company costs and other
miscellaneous items.
|
2.
|
Core
earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure that differs from GAAP earnings
because it excludes the
effects
of certain unusual items and mark-to-market gains and losses on energy
contracts. Great Plains
Energy
believes core earnings provides to investors a meaningful indicator
of its
results that is
comparable
among periods because it excludes the effects of items that may not
be
indicative of Great
Plains
Energy’s prospective earnings potential. Core earnings is used
internally to measure performance
against
budget and in reports for management and the Board of
Directors. Investors should note that this
non-GAAP
measure involves judgments by management, including whether an item
is
classified as an
unusual
item, and Great Plains Energy’s definition of core earnings may differ
from similar terms used by
other
companies. The impact of these items could be material to
operating results presented in
accordance
with GAAP. Great Plains Energy is unable to reconcile core
earnings guidance to GAAP
earnings
per share because it does not predict the future impact of unusual
items
and mark-to-market
gains
or losses on energy contracts.
|