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                            FORM 10-K

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20549

   [X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                
           For the fiscal year ended DECEMBER 31, 1996
                                
  [  ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                
                  COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-707
                                
                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Missouri                                  44-0308720
    (State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
     incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)

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

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

   Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                                  Name of each exchange
Title   of   each  class                          on which registered

Cumulative  Preferred Stock                       New York  Stock Exchange
  par value $100 per share -
    3.80%, 4.50%, 4.35%

Common  Stock without par value                   New York  Stock Exchange
                                                  Chicago Stock Exchange

   Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None.

Indicate  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  the
Form 10-K.    X

On  March  13,  1997, KCPL had 61,895,819 outstanding  shares  of
common  stock  without par value, and the aggregate market  value
(based  upon  the closing price of these shares on the  New  York
Stock  Exchange)  of voting securities held by  nonaffiliates  of
KCPL was approximately $1,763,113,626.

              Documents Incorporated by Reference
Portions  of  the  1997  Proxy  Statement  are  incorporated   by
reference in Part III of this report.



                      TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                           Page
                                                           Number

Item  1.  Business                                            1
               Proposed Merger With Western Resources, Inc.   1
               Regulation                                     2
                    Rates                                     2
                    Environmental Matters                     2
                         Air                                  3
                         Water                                3
               Competition                                    3
               Fuel Supply                                    4
                    Coal                                      4
                    Nuclear                                   4
                         High-Level Waste                     4
                         Low-Level Waste                      5
               Employees                                      5
               Subsidiaries                                   5
               Officers of the Registrant                     6
                    KCPL Officers                             6
                    KLT Inc. Officers                         7

Item 2.   Properties                                          8
               Generation Resources                           8
               Transmission and Distribution Resources        9
               General                                        9

Item 3.   Legal Proceedings                                  10

Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
          Holders                                            11

Item 5.   Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and
          Related Stockholder Matters                        11
               Market Information                            11
               Holders                                       11
               Dividends                                     11

Item  6.  Selected Financial Data                            12

Item  7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
          Condition and Results of Operations                12

Item  8.  Consolidated Financial Statements                  21

Item  9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
          Accounting and Financial Disclosure                42

Item 10.  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant 42

Item 11.  Executive Compensation                             42

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
          and Management                                     42

Item 13.  Certain  Relationships and Related  Transactions   42

Item 14.  Exhibits,  Financial  Statement  Schedules,  and
          Reports on Form 8-K                                43



                           PART I


ITEM 1.  BUSINESS

      Kansas   City  Power  &  Light  Company   (KCPL)   was
incorporated  in  Missouri in 1922 and is  headquartered  in
downtown  Kansas  City,  Missouri. KCPL  is  a  medium-sized
public  utility  engaged  in  the generation,  transmission,
distribution  and  sale  of  electricity  to  over   435,000
customers  in  a 4,700 square mile area located  in  all  or
portions  of  23  counties in western Missouri  and  eastern
Kansas.   About two-thirds of the total retail kilowatt-hour
sales  and  revenues  are from Missouri  customers  and  the
remainder   from   Kansas  customers.    Customers   include
approximately  381,000 residences, 51,000 commercial  firms,
and  3,000  industrials, municipalities and  other  electric
utilities.  Retail revenues in Missouri and Kansas accounted
for  approximately  91% of KCPL's total  revenues  in  1996.
Wholesale  firm  power, bulk power sales  and  miscellaneous
electric  revenues accounted for the remainder of  revenues.
Low fuel costs and superior plant performance enable KCPL to
serve  its  customers  well while maintaining  a  leadership
position in the bulk power market.

     KCPL  as  a  regulated  utility does  not  have  direct
competition  for  retail  electric service  in  its  service
territory;  however, there is competition in the  generation
of  electricity and between electric and gas  as  an  energy
source.

     KLT  Inc.,  a  wholly-owned, unregulated subsidiary  of
KCPL,  pursues  opportunities in domestic and  international
energy-related ventures.  See "Subsidiaries" on  page  5  of
this  report.   KCPL  also owns 47% of  Wolf  Creek  Nuclear
Operating  Corporation, the operating company for  the  Wolf
Creek Generating Station (Wolf Creek).

Proposed Merger With Western Resources, Inc.

      On  February 7, 1997, KCPL and Western Resources, Inc.
(Western  Resources) entered into an Agreement and  Plan  of
Merger  (the Merger Agreement) to form a strategic  business
combination.  The effective time of the merger is  dependent
upon  all  conditions of the Merger Agreement being  met  or
waived.   At  the effective time, KCPL will merge  with  and
into  Western  Resources, with Western Resources  being  the
surviving corporation.

       Western  Resources  first  delivered  an  unsolicited
exchange  offer  to  KCPL's Board of  Directors  during  the
second  quarter  of  1996.  This initial offer,  subject  to
numerous  conditions, proposed the exchange  of  $28  (later
increased  to  $31) worth of Western Resources common  stock
for   each  share  of  KCPL  common  stock.   After  careful
consideration, both offers were rejected by KCPL's Board  of
Directors.   In  July  1996 Western Resources  commenced  an
exchange  offer  for KCPL common stock.  In late  1996  KCPL
began  discussing  a possible merger with Western  Resources
leading to the Merger Agreement.

      Under  the terms of the Merger Agreement, KCPL  common
stock  will be exchanged for Western Resources common  stock
valued at $32.00, subject to a conversion ratio limiting the
amount  of  Western Resources common stock that  holders  of
KCPL  common  stock would receive per share of  KCPL  common
stock  to  no  more  than 1.1 shares (if Western  Resources'
stock  is priced at or below $29.09 per share), and no  less
than 0.917 shares (if Western Resources' stock is priced  at
or  above  $34.90 per share).  However, there is a provision
in  the  Merger Agreement that allows KCPL to terminate  the
merger  if Western Resources' stock price drops below $27.64
and  either the Standard and Poor's Electric Companies Index
increases or the decline in Western Resources stock  exceeds
by  approximately  5%  any decline in this  index.   Western
Resources  could  avoid this termination  by  improving  the
conversion ratio.

       The   transaction  is  subject  to  several   closing
conditions    including   approval   by    each    company's
shareholders, approval by a number of regulatory authorities
(statutory  approvals) and dissenting shares  equaling  less
than  5.5%  of KCPL's outstanding shares.  If the  effective
time  has  not  occurred by June 30, 1998  (the  termination
date),  either party may terminate the agreement as long  as
they did not contribute to the delay.  This termination date
will  be automatically extended to June 30, 1999, if all  of
the Merger Agreement closing conditions have been met except
for certain conditions relating to statutory approvals.

      The  Merger Agreement does not allow KCPL to  increase
its  common  stock dividend prior to the effective  time  or
termination.    It  also  requires  KCPL   to   redeem   all
outstanding shares of preferred stock prior to completion of
the merger.

      If  the  Merger Agreement is terminated under  certain
circumstances, a payment of $50 million will be due  Western
Resources  if,  within  two  and  one-half  years  following
termination,   KCPL   agrees  to   consummate   a   business
combination  with  a  third party that made  a  proposal  to
combine  prior to termination.  Western Resources  will  pay
KCPL $5 to $35 million if the Merger Agreement is terminated
and   all  closing  conditions  are  satisfied  other   than
conditions   relating  to  Western  Resources  receiving   a
favorable   tax  opinion,  a  favorable  letter   from   its
accountants   regarding   pooling   accounting,    favorable
statutory approvals, or an exemption from the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935.


Regulation

     KCPL  is  subject  to the jurisdiction  of  the  Public
Service  Commission  of the State of  Missouri  (MPSC),  the
State  Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas  (KCC),
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Nuclear
Regulatory  Commission (NRC) and certain other  governmental
regulatory  bodies as to various phases of  its  operations,
including   rates,   service,  safety  and   nuclear   plant
operations,   environmental   matters   and   issuances   of
securities.

    Rates

     KCPL's retail electric rates are regulated by the  MPSC
and  KCC  for sales within the respective states of Missouri
and  Kansas.  FERC approves KCPL's rates for wholesale  bulk
electricity  sales.   Firm  electric  sales  are   made   by
contractual arrangements between the entity being served and
KCPL.

     KCPL  has  not increased any of its retail or wholesale
rates  since 1988.  Pursuant to a stipulation and  agreement
with  the MPSC, KCPL reduced Missouri retail rates by  about
2.7%  effective January 1, 1994,  2% effective July 9, 1996,
and by about 2.5% effective January 1, 1997.

    Environmental Matters

     KCPL's  operations must comply with federal, state  and
local  environmental laws and regulations.   The  generation
and  transmission of electricity uses, produces and requires
disposal  of  certain  products and  by-products,  including
polychlorinated   biphenyl  (PCBs),   asbestos   and   other
potentially hazardous materials.  KCPL's policy is to act in
an  environmentally responsible manner and to use the latest
technology available to avoid and treat contamination.   The
Federal  Comprehensive Environmental Response,  Compensation
and  Liability Act (the Superfund law) imposes strict  joint
and  several liability for those who generate, transport  or
deposit  hazardous  waste.  This liability  extends  to  the
current  property  owner as well as prior owners  since  the
time    of   contamination.    KCPL   continually   conducts
environmental  audits designed to detect  contamination  and
ensure  compliance with governmental regulations.   However,
compliance programs needed to meet future environmental laws
and  regulations governing water and air quality,  including
carbon  dioxide  emissions,  hazardous  waste  handling  and
disposal,    toxic   substances   and   the    effects    of
electromagnetic fields, could require substantial changes to
operations  or  facilities.  KCPL cannot presently  estimate
any  additional  costs of meeting such  new  regulations  or
standards which might be established in the future, nor  can
it estimate the possible effect which any new regulations or
standards  could  have upon its operations.   However,  KCPL
currently  estimates that expenditures necessary  to  comply
with  environmental  regulations during  1997  will  not  be
material with the possible exceptions set forth below.

       Air

     The  Clean  Air  Act  Amendments of  1990  contain  two
programs significantly affecting the utility industry.  KCPL
has  spent approximately $5 million for the installation  of
continuous  emission  monitoring equipment  to  satisfy  the
requirements under the acid rain provision.  KCPL expects no
further  material expenditures for this project.  The  other
utility-related  program calls for a study  of  certain  air
toxic  substances.   Based on the  outcome  of  this  study,
regulation of these substances, including mercury, could  be
required.   KCPL cannot predict the likelihood of  any  such
regulations or compliance costs.

    Proposed regulations to revise the ozone and particulate
matter,   National  Ambient  Air  Quality   Standards,   are
scheduled to be issued by June 1997 and may require  capital
expenditures which cannot be estimated at this time.


       Water

     KCPL  commissioned an environmental assessment  of  its
Northeast  Station and of its Spill Prevention  Control  and
Countermeasure plan as required by the Clean Water Act.  The
assessment  revealed contamination of the site by  petroleum
products,  heavy metals, volatile and semi-volatile  organic
compounds,   asbestos,  pesticides   and   other   regulated
substances.  Based upon studies and discussions with Burns &
McDonnell, the cost of the cleanup could range between  $1.5
million and $6 million.

     Also,  groundwater analysis has indicated that  certain
volatile  organic compounds are moving through the Northeast
site,  just  above bedrock, from unidentified  sources  off-
site.   The Missouri Department of Natural Resources  (MDNR)
was  notified of the possible release of petroleum  products
and  the presence of volatile organic compounds moving under
the site.  Monitoring and removal of free petroleum products
continues at the site.  MDNR has concluded that the volatile
organic  compounds originated from a source off-site.   MDNR
stated  it  will continue to investigate the source  of  the
compounds.  Because KCPL believes it will not have liability
in  this matter, it has not performed a study regarding  the
possible  cost  of  remediation  of  the  flow  of   organic
compounds.


Competition

     See  "Regulation and Competition" on page  12  of  this
report.

Fuel Supply

    KCPL's principal sources of fuel for electric generation
are  coal  and  nuclear fuel.  These fuels are  expected  to
satisfy  about  99% of the 1997 fuel requirements  with  the
remainder  provided by other sources including natural  gas,
oil  and steam.  The 1996 and estimated 1997 fuel mix, based
on total Btu generation, are as follows:

                                          Estimated
                                1996          1997

                 Coal            76%           73%
                 Nuclear         23%           26%
                 Other            1%            1%

     The  fuel mix varies depending on the operation of Wolf
Creek  which  requires  a refueling and  maintenance  outage
about every 18 months.  The next outage is scheduled for the
fourth quarter of 1997.

    Coal

     KCPL's  average  cost per million Btu of  coal  burned,
excluding  fuel handling costs, was $0.85 in 1996 and  $0.89
in 1995 and 1994. KCPL's cost of delivered coal is about 63%
of the regional average.

     During  1997, approximately 10.4 million tons  of  coal
(7.3  million tons, KCPL's share) are projected to be burned
at  KCPL's generating units, including jointly-owned  units.
KCPL  has entered into coal-purchase contracts with  various
suppliers  in  Wyoming's Powder River  Basin,  the  nation's
principal  supplier  of low-sulfur coal.   These  contracts,
with  expiration dates ranging from 1997 through 2003,  will
satisfy approximately 95% of the projected coal requirements
for 1997, 50% for 1998, 50% for 1999, and 20% thereafter.

    Nuclear

     The  Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation  (WCNOC),
which operates Wolf Creek, has on hand or under contract 70%
of  the  uranium  required  to operate  Wolf  Creek  through
September  2003.   The balance is expected  to  be  obtained
through spot market and contract purchases.

     Contracts are in place for 100% of Wolf Creek's uranium
enrichment   requirements  for  1997   and   82%   of   such
requirements  for 1998 to March 2005.  The  balance  of  the
1998-2005 requirements is expected to be obtained through  a
combination  of  spot  market and contract  purchases.   The
decision   not   to   contract  for  the   full   enrichment
requirements  is  one  of cost rather than  availability  of
service.

     Contracts are in place for the conversion of uranium to
uranium   hexaflouride  sufficient  to  meet  Wolf   Creek's
requirements through 2001.

       High-Level Waste

     The  Nuclear  Waste  Policy  Act  of  1982  established
schedules,   guidelines   and   responsibilities   for   the
Department   of  Energy  (DOE)  to  develop  and   construct
repositories  for the ultimate disposal of  spent  fuel  and
high-level waste.  The DOE has not yet constructed  a  high-
level waste disposal site and has announced that a permanent
repository may not be in operation prior to 2010 although an
interim storage facility may be available earlier.  The  DOE
likely  will  not immediately begin accepting  Wolf  Creek's
spent   fuel  upon  opening  of  the  permanent  repository.
Instead,  KCPL  expects to experience a multi-year  transfer
period  beginning as much as six years after opening of  the
permanent repository.  Wolf Creek contains an on-site  spent
fuel   storage  facility  which,  under  current  regulatory
guidelines,  provides space for the storage  of  spent  fuel
through  2005  while  still maintaining fuel  core  off-load
capability.  KCPL believes adequate additional storage space
can be obtained, as necessary.

       Low-Level Waste

    The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of
1985  mandated  that  the  various states,  individually  or
through  interstate compacts, develop alternative  low-level
radioactive  waste  disposal  facilities.   The  states   of
Kansas,  Nebraska, Arkansas, Louisiana and  Oklahoma  formed
the  Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste  Compact
and  selected  a  site  in northern  Nebraska  to  locate  a
disposal  facility.  The present estimate of  the  cost  for
such a facility is about $154 million.  WCNOC and the owners
of the other five nuclear units in the compact have provided
most of the pre-construction financing for this project.  As
of February 28, 1997, utilities in the compact have spent in
excess  of  $75  million, of which $13 million  was  WCNOC's
share.

     There is uncertainty as to whether this project will be
completed.  Significant opposition to the project  has  been
raised by the residents in the area of the proposed facility
and  attempts have been made through litigation and proposed
legislation  to  slow  down  or  stop  development  of   the
facility.

Employees

      At  December  31,  1996,  KCPL  and  its  wholly-owned
subsidiaries  had 2,297 employees (including  temporary  and
part-time  employees), 1,474 of which  were  represented  by
three  local  unions  of  the International  Brotherhood  of
Electrical  Workers (IBEW).  KCPL has labor agreements  with
Local  1613, representing clerical employees (which  expires
March  31,  1999),  with  Local 1464,  representing  outdoor
workers (which expires January 8, 2000), and with Local 412,
representing power plant workers (which expires February 28,
1998).   KCPL  is also a 47% owner of WCNOC,  which  employs
1,013  persons  to  operate Wolf Creek,  340  of  which  are
represented by the IBEW.

Subsidiaries

    KLT Inc. has six wholly-owned direct subsidiaries:

    -    KLT Investments Inc., a passive investor in affordable
      housing investments which generate tax credits.
    
    -     KLT  Investments  II Inc., a passive  investor  in
      economic, community-development and energy-related projects.

    -     KLT  Energy Services Inc., a partner in an  energy
      management services and lighting services business.

    -    KLT Power Inc., a participant in independent power and
      cogeneration  projects.   KLT  Power  Inc.  has   four
      subsidiaries,  KLT Iatan Inc., which was formed for the co-
      development of the Iatan Unit 2 coal-fired power plant; KLT
      Power International, which participates in  independent
      power  projects located in China; KLT Power Asia which
      participates in independent power projects located  in
      certain Asian countries; and KLT Power Latin American which
      participates in independent power projects located in Latin
      America.

    -    KLT Gas Inc., a participant in oil and gas reserves and
      exploration.  KLT Gas Inc. has one wholly-owned subsidiary,
      FAR  Gas  Acquisitions Corporation which holds limited
      partnerships in coal seam methane gas wells that generate
      tax credits.
    
    -    KLT Telecom Inc., an investor in communications and
      information technology opportunities.  KLT Telecom Inc. has
      two majority-owned subsidiaries, Municipal Solutions, an
      outsourcer of municipal services and Telemetry Solutions, a
      provider of  services using Cellnet-related technology.

KCPL's  equity investment in KLT Inc. at December 31,  1996,
was $61 million.

Officers of the Registrant

    KCPL Officers
                                                                  Year Named
      Name          Age   Positions Currently Held                  Officer

Drue Jennings        50   Chairman of the Board, President           1980
                          and Chief Executive Officer

Bernard J. Beaudoin  56   Executive Vice President - Chief           1984
                          Financial Officer

Marcus Jackson       45   Executive Vice President - Chief           1989
                          Operating Officer

J. Turner White      48   Executive Vice President - Corporate       1990
                          Development

John J. DeStefano    47   Senior Vice President  -  Business         1989
                          Development

Jeanie Sell Latz     45   Senior Vice President  -  Corporate        1991
                          Services, Corporate Secretary
                          and Chief Legal Officer

Frank L. Branca      49   Vice President - Wholesale and             1989
                          Transmission Services

Steven  W. Cattron   41   Vice President - Marketing and  Sales      1994

Charles  R.  Cole    50   Vice President - Customer  Services        1990
                          and Purchasing

Douglas  M.  Morgan  54   Vice President - Information Technology    1994

Richard A. Spring    42   Vice President - Production                1994

Bailus M. Tate       50   Vice President - Human Resources           1994

Neil  A. Roadman     51   Controller                                 1980

Mark C. Sholander    51   General Counsel and Assistant              1986
                          Secretary

Andrea F. Bielsker   38   Treasurer                                  1996

  
  KLT Inc. Officers
                                                                  Year Named
      Name          Age   Positions Currently Held                  Officer

Ronald G. Wasson     52   President                                  1995

Floyd R. Pendleton   53   Vice President-Business                    1992
                          Development

David M. McCoy       49   Vice President-Business                    1996
                          Development

Mark G. English      45   Vice President and General                 1995
                          Counsel

Janee C. Rosenthal   35   Corporate Secretary and Treasurer          1992

Teresa D. Cook       36   Controller                                 1997


     All of the foregoing persons have been officers of KCPL
or  employees  in a responsible position with KCPL  for  the
past  five years except for Mr. Spring.  Mr. Spring  was  an
employee  of  KCPL from 1978 to 1993, when he left  KCPL  to
join Northern Indiana Public Service Company as Director  of
Electric Production.  In July 1994, he rejoined KCPL as Vice
President-Production.

    The term of office of each officer commences with his or
her  appointment by the Board of Directors and ends at  such
time as the Board of Directors may determine.

ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES

Generation Resources

    KCPL's generating facilities consist of the following:

                                                     Estimated
                                                       1997
                                            Year    Megawatt(mw)
              Unit                       Completed  Capacity        Fuel
Existing Units
 Base Load...Wolf Creek(a)                  1985        548(b)   Nuclear
             Iatan                          1980        469(b)      Coal
             LaCygne 2                      1977        334(b)      Coal
             LaCygne 1                      1973        341(b)      Coal
             Hawthorn 6                     1997        142(d)   Gas/Oil
             Hawthorn 5                     1969        479     Coal/Gas
             Montrose 3                     1964        161         Coal
             Montrose 2                     1960        153         Coal
             Montrose 1                     1958        155         Coal
 Peak Load...Northeast 13 and 14(c)         1976        110          Oil
             Northeast 17 and 18(c)         1977        116          Oil
             Northeast 15 and 16(c)         1975        111          Oil
             Northeast 11 and 12(c)         1972        105          Oil
             Grand Avenue (2 units)  1929 & 1948         73          Gas
                                                        ___
               Total                                  3,297
                                                      =====
       (a) This  unit is one of KCPL's principal generating
       facilities  and has the lowest fuel cost  of  any  of
       its  generating facilities.  An extended shutdown  of
       the  unit could have a substantial adverse effect  on
       the operations of KCPL and its financial condition.

       (b) KCPL's share of jointly-owned unit.

       (c) Combustion turbines.

       (d) KCPL  has entered into an operating  lease  with
       First  Security  Bank of Utah,  N.A.  for  a  V.84.3A
       combustion  turbine-generator, to be  in  service  in
       the   year   1997,  with  an  anticipated  accredited
       capacity of approximately 142 mw.

     KCPL's maximum system net hourly peak load of 2,987  mw
occurred on July 19, 1996.  The maximum winter peak load  of
2,012  mw  occurred  on December 19, 1996.   The  accredited
generating  capacity of KCPL's electric  facilities  in  the
summer (when peak loads are experienced) of 1996 under MOKAN
Power Pool standards was 3,134 mw.

      KCPL   owns  the  Hawthorn  Station  (Jackson  County,
Missouri),   Montrose  Station  (Henry  County,   Missouri),
Northeast  Station (Jackson County, Missouri) and two  Grand
Avenue   Station   turbine   generators   (Jackson   County,
Missouri).  KCPL also owns 50% of the 682-mw LaCygne 1  Unit
and 668-mw LaCygne 2 Unit in Linn County, Kansas; 70% of the
670-mw Iatan Station in Platte County, Missouri; and 47%  of
the 1,167 mw Wolf Creek in Coffey County, Kansas.


Transmission and Distribution Resources

     KCPL's  electric transmission system is  interconnected
with  systems  of  other  utilities  to  permit  bulk  power
transactions  with  other electricity suppliers  in  Kansas,
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota.  KCPL is a member of
the  MOKAN  Power  Pool, which is a contractual  arrangement
among  eleven utilities in western Missouri and Kansas which
interchange   electric  energy,  share  reserve   generating
capacity,  and  provide  emergency and  standby  electricity
services to each other.

     KCPL  owns  approximately 1,700 miles  of  transmission
lines and approximately 9,000 miles of overhead distribution
lines,   and   approximately  3,100  miles  of   underground
distribution  lines.  KCPL has all franchises  necessary  to
sell   electricity   within  the  territories   from   which
substantially all of its gross operating revenue is derived.

General

     KCPL's principal plants and properties, insofar as they
constitute  real  estate, are owned in  fee;  certain  other
facilities  are  located  on  premises  held  under  leases,
permits  or  easements;  and its electric  transmission  and
distribution systems are for the most part located  over  or
under  highways,  streets, other public places  or  property
owned  by  others  for which permits, grants,  easements  or
licenses  (deemed  satisfactory but without  examination  of
underlying land titles) have been obtained.

     Substantially all of the fixed property and  franchises
of  KCPL,  which consists principally of electric generating
stations,  electric transmission and distribution lines  and
systems,   and   buildings  (subject   to   exceptions   and
reservations)  are  subject to a General Mortgage  Indenture
and Deed of Trust dated as of December 1, 1986.


ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS


Kansas  City  Power & Light Co. v. Western Resources,  Inc.,
et. al

    On May 20, 1996, KCPL commenced litigation in the United
States  District Court for the Western District of Missouri,
Western   Division   (District   Court),   against   Western
Resources,  Inc.  (Western Resources) and  Robert  L.  Rives
(Rives) requesting the District Court to declare the Amended
and  Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger between KCPL,  KC
Merger  Sub,  Inc.,  UtiliCorp and KC  United  Corp.,  dated
January,   1996,  amended  May  20,  1996  (Amended   Merger
Agreement),  and  the  transactions  contemplated    thereby
(collectively the Transaction) were legal and could  not  be
reversed.   On May 24, 1996, Jack R. Manson (Manson),  filed
an  action to become a party to the above litigation as  the
shareholders'  representative.  Manson made  claims  against
KCPL  and all its directors stating they had violated  their
fiduciary duties, that their actions in adopting the Amended
Merger  Agreement  were illegal and ultra  vires;  that  the
adoption of the  Amended Merger Agreement illegally deprived
shareholders  of  rights under Missouri law;  and  that  the
adoption  of  the Amended Merger Agreement was an  excessive
response to Western Resources' acquisition offer.   On  June
7,  1996,  Western  Resources and Rives  each  filed  claims
against  KCPL,  charging  the same  violations  against  the
directors as Manson.

      The  District  Court  on  August  2,  1996  ruled  the
transactions  contemplated by the Amended  Merger  Agreement
were  legally valid and authorized under Missouri  law;  but
the  combined transactions resulted in a merger between KCPL
and  UtiliCorp, requiring, under Missouri law,  approval  by
the  holders  of   two-thirds of the outstanding  shares  of
KCPL's stock.

     By  order  dated November 25, 1996, the District  Court
allowed  Manson to amend his original petition claiming  the
directors  breached their fiduciary duties  by  refusing  to
meet  with  Western  Resources and had  committed  reckless,
grossly negligent, or negligent waste of corporate assets by
pursuing   the  merger  with  UtiliCorp.   In  addition   to
requesting  termination  of  the Amended  Merger  Agreement,
Manson  sought  monetary damages in an  unspecified  amount.
KCPL  filed a motion on December 9, 1996 to dismiss Manson's
claims  and  it  is  currently pending before  the  District
Court. KCPL cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings
at this time.


State of Missouri ex rel. Inter-City Beverage Co., Inc., et.
al  vs.  The  Public  Service Commission  of  the  State  of
Missouri, et. al;

Jewish  Community Campus of Greater Kansas  City,  Inc.  vs.
Kansas State Corporation Commission, et. al

     On  August  13,  1993,  a lawsuit  was  filed  by  nine
customers  in the Circuit Court of Jackson County,  Missouri
against  KCPL.   The  suit  alleged  the  misapplication  of
certain  of  KCPL's  electric  rate  tariffs  resulting   in
overcharges to industrial and commercial customers which had
been  provided  service  under those tariffs  and  requested
certification as a class action.  On December 3,  1993,  the
Court  dismissed  the  matter for  lack  of  subject  matter
jurisdiction.  Plaintiffs appealed to the Missouri Court  of
Appeals, Western District.  The Court of Appeals upheld  the
dismissal.   Plaintiffs then filed a motion to transfer  the
case  with  the  Missouri Supreme  Court.   The  motion  was
denied.

      Plaintiffs  then  took  their  claims  to  the   state
commissions  filing  complaints at the MPSC  on  August  23,
1995, and at the KCC on August 30, 1995.  The MPSC complaint
was  dismissed  May  1,  1996.  The  Cole  County,  Missouri
Circuit  Court affirmed the dismissal on January  29,  1997.
The  time  for  filing an appeal from such  circuit  court's
decision  has  not  yet  lapsed.   The  KCC  complaint   was
dismissed  April  9,  1996.   The  Johnson  County,   Kansas
District  Court affirmed the dismissal on February 4,  1997.
The  Plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal to the Kansas  Court
of  Appeals on March 3, 1997. 

     Should  the  proceedings before the  MPSC  and  KCC  be
overturned  by the state courts, KCPL could be  required  to
refund  the  alleged overcharges. KCPL believes it 
will be able to successfully defend these actions.


ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

    No matter was submitted during the fourth quarter of the
fiscal  year  covered by this report to a vote  of  security
holders through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise.



                          PART II


ITEM  5.  MARKET  FOR  THE REGISTRANT'S  COMMON  EQUITY  AND
RELATED  STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Market Information:

     (1)  Principal Market:

          Common  Stock of KCPL is listed on the New  York
          Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange.

     (2)  Stock Price Information:

                        Common Stock Price Range      
                        1996              1995        
            Quarter     High       Low        High       Low
            First      $27-1/4    $24        $24-1/2    $22-1/8
            Second      27-3/4     23-5/8     24-1/8     22-1/8  
            Third       28-3/8     26-1/4     24-3/8     21-1/2  
            Fourth      29-3/8     26-1/2     26-5/8     23-1/2  
                                                       
Holders:

    At  December 31, 1996, KCPL's Common Stock was  held  by
    26,763 shareholders of record.

Dividends:

    Common Stock dividends were declared as follows:

               Quarter        1997     1996     1995

               First         $0.405   $0.390   $0.380
               Second                  0.390    0.380
               Third                   0.405    0.390
               Fourth                  0.405    0.390

    KCPL's   Restated  Articles  of  Consolidation  contains
    certain  restrictions  on the payment  of  dividends  on
    KCPL's Common Stock.

ITEM 6.  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

                                 Year Ended December 31
                       1996(a)   1995     1994(b)   1993     1992
                       (dollars in millions except per share amounts)

Operating revenues     $  904   $  886    $  868    $  857    $  803
Net income             $  108   $  123    $  105    $  106    $   86
Earnings per common
  share                $ 1.69   $ 1.92    $ 1.64    $ 1.66    $ 1.35
Total assets at
  year-end             $2,915   $2,883    $2,770    $2,755    $2,647
Total redeemable
  preferred stock and
  long-term debt
  (including current
  maturities)          $  971   $  911    $  833    $  870    $  817
Cash dividends per
  common share         $ 1.59   $ 1.54    $ 1.50    $ 1.46    $ 1.43
Ratio of earnings to
  fixed charges          3.06     3.94      4.07      3.80      3.12

(a)  In 1996, KCPL recorded $31 million in merger related costs.
(b)  In  1994, KCPL recorded a $22.5 million expense for a  voluntary
early retirement program.


ITEM  7.   MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

REGULATION AND COMPETITION

     As competition develops throughout the electric utility industry,
we  are positioning Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCPL) to  excel
in  an  open  market.  We are improving the efficiency of KCPL's  core
utility   operations  and  creating  growth  through  its  unregulated
subsidiary.  As competition presents new opportunities, we  will  also
consider  various  strategies  including  partnerships,  acquisitions,
combinations,  additions to or dispositions of service territory,  and
restructuring wholesale and retail businesses.  In 1997 we will  begin
offering natural gas contracts to certain customers.  We have  entered
an  Agreement and Plan of Merger with Western Resources, Inc. (Western
Resources).  This agreement was reached after nine months of defending
against an unsolicited exchange offer (see Note 11 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements).

      In December 1996 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
issued  a  statement concerning electric utility mergers.   Under  the
statement,  companies  must demonstrate that  their  merger  does  not
adversely  affect competition or wholesale rates.  As  remedies,  FERC
may consider a range of conditions including transmission upgrades  or
divestitures of generating assets.

     Competition in the electric utility industry was accelerated with
the  National Energy Policy Act of 1992.  This gave FERC the authority
to  require electric utilities to provide transmission line access  to
independent  power  producers (IPPs) and  other  utilities  (wholesale
wheeling).  KCPL, already active in the wholesale wheeling market, was
one  of  the  first utilities to receive FERC's approval of  an  open-
access tariff for wholesale wheeling transactions.  In April 1996 FERC
issued  an  order requiring all owners of transmission  facilities  to
adopt open-access tariffs and participate in wholesale wheeling;  KCPL
has made the necessary filings to comply with that order.

      FERC's  April order is likely to encourage more movement  toward
retail competition at the state level.  An increasing number of states
have  already  adopted open access requirements for utilities'  retail
electric service,  allowing competing suppliers access to their retail
customers   (retail  wheeling).   Many  other  states   are   actively
considering  retail wheeling.  Kansas has created  a  retail  wheeling
task force to study and report on related issues.

      Competition through retail wheeling could result in market-based
rates  below  current  cost-based rates.  This  would  provide  growth
opportunities  for  low-cost  producers  and  risks  for   higher-cost
producers,  especially those with large industrial  customers.   Lower
rates  and  the loss of major customers could result in under-utilized
assets  (stranded  investment)  and place  an  unfair  burden  on  the
remaining  customer  base or shareholders.  If an  adequate  and  fair
provision for recovery of these lost revenues is not provided, certain
generating  assets  may  have  to  be  evaluated  for  impairment  and
appropriate charges recorded against earnings.  In addition  to  lower
profit  margins,  market-based  rates could  also  require  generating
assets  to  be  depreciated  over  shorter  useful  lives,  increasing
operating expenses.

      Although  Missouri  and Kansas have not  yet  authorized  retail
wheeling,  we believe KCPL is positioned well to compete  in  an  open
market  with  its diverse customer mix and pricing strategies.   About
22% of KCPL's retail mwh sales are to industrial customers compared to
the  utility average of about 35%. KCPL has a flexible rate  structure
with industrial rates that are competitively priced within our region.
In addition, long-term contracts are in place or under negotiation for
a large portion of KCPL's industrial sales.  There has not been direct
competition  for  retail  electric service in  our  service  territory
although  there  has  been competition in the bulk  power  market  and
between alternative fuels.

      Increased  competition  could also  force  utilities  to  change
accounting  methods.   Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  (FASB)
Statement No. 71 - Accounting for Certain Types of Regulation, applies
to regulated entities whose rates are designed to recover the costs of
providing  service.   An entity's operations could  stop  meeting  the
requirements  of FASB 71 for various reasons, including  a  change  in
regulation or a change in the competitive environment for a  company's
regulated  services.   For  those operations  no  longer  meeting  the
requirements  of  regulatory accounting, regulatory  assets  would  be
written  off.   KCPL's  regulatory assets, totaling  $164  million  at
December  31, 1996, will be maintained as long as FASB 71 requirements
are met.

       It  is  possible  that  competition  could  eventually  have  a
materially  adverse  affect  on  KCPL's  results  of  operations   and
financial  position.   Should  competition  eventually  result  in   a
significant  charge  to equity, capital costs and  requirements  could
increase significantly.

NONREGULATED OPPORTUNITIES

      KLT  Inc.  is  a wholly-owned subsidiary pursuing  nonregulated,
mainly  energy-related business ventures.  KLT's strategy  capitalizes
on  new  market  opportunities by combining our expertise  in  energy-
related  fields  with  the  knowledge of our joint  venture  partners.
Existing  ventures  include investments in domestic and  international
nonregulated power production, energy services, oil and gas  reserves,
telecommunications, and affordable housing limited partnerships.

      We  had  a total equity investment in KLT of $61 million  as  of
December  31, 1996, and expect that investment to grow to  about  $210
million  within  the  next five years.  KLT's consolidated  assets  at
December  31, 1996, totaled $224 million.  Within the next five  years
we  expect  KLT  consolidated assets of about $800 million,  generated
through  the  $210  million of equity investment, subsidiary  retained
earnings  and borrowings.  The growth of KLT accounts for the majority
of  the  increase  in KCPL's consolidated investments  and  nonutility
property.

EARNINGS OVERVIEW

      Earnings per share (EPS) for 1996 of $1.69 decreased $0.23  from
1995.   Terminating  our merger agreement with UtiliCorp  United  Inc.
(UtiliCorp)  and  defending  against  Western  Resources'  unsolicited
exchange  offer reduced 1996 EPS by $0.31.  Other factors contributing
to the decrease included mild summer temperatures and the effects of a
new  stipulation  and  agreement with  the  Missouri  commission.   In
addition, EPS for 1995 included a $0.05 per share gain on the sale  of
rail  cars.   Despite  the  unfavorable  weather  and  merger  related
charges, continued load growth contributed favorably to 1996 EPS.

      EPS  for 1995 of $1.92 increased $0.28 from 1994.  This increase
was  due  mostly  to 1994's one-time $22.5 million ($0.22  per  share)
charge  for the voluntary early retirement program (see Note 2 to  the
Consolidated Financial Statements).  Other factors increasing 1995 EPS
included  load  growth, warmer summer temperatures, savings  from  the
1994  early retirement program and a net gain of $0.05 per share  from
the  sale of railcars.  Partially offsetting these increases, 1995 EPS
also  reflected  decreased  bulk  power  sales  and  higher  fuel  and
purchased power costs as a result of a forced outage at a coal plant.


MEGAWATT-HOUR (MWH) SALES AND ELECTRIC OPERATING REVENUES

Sales and revenue data:
                                    Increase (Decrease) from Prior Year
                                          1996              1995
                                      Mwh   Revenues     Mwh  Revenues
                                         (revenue change in millions)
Retail:
 Residential                         1 %     $ -       6 %    $ 17
 Commercial                          4 %      10       3 %       9
 Industrial                          6 %       5       - %      (1)
 Other                              (4)%       -      (6)%       -
  Total retail                       4 %      15       3 %      25
Sales for resale:
 Bulk power sales                    1 %       6     (15)%     (11)
 Other                              29 %       -     (11)%       -
  Total                                       21                14
Other revenues                                (3)                4
  Total electric operating revenues          $18               $18

      During  1996  the  Missouri  Public  Service  Commission  (MPSC)
approved  a  new stipulation and agreement authorizing a  $20  million
revenue  reduction in two phases, and an increase in depreciation  and
amortization  expense  by  $9 million  per  year.   In  July  1996  we
implemented  phase  one of the revenue reduction  designed  to  reduce
revenues  from commercial and industrial customers by an estimated  $9
million  per  year.   This decrease is achieved with  an  increase  in
summer revenues offset by a larger decrease in winter revenues.   This
design   more  closely  follows  our  increased  costs  of  generating
electricity  in  the  summer.  The second phase of  this  stipulation,
effective  January 1, 1997, will further reduce Missouri  residential,
commercial  and  industrial revenues by an estimated $11  million  per
year.   The  decrease in 1996 revenues as a result of this stipulation
and agreement was about $3 million.

      These  lower rates, combined with lower billed sales in December
of  1996  versus  December  of  1995, resulted  in  a  lower  accounts
receivable  balance at December 31, 1996, compared with  December  31,
1995.

      During  April and May of 1995 about 600 net commercial customers
were  reclassified to industrial to more appropriately  reflect  their
business operations.  This change resulted in the reclassification  of
about  $680,000  (10,300 mwh sales) from commercial to  industrial  in
each subsequent month.  Prior periods have not been restated.

      Summer  temperatures were very mild in 1996 compared with  1995,
remaining below normal for the fourth consecutive year.  Despite  this
mild  weather pattern, retail mwh sales increased in each of the  last
four  years due to load growth.  Load growth consists of higher usage-
per-customer as well as the addition of new customers.

      Retail  mwh  sales for 1996 increased 4% over 1995 while  retail
revenues  increased only 2%.  This difference is due  largely  to  the
Missouri  revenue reductions discussed above and the effect  of  long-
term  sales contracts with certain major industrial customers.   These
contracts are tailored to meet customers' needs in exchange for  their
long-term commitment to purchase energy.  Long-term contracts  are  in
place  or  under  negotiation for a large portion  of  our  industrial
sales.

      Retail  mwh sales and revenues for 1995 increased 3% over  1994.
This  increase  was due mainly to improved weather and continued  load
growth.   Similar  to 1996, long-term contracts with major  industrial
customers  resulted  in a slight decrease in 1995 industrial  revenues
from 1994, despite an equal level of mwh sales.

      Bulk power sales vary with system requirements, generating  unit
and  purchased power availability, fuel costs and the requirements  of
other electric systems.  A combination of these conditions contributed
to record bulk power sales in 1994.

      Changes in other revenues during 1996 and 1995 reflected changes
in classification between other revenues and bulk power sales.

      Total revenue per mwh sold varies with changes in the mix of mwh
sales among customer classifications and the effect of declining price
per mwh as usage increases.  An automatic fuel adjustment provision is
included in only sales for resale tariffs, which apply to less than 1%
of revenues.

      Future  mwh  sales  and revenues per mwh  will  be  affected  by
national  and  local economies, tariff changes,  weather and  customer
conservation efforts.  Competition, including alternative  sources  of
energy  such  as  natural gas, cogeneration, IPPs and  other  electric
utilities, may also affect future sales and revenue.

FUEL AND PURCHASED POWER

      Combined fuel and purchased power expenses for 1996 increased 8%
or  $15 million from 1995,  while total mwh sales (total of retail and
sales for resale) increased only 3%.

      This increase is largely attributable to an increase in capacity
purchases.   Capacity  purchase  contracts  provide  a  cost-effective
alternative  to  constructing new capacity  and  have  contributed  to
increases  in purchased power expenses.  Additional capacity purchases
increased  purchased power expenses about $9 million in  1996  and  $4
million in 1995.

      Nuclear fuel costs per MMBTU remain substantially less than  the
MMBTU  price  of coal, despite increases of 26% during  1996  and  15%
during  1995.  Nuclear fuel costs per MMBTU averaged 59%, 45% and  40%
of  the  MMBTU price of coal during 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
We  expect  this relationship and the price of nuclear fuel to  remain
fairly  constant through the year 2001.  During 1996 coal  represented
about  75%  of  generation and nuclear fuel about  25%.   During  1995
nuclear  fuel  accounted for about 30% of generation as  no  refueling
outage was scheduled during that year (see Wolf Creek section).

     The price of coal burned declined 4% during 1996 and increased 1%
during 1995.  Our coal procurement strategies continue to provide coal
costs  at  or  below the regional average.  We expect  coal  costs  to
remain fairly consistent with 1996 levels through 2001.

      Other  items affecting the change in combined fuel and purchased
power  expenses  from  1995 to 1996 include a $2 million  decrease  in
expense  from  coal inventory adjustments, an increase in  replacement
power expenses for Wolf Creek's spring 1996 refueling outage (see Wolf
Creek  section)  and a 1995 forced generating station outage.   During
July 1995 a fire forced an outage at LaCygne I, a low-cost, coal-fired
generating  unit.  We replaced the power by increasing  the  usage  of
higher-cost,  coal-fired units and purchasing power on  the  wholesale
market.   Damage  to  the  unit was covered  by  insurance.   However,
uninsured,  incremental fuel and purchased power costs were  about  $4
million.

      Combined fuel and purchased power expenses for 1995 increased 5%
or  $9  million from 1994, despite a 2% decrease in total  mwh  sales.
Items contributing to this increase include the LaCygne forced outage,
increases  in capacity purchase contracts, increases in  the  cost  of
nuclear  fuel  and  a  $3 million increase in  fuel  costs  from  coal
inventory adjustments.

OTHER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES

      Combined other operation and maintenance expenses for 1994  were
higher  than  1995 and 1996 due mainly to the costs of  the  voluntary
early  retirement program in that year.  Total program costs of  $22.5
million ($0.22 per share) were expensed during 1994.  The decrease  in
1995  expenses  from 1994 was partially offset by  KCPL's  $2  million
share  of  Wolf  Creek's voluntary early retirement  program  recorded
during 1995.  Other cost variances in 1996 and 1995 resulted from  the
timing of scheduled maintenance programs.

      We  continue to emphasize new technologies, improved methods and
cost   control.   We  are  changing  processes  to  provide  increased
efficiencies  and improved operations.  Through the  use  of  cellular
technology,  a  majority  of customer meters are  read  automatically.
These types of changes have allowed us to assimilate work performed by
those who elected to participate in the early retirement programs.

INCOME TAXES

      Operating  income taxes decreased $9 million in 1996 from  1995.
The decrease was primarily due to adjustments necessary to reflect the
filing  of  the 1995 tax returns and the settlement with the  Internal
Revenue Service regarding tax issues included in the 1985 through 1990
tax  returns.   This  settlement is also the primary  reason  for  the
decrease in accrued taxes.

GENERAL TAXES

Components of general taxes:
                                         1996      1995        1994
                                               (thousands)
  Property                            $  45,519  $  46,019  $  46,895
  Gross receipts                         42,554     41,416     40,397
  Other                                   9,175      9,386      9,070
       Total                          $  97,248  $  96,821  $  96,362

OTHER INCOME

     Miscellaneous Income
     Miscellaneous  income for 1995  includes a $5 million  gain  from
     the  sale  of  steel  railcars, which  were  replaced  by  leased
     aluminum  cars.  Aluminum cars are lighter-weight and offer  more
     coal  capacity  per  car, contributing to  lower  delivered  coal
     prices.

     Miscellaneous Deductions
     Miscellaneous  deductions  increased  in  1996  from   1995   due
     primarily  to  the termination of the UtiliCorp merger  agreement
     and defense against Western Resources' unsolicited exchange offer
     (see  Notes  11 and 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).
     During  the  third  quarter of 1996, $13  million  in  previously
     deferred  merger  costs  and a $5 million  termination  fee  were
     expensed.   In  addition, costs incurred to  defend  against  the
     unsolicited  exchange  offer  increased  1996  expenses  by   $13
     million.   Also, subsidiary expenses increased about  $9  million
     reflecting  increased  investing  activities.   Total  subsidiary
     expenses,   including  interest  charges  discussed  below,   are
     substantially offset by related tax benefits.
     
     Miscellaneous  deductions increased in  1995  over  1994  due  to
     increases in charitable contributions, fees related to  the  sale
     of   customer   accounts   receivable  and   growing   subsidiary
     operations.

     Income Taxes
     We  accrued tax credits in 1996, 1995 and 1994 of $12, $5 and  $1
     million, respectively, related primarily to KLT's investments  in
     affordable  housing limited partnerships.  Tax credits  from  the
     investments  in affordable housing more than offset the  increase
     in   interest  expense  incurred from  these  investments.   Non-
     taxable  increases in the cash surrender value of corporate-owned
     life  insurance contracts also affected the relationship  between
     miscellaneous deductions and income taxes.
     
INTEREST CHARGES

      Interest expense increased during 1996 reflecting higher average
levels  of long-term debt outstanding compared with 1995.  The  higher
levels  of  debt resulted from additional financing by KLT to  support
expanding  subsidiary  operations and new investments  in  unregulated
ventures.

      Interest expense increased during 1995 reflecting higher average
levels  of  long-term  debt  outstanding and  higher  weighted-average
interest  rates  compared  with 1994.  The  higher  average  level  of
outstanding  debt  was  primarily due  to  subsidiary  investments  in
affordable housing partnerships.

      The  average interest rate on long-term debt, including  current
maturities, was 6.0% in 1996 and 1995 compared with 5.4% in 1994.

      We  use  interest  rate  swap and cap agreements  to  limit  the
interest expense on a portion of our variable-rate long-term debt.  We
do  not  use  derivative financial instruments for  trading  or  other
speculative purposes.  Although these agreements are an integral  part
of  our interest rate management, their incremental effect on interest
expense and cash flows is not significant.

WOLF CREEK

       Wolf   Creek  is  one  of  KCPL's  principal  generating  units
representing  about  18% of its accredited generating  capacity.   The
plant's operating performance has remained strong, contributing  about
25%  of  the  annual  mwh  generation while operating  at  an  average
capacity  of  88% over the last three years.  It has the  lowest  fuel
cost per MMBTU of any of KCPL's generating units.

      Wolf  Creek's eighth scheduled refueling and maintenance  outage
began  in  early  February 1996 and was completed in  April  1996  (64
days).   The incremental operating, maintenance and replacement  power
costs are accrued evenly over the unit's operating cycle, normally  18
months.   As  actual  outage  expenses  are  incurred,  the  refueling
liability  and  related deferred tax asset are  reduced.   The  eighth
outage  started  one month early when the plant was  shut  down  after
water  flow from the cooling lake was restricted by ice buildup on  an
intake  screen.  This extended the length of the outage  and  was  the
primary  reason  for  the increase in Wolf Creek  related  replacement
power  and maintenance expenses in 1996.  Wolf Creek's ninth refueling
and maintenance outage is scheduled for the fall of 1997.

      Wolf  Creek's assets and operating expenses represent about  45%
and   20%  of  total  assets  and  operating  expenses,  respectively.
Currently,  no  major  equipment replacements  are  expected,  but  an
extended shutdown of the unit could have a substantial adverse  effect
on  KCPL's  business, financial condition and results  of  operations.
Higher  replacement  power and other costs  would  be  incurred  as  a
result.  Although not expected, an unscheduled plant shutdown could be
caused  by  actions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission  reacting  to
safety  concerns at the plant or other similar nuclear  units.   If  a
long-term  shutdown occurred, the state regulatory  commissions  could
consider  reducing rates by excluding the Wolf Creek  investment  from
rate base.

     Ownership and operation of a nuclear generating unit exposes KCPL
to  risks regarding the cost of decommissioning the unit at the end of
its  life  and  to  potential retrospective assessments  and  property
losses  in  excess of insurance coverage.  These risks are more  fully
discussed in the related sections of Notes 1 and 4 to the Consolidated
Financial Statements.

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

     Our policy is to act in an environmentally responsible manner and
use  the latest technology available to avoid and treat contamination.
We   continually  conduct  environmental  audits  designed  to  ensure
compliance  with  governmental regulations and  detect  contamination.
However,  these  regulations  are  constantly  evolving;  governmental
bodies  may  impose additional or more rigid environmental regulations
which could require substantial changes to operations or facilities.

      The  Clean  Air  Act  Amendments of 1990  contain  two  programs
significantly affecting the utility industry.  We have spent about  $5
million   for  the  installation  of  continuous  emission  monitoring
equipment  to satisfy the requirements under the acid rain  provision.
The  other  utility-related program calls for a study of  certain  air
toxic  substances.  Based on the outcome of this study, regulation  of
these  substances,  including mercury, could be required.   We  cannot
predict the likelihood of any such regulations or compliance costs.

      Other  proposed regulations to revise the ozone and  particulate
matter  National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Standards,  scheduled  to  be
finalized in June 1997, may require capital expenditures which  cannot
be estimated at this time.

PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION EXPENDITURES

      We are fully exploring alternatives to new construction.  During
1995  we  entered into an operating lease for a new 142 mw  combustion
turbine, scheduled to be placed in service during 1997.  We have  also
contracted  to  purchase capacity through fixed-price agreements  (see
Note  4  to the Consolidated Financial Statements - Capacity  Purchase
Commitments).  Compared to the long-term fixed costs of  building  new
capacity,  these  contracts provide a cost-effective  way  of  meeting
uncertain  levels  of  demand  growth, even  though  there  are  risks
associated with market price fluctuations.

     Total utility capital expenditures, excluding allowance for funds
used  during  construction, were $101 million in 1996.    The  utility
construction  expenditures are projected for the next  five  years  as
follows:

                                   Construction Expenditures
                            1997   1998   1999   2000   2001    Total
                                           (millions)

Generating facilities      $ 35   $ 27    $ 35    $33    $ 19   $149
Nuclear fuel                 20     21       2     24      27     94
Transmission facilities      11      5       2      4       3     25
Distribution and
  general facilities         67     53      51     48      43    262
     Total                 $133   $106    $ 90   $109    $ 92   $530

     This construction expenditure plan is subject to continual review
and  change.  The next plan will be filed with the Missouri commission
in July 1997.

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIQUIDITY

      As  of December 31, 1996, KCPL's liquid resources included  cash
flows  from  operations,  $300  million of  registered  but  unissued,
unsecured medium-term notes and $375 million of unused bank  lines  of
credit.  The unused lines consisted of KCPL's short-term bank lines of
credit of $280 million and KLT's long-term revolving line of credit of
$95 million.

      KCPL  continues to generate positive cash flows  from  operating
activities,  although  individual components of working  capital  will
vary  with normal business cycles and operations including the  timing
of   receipts  and  payments.   Cash  required  to  meet  current  tax
liabilities  has  increased as we no longer receive  the  benefits  of
accelerated  tax  depreciation  on any  significant  generating  plant
assets.   Accelerated depreciation lowers tax payments in the  earlier
years  of  an  asset's life while increasing deferred tax liabilities;
this relationship reverses in the later years of an asset's life.  Our
last  significant generating plant addition was the completion of Wolf
Creek  in 1985.  The costs incurred to repair damages from an  October
1996  snow storm also lowered cash flows from operating activities  in
1996  and  increased  Other Regulatory Assets on  the  balance  sheet.
Amortization  of  these costs will begin in 1997 and be  reflected  as
Amortization of Other in the Statement of Cash Flows.  Amortization of
Other  decreased in 1996 as the deferred costs of the 1993 flood  were
fully amortized in 1995.

      Cash  used  in  investing activities varies with the  timing  of
utility  capital  expenditures and KLT's purchases of investments  and
nonutility  properties.  The increase in nonutility properties  during
1996  resulted  mainly  from KLT's purchase of  certain  oil  and  gas
projects during the year.

      Subsidiary  obligations increased during 1996 to  finance  KLT's
purchases  of  nonutility  property and  investments.   KCPL's  common
dividend  payout ratio was 94% in 1996, 80% in 1995 and 91%  in  1994.
Merger  related  costs  in  1996  and costs  of  the  voluntary  early
retirement program in 1994 contributed to the higher ratios  in  those
years.

      EPS  for  1997  will be reduced by $0.52 due to  a  $53  million
payment  in  February  1997  to UtiliCorp  for  terminating  a  merger
agreement  with  them and then signing an agreement  to  combine  with
Western  Resources.   After taxes, the payment will  reduce  1997  net
income  by  $32  million.   We  sold  commercial  paper  to  pay  this
termination fee.

      Day-to-day  operations,  utility construction  requirements  and
dividends  are  expected  to  be met with internally-generated  funds.
Uncertainties  affecting our ability to meet these  requirements  with
internally-generated  funds  include  the  effect  of   inflation   on
operating  expenses,  the  level  of mwh  sales,  regulatory  actions,
compliance with future environmental regulations, the availability  of
generating  units, and the outcome of pending legal  proceedings  (see
Note  13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements).  The funds  needed
for  the retirement of $393 million of maturing debt through the  year
2001  will  be  provided from operations, refinancings  or  short-term
debt.   We might incur additional debt and/or issue additional  equity
to finance growth or take advantage of new opportunities.


ITEM 8. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

                                                Year Ended December 31
                                          1996          1995          1994
                                                    (thousands)

ELECTRIC OPERATING REVENUES               $903,919      $885,955      $868,272

OPERATING EXPENSES
 Operation
   Fuel                                    140,505       139,371       135,106
   Purchased power                          52,455        38,783        33,929
   Other                                   180,719       178,599       202,304
 Maintenance                                71,495        78,439        72,468
 Depreciation                              103,912        97,225        94,361
 Income taxes                               68,155        77,062        70,949
 General taxes                              97,248        96,821        96,362
 Deferred Wolf Creek costs amortization     11,617        12,607        13,102
    Total                                  726,106       718,907       718,581

OPERATING INCOME                           177,813       167,048       149,691

OTHER INCOME
 Allowance for equity funds
  used during construction                   2,368         2,279         2,087
 Miscellaneous income                        4,843         8,623         3,015
 Miscellaneous deductions                  (55,172)      (11,101)       (7,174)
 Income taxes                               36,402        10,259         4,572
    Total                                  (11,559)       10,060         2,500


INCOME BEFORE INTEREST CHARGES             166,254       177,108       152,191

INTEREST CHARGES
 Long-term debt                             53,939        52,184        43,962
 Short-term debt                             1,251         1,189         1,170
 Miscellaneous                               4,840         3,112         4,128
 Allowance for borrowed funds
  used during construction                  (1,947)       (1,963)       (1,844)
    Total                                   58,083        54,522        47,416

Net Income                                 108,171       122,586       104,775
Preferred Stock
 Dividend Requirements                       3,790         4,011         3,457
Earnings Available for
 Common Stock                             $104,381      $118,575      $101,318

Average Number of Common
 Shares Outstanding                         61,902        61,902        61,903
Earnings per Common Share                    $1.69         $1.92         $1.64
Cash Dividends per
 Common Share                                $1.59         $1.54         $1.50

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral
part of these statements.


KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF RETAINED EARNINGS
                                                Year Ended December 31
                                          1996          1995          1994
                                                    (thousands)
Beginning Balance                         $449,966      $426,738      $418,201
Net Income                                 108,171       122,586       104,775
                                           558,137       549,324       522,976
Dividends Declared
  Preferred stock - at required rates        3,782         4,029         3,384
  Common stock                              98,421        95,329        92,854
Ending Balance                            $455,934      $449,966      $426,738

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral
part of these statements.


KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                                     December 31   December 31
                                                        1996          1995
                                                            (thousands)
ASSETS                                               

UTILITY PLANT, at original cost
 Electric                                            $ 3,472,607   $ 3,388,538
 Less-accumulated depreciation                         1,238,187     1,156,115
    Net utility plant in service                       2,234,420     2,232,423
 Construction work in progress                            69,577        72,365
 Nuclear fuel, net of amortization of
   $84,540 and $81,452                                    39,497        54,673
    Total                                              2,343,494     2,359,461

REGULATORY ASSET - DEFERRED WOLF CREEK COSTS                   0         8,880

REGULATORY ASSET - RECOVERABLE TAXES                     126,000       123,000

INVESTMENTS AND NONUTILITY PROPERTY                      231,874       166,751

CURRENT ASSETS
 Cash and cash equivalents                                23,571        28,390
 Customer accounts receivable, net of allowance
  for doubtful accounts of $1,644 and $1,574              27,093        32,830
 Other receivables                                        36,113        31,838
 Fuel inventories, at average cost                        19,077        22,103
 Materials and supplies, at average cost                  47,334        47,175
 Deferred income taxes                                     2,737         5,947
 Other                                                     5,055         5,179
    Total                                                160,980       173,462

DEFERRED CHARGES
 Regulatory assets
   Settlement of fuel contracts                            9,764        13,007
   KCC Wolf Creek carrying costs                           1,368         4,104
   Other                                                  26,615        21,231
 Other deferred charges                                   14,417        12,610
    Total                                                 52,164        50,952

    Total                                             $2,914,512    $2,882,506

CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES

CAPITALIZATION (see statements)                       $1,943,647    $1,824,087
CURRENT LIABILITIES
 Commercial paper                                              0        19,000
 Current maturities of long-term debt                     26,591        73,803
 Accounts payable                                         55,618        52,506
 Accrued taxes                                            18,443        39,726
 Accrued interest                                         21,054        16,906
 Accrued payroll and vacations                            25,558        22,764
 Accrued refueling outage costs                            7,181        13,563
 Other                                                    11,980        11,787
     Total                                               166,425       250,055

DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER LIABILITIES
 Deferred income taxes                                   643,189       648,374
 Deferred investment tax credits                          67,107        71,270
 Other                                                    94,144        88,720
    Total                                                804,440       808,364

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (note 4)

   Total                                              $2,914,512    $2,882,506

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral
part of these statements.


KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                                   Year Ended December 31
                                               1996        1995        1994
                                                       (thousands)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
 Net income                                   $108,171    $122,586    $104,775
 Adjustments to reconcile net income
  to net cash from operating activities:
 Depreciation                                  103,912      97,225      94,361
 Amortization of:
  Nuclear fuel                                  16,094      14,679      10,136
  Deferred Wolf Creek costs                     11,617      12,607      13,102
  Other                                          5,507       8,152       9,608
 Deferred income taxes (net)                    (8,662)     (3,268)     20,524
 Deferred investment tax credit
   amortization and reversals                   (4,163)    (11,570)     (4,345)
 Deferred storm costs                           (8,885)          0           0
 Allowance for equity funds used
   during construction                          (2,368)     (2,279)     (2,087)
 Cash flows affected by changes in:
  Receivables                                    1,462     (17,551)      1,543
  Fuel inventories                               3,026      (5,533)     (2,020)
  Materials and supplies                          (159)     (2,222)       (796)
  Accounts payable                               3,112     (20,980)     14,065
  Accrued taxes                                (21,283)     15,042      (3,116)
  Accrued interest                               4,148       4,697      (3,366)
  Wolf Creek refueling outage accrual           (6,382)     11,443      (5,142)
  Pension and postretirement benefit
   obligations                                     (84)     (4,176)     32,203
 Other operating activities                     11,846       4,325      (2,860)

  Net cash from operating activities           216,909     223,177     276,585

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
 Utility capital expenditures                 (100,947)   (134,070)   (124,965)
 Allowance for borrowed funds used
   during construction                          (1,947)     (1,963)     (1,844)
 Purchases of investments                      (35,362)    (56,759)    (67,560)
 Purchases of nonutility property              (20,395)          0           0
 Other investing activities                       (931)      9,046       5,624
  Net cash used in investing
   activities                                 (159,582)   (183,746)   (188,745)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 Issuance of long-term debt                    135,441     111,055     133,793
 Repayment of long-term debt                   (74,230)    (33,428)   (170,170)
 Special deposits                                    0           0      60,118
 Net change in short-term borrowings           (19,000)    (13,000)      3,000
 Dividends paid                               (102,203)    (99,358)    (96,238)
 Other financing activities                     (2,154)      3,473         335
  Net cash used in financing
   activities                                  (62,146)    (31,258)    (69,162)

NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH
      EQUIVALENTS                               (4,819)      8,173      18,678
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
      AT BEGINNING OF YEAR                      28,390      20,217       1,539
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
     AT END OF YEAR                            $23,571     $28,390     $20,217

CASH PAID DURING THE YEAR FOR:
 Interest (net of amount capitalized)          $52,457     $48,200     $48,246
 Income taxes                                  $58,344     $67,053     $53,720

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral
part of these statements.


KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CAPITALIZATION
                                                     December 31   December 31
                                                        1996          1995
                                                           (thousands)
COMMON STOCK EQUITY
 Common stock-150,000,000 shares authorized
   without par value-61,908,726 shares issued,
   stated value                                      $   449,697   $   449,697
 Retained earnings (see statements)                      455,934       449,966
 Unrealized gain on securities available for sale          6,484             0
 Capital stock premium and expense                        (1,666)       (1,725)
          Total                                          910,449       897,938
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
 No Par Value
   4.38%* - 500,000 shares issued                         50,000        50,000
 $100 Par Value - Redeemable
   4.00% - (note 8)                                           62         1,436
          Total                                           89,062        90,436

LONG-TERM DEBT (excluding current maturities)
 General Mortgage Bonds
    Medium-term Notes due 1997-2008, 6.81% and
       6.72% weighted-average rate at December 31        468,500       387,000
    4.24%* Environmental Improvement Revenue
       Refunding Bonds due 2012-23                       158,768       158,768
 Guaranty of Pollution Control Bonds
    4.13%* due 2015-17                                   196,500       196,500
 Subsidiary Obligations
    Affordable Housing Notes due 2000-05, 8.51%
       and 8.54% weighted-average rate at
       December 31                                        65,368        69,945
    Bank Credit Agreement due 1999, 6.78% and 7.66%
       weighted-average rate at December 31               55,000        23,500
          Total                                          944,136       835,713
          Total                                       $1,943,647    $1,824,087

*  Variable rate securities, weighted-average rate as of December 31, 1996

The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral
part of these statements.


KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company

      Kansas  City  Power  & Light Company is a medium-sized  electric
utility  with  more  than 435,000 customers in  western  Missouri  and
eastern Kansas.  About 95% of our retail revenues are from the  Kansas
City  metropolitan  area, an agribusiness center  and  major  regional
center  for wholesale, retail and service companies.  About two-thirds
of our retail sales are to Missouri customers, the remainder to Kansas
customers.

      The  consolidated financial statements include the  accounts  of
Kansas  City  Power  &  Light Company and KLT  Inc.,  a  wholly-owned,
nonutility subsidiary. The consolidated entity is referred to as KCPL.
KLT  was  formed in 1992 as a holding company for various nonregulated
business ventures.  Currently, the electric utility accounts for about
92%   of   consolidated  assets  and  substantially  all  results   of
operations.    Intercompany  balances  and  transactions   have   been
eliminated. KLT's revenues and expenses have been classified as  Other
Income and Interest Charges in the income statement.

      The  accounting  records  conform to  the  accounting  standards
prescribed  by  the  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  (FERC)  and
generally accepted accounting principles.  These standards require the
use  of estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in  the
financial   statements   and  the  disclosure   of   commitments   and
contingencies.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

      Cash  and cash equivalents consists of highly liquid investments
with original maturities of three months or less.

Derivative Financial Instruments

     We use interest rate swap and cap agreements to reduce the impact
of changes in interest rates on variable-rate debt.

      Interest rate swap agreements effectively fix the interest rates
on  a  portion of KCPL's variable-rate debt.  Interest rate caps limit
the interest rate on a portion of KCPL's variable-rate debt by setting
a maximum rate.  The costs of rate caps are paid annually and included
in  interest  expense.  Any difference paid or received due  to  these
agreements is recorded as an adjustment to interest expense.

      These agreements are not marked to market value as they are used
only  to manage interest expense and the intent is to hold them  until
their   termination   date.   We  do  not  use  derivative   financial
instruments for trading or other speculative purposes.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

      The  stated  values of financial instruments as of December  31,
1996  and  1995,  approximated fair market values. KCPL's  incremental
borrowing  rate for similar debt was used to determine fair  value  if
quoted market prices were not available.

Securities Available for Sale

      Certain  investments in equity securities are accounted  for  as
securities  available for sale in accordance with Financial Accounting
Standards  Board  (FASB)  Statement No. 115 - Accounting  for  Certain
Investments  in  Debt and Equity Securities.  This requires  adjusting
the  securities to market value with unrealized gains (or losses), net
of  deferred  income  taxes,  reported  as  a  separate  component  of
shareholders' equity.

Investments in Affordable Housing Limited Partnerships

      Through December 31, 1996, a subsidiary of KLT had invested  $97
million in affordable housing limited partnerships.  About $80 million
of these investments were recorded at cost; the equity method was used
for  the remainder.  Tax credits are recognized in the year generated.
A  change  in accounting principle relating to investments made  after
May 19, 1995, requires limited partnership investments of more than 5%
to  use  the  equity  method.  Of the investments  recorded  at  cost,
$70 million exceed this 5% level but were made prior to May 19, 1995.

Utility Plant

      Utility  plant  is stated at historical costs  of  construction.
These  costs  include  taxes,  an  allowance  for  funds  used  during
construction  (AFDC) and payroll-related costs including pensions  and
other   fringe   benefits.   Additions  of,   and   replacements   and
improvements  to  units  of  property  are  capitalized.   Repairs  of
property  and  replacements of items not considered  to  be  units  of
property  are  expensed as incurred (except as  discussed  under  Wolf
Creek  Refueling Outage Costs).  When property units  are  retired  or
otherwise disposed, the original cost, net of salvage and removal,  is
charged to accumulated depreciation.

      AFDC  represents the cost of borrowed funds  and   a  return  on
equity  funds used to finance construction projects. It is capitalized
as  a  cost of construction work in progress.  AFDC on borrowed  funds
reduces  interest charges. AFDC on equity funds is shown as a  noncash
item  of  other  income.   When a construction project  is  placed  in
service,  the  related AFDC, as well as other construction  costs,  is
used  to  establish rates under regulatory rate practices.  The  rates
used  to  compute gross AFDC are compounded semi-annually and averaged
8.5% for 1996, 8.7% for 1995 and 7.8% for 1994.

      Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the
estimated  lives  of depreciable property based on rates  approved  by
state  regulatory  authorities.  Average annual composite  rates  were
about 3.1% in 1996 compared with 2.9% in 1995 and 1994.

Wolf Creek Refueling Outage Costs

     Forecasted incremental costs to be incurred during scheduled Wolf
Creek  Generating Station (Wolf Creek) refueling outages  are  accrued
monthly  over  the unit's operating cycle, normally about  18  months.
Estimated incremental costs, which include operating, maintenance  and
replacement power expenses, are based on budgeted outage costs and the
estimated  outage  duration.   Changes  to  or  variances  from  those
estimates are recorded when known or probable.

Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Costs

      The  Missouri  Public Service Commission (MPSC) and  the  Kansas
Corporation  Commission  (KCC) require the owners  of  Wolf  Creek  to
submit  an updated decommissioning cost study every three years.   The
most  recent study was filed during 1996 and is currently under review
by  the  MPSC and the KCC.  Based on this study, total decommissioning
costs  are  expected to increase to reflect 1996 dollars; however,  no
increase in the current level of funding and expenses is anticipated.

      The following table shows the decommissioning cost estimates and
the  escalation rate and earnings assumptions approved by the MPSC and
the  KCC  in  1994  with  regard  to the  study  filed  in  1993.  The
decommissioning   cost   estimates  are   based   on   the   immediate
dismantlement   method  and  include  the  costs  of  decontamination,
dismantlement  and  site  restoration.  Plant decommissioning  is  not
expected to start before 2025.

                                              KCC          MPSC
  Future cost of decommissioning:                            
    Total Station                        $1.3 billion  $1.8 billion
    47% share                            $595 million  $859 million
                                                             
  Current cost of decommissioning (in                        
1993 dollars):
    Total Station                        $370 million  $370 million
    47% share                            $174 million  $174 million
                                                             
  Annual escalation factor                   3.45%         4.50%
  Annual return on trust assets              6.48%         7.66%


     We contribute to a tax-qualified trust fund (about $3 million for
each  of the last three years) to be used to decommission Wolf  Creek.
These costs were charged to other operation expenses and recovered  in
rates.   Based  on  the  1993  study, contributions  are  expected  to
increase  slightly beginning in 1997.  These funding levels  assume  a
certain return on trust assets.  If the actual return on trust  assets
is  below  the anticipated level, we believe a rate increase  will  be
allowed  ensuring  full  recovery of decommissioning  costs  over  the
remaining life of the unit. This assumes we continue to be regulated.

      As  of  December  31,  1996 and 1995, the  trust  fund  balance,
including   reinvested   earnings,  was     $31   and   $26   million,
respectively.    These  amounts  are  reflected  in  Investments   and
Nonutility  Property. The related liabilities for decommissioning  are
included in Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities - Other.

      In 1996 FASB issued an Exposure Draft of a proposed Statement of
Financial  Accounting  Standards, Accounting for  Certain  Liabilities
Related to Closure or Removal of Long-Lived Assets, that addressed the
accounting  for obligations arising from dismantlement, removal,  site
reclamation,  and decontamination of certain long-lived assets.   FASB
hopes  to finalize a statement or revised exposure draft in 1997.   If
current  electric  utility  industry  accounting  practices  for  such
decommissioning costs are changed:  1) annual decommissioning expenses
could   increase,  and  2)  trust  fund  income  from   the   external
decommissioning trusts could be reported as investment income.  We are
not able to predict what affect those changes would have on results of
operations, financial position, or related regulatory practices  until
the  final issuance of a revised accounting guidance.  However, we  do
not  anticipate results of operations to be significantly affected  as
long as we are regulated.

Nuclear Fuel

      Nuclear  fuel is amortized to fuel expense based on the quantity
of heat produced for the generation of electricity.  Under the Nuclear
Waste  Policy  Act  of  1982,  the  Department  of  Energy  (DOE)   is
responsible for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel.   We pay
the  DOE a quarterly fee of one-tenth of a cent for each kilowatt-hour
of  net  nuclear generation delivered and sold for future disposal  of
spent  nuclear fuel.  These disposal costs are charged to fuel expense
and recovered through rates.

      A  permanent disposal site may not be available for the industry
until  2010  or later, although an interim facility may  be  available
earlier.   Under  current  DOE  policy,  once  a  permanent  site   is
available, the DOE will accept spent nuclear fuel on a priority basis;
the  owners  of  the  oldest  spent fuel will  be  given  the  highest
priority.   As a result, disposal services for Wolf Creek may  not  be
available prior to 2016.  Wolf Creek has an on-site, temporary storage
facility  for spent nuclear fuel. Under current regulatory guidelines,
this  facility can provide storage space until about 2005.  Management
believes  additional temporary storage space can be built or  obtained
as necessary.

Regulatory Assets

      FASB  Statement  No.  71  -  Accounting  for  Certain  Types  of
Regulation, applies to regulated entities whose rates are designed  to
recover  the  costs  of  providing service.  In accordance  with  this
statement,  certain  items that would normally  be  reflected  in  the
income  statement are deferred on the balance sheet.  These items  are
then  amortized  as the related amounts are recovered  from  customers
through rates.

      We  recognize  regulatory assets when allowed by a  commission's
rate order or when it is probable, based on regulatory precedent, that
future rates will recover the amortization of the deferred costs.   We
continuously  monitor changes in market and regulatory conditions  and
consider  the  effects  of  any changes  in  assessing  the  continued
applicability  of FASB 71.  If we were unable to apply  FASB  71,  the
unamortized balance of $164 million of our regulatory assets,  net  of
the related tax benefit, would be written off.

     Deferred Wolf Creek Costs

           The  KCC and MPSC allowed continued construction accounting
     for  ratemaking  purposes  after  Wolf  Creek's  1985  commercial
     in-service date. Certain other carrying costs were also deferred.
     The  deferrals  were amortized and recovered in rates  from  1987
     through 1996.

     Recoverable Taxes

          See the following Income Taxes section.

     Settlement of Fuel Contracts

           We  deferred the cost of terminating certain coal  purchase
     contracts.  These costs are being amortized over various  periods
     ending in 2002.

     KCC Wolf Creek Carrying Costs

           The  KCC  ordered certain Wolf Creek carrying costs  to  be
     deferred. These costs are being recovered and amortized over  six
     years ending in June 1997.

     Other

           Other  regulatory assets include premium on redeemed  debt,
     deferred costs to decommission and decontaminate federal  uranium
     enrichment  facilities  and  other costs.   These  deferrals  are
     amortized over various periods extending to 2023.  Also  included
     in  other regulatory assets are incremental costs of $8.9 million
     related  to  an  October  1996  snow  storm.   We  have  received
     accounting  authority orders from the KCC and MPSC approving  the
     deferral  of these costs.  The costs will be amortized over  five
     years beginning in January 1997.

Revenue Recognition

     We use cycle billing and accrue estimated unbilled revenue at the
end of each reporting period.

Income Taxes

      The  balance  sheet  includes  deferred  income  taxes  for  all
temporary  differences between the tax basis of an asset or  liability
and  that  reported  in the financial statements. These  deferred  tax
assets and liabilities are determined using the tax rates scheduled by
the tax law to be in effect when the differences reverse.

      Regulatory Asset - Recoverable Taxes mainly reflects the  future
revenue requirements necessary to recover the tax benefits of existing
temporary   differences  previously  passed  through   to   customers.
Operating   income  tax  expense  is  recorded  based  on   ratemaking
principles.   However, if the method used for the balance  sheet  were
reflected in the income statement, net income would remain the same.

      Investment tax credits are deferred when utilized and  amortized
to income over the remaining service lives of the related properties.

Environmental Matters

      Environmental costs are accrued when it is probable a  liability
has  been  incurred and the amount of the liability can be  reasonably
estimated.  We  believe all appropriate costs related to environmental
matters have been recorded.

2. PENSION PLANS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Early Retirement Program

     In 1994, 332 employees retired under a voluntary early retirement
plan.   We expensed estimated pension and postretirement program costs
of $16.5 and $6.0 million, respectively ($0.22 per share).

      In  1995,  56  employees retired under the Wolf Creek  voluntary
early  retirement  plan.  We expensed our share of  estimated  program
costs  of $2.1 million ($0.02 per share) during the second quarter  of
1995.

Pension Plans

      KCPL  has  defined  benefit pension  plans  for  its  employees,
including officers.  Benefits under these plans reflect the employees'
compensation, years of service and age at retirement.  KCPL  satisfies
at   least   the  minimum  funding  requirements  under  the  Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

Funded status of the plans:
December 31                                        1996        1995
                                                     (thousands)
Accumulated benefit obligation:
  Vested                                         $247,264    $251,042
  Nonvested                                         6,526       6,474
     Total                                       $253,790    $257,516

Determination of plan assets less obligations:
  Fair value of plan assets (a)                  $363,285    $339,236
  Projected benefit obligation (b)                307,050     315,395
     Difference                                  $ 56,235    $ 23,841

Reconciliation of difference:
  Accrued trust liability                        $(13,645)   $(13,890)
  Unrecognized transition obligation               10,541      12,612
  Unrecognized net gain                            63,022      29,293
  Unrecognized prior service cost                  (3,683)     (4,174)
     Difference                                  $ 56,235    $ 23,841

(a)  Plan assets are invested in insurance contracts, corporate bonds,
     equity  securities, U.S. Government  securities, notes, mortgages
     and short-term investments.
(b)  Based on weighted-average discount rates of 8.0% in 1996 and 7.5%
     in  1995;  and increases in future salary levels of 4% to  5%  in
     1996 and 1995.


Components  of provisions for pensions (excluding 1995 and 1994  early
retirement program costs):
                                          1996       1995      1994
                                                 (thousands)

Service cost                             $ 8,164    $  6,414  $ 8,193
Interest cost on projected benefit
  obligation                              23,379      22,593   20,759
Actual return on plan assets             (40,831)    (50,108)  (1,143)
Other                                     15,347      25,656  (22,297)
  Net periodic pension cost              $ 6,059    $  4,555  $ 5,512

Long-term rates of return on plan assets of 8.5% to 9.25% were used.

Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions

     In addition to providing pension benefits, certain postretirement
health care and life insurance benefits are provided for substantially
all retired employees.

      We  accrue  the  cost  of postretirement health  care  and  life
insurance benefits during an employee's years of service. These  costs
are  currently recovered through rates on an accrual basis in Missouri
and  a  pay-as-you-go basis in Kansas.  In 1995 we began  funding  the
year's  overall net periodic postretirement benefit cost,  subject  to
maximum deductible limits for income tax purposes.

Reconciliation of postretirement benefits to amounts recorded  in  the
balance sheets:

December 31                                           1996      1995
                                                       (thousands)
Accumulated postretirement benefit
 obligation (APBO) (a):
  Retirees                                         $  20,582  $22,515
  Fully eligible active plan participants              3,149    2,659
  Other active plan participants                       8,459    9,315
     Total APBO                                       32,190   34,489
Fair value of plan assets (b)                         (3,620)  (2,189)
Unrecognized transition obligation                   (18,791) (19,965)
Unrecognized net gain                                  3,255      892
Unrecognized prior service cost                         (709)    (786)
     Accrued postretirement benefit obligation
      (included in Deferred Credits
      and Other Liabilities - Other)               $  12,325  $12,441

(a) Based on weighted-average discount rates of 8.0% in 1996 and  7.5%
    in  1995; and increases in future salary  levels of 4% in 1996 and
    1995.
(b) Plan assets are invested in certificates of deposit.


Net  periodic  postretirement benefit cost (excluding  1995  and  1994
early retirement program costs):
                                              1996      1995    1994
                                                    (thousands)

Service cost                                  $  574   $  435  $  645
Interest cost on APBO                          2,520    2,423   2,305
Amortization of unrecognized
  transition obligation                        1,174    1,175   1,175
Other                                              6      (60)     75
  Net periodic postretirement benefit cost    $4,274   $3,973  $4,200

      Actuarial  assumptions include an increase in the annual  health
care cost trend rate for 1997 of 10%, decreasing gradually over a four-
year  period  to  its  ultimate level of 6%.   The  health  care  plan
requires retirees to share in the cost when premiums exceed a  certain
amount.  Because of this provision, an increase in the assumed  health
care cost trend rate by 1% per year would only increase the APBO as of
December  31,  1996,  by about $704,000 and the combined  service  and
interest  costs  of the net periodic postretirement benefit  cost  for
1996 by about $80,000.

Long-term Incentive Plan

     We have granted stock options where the exercise price equals the
market  price of KCPL's common stock on the grant date.   One-half  of
all options granted vest one year after the grant date, the other half
vest  two  years  after  the grant date.  When  exercised,  recipients
receive shares of stock and accumulated dividends (as though they  had
been  reinvested). Unexercised options expire 10 years after the grant
date.

      KCPL  follows  APB Opinion 25 - Accounting for Stock  Issued  to
Employees  and  related Interpretations in accounting for  this  plan.
Because  of  the dividend provision, we expensed $1.4, $1.0  and  $0.4
million  for 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.  The expense  includes
accumulated  and reinvested dividends plus the appreciation  in  stock
price  since  the  grant  date.  If the stock  price  fell  below  the
exercise  price,  the cumulative expense related to those  options  is
reversed.

      If  KCPL  accounted for this plan using the optional, fair-value
method  of  FASB  Statement  No.  123  -  Accounting  for  Stock-Based
Compensation,  the fair value of options granted and  related  expense
recorded for these plans would not be material.

      For  options  outstanding at December 31, 1996, exercise  prices
range  from  $20.625  to  $26.188 and the  weighted-average  remaining
contractual life is 7 years.

Stock option activity over the last three years is summarized below:
                                    1996             1995             1994
                               shares  price*   shares  price*   shares  price*
Outstanding at January 1       266,125 $22.14   197,375 $21.87   145,125 $22.60
  Granted                       59,000  26.19    68,750  23.06    69,125  20.63
  Exercised                    (26,250) 22.27         -      -    (6,000) 21.63
  Canceled                           -      -         -      -   (10,875) 23.88
Outstanding at December 31     298,875 $22.96   266,125 $22.18   197,375 $21.87
Exercisable as of December 31  206,500 $22.02   162,813 $22.14   102,125 $22.20
*weighted-average exercise price

3. INCOME TAXES

Income tax expense consisted of the following:
                                          1996        1995      1994
                                                  (thousands)
Current income taxes:
  Federal                                 $35,816    $69,697   $42,736
  State                                     8,762     11,944     7,462
     Total                                 44,578     81,641    50,198

Deferred income taxes, net:
  Federal                                  (7,441)    (3,152)   17,005
  State                                    (1,221)      (116)    3,519
     Total                                 (8,662)    (3,268)   20,524

Investment tax credit amortization
  and reversals                            (4,163)   (11,570)   (4,345)
     Total income tax expense             $31,753    $66,803   $66,377


KCPL's  effective income tax rates differed from the statutory federal
rates mainly due to the following:
                                            1996      1995      1994

Federal statutory income tax rate           35.0%     35.0%     35.0%
Differences between book and tax
  depreciation not normalized               (0.4)      1.2       1.2
Amortization of investment tax credits      (3.0)     (2.5)     (2.5)
Income    tax    credits                    (9.1)     (2.3)     (0.2)
State income taxes                           3.5       4.1       4.2
Other                                       (3.3)     (0.2)      1.1
     Effective income tax rate              22.7%     35.3%     38.8%

The  tax  effects of major temporary differences resulting in deferred
tax assets and liabilities in the balance sheets are as follows:
December 31                                        1996        1995
                                                     (thousands)

Plant related                                   $562,287     $572,792
Recoverable taxes                                 49,000       48,000
Other                                             29,165       21,635
     Net deferred income tax liability          $640,452     $642,427

The net deferred income tax liability consisted of the following:
December 31                                        1996        1995
                                                       (thousands)

Gross deferred income tax assets                $(60,979)    $(61,181)
Gross deferred income tax liabilities            701,431      703,608
     Net deferred income tax liability          $640,452     $642,427

4. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Nuclear Liability and Insurance

     Liability Insurance

    The  Price-Anderson  Act  currently  limits  the  combined  public
    liability  of  nuclear reactor owners to $8.9 billion  for  claims
    that  could arise from a single nuclear incident.  The  owners  of
    Wolf  Creek  (the  Owners) carry the maximum available  commercial
    insurance of $0.2 billion.  The remaining $8.7 billion balance  is
    provided  by  Secondary Financial Protection (SFP), an  assessment
    plan mandated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Under   SFP,  if  there  were  a  catastrophic  nuclear   incident
    involving any of the nation's licensed reactors, the Owners  would
    be  subject to a maximum retrospective assessment per incident  of
    up  to  $79  million ($37 million, KCPL's share).  The Owners  are
    jointly and severally liable for these charges, payable at a  rate
    not  to exceed $10 million ($5 million, KCPL's share) per incident
    per  year,  excluding applicable premium taxes.   The  assessment,
    most  recently  revised  in  1993,  is  subject  to  an  inflation
    adjustment every five years based on the Consumer Price Index.

     Property, Decontamination and Premature Decommissioning Insurance

    The  Owners  also carry $2.8 billion ($1.3 billion, KCPL's  share)
    of  property damage, decontamination and premature decommissioning
    insurance  for  loss  resulting from  damage  to  the  Wolf  Creek
    facilities.   Nuclear  insurance pools  provide  $0.5  billion  of
    coverage,   while  Nuclear  Electric  Insurance   Limited   (NEIL)
    provides $2.3 billion.

    In  the  event  of an accident, insurance proceeds must  first  be
    used  for reactor stabilization and site decontamination.   KCPL's
    share  of  any remaining proceeds can be used for property  damage
    and  premature  decommissioning costs.  Premature  decommissioning
    coverage  applies  only  if  an accident  at  Wolf  Creek  exceeds
    $500 million in property damage and decontamination expenses,  and
    only  after trust funds have been exhausted (see Note 1 -  Nuclear
    Plant Decommissioning Costs).

     Extra Expense Insurance - Including Replacement Power

    The  Owners  also carry additional insurance from  NEIL  to  cover
    costs  of  replacement power and other extra expenses incurred  in
    the   event  of  a  prolonged  outage  resulting  from  accidental
    property damage at Wolf Creek.

     Retrospective Assessments
     
           Under  all  NEIL policies, KCPL is subject to retrospective
     assessments  if  NEIL losses, for each policy  year,  exceed  the
     accumulated  funds  available to the insurer under  that  policy.
     The estimated maximum amount of retrospective assessments to KCPL
     under the current policies could total about $8 million.
     
     Other
     
           In  the  event  of a catastrophic loss at Wolf  Creek,  the
     insurance  coverage may not be adequate to cover property  damage
     and extra expenses incurred.  Uninsured losses, to the extent not
     recovered through rates, would be assumed by KCPL and could  have
     a material, adverse effect on our financial condition and results
     of operations.

Nuclear Fuel Commitments

      As  of  December 31, 1996, KCPL's portion of Wolf Creek  nuclear
fuel  commitments included $130 million for enrichment and fabrication
through 2025 and $15 million for uranium and conversion through 2001.

Environmental Matters

      KCPL's  operations  must comply with federal,  state  and  local
environmental  laws and regulations.  The generation and  transmission
of  electricity  uses,  produces  and  requires  disposal  of  certain
products  and by-products, including polychlorinated biphenyl  (PCBs),
asbestos  and  other  potentially hazardous  materials.   The  Federal
Comprehensive  Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability  Act
(the  Superfund  law) imposes strict joint and several  liability  for
those  who  generate,  transport  or deposit  hazardous  waste.   This
liability  extends  to the current property owner  as  well  as  prior
owners  since  the  time  of  contamination.  We  continually  conduct
environmental  audits  designed  to detect  contamination  and  ensure
compliance   with   governmental  regulations.   However,   compliance
programs  needed  to  meet future environmental laws  and  regulations
governing  water and air quality, including carbon dioxide  emissions,
hazardous  waste  handling  and disposal,  toxic  substances  and  the
effects  of electromagnetic fields, could require substantial  changes
to operations or facilities.

Long-term Coal Contracts

     KCPL's share of coal purchased under long-term contracts was $36,
$42 and $21 million in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.  Under these
coal  contracts, KCPL's remaining share of purchase commitments totals
$113  million. Obligations for the years 1997 through 2001 total  $34,
$20,  $20,  $10 and $10 million, respectively.  The remainder  of  our
coal requirements are fulfilled through spot market purchases.

Leases

      KCPL has a transmission line lease with another utility whereby,
with  FERC  approval,  the rental payments can  be  increased  by  the
lessor.   If  this occurs, we can cancel the lease if we are  able  to
secure an alternative transmission path.  Commitments under this lease
total  $2 million per year and $54 million over the remaining life  of
the lease if it is not canceled.

      Rental  expense  for other leases including  railcars,  computer
equipment,  buildings, transmission line and other items  was  $18  to
$20  million  per  year  during the last three years.   The  remaining
rental commitments under these leases total $174 million.  Obligations
for the years 1997 through 2001 average $14 million per year.  Capital
leases are not material and are included in these amounts.

      As the managing partner of three jointly-owned generating units,
we  have  entered into leases for railcars to serve those units.   The
entire  lease  commitment is reflected in the above  amounts  although
about  $2  million per year ($31 million total) will be reimbursed  by
the other owners.

Purchased Capacity Commitments

       We  purchase  capacity  from  other  utilities  and  nonutility
suppliers.  Purchased capacity gives us the option to purchase  energy
if  needed or when market prices are favorable. This provides a  cost-
effective alternative to new construction.   As of December 31,  1996,
contracts to purchase capacity total $267 million through 2016. During
1996, 1995 and 1994, capacity purchases were $26, $17 and $13 million,
respectively.   For  the  years 1997 through 2001,  these  commitments
average  $22 million per year.  For each of the next five  years,  net
capacity  purchases represent about 11% of KCPL's 1996 total available
capacity.

Legal Proceedings

     See Note 13.

5.  SECURITIES AVAILABLE FOR SALE

      KLT  Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of KCPL, held a $5  million
investment  in  convertible preferred stock.  In  September  1996  the
investee company completed a public offering triggering conversion  of
the preferred stock into common stock.  As a result of the conversion,
the  carrying  value  of  the investment at  December  31,  1996,  was
adjusted  to  its  market value of $15.2 million.  The  $10.2  million
increase  in market value over original cost resulted in an unrealized
gain  at December 31, 1996, of $6.5 million (net of deferred taxes  of
$3.7 million).

6. SALE OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

      As  of  December  31,  1996 and 1995, an undivided  interest  in
$60  million of designated customer accounts receivable was sold  with
limited  recourse.  Related costs of $3.5, $3.8 and $2.8  million  for
1996,  1995  and 1994, respectively, were included in Other  Income  -
Miscellaneous deductions.

7. SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS

      Short-term  borrowings consist of funds borrowed from  banks  or
through  the sale of commercial paper as needed.  The weighted-average
interest  rate on the short-term debt outstanding as of  December  31,
1995,  was  5.9%.   As  of  December  31,  1996,  under  minimal   fee
arrangements, unused bank lines of credit totaled $280 million.

8. COMMON STOCK EQUITY, PREFERRED STOCK AND REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

Common Stock Equity

      KCPL  has  shares of common stock registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for a Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase
Plan  (the  Plan). The Plan allows common shareholders, directors  and
employees  to  purchase  shares of the  common  stock  by  reinvesting
dividends   or  making  optional  cash  payments.   We  are  currently
purchasing shares for the Plan on the open market.

      As  of   December 31, 1996 and 1995, KCPL held 12,907 and  6,643
shares  of  its  common  stock  to be used  for  future  distribution,
respectively.  The cost of these shares is included in Investments and
Nonutility Property.

      The  Restated  Articles of Consolidation contain  a  restriction
relating to the payment of dividends in the event common equity  falls
to 25% of total capitalization.

      If  preferred  stock dividends are not declared  and  paid  when
scheduled,  KCPL  could not declare or pay common stock  dividends  or
purchase  any common shares.  If the unpaid preferred stock  dividends
equal   four   or   more  full  quarterly  dividends,  the   preferred
shareholders,  voting as a single class, could elect  members  to  the
Board of Directors.

Preferred Stock and Redeemable Preferred Stock

      Scheduled mandatory sinking fund requirements for the redeemable
4%  Cumulative  Preferred  Stock are 1,600 shares  per  year.   Shares
issued  as of December 31 totaled 12,757 in 1996 and 14,357  in  1995.
Shares  held  by  KCPL  at  December 31 to meet  future  sinking  fund
requirements totaled 12,134 in 1996 and 3,192 in 1995.   The  cost  of
the  shares held at the end of 1996 is reflected as a reduction of the
capital  account while at the end of 1995 is included  in  Investments
and Nonutility Property.

      As  of  December  31,  1996,  0.4 million  shares  of  $100  par
Cumulative  Preferred Stock, 1.6 million shares of Cumulative  No  Par
Preferred Stock and 11 million shares of no par Preference Stock  were
authorized.   We have the option to redeem the $89 million  Cumulative
Preferred Stock at prices approximating par or stated value.

9. LONG-TERM DEBT

General Mortgage Bonds and Unsecured Notes

      KCPL  is  authorized to issue mortgage bonds under  the  General
Mortgage  Indenture  and  Deed of Trust dated  December  1,  1986,  as
supplemented.   The Indenture creates a mortgage lien on substantially
all utility plant.

     As of December 31, 1996, $644 million general mortgage bonds were
pledged  under  the  Indenture to secure the  outstanding  medium-term
notes and revenue refunding bonds.

      KCPL is also authorized to issue up to $300 million in unsecured
medium-term  notes under an indenture dated December  1,  1996.   This
indenture  prohibits  KCPL  from issuing additional  general  mortgage
bonds  while any unsecured notes are outstanding.  As of December  31,
1996, no unsecured notes had been issued.

Interest Rate Swap and Cap Agreements

      As  of December 31, 1996, we had entered into five interest rate
swap agreements and three cap agreements to limit the interest rate on
$120  million of long-term debt.  The swap agreements mature from 1997
to  1998  and  effectively fix the interest rates on  $60  million  of
variable-rate debt to a weighted-average rate of 3.84% as of  December
31,  1996.  The cap agreements limit the interest rate on $60  million
of variable-rate debt to 5.0% expiring through 1998.

      As of December 31, 1995, we had entered into eight interest rate
swap agreements and three cap agreements limiting the interest rate on
$150 million of long-term debt.  The swap agreements matured from 1996
to  1998  and effectively fixed the interest rates on $90  million  of
variable-rate debt to a weighted-average rate of 3.7% as  of  December
31, 1995.  The cap agreements limited the interest rate on $60 million
of variable-rate debt to 5.0% expiring through 1998.

      These  swap  and  cap agreements are with several  highly  rated
financial  institutions and simply limit our exposure to increases  in
interest  rates.  They do not subject KCPL to any material  credit  or
market risks.  The fair value of these agreements is immaterial and is
not  reflected in the financial statements.  Although derivatives  are
an  integral  part of our interest rate management, their  incremental
effect on interest expense for 1996 and 1995 was insignificant.

Subsidiary Obligations

     During 1995 KLT entered into a long-term revolving line of credit
agreement for $65 million collateralized by the capital stock of KLT's
direct   subsidiaries.   During  1996  KLT  amended  this   agreement,
extending  the  amount  of credit available to  $150  million.   Other
significant terms were not changed.  The affordable housing notes  are
collateralized by the affordable housing investments.

Scheduled Maturities

      Long-term  debt maturities for the years 1997 through  2001  are
$27, $73, $136, $66 and $91 million, respectively.

10. JOINTLY-OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITY PLANTS

     Joint ownership agreements with other utilities provide undivided
interests  in utility plants as of December 31, 1996, as  follows  (in
millions of dollars):

                                        Wolf Creek  LaCygne     Iatan
                                           Unit      Units       Unit
KCPL's share                              47%         50%        70%

Utility plant in service                $1,344      $  287      $  244
Estimated accumulated depreciation
  (production plant only)               $  357      $  171      $  129
Nuclear fuel, net                       $   39      $    -      $    -
KCPL's accredited capacity-megawatts       548         672         469

      Each  owner  must fund its own portion of the plant's  operating
expenses and capital expenditures. KCPL's share of direct expenses  is
included in the appropriate operating expense classifications  in  the
income  statement.  Western Resources, Inc. (Western  Resources)  also
owns a 47% share of the Wolf Creek unit and a 50% share of the LaCygne
units (see Note 11).

11. AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER WITH WESTERN RESOURCES

      On February 7, 1997, KCPL and Western Resources entered into  an
Agreement  and  Plan  of  Merger (the  Merger  Agreement)  to  form  a
strategic  business combination.  The effective time of the merger  is
dependent  upon all conditions of the Merger Agreement  being  met  or
waived.   At the effective time, KCPL will merge with and into Western
Resources, with Western Resources being the surviving corporation.

      Western Resources first delivered an unsolicited exchange  offer
to  KCPL's Board of Directors during the second quarter of 1996.  This
initial  offer, subject to numerous conditions, proposed the  exchange
of  $28 (later increased to $31) worth of Western Resources stock  for
each  share  of KCPL stock.  After careful consideration, both  offers
were  rejected  by  KCPL's Board of Directors.  In July  1996  Western
Resources commenced an exchange offer for KCPL common stock.  In  late
1996  KCPL  began discussing a possible merger with Western  Resources
leading to the Merger Agreement.

      Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, KCPL common stock  will
be  exchanged  for  Western Resources common stock valued  at  $32.00,
subject to a conversion ratio limiting the amount of Western Resources
common stock that holders of KCPL common stock would receive per share
of KCPL common stock to no more than 1.1 shares (if Western Resources'
stock  is priced at or below $29.09 per share), and no less than 0.917
shares  (if Western Resources' stock is priced at or above $34.90  per
share).   However, there is a provision in the Merger  Agreement  that
allows KCPL to terminate the merger if Western Resources' stock  price
drops  below  $27.64  and  either the  Standard  and  Poor's  Electric
Companies  Index  increases or the decline in Western Resources  stock
exceeds  by  approximately  5% any decline  in  this  index.   Western
Resources  could  avoid this termination by improving  the  conversion
ratio.

       The  transaction  is  subject  to  several  closing  conditions
including  approval  by  each company's shareholders,  approval  by  a
number  of regulatory authorities (statutory approvals) and dissenting
shares  equaling less than 5.5% of KCPL's outstanding shares.  If  the
effective  time  has  not occurred by June 30, 1998  (the  termination
date),  either party may terminate the agreement as long as  they  did
not   contribute  to  the  delay.   This  termination  date  will   be
automatically  extended  to  June 30,  1999,  if  all  of  the  Merger
Agreement  closing  conditions  have  been  met  except  for   certain
conditions relating to statutory approvals.

      The  Merger Agreement does not allow KCPL to increase its common
stock  dividend prior to the effective time or termination.   It  also
requires  KCPL  to  redeem all outstanding shares of  preferred  stock
prior to completion of the merger.

       If   the   Merger   Agreement  is  terminated   under   certain
circumstances, a payment of $50 million will be due Western  Resources
if,  within two and one-half years following termination, KCPL  agrees
to  consummate a business combination with a third party that  made  a
proposal to combine prior to termination.  Western Resources will  pay
KCPL  $5 to $35 million if the Merger Agreement is terminated and  all
closing  conditions  are satisfied other than conditions  relating  to
Western  Resources  receiving a favorable  tax  opinion,  a  favorable
letter  from  its accountants regarding pooling accounting,  favorable
statutory  approvals, or an exemption from the Public Utility  Holding
Company Act of 1935.

      In February 1997 KCPL paid UtiliCorp United Inc. (UtiliCorp) $53
million for agreeing to combine with Western Resources within two  and
one-half years from the termination of KCPL's agreement to merge  with
UtiliCorp.   This  agreement was terminated due  to  failure  of  KCPL
shareholders to approve the transaction with UtiliCorp.

12. QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS (UNAUDITED)

                                               Quarter
                                 1st       2nd        3rd       4th
                                              (millions)
1996
Operating revenues              $  207    $  226    $  270     $ 201
Operating income                    35        42        68        33
Net income                          25        27        36        20
Earnings  per  common share     $ 0.38    $ 0.43    $ 0.57     $0.31



                                               Quarter
                                 1st       2nd        3rd       4th
                                              (millions)
1995
Operating revenues              $  199    $  205    $  278     $  204
Operating income                    29        31        72         35
Net income                          23        19        58         23
Earnings per common share       $ 0.35    $ 0.29    $ 0.91     $ 0.37

      The quarterly data is subject to seasonal fluctuations with peak
periods   occurring  during  the   summer  months.  As  a  result   of
terminating  the  merger  agreement with  UtiliCorp,  $13  million  in
previously deferred merger costs and a $5 million termination fee were
expensed lowering 1996 third quarter earnings.  During 1996 about  $13
million  in  costs  to defend against Western Resources'   unsolicited
exchange offer were expensed ($5 million during the second quarter and
$8 million during the third quarter).

13. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

       Jack   R.  Manson  (Manson),  as  a  representative  of  KCPL's
shareholders,  alleged in a District Court proceeding, that  KCPL  and
its  directors breached their fiduciary duties in adopting the Amended
Merger  Agreement  with UtiliCorp (Agreement).   Manson  also  alleged
their   actions   1)   were  illegal,   2)  illegally  deprived   KCPL
shareholders of voting and appraisal rights under Missouri law, and 3)
were  a  disproportionate response to Western  Resources'  acquisition
offer.   Also, on June 7, 1996, Western Resources and Robert L.  Rives
each  alleged  against  KCPL in the same court  proceeding,  that  the
Agreement  was  illegal  under Missouri  law  and  the  directors  had
breached their fiduciary duties by adopting the Agreement.

      By  order  dated November 25, 1996, the District  Court  allowed
Manson  to amend his allegation to allege that the directors  breached
their  fiduciary duties by refusing to negotiate a merger with Western
Resources  and  committed  reckless, grossly negligent,  or  negligent
waste  of  corporate  assets by pursuing the  merger  with  UtiliCorp.
Manson  seeks monetary damages in an unspecified amount for the  waste
of  corporate  assets.  KCPL filed a motion on December  9,  1996,  to
dismiss  Manson's  amendment;  it  is  currently  pending  before  the
District  Court.  The  Company cannot predict  the  outcome  of  these
proceedings at this time.

14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

      In  1997  KLT  closed  investments totaling  nearly $60  million
financed through additional borrowings.




                  REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
Kansas City Power & Light Company:

      We  have audited the consolidated financial statements of Kansas
City  Power & Light Company and Subsidiary listed in the index on page
43   of   this  Form  10-K.   These  financial  statements   are   the
responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is  to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

      We  conducted  our audits in accordance with generally  accepted
auditing standards.  Those standards require that we plan and  perform
the  audit  to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements  are  free  of material misstatement.   An  audit  includes
examining,  on  a  test  basis, evidence supporting  the  amounts  and
disclosures  in  the  financial statements.  An  audit  also  includes
assessing  the  accounting principles used and  significant  estimates
made  by  management,  as  well as evaluating  the  overall  financial
statement  presentation.   We  believe  that  our  audits  provide   a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

      In  our  opinion,  the financial statements  referred  to  above
present  fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated  financial
position  of  Kansas City Power & Light Company and Subsidiary  as  of
December  31,  1996 and 1995, and the consolidated  results  of  their
operations  and their cash flows for each of the three  years  in  the
period  ended December 31, 1996, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.



                                        /s/Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Kansas City, Missouri
February 14, 1997

ITEM 9.     CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

        None.



                          PART III


ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

    Directors

    See General Note to Part III.

    Executive Officers

        See  Part  I,  page  7, entitled  "Officers  of  the
Registrant."

ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

    See General Note to Part III.

ITEM  12.   SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL  OWNERS
AND MANAGEMENT

    See General Note to Part III.

ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

    None.

GENERAL NOTE TO PART III

     Pursuant  to  General Instruction G to Form  10-K,  the
other  information required by Part III (Items 10,  11,  and
12)  of  Form  10-K not disclosed above will be  either  (i)
incorporated by reference to the Definitive Proxy  Statement
for  KCPL's 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed  with
the  Securities and Exchange Commission not later than April
30,  1997,  or (ii) included in an amendment to this  report
filed with the Commission on Form 10-K/A.


                                   PART IV


ITEM  14.  EXHIBITS,  FINANCIAL  STATEMENT  SCHEDULES,   AND
REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
                              
                                                              Page
                                                               No.
Financial Statements

a.  Consolidated Statements of Income and Consolidated          21
    Statements of Retailed Earnings for the years ended
    December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994

b.  Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 1996, and        22

c.  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended   23
    December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994

d.  Consolidated Statements of Capitalization - December 31,
    1996 and 1995                                               24

e.  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                  25

f.  Report of Independent Accountants                           41

Exhibits

Exhibit
Number                   Description of Document

2      *Amendment  and Plan of Merger (Exhibit  (2)-1
        to Form 8-K dated February 11,  1997).
3-a    *Restated  Articles of Consolidation  of  KCPL
        dated  as  of May 5, 1992 (Exhibit 4 to Registration
        Statement, Registration No. 33-54196).
3-b    *By-laws of KCPL, as amended and in effect  on
        August  6,  1996 (Exhibit 3(ii) to  Form 10-Q  dated
        September 30, 1996).
4-a    *General Mortgage and Deed of Trust  dated  as
        of  December  1, 1986, between KCPL  and  UMB  Bank,
        n.a.  (formerly  United  Missouri  Bank)  of  Kansas
        City,  N.A., Trustee (Exhibit 4-bb to Form 10-K  for
        the year ended December 31, 1986).
4-b    *Third  Supplemental  Indenture  dated  as  of
        April 1, 1991, to Indenture dated as of December  1,
        1986   (Exhibit  4-aq  to  Registration   Statement,
        Registration No. 33-42187).
4-c    *Fourth  Supplemental Indenture  dated  as  of
        February  15,  1992,  to  Indenture  dated   as   of
        December 1, 1986 (Exhibit 4-y to Form 10-K for  year
        ended December 31, 1991).
4-d    *Fifth  Supplemental  Indenture  dated  as  of
        September  15,  1992,  to  Indenture  dated  as   of
        December  1,  1986 (Exhibit 4-a to Form  10-Q  dated
        September 30, 1992).
4-e    *Sixth  Supplemental  Indenture  dated  as  of
        November   1,  1992,  to  Indenture  dated   as   of
        December   1,  1986  (Exhibit  4-z  to  Registration
        Statement, Registration No. 33-54196).
4-f    *Seventh  Supplemental Indenture dated  as  of
        October  1, 1993, to Indenture dated as of  December
        1,   1986   (Exhibit   4-a  to   Form   10-Q   dated
        September 30, 1993).
4-g    *Eighth  Supplemental Indenture  dated  as  of
        December  1, 1993, to Indenture dated as of December
        1,   1986  (Exhibit  4  to  Registration  Statement,
        Registration No. 33-51799).
4-h    *Ninth  Supplemental  Indenture  dated  as  of
        February  1, 1994, to Indenture dated as of December
        1,  1986  (Exhibit 4-h to Form 10-K for  year  ended
        December 31, 1993).
4-i    *Tenth  Supplemental  Indenture  dated  as  of
        November  1, 1994, to Indenture dated as of December
        1,  1986  (Exhibit 4I to Form 10-K  for  year  ended
        December 31, 1994).
4-j    *Resolution of Board of Directors Establishing
        3.80%  Cumulative Preferred Stock  (Exhibit  2-R  to
        Registration Statement, Registration No. 2-40239).
4-k    *Resolution of Board of Directors Establishing
        4%   Cumulative  Preferred  Stock  (Exhibit  2-S  to
        Registration Statement, Registration No. 2-40239).
4-l    *Resolution of Board of Directors Establishing
        4.50%  Cumulative Preferred Stock  (Exhibit  2-T  to
        Registration Statement, Registration No. 2-40239).
4-m    *Resolution   of  Board  of  Directors  Establishing
        4.20%  Cumulative Preferred Stock  (Exhibit  2-U  to
        Registration Statement, Registration No. 2-40239).
4-n    *Resolution of Board of Directors Establishing
        4.35%  Cumulative Preferred Stock  (Exhibit  2-V  to
        Registration Statement, Registration No. 2-40239).
4-o    *Certificate  of  Designation  of  Board   of
        Directors  Establishing  the $50,000,000  Cumulative
        No Par Preferred Stock, Auction Series A (Exhibit 4-
        a to Form 10-Q dated March 31, 1992).
4-p    *Indenture for Medium-Term Note Program  dated
        as  of  April 1, 1991, between KCPL and The Bank  of
        New  York  (Exhibit 4-bb to Registration  Statement,
        Registration No. 33-42187).
4-q    *Indenture for Medium-Term Note Program  dated
        as  of February 15, 1992, between KCPL and The  Bank
        of   New   York   (Exhibit  4-bb   to   Registration
        Statement, Registration No. 33-45736).
4-r    *Indenture for Medium-Term Note Program  dated
        as  of November 15, 1992, between KCPL and The  Bank
        of   New   York   (Exhibit  4-aa   to   Registration
        Statement, Registration No. 33-54196).
4-s    *Indenture for Medium-Term Note Program  dated
        as  of  November 17, 1994, between KCPL and  Merrill
        Lynch  & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &  Smith
        Incorporated and Smith Barney Inc.  (Exhibit 4-s  to
        Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 1994).
4-t     Indenture  for Medium-Term  Note  Program
        dated  as of December 1, 1996, between KCPL and  The
        Bank  of  New  York.   (Exhibit  4  to  Registration
        Statement, Registration No. 333-17285).
10-a   *Copy  of  Wolf  Creek Generating Station  Ownership
        Agreement   between  Kansas  City  Power   &   Light
        Company, Kansas Gas and Electric Company and  Kansas
        Electric  Power Cooperative, Inc. (Exhibit  10-d  to
        Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1981).
10-b   *Copy of Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as  of
        September   27,   1989,  between  KCPL,   Commercial
        Industrial Trade-Receivables Investment Company  and
        Citicorp North America, Inc., (Exhibit 10-p to  Form
        10-K for year ended December 31, 1989).
10-c   *Copy   of   Amendment   to   Receivables   Purchase
        Agreement dated as of August 8, 1991, between  KCPL,
        Commercial  Industrial Trade-Receivables  Investment
        Company  and  Citicorp North America, Inc.  (Exhibit
        10-m  to  Form  10-K  for year  ended  December  31,
        1991).
10-d   *Long-Term   Incentive   Plan   (Exhibit    28    to
        Registration Statement, Registration 33-42187).
10-e    Long-and  Short-Term Incentive Compensation  Plan,
        January 1, 1997.
10-f   *Copy  of Indemnification Agreement entered into  by
        KCPL  with  each  of  its  officers  and  directors.
        (Exhibit   10-f   to  Form  10-K  for   year   ended
        December 31, 1995).
10-g   *Copy  of Severance Agreement entered into  by  KCPL
        with  certain  of its executive officers.   (Exhibit
        10 to Form 10-Q dated June 30, 1993).
10-h   *Copy  of  Amendment  to Severance  Agreement  dated
        January  15, 1996, entered into by KCPL with certain
        of  its  executive officers. (Exhibit  10-h to  Form
        10-K dated December 31, 1995).
10-i    Copy  of  Amendment to Severance  Agreement  dated
        January,  1997 entered into by KCPL with certain  of
        its executive officers.
10-j   *Copy  of  Supplemental  Executive  Retirement   and
        Deferred  Compensation Plan (Exhibit  10-h  to  Form
        10-K for year ended December 31, 1993).
10-k   *Copy   of   $50  million  Letter  of   Credit   and
        reimbursement  agreement  dated  as  of  August  19,
        1993,  with The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Exhibit  10-i
        to Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 1993).
10-l   *Copy   of   $56  million  Letter  of   Credit   and
        Reimbursement  Agreement  dated  as  of  August  19,
        1993,   with   Societe  Generale,   Chicago   Branch
        (Exhibit   10-j   to  Form  10-K  for   year   ended
        December 31, 1993).
10-m   *Copy   of   $50  million  Letter  of   Credit   and
        Reimbursement  Agreement  dated  as  of  August  19,
        1993,  with The Toronto-Dominion Bank (Exhibit  10-k
        to Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 1993).
10-n   *Copy   of   $40  million  Letter  of   Credit   and
        Reimbursement  Agreement  dated  as  of  August  19,
        1993, with Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its  New
        York  and Cayman Islands Branches (Exhibit  10-l  to
        Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 1993).
10-o   *Copy  of Railcar Lease dated as of April 15,  1994,
        between    Shawmut   Bank   Connecticut,    National
        Association, and KCPL (Exhibit 10 to Form  10-Q  for
        period ended June 30, 1994).
10-p   *Copy  of  Amendment  No. 2 to Receivables  Purchase
        Agreement between KCPL and Ciesco L.P. and  Citicorp
        North  America, Inc. (Exhibit 10 to  Form  10-Q  for
        period ended September 30, 1994).
10-q   *Copy  of  Railcar  Lease dated as  of  January  31,
        1995,  between First Security Bank of Utah, National
        Association,  and KCPL  (Exhibit 10-o to  Form  10-K
        for year ended December 31, 1994).
10-r   *Copy  of  Lease Agreement dated as of  October  18,
        1995,  between  First Security Bank of  Utah,  N.A.,
        and  KCPL (Exhibit 10 to Form 10-Q for period  ended
        September 30, 1995).
12      Computation  of  Ratios  of  Earnings  to  Fixed
        Charges.
23-a    Consent of Counsel.
23-b    Consent of Independent Accountants--Coopers  &
        Lybrand L.L.P.
24      Powers of Attorney.
27      Financial Data Schedules (filed electronically).

  *  Filed  with  the Securities and Exchange Commission  as
exhibits   to  prior  registration  statements  (except   as
otherwise  noted) and are incorporated herein  by  reference
and  made a part hereof.  The exhibit number and file number
of  the  documents  so  filed, and  incorporated  herein  by
reference,  are stated in parenthesis in the description  of
such exhibit.

   Copies  of  any of the exhibits filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in connection with this document may
be obtained from KCPL upon written request.

Reports on Form 8-K

   No  report  on Form 8-K was filed in the last quarter  of
1996;  however,  a  report on Form 8-K was  filed  with  the
Securities  and  Exchange Commission on February  11,  1997,
with attached copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
as  of  February  7,  1997, by and among  KCPL  and  Western
Resources, Inc.

                                SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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, in the City of Kansas City, and  State
of Missouri on the 17th  day of March, 1997.

                           KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

                           By  /s/Drue Jennings
                               Chairman of the Board,  President and
                               Chief Executive Officer

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934,
this  report  has been signed below by the following  persons  on
behalf  of the registrant and in the capacities and on the  dates
indicated.

       Signature                        Title                       Date

                                Chairman of the Board and      )
/s/ Drue Jennings               President (Principal           )
   (Drue Jennings)              Executive Officer)             )
                                                               )
                                Executive Vice President-Chief )
/s/ Bernard J. Beaudoin         Financial Officer (Principal   )
   (Bernard J. Beaudoin)        Financial Officer)             )
                                                               )
/s/ Neil A. Roadman             Controller (Principal          )
   (Neil A. Roadman)            Accounting Officer)            )
                                                               )
    David L. Bodde*             Director                       )
                                                               )
    William H. Clark*           Director                       ) March 17, 1997
                                                               )
    Robert J. Dineen*           Director                       )
                                                               )
    Arthur J. Doyle*            Director                       )
                                                               )
    W. Thomas Grant II*         Director                       )
                                                               )
    George E. Nettels, Jr.*     Director                       )
                                                               )
    Linda Hood Talbott*         Director                       )
                                                               )
    Robert H. West*             Director                       )
                                                               )

*By  /s/ Drue Jennings
       (Drue Jennings)
       Attorney-in-Fact




                
                                                Exhibit 4-t


                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

                               AND

                       THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                                            Trustee

                            INDENTURE




                   Dated as of December 1, 1996



                            TIE-SHEET



of provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with Indenture
dated as of December 1,1996,between Kansas City Power &
Light Company and The Bank of New York, Trustee:




Section  of  Act                        Section of Indenture


310(a)(1)(2)and(5) ................    9.09
310(a)(3)and(4)...................     Not applicable
310(b)..............................   9.08 and 9.10
310(c)..............................   Not applicable
311(a) and (b ......................   9.14
311(c).............................    Not applicable
312(a) ..............................  7.01
312(b) and (c) ......................  7.01
313(a) ..............................  7.03
313(b)(1)...........................   Not applicable
313(b)(2) ...........................  7.03
313(c) ..............................  7.03
313(d) ..............................  7.03
314(a) ..............................  6.04, 7.02
314(b) ..............................  6.05
314(c)(1) and (2) ...................  15.05
314(c)(3)...........................   Not applicable
314(d)..............................   Not applicable
314(e) ..............................  15.05
314(f)..............................   Not applicable
315(a), (c) and (d) .................  9.01
315(b) ..............................  8.09
315(e) ..............................  8.10
316(a)(1)  ........................... 8.01 and 8.08
316(a)(2) ...........................  Omitted
316(a) last sentence ................  10.04
316(b) ..............................  8.04
316(c) ..............................  10.06
317(a) ..............................  8.02
317(b) ..............................  Omitted
318(a) ..............................  15.07


____________________________

This  tie-sheet  does  not  constitute  a  part  of  the
Indenture.



                        TABLE OF CONTENTS


                                                Page

Parties . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Recitals                                         1

                           ARTICLE ONE
                        Definitions Section
1.01.  Definitions   . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Section 1.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Section 1.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Accrued Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Accrued Interest Factor. . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Affiliate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Authorized Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Authorized Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Base Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Basis Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Calculation Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Calculation Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Commercial Paper Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination
  Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Commercial Paper Rate Notes . . . . . . . . . . 5
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Company Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Composite Quotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee . . . . . 6
CUSIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Depositary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Discharged. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Event of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Fixed Rate Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Floating Rate Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Global Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
H.15(519) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Index Maturity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Initial Interest Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interest Accrual Period . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interest Determination Date . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interest Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interest Payment Period . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Interest Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Interest Reset Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
LIBOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LIBOR Interest Determination Date . . . . . . . 12
LIBOR Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
London Banking Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Maturity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Maximum Interest Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Minimum Interest Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Money Market Yield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Mortgage Bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Mortgage Indenture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Mortgage Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Net Tangible Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Note or Notes; Outstanding. . . . . . . . . . . 13
Noteholder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Opinion of Counsel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Original Issue Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Permitted Encumbrances. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Principal Executive Offices of the Company. . . 17
Principal Facility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Regulated Subsidiary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Spread. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Spread Multiplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Subsidiary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Treasury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Treasury Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Treasury Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date . . . 20
Treasury Rate Notes .  .  . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
U.S. Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . 20
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

                           ARTICLE TWO
  Form,  Issue,  Execution, Registration And Exchange Of Notes
Section 2.01.  Form Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 2.02.  Form of Trustee's Certificate of
               Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Section 2.03.  Amount Limited. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 2.04.  Denominations, Dates, Interest Payment
               and Record Dates . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Section 2.05.  Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
               Dating      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 2.06.  Exchange and Registration of Transfer
               of Notes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . 27
Section 2.07.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
               Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Section 2.08.  Temporary Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 2.09.  Cancellation of Notes Paid, etc . . . . 29
Section 2.10.  Interest Rights Preserved . . . . . . . 29
Section 2.11.  Payment of Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 2.12.  Notes Issuable in the Form of a Global
               Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Section 2.13.  CUSIP Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

                          ARTICLE THREE
                      Redemption of Notes
Section 3.01.  Applicability of Article. . . . . . . . 33
Section 3.02.  Notice of Redemption;Selection of Notes.33
Section 3.03.  Payment of Notes on Redemption; Deposit
               of Redemption Price. . . . . . . . . . .34

                           ARTICLE FOUR
                          Mortgage Bonds
Section 4.01.  Issuance Restrictions . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 4.02.  Mortgage Bonds held by the Trustee. . . 36
Section 4.03.  Trustee to Exercise Rights of Mortgage
               Bondholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Section 4.04.  No Transfer of Mortgage Bonds; Exception.36
Section 4.05.  Release of Mortgage Bonds . . . . . . . 36
Section 4.06.  Voting of Mortgage Bonds. . . . . . . . 37
Section 4.07.  Discharge of Mortgage Indenture . . . . 37

                           ARTICLE FIVE
           Satisfaction and Discharge; Unclaimed Moneys
Section 5.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge. . . . . . . 37
Section 5.02.  Deposited Moneys to Be Held in Trust by
               Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Section 5.03.  Return of Unclaimed Moneys. . . . . . . 40
Section 5.04.  Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

                           ARTICLE SIX
                Particular Covenants of the Company
Section6.01.   Payment of Principal, Premium and
               Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Section 6.02.  Office for Notices and Payments, etc. 41
Section 6.03.  Appointments  to  Fill  Vacancies in
               Trustee's Office . . . . . . . . . . .41
Section 6.04.  Annual Statement and Notice . . . . . 41
Section 6.05.  Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 6.06.  Limitation Upon Mortgages and Liens . 42
Section 6.07.  Waiver of Certain Covenants . . . . . 42

                          ARTICLE SEVEN
       Noteholder Lists and Reports by the Company and the Trustee
Section 7.01.  Noteholder Lists. . . . . . . . . . .  43
Section 7.02.  Securities and Exchange Commission
               Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 7.03.  Reports by the Trustee. . . . . . . .. 43

                          ARTICLE EIGHT
                Remedies of the Trustee and Noteholders on
                       Event of Default
Section 8.01.  Events of Default . . . . . . . . . .  44
Section 8.02.  Payment of Notes on Default; Suit
               Therefor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 8.03.  Application of Moneys Collected by
               Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 8.04.  Proceedings by Noteholders. . . . . .  49
Section 8.05.  Proceedings by Trustee. . . . . . . . .50
Section 8.06.  Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. . .50
Section 8.07.  Restoration of Rights and Remedies. . .51
Section 8.08.  Direction of Proceedings and  Waiver of
               Defaults by Majority Noteholders . . . 51
Section 8.09.  Notice of Default . . . . . . . . . .  51
Section 8.10.  Undertaking to Pay Costs. . . . . . . .52

                           ARTICLE NINE
                      Concerning the Trustee
Section 9.01.  Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee 52
Section 9.02.  Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.. 54
Section 9.03.  No Responsibility for Recitals, etc . .55
Section 9.04.  Trustee, Authenticating Agent or Registrar
               May Own Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Section 9.05.  Moneys to Be Held in Trust. . . . . . .55
Section 9.06.  Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. .55
Section 9.07.  Officers' Certificate as Evidence . . .56
Section 9.08.  Conflicting Interest of Trustee . . . .57
Section 9.09.  Eligibility of Trustee. . . . . . . . .57
Section 9.10.  Resignation or Removal of Trustee . . .57
Section 9.11.  Appointment of Successor Trustee. . . .58
Section 9.12.  Acceptance by Successor Trustee . . . .59
Section 9.13.  Succession by Merger, etc . . . . . . .60
Section 9.14.  Limitations on Rights of Trustee as a
               Creditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 9.15.  Authenticating Agent. . . . . . . . . .60
Section 9.16.  Trustee's Application for Instructions
               from the Company . . . . . . . . . . . 61

                           ARTICLE TEN
                   Concerning the Noteholders
Section 10.01. Action by Noteholders. . . . . . . . . 62
Section 10.02. Proof of Execution by Noteholders. . . 62
Section 10.03. Who Deemed Absolute Owners . . . . . . 62
Section 10.04. Company-Owned Notes Disregarded. . . . 63
Section 10.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders
               Bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . 63
Section 10.06. Record Date for Noteholder Acts. . . . 63

                          ARTICLE ELEVEN
                       Noteholders' Meeting
Section 11.01. Purposes of Meetings . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 11.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee. . . . . . 64
Section 11.03. Call of Meetings by Company or
               Noteholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Section 11.04. Qualifications for Voting. . . . .  . .65
Section 11.05. Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 11.06. Voting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Section 11.07. Right of Trustee or Noteholders not
               Delayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

                          ARTICLE TWELVE
           Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 12.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., only on
               Certain Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Section 12.02. Successor Corporation Substituted. . . 68

                         ARTICLE THIRTEEN
                     Supplemental Indentures
Section 13.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent
               of Noteholders. . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Section 13.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
               Noteholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Section 13.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act;
               Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . .70
Section 13.04. Notation on Notes. . . . . . . . . . . 71
Section 13.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental
               Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee .  . 71

                         ARTICLE FOURTEEN
               Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders,
                      Officers and Directors
Section 14.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate
               Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

                         ARTICLE FIFTEEN
                    Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 15.01. Provisions Binding on Company's
               Successors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Section 15.02. Official Acts by Successor Corporation 72
Section 15.03. Addresses for Notices, etc . . . . . . 72
Section 15.04. Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Section 15.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions
               Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Section 15.06. Business Days. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Section 15.07. Trust Indenture Act to Control . . . . 74
Section 15.08. Table of Contents, Headings, etc . . . 74
Section 15.09. Execution in Counterparts. . . . . . . 74
Section 15.10. Manner of Mailing Notice to Noteholders 74


                             EXHIBITS
Exhibit A   Form of Global Fixed Rate Note
Exhibit B   Form of Fixed Rate Note
Exhibit C   Form of Global Floating Rate Note
Exhibit D   Form of Floating Rate Note



           THIS INDENTURE, dated as of December 1,1996,
between Kansas City Power & Light Company, a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Missouri (hereinafter sometimes  called the "Company"), and
The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York (hereinafter called the "Trustee").

                           Witnesseth:

           WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time
of  its Medium-Term Notes, (hereinafter sometimes called
"Notes"),to be issued as in this Indenture provided;

           AND WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to
make this Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms
have been done and performed,and the execution of this
Indenture and the issue hereunder of the Notes have in all
respects been duly authorized;

          NOW THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
                              
           That in order to declare the terms and conditions
upon which the Notes are, and are to be authenticated,
issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises,
of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the holders
thereof and of the sum of one dollar duly paid to it by the
Trustee at the execution of these presents, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, the Company covenants and
agrees with the Trustee  for  the equal and proportionate
benefit  of the respective  holders  from time to time
of the Notes, as follows:


                           ARTICLE ONE.

                           Definitions.

          Section 1.01. Definitions. The terms defined in
this Article One (except as herein otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all
purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental
hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this
Article One.

           Section  1.02. (a) Whenever this Indenture refers
to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended ("TIA"), such provision is incorporated by reference
in and made a part of this  Indenture. The following TIA
terms incorporated in this Indenture have the following
meanings:

           "indenture securities" means the Notes.
                              
          "indenture note holder" means a Noteholder.

          "indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.

          "indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee"
           means the Trustee.

          "obligor" on the indenture securities means the
         Company.
         
          (b) All terms used in this Indenture that are
defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another
statute or defined by a rule of the Securities and  Exchange
Commission have the meanings assigned to them in the TIA or
such statute or rule as in force on the date of execution of
this Indenture.

          Section 1.03.  For purposes of this Indenture, the
following terms have the following meanings.

Accrued Interest:

          The term "Accrued Interest" at any Interest
Payment Date (a)  for a Floating Rate Note shall mean the
amount obtained by multiplying the principal amount of such
Floating Rate Note by its Accrued Interest Factor, and (b)
for a Fixed Rate Note,shall mean the amount obtained by
multiplying the principal amount of such Fixed Rate Note by
its Interest Rate, and multiplying the product thus obtained
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days
in the Interest Payment Period for such Note ended on such
Interest Payment Date, and the denominator of which is 360.

Accrued Interest Factor:

          The term "Accrued Interest Factor" at any Interest
Payment Date for a Floating Rate Note shall mean the sum of
the Interest Factors for such Floating Rate Note calculated
for each day in the Interest Payment Period for such Note
ended on such Interest Payment Date or the prior Record
Date, as the case may be.

Affiliate:

         The term "Affiliate" shall mean with respect to any
specified Person any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person.  For the purposes
of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the  management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms"controlling: and "controlled" have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Authenticating Agent:

           The term "Authenticating Agent" shall mean the
agent of the Trustee which shall be appointed and acting
pursuant to Section 9.15.

Authorized Agent:
           The term "Authorized Agent" shall mean an agent
of the Company designated by an Officers' Certificate to
give to the Trustee the information specified in clause (a)
of "Company Order" for the issuance of a Note.

Authorized Newspaper:

           The term "Authorized Newspaper" shall mean a
newspaper of general circulation in the relevant area,
printed in the English language and customarily published
on each Business Day; whenever successive publications in
an Authorized Newspaper are required by this Indenture, such
publications  may  be made on the same or different days and
in the same or in different Authorized Newspapers.

Base Rate:

         The term "Base Rate" shall mean with respect to (a)
Commercial Paper Rate Notes, the Commercial Paper  Rate, (b)
LIBOR Notes, LIBOR and (c) Treasury Rate Notes, the Treasury
Rate.

Basis Point:

          The  term  "Basis  Point" shall  mean  one-one
hundredth of a percentage point.

Board of Directors:

           The term "Board of Directors" shall mean  the
Board of Directors of the Company or the Executive Committee
of such Board or any other duly authorized Committee of such
Board.

Board Resolution:

          The  term "Board Resolution" shall mean a copy of
a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the
Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

Business Day:

         The term "Business Day" shall mean each Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day
on which banking institutions or trust companies in the
Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, are
obligated or authorized by law or executive order to close.

Calculation Agent:

            The term "Calculation Agent" for a particular
Floating Rate Note shall mean the Trustee, unless otherwise
provided for in the applicable Company Order.

Calculation Date:
           The  term "Calculation Date" shall mean  with
regard to any particular Interest Determination Date, the
tenth calendar day after such Interest Determination Date,
or, if any such day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day.

Commercial Paper Rate:

           The  term  "Commercial  Paper  Rate"  for   a
particular Floating Rate Note, unless otherwise indicated
in the applicable Company Order, shall mean, with respect
to any Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date,
the Money Market Yield on such date of the rate for
commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in
such Company Order, as such rate shall be published
in H.15(519) under the heading "Commercial Paper". In the
event that such rate is not published prior to 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to
such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date, then
the  Commercial Paper Rate shall be the Money Market Yield
on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date of
the rate for commercial paper of the specified Index
Maturity as published in Composite Quotations
under  the heading "Commercial Paper". If by 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on such  Calculation Date  such  rate   is
not published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations,
then the Commercial Paper Rate for such Commercial Paper
Rate Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall be the Money Market Yield of the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates as of 11:00 A.M., New
York City time, on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date of three leading dealers of commercial
paper in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent for commercial paper of  the specified Index
Maturity placed  for an industrial issuer whose bond rating
is "AA", or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized
rating agency; provided, however, that if the dealers
selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not
quoting as set forth above,the Commercial Paper Rate will
be the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on such Commercial
Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.

Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date:

          The term "Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date" for a Commercial Paper Rate Note shall
mean  the second Business Day preceding its Interest Reset
Date.

Commercial Paper Rate Notes:

          The  term "Commercial Paper Rate Notes"  shall
mean Floating Rate Notes which are specified in the
applicable Company Order as having interest computed with
reference to the Commercial Paper Rate.

Company:

          The  term "Company" shall mean the corporation
named as the  "Company" in the first paragraph of this
Indenture, and its successors and assigns.

Company Order:

            The term "Company Order" shall mean:
                              
           (a)    a  written order signed in the name of the
Company by the Chairman of the Board, the President  or
any Vice President and  by  the  Secretary  or an Assistant
Secretary or the Treasurer or  an Assistant Treasurer of the
Company, and delivered to the Trustee, to authenticate a
Note and to make it available for delivery, and   specifying
for   such   Note    the following information:

          (1)  the name of the Person in which a Note to be
        issued and authenticated shall be registered;
                              
          (2)  the address of such Person;

          (3) the taxpayer identification number of such
       Person;

          (4) the principal amount of such Note  and, if
       multiple Notes are to be issued to such Person, the
denominations of such Notes;

         (5)  the Original Issue Date of such Note;

         (6)  the date upon which such Note is scheduled to
      mature;

          (7)  the  Redemption Date and  the  price  or
prices at which such Note is redeemable at the option
of the Company;

         (8) if the Note is a Fixed Rate Note, the rate of
interest  on  such  Note and the  Interest  Payment
Dates, if other than April 1 and October 1;

         (9)  if the Note is a Floating Rate Note, its:

(A)     Base Rate
(B)     Index Maturity
(C)     Interest Payment Dates
(D)     Initial Interest Rate
(E)     Maximum Interest Rate
(F)     Minimum Interest Rate
(G)     Interest Reset Dates
(H)     Initial Interest Reset Date
(I)     Interest Payment Dates
(J)     Spread
(K)     Spread Multiplier

           (10)  all  other  information  necessary for 
the issuance of such Note; or

          (b)  confirmation given to the Trustee  by
an officer of the Company  designated  by  an
Officers'  Certificate, by telephone, confirmed  by
telex or facsimile or similar writing,of the
information given to the Trustee by an Authorized
Agent for the issuance of a Note, and the written
order of the Company to authenticate   such  Note  and
to  make  it   available for delivery.

Composite Quotations:

           The  term  "Composite Quotations" shall
mean the daily statistical release "Composite 3:30
P.M. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or any
successor publication published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee:

           The   term  "corporate trust  office  of
the Trustee," or other similar term, shall mean the
principal  corporate trust office  of the Trustee in
the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State  of  New
York,  at which at any particular time its corporate
trust business shall be administered, which office is
at the date of the execution of this Indenture located
at 101 Barclay Street, 21 W, New York, New York 10286.

CUSIP:

               The    term   "CUSIP"   shall   mean
the registered trademark "Committee on Uniform
Securities Identification Procedures" or "CUSIP"  and
a unique system of identification  of  each public
issue    of    a   security  owned   by   the
American Bankers Association and administered  by
Standard and  Poor's  Corporation,  as agent of
the American Bankers Association.

Depositary:

           The  term  "Depositary"  shall  mean,
unless otherwise specified by the Company pursuant  to
Section  2.05 hereof, The Depository Trust Company,
New York, New York, or any successor thereto
registered and qualified under  the  Securities and
Exchange   Act   of   1934,   as  amended,   or
other applicable statute or regulation.

Discharged:

           The   term   'Discharged"  shall   have
the meaning specified in Section 5.01(c).

Event of Default:

          The  term  "Event of Default" shall  mean
any event specified  in Section 8.01, continued for
the period  of time,if any, and after the giving of
the notice, if any, therein designated.

Fixed Rate Note:

          The  term "Fixed Rate Note" shall mean a
Note which bears  interest  at  a  fixed  rate
specified  in   the applicable Company Order.

Floating Rate Note:

            The   term   "Floating  Rate   Note"
shall mean  a Commercial Paper Rate Note, a LIBOR Note
or a Treasury Rate Note.

Global Note:

           The   term  "Global Note" shall mean a
single Note that pursuant  to  Section 2.05 is issued
to  evidence  Notes having identical  terms and
provisions, which is  delivered  to the Depositary or
pursuant to instructions of the Depositary and
which  shall be registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee.

H.15(519):

         The term "H.15(519)" shall mean the
publication "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected
Interest Rates" or any successor publication
published  by  the   Board   of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System.

Indebtedness:

            The  term  "Indebtedness"  shall  mean
with respect to any Person    (i)   any  liability of
such  Person  (a) for borrowed money, or (b)
evidenced   by  a bond, note,  debenture   or similar
instrument (including  purchase  money  obligations
but  excluding trade payables),   or   (c) for the
payment of money  relating to  a lease that is
required to be classified as a capitalized lease
obligation   in   accordance  with  generally
accepted accounting principles;  (ii) any liability of
others  described  in the preceding clause (i) that
such Person has  guaranteed, that is recourse   to
such  Person or that is  otherwise its legal
liability; and   (iii)  any  amendment,  supplement,
modification, deferral, renewal,  extension  or
refunding of any  liability of the types referred to
in clauses (i) and (ii) above.

Indenture:

         The term "Indenture" shall mean this
instrument as originally  executed or, if amended or
supplemented  as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented.

Index Maturity:

           The  term  "Index Maturity" of  a
particular Floating Rate Note shall mean the period to
Maturity of the instrument or obligation from which
the Base Rate of such Floating Rate Note is
calculated,  as  specified  in  the  applicable
Company Order.

Initial Interest Rate:

           The  term  "Initial  Interest  Rate"  for
a particular Floating Rate  Note  shall  mean  the
interest   rate specified in the applicable   Company
Order as  in  effect   from   the Original
Issue Date   of  such Floating Rate Note to its First
Interest Reset Date.

Interest Accrual Period:

          The  term  "Interest  Accrual  Period"  for
a particular Floating  Rate Note shall mean the period
from the  date of issue of   such Floating Rate Note,
or from an Interest  Reset Date, if any, to its next
subsequent Interest Reset Date.

Interest Determination Date:

           The  term "Interest Determination Date"
shall mean each Commercial   Paper   Rate Interest
Determination   Date, LIBOR Interest Determination
Date   and   Treasury   Rate   Interest Determination
Date.

Interest Factor:

          The term "Interest Factor" for a Floating
Rate Note for each   day   in   an  Interest Accrual
Period  for  such Floating Rate Note   shall  be
computed  by  dividing  the   Interest Rate applicable
to   such  day  by 360 in the case of Commercial
paper Rate Notes and LIBOR  Notes or by the actual
number of days in the year in the case of Treasury
Rate Notes.

Interest Payment Date:

           (a)   The  term "Interest Payment Date"
shall mean with respect  to  a Floating Rate Note
which has an  Interest Reset Date which   is   (1)
daily, weekly or  monthly:  the  third Wednesday of
each   month  or  the third Wednesday  of  March,
June, September and December  of   each   year,   as
specified   in    the applicable Company Order,  (2)
quarterly: the third  Wednesday  of  March, June,
September   and December of each year, (3)
semiannually: the third Wednesday  of  the two months
of each year specified  in the applicable  Company
Order;  (4)  annually:  the   third Wednesday of the
month specified in the applicable Company Order and,
in each case,  at Maturity.  If any Interest Payment
Date (other than at Maturity)  for any Floating Rate
Note would fall  on   a day that is not a Business Day
with respect to such Floating  Rate Note,such Interest
Payment Date will be the following day that  is a
Business  Day with respect to such Floating  Rate
Note, except that,  in the case of a LIBOR Note, if
such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar
month, such Interest  Payment Date shall be  the
immediately preceding day that is a Business Day with
respect to such LIBOR Note;

    (b)   the  term "Interest Payment Date" shall mean
with respect to a Fixed Rate Note each April 1 and
October 1, or such other   dates   which  are
specified in  the  applicable Company Order during
the period such Fixed Rate Note is outstanding, the
date of Maturity of such Fixed Rate Note, and with
respect to defaulted   interest  on  such  Fixed  Rate
Note,   the date established by  the  Company  for
the  payment  of  such  defaulted interest.

Interest Payment Period:

          The  term "Interest Payment Period" shall
mean for:
          (a)  each Floating Rate Note on which
interest is reset monthly, quarterly, semiannually or
annually,  and each Fixed Rate Note, the period:

                (1)    beginning  on and  including  the
Original Issue  Date of such Note or the  most
recent Interest Payment Date  on which interest was
paid on such Note, and

                (2)   ending  on but not including   the
next Interest Payment   Date   or, for the  last
Interest Payment Period, Maturity, of such Note;

          (b)  each Floating Rate Note on which
interest is reset daily or weekly, the period:

                (1)    beginning  on and  including  the
  Original Issue Date  of such Floating Rate Note, or
beginning on but excluding the most recent Record Date
through which interest was paid on such Note, and
                           
                (2)    ending on and including the  next
Record Date or,  for  the  last Interest  Payment
Period, ending on but excluding Maturity, of such
Note; provided, however, that the first  Interest
Payment Period for any Note   which has its Original
Issue date after a  Record Date and prior to its next
Interest Payment Date, shall begin  on and include
such Original Issue Date and (i)  end  on  and
include the next Record  Date  for Floating Rate
Notes  on  which interest is reset   daily or weekly,
and (ii) end on but not include the second Interest
Payment Date after the Original Issue Date  for all
other Notes.

Interest Rate:

            (a)   The   term   "Interest  Rate"  for
a particular Floating Rate Note  shall mean (1) from
the date of  issue   of such Floating Rate  Note  to
the first Interest Reset Date  for  such Floating Rate
Note, the Initial   Interest Rate,  and   (2)   each
Interest Accrual Period   commencing  on  or after
such  First   Interest Reset Date, the
Base   Rate  with  reference to the Index Maturityfor
such Floating Rate Note as specified in the applicable
Company Order plus or minus    the   Spread,   if
any,  multiplied   by the Spread Multiplier, if any;
provided,  in  the  event  no  Spread  or  Spread
Multiplier is provided   in   such  Company Order,
the   Spread and Spread Multiplier shall  be zero and
one, respectively; provided, further, in
no event  shall  the  Interest Rate  be  greater  than
the Maximum Interest   Rate,   if  any, or less  than
the   Minimum Interest Rate, if any;  and provided,
further, the Interest Rate in effect for the ten
days  immediately prior to Maturity  will  be  the
Interest Rate in   effect  on  the  tenth day
preceding such  Maturity and provided, further, the
Interest Rate will in no event be  higher than the
maximum rate permitted by applicable state law,  as
the same may be   modified   by   United  States  laws
of   general application.

            (b)    The   term  "Interest  Rate"  for
a particular fixed Rate Note shall mean the interest
rate specified in the applicable Company Order.

Interest Reset Date:

           The term "Interest Reset Date" shall mean,
in the case of   a  Floating  Rate Note specified in
the  applicable Company Order as   being   reset  (a)
daily:  each Business  Day;  (b) weekly: the Wednesday
of  each week (with the exception  of  weekly reset
Treasury   Rate Notes which reset the Tuesday  of
each week, except as  specified  below); (c) monthly:
the third Wednesday of each month;  (d)  quarterly:
the third  Wednesday  of  March, June, September and
December;  (e)   semiannually:    the third Wednesday
of the two months  specified in the applicable
Company Order; and (f) annually: the third Wednesday
of the month specified  in the applicable  Company
Order.  If any Interest  Reset  Date for a Floating
Rate Note would otherwise be a day which is not a
Business   Day,  such  Interest  Reset  Date  shall be
postponed to the next  succeeding day that is a
Business Day, except that in the case  of  a LIBOR
Note, if such Business Day is  in  the next succeeding
calendar  month, such  Interest  Reset  Date shall be
the next preceding Business Day.  If, in  the  case
of  a Treasury Rate Note,   an  Interest Reset Date
shall fall on a  day  on which the Treasury  auctions
Treasury Bills, then  such  Interest Reset Date shall
instead  be  the first Business  Day   following such
auction.

LIBOR:

           The   term  "LIBOR" for a particular
Floating Rate Note, unless   otherwise  indicated in
the applicable  Company Order, shall mean,  with
respect to any LIBOR Interest Determination Date, the
rate determined  on  the basis of  the  offered  rates
for deposits (in  United  States  dollars and in a
principal amount equal to an amount of not less  than
$1,000,000   that   is representative for a single
transaction  in such market at  such  time   for the
period of the   Index   Maturity  specified  in   the
applicable Company Order),commencing on   the   second
London   Banking    Day immediately following such
LIBOR Interest Determination Date, which appears as of
11:00 A.M.,  London time, on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page
on the Reuters Monitor   Rates    Service  on   the
LIBOR   Interest Determination Date. If   at   least
two such offered rates appear  on  the Reuters Screen
LIBO   Page, LIBOR for such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date will be   the  arithmetic  mean
(rounded,  if  necessary,  to the nearest one hundred-
thousandth of a percent) of such  offered  rates as
determined by the Calculation Agent.  If fewer than
two such offered   rates   appear,  the Calculation
Agent shall request the principal London office of four major 
banks  in the London interbank  market  selected  by  the
Calculation  Agent to provide the Calculation Agent
with a quotation of  their   offered rates for
deposits (in United States dollars for the period of
the applicable  Index  Maturity and in  a  principal
amount equal to an amount of not less than  $1,000,000
that   is representative for a single   transaction
in  such  market  at  such   time) at approximately
11:00     A.M.,    London    time,   on    such
LIBOR Interest Determination Date  commencing  on  the
second  London  Banking   Day immediately
following  such LIBOR Interest Determination  Date.
If at least two   such   quotations  are provided,
LIBOR  for   such LIBOR Interest Determination  Date
will equal the arithmetic  mean  of such quotations.
If   fewer   than  two  quotations    are provided,
LIBOR for such   LIBOR  Interest  Determination
Date  will  equal the arithmetic mean  of  the rates
quoted by three major banks  in  The City of New
York,   as   selected  by  the  Calculation  Agent,
at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on
such LIBOR Interest Determination Date for loans to
leading European banks (in United States   dollars
for  the  period of  the   applicable Index Maturity
and  in  a  principal amount equal to an amount of not
less than $1,000,000 that is  representative  for   a
single transaction in such   market   at such time)
commencing on  the  second London Banking Day
following   such  LIBOR  Interest   Determination Date; provided,
however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by
the Calculation  Agent are not quoting as set  forth
above, LIBOR will be    LIBOR    in    effect   on
such  LIBOR   Interest Determination Date.

LIBOR Interest Determination Date:

          The  term "LIBOR Interest Determination
Date" for a LIBOR   Note  shall  mean  the  Second
London Banking Day preceding its Interest Reset Date.

LIBOR Notes:

           The   term  "LIBOR Notes" shall mean
Floating Rate Notes which  are  specified  in the
applicable  Company  Order as having interest computed
with reference to LIBOR.

London Banking Day:

          The  term "London Banking Day" shall mean
any day on which   dealings  in  deposits  in  U.S.
dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

Maturity:

          The term "Maturity", when used with respect
to any Note,   shall  mean the date on which the
principal   of such Note becomes   due   and   payable
as  therein   or   herein provided, whether at the
stated   maturity  thereof  or  by   declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

Maximum Interest Rate:

           The  term "Maximum Interest Rate" shall
mean the maximum rate   of   interest, if any, which
may  accrue  to  any Floating Rate Note during any
Interest Accrual Period as specified  in the
applicable Company Order.

Minimum Interest Rate:

           The  term "Minimum Interest Rate" shall
mean the minimum rate  of  interest, if any, which may
be applicable   to any Floating Rate   Note  during
any  Interest  Accrual  Period   as specified in the
applicable Company Order.

Money Market Yield:

          The  term  "Money Market Yield" shall  be
the yield (expressed   as  a percentage) calculated in
accordance with the following formula:


              Money Market Yield =     D x 360
                                     ___________ x 100

                                     360-(D x M)


where  "D"  refers  to the applicable  per  annum
rate for commercial paper   quoted   on a bank
discount basis and  expressed as  a decimal, and  "M"
refers  to the actual number of  days  in  the
Interest Accrual Period for which interest is being
calculated.

Mortgage Bonds:

          The  term  "Mortgage  Bonds"  shall  mean
the Company's mortgage bonds issued under the
Mortgage.

Mortgage Indenture:

           The  term  "Mortgage  Indenture"  shall
mean the General Mortgage  Indenture  and  Deed  of
Trust  dated  as  of December 1, 1986,   from   the
Company to United Missouri  Bank of Kansas City, N.A.,
as  trustee,  as from time to time supplemented and
amended.

Mortgage Trustee:

           The  term "Mortgage Trustee" shall  mean
the trustee at the time serving as such under the
Mortgage Indenture.


Net Tangible Assets:

           The term "Net Tangible Assets" shall mean, at any
time, the total assets less any amounts attributed to goodwill of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles,  as  of  the  end  of the  most recently completed  fiscal 
quarter  of  the  Company  for which financial information is then available.

Note or Notes; Outstanding:

           The   terms "Note or "Notes" shall mean any Fixed
Rate or Floating Rate  Note  or  Notes,  as  the  case may
be, authenticated and   delivered   under this
Indenture,  including   any GlobalNote. The   term
"outstanding,"  when  used   with reference to otes,
shall, subject to Section 10.04, mean, as of any
particular  time, all Notes authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except

         (a)  Notes theretofore cancelled by the Company or
    delivered to the Company for cancellation;

          (b)   Notes,  or  portions  thereof,  for
    the  payment   or  redemption  of which moneys  in the
    necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust
    with the Trustee or with  any paying agent (other than
    the Company)  or shall have been set aside and segregated
    in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
    paying agent),  provided  that if such  Notes  are  to be
    redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such
    redemption shall have been given as provided in
    Article Three, or provisions satisfactory to the
    Trustee shall have been made for giving such
    notice;
    
          (c)   Notes, or portions thereof, which shall have
    been Discharged; and

          (d)   Notes in lieu of or in substitution for which
    other Notes shall have been authenticated and
    delivered, or which have been paid, pursuant to
    Section 2.07.
    
Noteholder:

           The   terms "Noteholder" or "holder of Notes" shall
mean any  Person in whose name at the time a particular  Note is
registered  on  the books of the Company kept  for that purpose
in accordance with the terms hereof.

Officers' Certificate:

           The   term  "Officers' Certificate" when used
with respect to   the  Company,  shall mean a certificate  signed 
by the Chairman  of the Board, the President or any Vice President and
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the  Company.
Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in
Section  15.05  if  and to the extent required  by  such Section.

Opinion of Counsel:

          The  term "Opinion of Counsel" shall  mean
an opinion in writing  signed by legal counsel, who
may be an employee of the Company,  or  such other
counsel who is satisfactory  to the Trustee. Each
such  opinion  shall  include the statements provided
for in Section 15.05 if and to the extent required  by
such Section.  In  the  event  that the Indenture
requires the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel
to the Trustee,the text and substance of  which  has
been previously delivered to the Trustee, the Company may
satisfy such requirement by the delivery  by the
legal counsel that delivered such previous Opinion of
Counsel of a letter to the Trustee to the effect that
the  Trustee may rely on such previous Opinion of Counsel
as  if  such  Opinion of Counsel was  dated and
delivered the  date  delivery  of  such Opinion of Counsel is required.

Original Issue Date:

         The term "Original Issue Date" shall mean for
a particular   Note, or portions thereof, the  date upon which
it, or such portion, was issued by the Company pursuant
to this Indenture  and authenticated by the Trustee
(other  than in connection with a transfer, exchange
or substitution).

Permitted Encumbrances:

         The term "Permitted Encumbrances" shall mean:

         (a)  (i)  any mortgage, pledge or other lien
    or encumbrance on any property hereafter acquired or
    constructed by the Company or a Subsidiary,  or on
    which property   so constructed is located, and 
    created  prior to, contemporaneously with or within
    360  days      after, such acquisition or construction
    or the commencement      of commercial  operation  of
    such property  to  secure or  provide or the payment
    of any part of the purchase or
    construction price of  such  property, or (ii) any
    mortgage, pledge, or     other lien or encumbrance
    upon  property existing at the time     of
    acquisition  thereof  by      the  Company  or  any
    Subsidiary,    whether   or  not   assumed  by  the
    Company   or such Subsidiary, or
    (iii)  any  mortgage,  pledge,  or  other  lien
    or  encumbrance existing   on  the  property,  shares
    of    stock or indebtedness of a  corporation at the
    time such      corporation  shall become a Subsidiary,
    or any pledge of the     shares of stock of such
    corporation  prior to, contemporaneously  with  or within
    360  days   after  such  corporation  shall
    become   a     Subsidiary to secure or provide for the
    payment of any part      of the purchase   price  of
    such  stock,  or  (iv)  any   conditional sales
    agreement or other  title  retention    agreement with
    respect to     any  property  hereafter      acquired
    or  constructed; provided     that,  clauses (i)
    through (iv) shall not apply  to any    property
    acquired by  the  Company   from   any Subsidiary or by
    any   Subsidiary  from  the  Company  or  another
    Subsidiary,and provided  further,  that in the  case
    of   clauses (i)through  (iv),   the lien of any such
    mortgage,  pledge  or other lien does not spread to
    property owned by   the Company or any  Subsidiary
    prior   to   such        acquisition   or construction
    or to other  property    thereafter acquired or
    constructed other than   additions to such acquired or constructed
    property and other than  property  on  which property  so
    constructed is located;   and  provided,  further, that if a firm
    commitment     from a     bank, insurance company
    or other lender or investor   (not including  the
    company or other lender or  investor    (not including
    the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of
    the Company) for the financing of the
    acquisition or construction   of   property
    is   made    prior to, contemporaneously with   or  within  the 360-
    day  period     hereinabove referred to, the
    applicable  mortgage,    pledge,  lien    or
    encumbrance    shall     be  deemed  to be   permitted
    by  this subsection  (a) whether or not created or
    assumed within such period;

     (b)   any  mortgage,  pledge  or  other  lien or
    encumbrance created for the sole purpose of
    extending,     renewing or refunding any mortgage,
    pledge, lien or     encumbrance permitted    by
    subsection   (a)    of    this     definition;
    provided, however,    that   the   principal
    amount    of indebtedness secured thereby shall not
    exceed  the principal amount of indebtedness  so
    secured  at  the    time of  such extension, renewal
    or  refunding  and  that      such  extension, renewal
    or refunding  mortgage, pledge,    Lien  or
    encumbrance shall be     limited   to  all or any part
    of the same property that secured the   mortgage,
    pledge     or  other   lien    or encumbrance
    extended, renewed or     refunded;
 
    
    (c)   liens  for  taxes  or  assessments   or
    governmentalcharges or levies not then due and
    delinquent or the validity of which is being
    contested in good faith,
    and   against   which  an  adequate  reserve  has
    been  established;liens  on  any property created in
    connection with pledges or deposits  to secure public or
    statutory  obligations or to secure  performance  in
    connection  with bids  or contracts; materialmen's, mechanics',
    carrier's, workmen's, repairmen's or  other  like  liens; or
    liens  on any  property created in connection with deposits to
    obtain  the  release  of such liens;  liens on any
    property created connection with deposits   to   secure surety, stay,
    appeal or customs bonds; liens  created by or
    resulting from any  litigation or legal proceeding which is
    currently being contested in good faith
    by appropriate proceedings; leases and liens, rights or
    reverter and other possessory rights of the lessor
    thereunder; zoning restrictions, easements, rights-
    of-way or other  restrictions on the use of real property
    or minor irregularities in the title thereto; and
    any  other liens and encumbrances similar to
    those described in this subsection (c), the
    existence of which does not, in
    the opinion of the Company, materially impair the
    use by the Company or a Subsidiary of the affected property
    in the operation  of  the  business  of  the  Company  or a
    Subsidiary, or the value of such property for the
    purposes   of such business;

           (d)   any  mortgage,  pledge  or  other
lien or encumbrance created  after  the date of this
Indenture on  any property leased   to   or  purchased by
the  Company or  a Subsidiary after that date and securing,directly
or indirectly, obligations issued by a State, a
territory or a possession  of the United States, or any political
subdivision of any of the foregoing, or the District
of  Columbia, to finance the cost of  acquisition  or
cost of    construction  of  such property; provided
that the interest paid on such obligations is entitled  to  be  excluded
from   gross  income  of the recipient
pursuant   to  Section 103(a)(1) of  the  Internal
Revenue Code   of   1986,  as  amended  (or  any
successor  to such provision), as in  effect  at  the
time  of  the issuance   of such obligations;

           (e)   any  mortgage,  pledge  or  other
lien or
     encumbrance on any property now owned or
     hereafter acquired or constructed by the Company
     or a Subsidiary,  or  on
      which property  so  owned, acquired  or
      constructed  is located, to secure or provide
      for the payment of any part of the construction
      price  or cost of  improvements of
    such property, and created prior to,
contemporaneously with
or within 360 days after, such construction or
improvement;
provided that if a firm commitment from a bank,
insurance  company or other lender    or   investor
(not   including
the Company,  a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the
Company)   for the financing of the acquisition or
construction of
property  is   made prior to, contemporaneously with
or  within the 360-day period hereinabove   referred
to,   the
applicable mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance shall
be  deemed to be permitted by this subsection (e)
whether or not
created  or  assumed within such period; and

           (f)   any  mortgage,  pledge  or  other
lien
    or encumbrance not   otherwise permitted  under
this     Section; provided that the aggregate amount
of indebtedness     s    ecured by all such mortgages,
pledges,  liens or       encumbrances  does not exceed
the greater of 15% of Net     Tangible Assets.

Person:

         The term "Person" shall mean any individual,
corporation,  partnership, joint  venture,
association, joint-
stock company, trust,   unincorporated   organization
or
government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.

Principal Executive Offices of the Company:

           The  term  "principal  executive  offices
of the
Company" shall mean the place where the main corporate
offices of the Company are located, currently 1201
Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri  64106,  or  such other
place  where  the  main corporate offices  of  the
Company are located as  designated  in an Officer's
Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

Principal Facility:

          The  term "Principal Facility" shall mean
the real
property, fixtures, machinery and equipment relating
to any
facility  owned by the Company or any Subsidiary
(which may
include  a  network  of  electric  or  gas
distribution facilities or a network  of  electric  or
gas transmission  facilities), except any facility
that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not
of  material  importance to the business  conducted
by the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Record Date:

          The  term  "Record Date" shall  mean  for
the Interest Payment Date   for  the payment of
interest  for
an Interest Payment Period  for  a  particular Note
(a)  the
day  which  is fifteen calendar days prior to such
Interest  Payment  Date, whether or not such day is a
Business Day, (b) the date of Maturity  of such Note,
unless such date of Maturity for a Fixed Rate Note is
an April 1 or an October 1, in which event the Record
Date will be as   provided in clause (a), and (c) a
date which is not less than five  Business Days
preceding the Interest Payment  Date of defaulted
interest on such Note established  by  notice given by
first-class  mail  by or on behalf of  the  Company
to the holder of such  Note  not  less than fifteen
days  prior  to  such Interest Payment Date.

Redemption Date:

           The   term "Redemption Date" for a Note
shall mean
the date  on or after which such Note is redeemable
at  the option of the Company.

Regulated Subsidiary:

         The term "Regulated Subsidiary" shall mean
any Subsidiary  which owns or operates facilities
used  for the
generation,  transmission  or distribution  of
electric energy
and is  subject  to  the  jurisdiction of  any
governmental authority of the    United   States   or
any  state  or   political subdivision thereof, as  to
any of its:  rates; services; accounts; issuances of
securities;  affiliate       transactions; or
construction, acquisition or   sale   of
any such facilities, except  that   any "exempt
wholesale generator",   as   defined  in  15   USC
79z-5a(a)(1), "qualifying facility",   as   defined
in  18  CFR   29z,101(b)(1), "foreign utility
company",  as   defined  in  15 USC  79z-5b(a)(3)
and "power marketer", as defined  in  Northwest  Power
Marketing  Company, L.L.C., 75
FERC Section 61,281, shall not be a Regulated
Subsidiary.

Responsible Officer:

         The term "responsible officer" or
"responsible officers"   when used with respect to the
Trustee  shall
mean one or more  of  the  following:   the chairman
of  the  board of directors, the  vice  chairman  of
the  board  of  directors,  the chairman of the
executive  committee, the president, any vice
president, the cashier,   the   secretary,  the
treasurer,  any  trust officer, any assistant trust
officer,  any  second  or   assistant vice president,
any    assistant   cashier,  any  assistant
secretary, any
assistant treasurer, or any other officer or assistant
officer  of the Trustee  customarily  performing
functions  similar  to those performed  by  the
persons who at the time   shall   be such officers,
respectively,  or  to  whom any corporate  trust
matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of
and familiarity  with the particular subject.

Spread:

            The   term   "Spread"   applicable   to
a particular Floating Rate  Note  shall mean the
number of Basis Points  above or below the  Base  Rate
for such Floating Rate Note as specified in the
applicable Company Order.

Spread Multiplier:

           The   term   "Spread  Multiplier"
applicable to  a
particular Floating  Rate Note shall mean the
percentage   of   the Base Rate applicable to the
Interest Rate for such Floating  Rate Note as
specified in the applicable Company Order.

Subsidiary:

           The   term   "Subsidiary"  shall   mean
any corporation of which  at  least  a  majority of
the  outstanding  stock having by the terms  thereof
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
directors  of such corporation, irrespective of
whether or not at the   time        stock  of  any
class  or  classes  of  such corporation shall have or
might  have votig power by  reason  of  the happening
of any contingency, is at the time, directly  or
indirectly, owned or controlled by the   Company  or
by  one   or   more Subsidiaries thereof,or by the
Company and one or more Subsidiaries.

Treasury:

          The  term  "Treasury" shall  mean  the
United States
Department of Treasury.

Treasury Bills:

            The   term   "Treasury  Bills"  shall
mean direct
obligations of the United States.

Treasury Rate:

           The  term  "Treasury Rate" for  a
particular Floating Rate Note,   unless  otherwise
indicated  in  the  Applicable Company Order, shall
mean with respect to any Treasury Rate Interest
Determination  Date,  the rate applicable  to  the
most recent auction of Treasury Bills having the Index
Maturity specified in the  applicable Company Order,
as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the
heading "Treasury  bills-auction average (investment)"
or, if not so published by 3:00 P.M.,  New York City
time, on the  Calculation Date  pertaining  to  such
Treasury Rate Interest   Determination  Date,  the
auction   average rate (expressed as   a  bond
equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days,
as   applicable,  and  applied  on  a  daily  basis)
as otherwise announced  by  the  Treasury.  In  the
event  that  the results of the
auction   of   Treasury  Bills  having   the
specified Index
Maturity are not reported as provided by 3:00 P.M.,
New  York  City time, on such Calculation Date, or if
no such auction is held  in a particular week,  then
the  Treasury  Rate  shall  be
calculated by the   Calculation   Agent and shall  be
a   yield to maturity (expressed as   a  bond
equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days,
as   applicable,  and  applied  on  a  daily  basis)
of the arithmetic mean    of  the  secondary  market
bid  rates,  as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York
City time, on such Treasury Rate Interest
Determination  Date,  of  three leading  primary
United States government
securities  dealers   selected   by    the
Calculation Agent, for   the   issue  of  Treasury
Bills with  a  remaining maturity closest to  the
applicable  Index Maturity; provided,  however, that
if the dealers  selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation  Agent are not quoting  as set forth
above, the Treasury Rate  will  be the Treasury Rate
in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination
Datte.

Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date:

         The    term    "Treasury    Rate   Interest
Determination Date" for  a Treasury Rate Note shall
mean the day of the week in which its   Interest
Reset  Date  falls on  which   Treasury Bills normally
would   be auctioned, provided, however, that  if  as
a result of a legal  holiday an auction is held on the
Friday  of  the week preceding   such   Interest
Reset  Date,  the   related Treasury Rate Interest
Determination  Date  shall  be  the  preceding Friday.

Treasury Rate Notes:

           The  term  "Treasury Rate Notes"  shall
mean Floating Rate Notes  which  are  specified in the
applicable  Company Order as having     interest
computed  with  reference   to   the Treasury Rate.

Trustee:

           The term "Trustee" shall mean The Bank of
New York
and, subject   to  Article  Nine,  shall  also
include   any successor Trustee.

U.S. Government Obligations:

           The  term "U.S. Government Obligations"
shall mean
(a) direct  non-callable   obligations   of,    or
non-
callable obligations guaranteed   as  to  timely
payment  of  principal   and interest by, the United
States  of  America or an  agency  thereof   for the
payment of which obligations or guarantee the full
faith and credit of the United States is pledged or
(b) certificates or receipts representing  direct
ownership interests in  obligations or specified
portions  (such  as  principal  or  interest) of
obligations
described   in  (a) above, which obligations  are
held by  a
custodian in   safekeeping  on  behalf  of  such
certificates  or receipts.

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary:

         The term "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" shall mean
a Subsidiary   of   which  all of the outstanding
voting
stock (other than   directors'  qualifying shares) is
at  the  time, directly or indirectly,  owned by the
Company, or  by  one  or  more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries  of the Company or by the Company  and
one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.


                           ARTICLE TWO.
 Form,  Issue,  Execution, Registration  And  Exchange
Of Notes.

         Section 2.01.  Form Generally.

          (a)   The  Notes shall be titled  "Medium-
Term Notes", and, if such Notes shall be in the form
of (a) a Fixed Rate Note which   is a Global Note,
shall be in substantially  the form set forth   in
Exhibit A, (b) a Fixed Rate Note  which  is not  a
Global Note,  shall  be  in  substantially the form
set  forth in Exhibit B, (c)  a  Floating Rate Note
which is a Global Note, shall be in substantially  the
form set forth in  Exhibit   C,   and (d)  a Floating
Rate  Note  which  is  not  a  Global  Note,  shall
be in substantially the  form set forth in Exhibit D,
to this Indenture,  or in any such   case    such
other form as shall be  established by  a Board
Resolution,  or an Officers' Certificate pursuant  to
a Board Resolution,    or    in   one   or    more
indentures supplemental hereto, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions  and  other  variations  as  are
required or
permitted by  this  Indenture, and may have such
letters,  numbers or other marks of identification
and  such   egends    or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with the rules  of any
securities exchange or with applicable law or as may,
consistently    herewith,   be   determined    by
the
officers executing such   Notes,  as evidenced by
their execution  of  such Notes. If the  form of Notes
is established by a Board Resolution, or an Officers'
Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution,  a copy of
such  Board Resolution or Officer's  Certificate
shall be delivered to  the  Trustee  at  or prior to
the  delivery  to  the Trustee of the Company
Order  contemplated  by  Section 2.05 for the
authentication
and delivery of such Notes. (b)  The definitive Notes
shall be printed, lithographed  or engraved on steel
engraved  borders  or may be produced  in  any  other
manner, all as  determined   by the officers executing
such  Notes, as evidenced by their  execution of such
Notes.

         Section 2.02.  Form of Trustee's Certificate
of Authentication. The Trustee's certificate of
authenticationon all Notes shall be in substantially
the following form: Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication

           This   is   one   of  the  Notes
designated
thereinreferred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.



                                  The Bank of New
York,
                                   as Trustee



By_____________________
                                  Authorized Signatory


            Section   2.03.    Amount   Limited.  The
aggregate
principal amount   of   Notes  which  may  be
authenticated   and delivered under this Indenture  is
limited to $300,000,000,  or   such lesser amount as
may from time to time be established by an Officers'
Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

             Section   2.04. Denominations, Dates,
Interest
Payment and Record Dates.

          (a)  The Notes shall be issuable in
registered form
without   coupons   in   denominations  of  $1,000
and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

          (b)  Each Note shall be dated and issued as
of the
date of  its  authentication by the Trustee, and
shall  bear an
Original Issue  Date or, as provided in Section
2.12(e),  two  or more Original   Issue   Dates;
each   Note   issued    upon transfer, exchange or
substitution  of  a Note shall bear the  Original
Issue Date or Dates   of such transferred, exchanged
or  substituted Note, subject to Section 2.12(e).

          (c)  Each Note shall bear interest, if any,
at its
Interest   Rate during each Interest Payment Period
for such
Note, from  the  later  of  (1) its Original Issue
Date  (or, if
pursuant to Section2.12,  a Global Note has two or
more  Original
Issue Dates, interest  shall, beginning on each such
Original  Issue Date, begin to   accrue  for  that
part of the principal amount   of such Global Note  to
which that Original Issue Date is applicable), or (2)
the most recent date to which any interest has been
paid  or duly provided  for until the principal of
such Note  is  paid or made available  for payment,
and Accrued Interest   on   each Note shall be payable
for   each  Interest Payment  Period  on   the
Interest Payment Date  immediately  subsequent to the
Record  Date   for the payment of
interest for such Interest Payment Period.

           (d)   All  percentages  resulting  from
any calculation of the  Interest  Rate for a Floating
Rate  Note  shall  be rounded, if necessary,   to
the   nearest  one  hundred-thousandth of  a
percentage point,   with   five  one-millionths  of  a
percentage point rounded upward  (e.g.,  9.876545% (or
 .09876545)  being  rounded to 9.87655% (or
 .0987655)),  and all dollar  amounts  used  in  or
resulting
from such  calculation shall be rounded to the
nearest  cent (with one-half cent being rounded
upward).

            (e)   Each  Note  shall  mature  on  a
date specified in such Note   not less than nine
months nor more than 30  years after its Original
Issue  Date,  and  the principal  amount   of each
outstanding Note   shall   be   payable   on   the
maturity   date specified therein.

           (f)   The  Person  in  whose  name  any
Note is
registered at the close of business on any Record Date
with respect to an Interest  Payment Date for such
Note shall  be  entitled to receive the  Accrued
Interest  payable on  such  Note  on  such Interest
Payment   Date notwithstanding the cancellation of
such Note upon any  registration of transfer, exchange
or  substitution of such Note   subsequent  to  such
Record Date  and  prior   to such Interest Payment
Date.

           (g)   The Company shall cause the
Calculation
Agent to calculate   each   Interest  Rate  applicable
to   each Floating Rate Note   in   accordance  with
this Indenture,   and   the Company shall, or shall
cause the Calculation Agent to, notify the Trustee of
each determination of such Interest Rate promptly
after such determination.

            (h)      On   the   fifth   Business
Day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date,
the Trustee shall furnish to the Company  a  notice
setting forth the total  amount   of the Accrued
Interest payments to be made on such Interest  Payment
Date and to the  Depositary, a notice setting forth
the total amount of Accrued Interest payments to be
made on Global Notes  on such Interest Payment Date.
The Trustee will provide monthly to the Company   a
list  of the principal of and  any  premium and
Accrued Interest
to   be paid on Notes in the next  succeeding month
and tot the Depositary  a list of the principal  of
and   any premium and Accrued Interest to be paid on
Global Notes in the such succeeding month.  Promptly
after the first Business Day of each month, the
Trustee shall furnish to  the  Company   a written
notice setting   forth  the aggregate principal amount
of  the Global Notes. The Company will provide to the
Trustee not later  than the payment date  sufficient
moneys to  pay  in  full  all principal of and   any
premium and Accrued Interest payments due  on such
payment date. The    Trustee   shall  assume
responsibility for withholding taxes on interest paid
as required by law. (i)  Upon   the  request of any
Noteholder of  a Floating Rate  Note, the Trustee
shall provide to such Noteholder the Interest Rate
then  in  effect  and,  if  determined, the
Interest Rate that  will become effective on the next
Interest Reset Date, with respect to such Floating
Rate Note.

            Section  2.05.   Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

          (a)  The Notes shall be executed on behalf
of the
Company by the Chairman of the Board, the President or
any Vice President under its corporate seal (which may
be in  the form of a facsimile  thereof  and  may  be
printed,  engraved  or otherwise reproduced  thereon)
attested  by  the  Secretaryor
an Assistant Secretary. The  signature of any of such
officers on
any Notes may be manual or facsimile.

             (b)     Notes   bearing   the   manual or
facsimile signatures of  individuals who were at any
time the proper officers of the Company  shall  bind
the Company, notwithstanding  that such individuals
or  any of them have ceased  to  hold  such offices
prior to  the authentication and delivery of such
Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Notes.

          (c)   At any time and from time to time
after the
execution  and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may
deliver Notes executed by  the  Company  to  the
Trustee for
authentication, together with   one  or  more  Company
Orders    for the authentication and   delivery   of
such  Notes,  and  the  Trustee  in accordance with
any   such  Company Order shall authenticate such
Notes and make them available  for delivery.  Prior to
authenticating such Notes, and  in accepting the
additional responsibilities  under this Indenture in
relation to such Notes, the Trustee  shall be entitled
to  receive the following only at  or   before the
first issuance  of Notes, and (subject to Section
9.01)  shall be fully protected in relying upon:

           (1)   a  Board  Resolution  authorizing
this  Indenture and  the  Notes, and if applicable, an
appropriate record  of any  action  taken  pursuant
to  such   Board Resolution, certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant     Secretary of   the
Company;

          (2)  an Officers' Certificate designating
one or
     more  Authorized Agents and officers of the
Company
     who are authorized  to  give Company  Orders  for
the   issuance of,   and  specifying  terms  of,
Notes  and,   if
    appropriate, setting forth the form of Notes  in
accordance    with  Section 2.01;

          (3)  an Opinion of Counsel stating,
                           
              (A)  if the form of Notes has been
         established by or pursuant to a Board
         Resolution or, an Officers' Certificate
         pursuant to a Board Resolution, or in a
         supplemental indenture as permitted by
         Section 2.01, that such form has been
         established in conformity with this
         Indenture;
              (B)  that the Indenture has been duly
         authorized, executed and delivered by the
         Company and constitutes a valid and legally
         binding agreement of the Company, enforceable
         in accordance with its terms, subject to
         bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
         other laws of general applicability relating
         to or affecting the enforcement of creditors'
         rights and to general equity principles;
              (C)  that the Indenture is qualified
         under the TIA;
              (D)  that any supplemental indenture
         referred to in (A) above has been duly
         authorized, executed and delivered by the
         Company and constitutes a legal, valid and
         legally binding agreement of the Company,
         enforceable in accordance with its terms,
         subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
         reorganization and other laws of general
         applicability relating to or affecting the
         enforcement of creditors' rights and to
         general equity principles;
              (E)  that the Notes, when
         authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
         and issued by the Company in the manner and
         subject to any conditions specified in such
         Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal,
         valid and legally binding obligations of
         the Company, enforceable in accordance with
         their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
         insolvency, reorganization and other laws
         of general applicability relating to or
         affecting the enforcement of creditors'
         rights and to general equity principles;
              (F)  that all laws and requirements in
         respect of the execution, delivery and sale
         by the Company of the Notes have been
         complied with;
              (G)  that the Company is not in
         default in any of its obligations under
         this Indenture, and that the issuance of
         the Notes will not result in any such
         default; and
              (H)  such other matters as the Trustee
         may reasonably request.
         (d) The Trustee shall have the right to decline to
authenticate and deliver any Note:

          (1)  if the issuance of such Note pursuant  to
this
     Indenture  will  affect the Trustee's  own  rights,
duties
     or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture or
        otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
      acceptable to the Trustee;

         (2)  if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
     determines  that such action may  not  lawfully  be
     taken;
      or

          (3)  if the Trustee in good faith by its Board of
     Directors, executive committee or a trust committee of
     directors and/or responsible officers in good faith
    determines that such action would expose the Trustee
    to personal  liability to holders of  any  outstanding
Notes.

          (e)   No Note shall be entitled to any benefit
under
               this Indenture or be valid or obligatory  for
any purpose unless there appears on such  Note
a certificate of authentication
                substantially  in the form provided for
herein         executed by the Trustee  by manual signature,
and such certificate  upon
any Notes hall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Note has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder and is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture,
provided, however, that  if  any  Note  shall
have been authenticated  and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the
Company,  and the Company shall  deliver  such
Note  to  the   Trustee for cancellation as
provided in Section 2.09, for all purposes of
this Indenture such Note shall be  deemed              never
to have  been authenticated
               and delivered  hereunder  and shall never  be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

            Section  2.06.   Exchange  and  Registration of
Transfer of Notes.

           (a)   Subject  to  Section  2.12,  Notes  may be
exchanged for    one    or  more  new  Notes,  of  any
authorized denominations and of a   like  aggregate
principal amount and stated maturity and having the  same
terms and Original Issue Date or Dates.  Notes to be
exchanged  shall  be surrendered at any of  the  offices or
agencies to  be  maintained by the Company for  such
purpose  as provided
in Section 6.02, and the Company shall execute and register
and the Trustee shall  authenticate and  deliver  in
exchange therefor the Note  or  Notes which the Noteholder
making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.
           (b)   The  Trustee on behalf of the   Company
shall
keep, at one   of        said   offices  or agencies, a
register   in which, subject to such   reasonable
regulations  as  it  or  the  Company may prescribe, the
Trustee  shall register or cause to be  registered Notes and
shall  register  or cause to be registered the  transfer of
Notes as in  this  Article Two provided.  Such register
shall  be in written form   or   in any other form capable
of being converted into written form   within   a
reasonable time.   At all  reasonable times such register
shall be open for inspection by  the  Trustee. Upon due
presentment for registration of transfer of any Note  at any
such office or agency, the Company shall execute and
register or
cause to  be registered and the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery, in the name of the
transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and
stated maturity and having the same terms and Original
Issue
Date or Dates.

          (c)   All  Notes  presented  for  registration of
transfer or  for  exchange, redemption or payment  shall
(if  so required by the   Company)   be duly endorsed by, or
be  accompanied by  a written instrument    or   instruments
of  transfer   in   form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the holder  or the attorney of
such holder duly authorized in writing.
          (d)   No  service  charge shall be  made  for any
exchange or   registration of transfer of Notes, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental   charge   that   may   be
imposed    in connection therewith.

           (e)   The  Company shall not be  required  to
exchange or register a transfer of any Notes selected,
called  or being called for  redemption  except,  in the
case  of  any  Note  to be redeemed in part, the portion
thereof not to be so redeemed.
           (f)    If   the  principal  amount  and  any
applicable premium or part, but not all of a Global Note is
paid, then upon surrender to  the  Trustee of such Global
Note,the
Company shall execute, and  the  Trustee  shall
authenticate,and
make available for   delivery,   a   Global  Note  in   an
authorized denomination in aggregate principal amount equal
to, and  having                                      the
same terms and  Original Issue Date or Dates as, the unpaid
portion of such Global Note.

          Section 2.07.  Mutilated, Destroyed,  Lost  or
Stolen
Notes.

          (a)   In case any temporary or definitive Note
shall
become   mutilated  or  be destroyed,  lost  or  stolen, the
Company in its  discretion  may execute, and upon its
request  the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new
Note of like  form and principal amount   and having  the
same   termsand
Original Issue Date or Dates and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding,  in  exchange  and
substitution  for the mutilated Note, or  in  lieu  of  and
in substitution for  the  Note  so destroyed, lost or
stolen.    In  every  case  the  applicant  for   a
substituted Note shall    furnish   to   the   Company,
the    Trustee, any Authenticating
Agent  or  Note registrar such security or indemnity  as may
be
required  by  them  to save each of them harmless,  and, in
every case   of  destruction, loss or theft  of  a  Note,
the applicant shall also  furnish to the Company and to the
Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft  of  such Note and of the ownership thereof.

            (b)    The  Trustee  may  authenticate   any
such
substituted Note and deliver the same upon the written
request or authorization  of  any  officer of the  Company.
Upon the
issuance of  any  substituted Note, the Company may  require
the payment of a sum  sufficient  to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may  be  imposed  in  relation
thereto  and  any  other expenses connected therewith.  In
case any Note which has matured or is about  to mature shall
become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen,  the
Company  may,  instead  of  issuing   a substituted Note,
pay  or  authorize  the  payment of  the  same  (without
surrender thereof  except  in  the case of a mutilated
Note)   if the applicant for   such  payment  shall furnish
to the  Company,  the Trustee, any
Authenticating  Agent  or Note registrar  such  security or
indemnity as   may   be   required by them to save  each  of
them harmless and, in case   of   destruction,   loss   or
theft,   evidence satisfactory to the Company  and  the
Trustee of the destruction,  loss  or theft of such Note and
of the ownership thereof.

          (c)  Every substituted Note issued pursuant to
this
Section  2.07  by  virtue  of the  fact  that  any  Note is
destroyed, lost   or   stolen   shall  constitute   an
additional contractual obligation   of   the  Company,
whether  or  not   such destroyed, lost or stolen  Note
shall  be  found at any  time,  and  shall be entitled to
all    the    benefits   of   this   Indenture   equally and
proportionately
with   any   and  all other Notes duly issued hereunder. All
Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition
that, to
the extent     permitted  by  law,  the  foregoing
provisions
are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall
preclude   any and all other  rights  or remedies
notwithstanding  any  law  or statute existing   or
hereafter enacted to  the  contrary  with respect to the
replacement  or  payment  of negotiable  instruments  or
other securities without their surrender.

         Section 2.08.  Temporary Notes.  Pending the
preparation    of  definitive Notes,  the  Company   may
execute
and the Trustee  shall  authenticate  and  make  available
for delivery, temporary     Notes     (printed,
lithographed     or otherwise reproduced). Temporary
Notes   shall   be   issuable    in    any authorized
denomination and   substantially in the form of the
definitive  Notes but with such  omissions,  insertions  and
variations   as   may be appropriate
for  temporary  Notes,  all  as may  be  determined   by the
Company. Every  such  temporary  Note shall be authenticated
by the Trustee upon   the  same  conditions and in
substantially   the same manner, and  with  the  same
effect, as the  definitive  Notes. Without unreasonable
delay the Company will execute and register and will deliver
to  the Trustee definitive Notes and  thereupon any or all
temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at
the Corporate  Trust Office of the Trustee, and the  Trustee
shall authenticate   and   deliver  in  exchange   for
such temporary Notes an equal  aggregate  principal amount
of definitive  Notes. Such exchange shall be made by the
Company at its own expense and without  any charge therefor
to the oteholders.   Until so exchanged,  the  temporary
Notes shall in  all  respects be entitled to    the   same
benefits  under  this  Indenture as definitive Notes
authenticated and made available for delivery hereunder.

           Section  2.09.  Cancellation of Notes   Paid,
etc.
All Notes   surrendered   for  the   purpose   of   payment,
redemption, exchange or   registration  of  transfer
shallbe
surrendered to the Trustee  for cancellation and promptly
cancelled  by  it and no Notes  shall  be  issued  in  lieu
thereof  except as expressly permitted   by  this Indenture.
All Notes so  cancelled shall be retained  by the Trustee.
If the Company shall  acquire any of the Notes, however,
such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption    or
satisfaction  of   the   indebtedness represented by
such  Notes  unless and until the same are cancelled  by the
Trustee.

           Section   2.10.   Interest Rights  Preserved.
Each
Note delivered  under  this  Indenture upon  transfer  of
or in
exchange for   or  in lieu of any other Note shall carry all
the rights to unpaid  Accrued Interest, and interest to
accrue,  which were carried by such other Note, and each
such Note shall  be so dated that   neither  gain nor loss
of interest shall   result from such transfer, exchange or
substitution.

            Section   2.11.   Payment  of  Notes.    The
principal of and any  premium  and  Accrued Interest on all
Notes  shall be payable as follows:

           (a)    On or before 10:00 a.m., New York City
time,
of the  day on which payment of principal, Accrued Interest
and
premium is  due on any Global Note pursuant   to   the
terms thereof,
the  Company shall deliver to the Trustee immediately
available
funds   sufficient to make such payment.  On  or  before
10:30
a.m., New York City time or such other time as  shall   be
agreed upon between  the Trustee and the Depositary, of the
day  on which such payment is  due,  the  Trustee  shall
deposit   with the Depositary such  funds  by wire transfer
into the account specified by the Depositary.    As  a
condition to the  payment  at  the Maturity of any part   of
the principal and applicable premium  of  any Global Note,
the Depositary  shall  surrender,  or  cause  to   be
surrendered, such Global   Note  to  the Trustee, whereupon
a new   Global Note shall be
issued to the Depositary pursuant to Section 3.03(d).

          (b)   With respect to any Note that is  not  a
Global
Note, principal, any premium and Accrued Interest due at the
Maturity    of   such   Note   shall  be   payable    in
immediately available funds  when due upon presentation and
surrender of  such Note at the  Corporate  Trust  Office of
the  Trustee.   Accrued Interest on any   Note   that   is
not a Global Note  (other   than Accrued Interest payable
at  the  maturity  date)  shall  be  paid   in a
clearinghouse
funds   check  mailed  on  the  Interest  Payment  Date;
provided, however, that if any holder of Notes, the
aggregate
principal amount    of    which  equals  or  exceeds
$10,000,000,
provides  a written request to the  Trustee on or before the
applicable Record Date for such Interest Payment Date,
Accrued Interest on such principal   amount  shall  be  paid
by  wire   transfer of immediately available   funds   to  a
bank within  the   continental United States or by   direct
deposit into the account of such holder   if such account is
maintained with the Trustee.
           Section   2.12.  Notes Issuable in the   Form of
a
Global Note.

          (a)   If  the Company shall establish pursuant to
Section 2.05   that the Notes of a particular series are  to
be issued in whole   or   in  part in the form of one or
more  Global Notes, then the   Company  shall  execute  and
the  Trustee  shall, in accordance with  Section  2.05 and
the Company Order delivered   to the Trustee thereunder,
authenticate  and  make  available    for delivery, such
Global  Note or Notes, which (1) shall represent,  shall be
denominated   in   an   mount  equal  to  the  aggregate
principal amount
of,   and  shall have the same terms as, the outstanding
Notes
to be represented  by  such  Global Note or Notes,  (2)
shall be
registered in  the name of the Depositary or its nominee,
(3) shall be delivered  by the Trustee to the Depositary or
pursuant to the Depositary's instruction and (4) shall bear
a legend substantially  to  the following  effect:   "Unless
and until it
is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Notes
represented  hereby,  this  Global  Note  may   not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee
of the Depositary  or  by  a  nominee  of  the  Depositary
to
the Depositary or another  nominee of the Depositary or by
the  Depositary or any such  nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee  of such successor Depositary."

          (b)   Notwithstanding any other  provision  of
Section 2.06   or  of this Section 2.12, unless the terms
of  a Global Note expressly  permit such Global Note to be
exchanged in whole or in part  for  individual  Notes,  a
Global  Note  may be transferred, in whole   but  not  in
part, only to  a  nominee  of  the Depositary, or by a
nominee   of  the Depositary to the Depositary, or to  a
successor
Depositary for such Global Note selected or approved  by the
Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

          (c)   (1) If at any time the Depositary for  a
Global
Note   notifies  the  Company that  such  Depositary  is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Note or if at any  time  the  Depositary for a Global
Note  shall  no longer be eligible or  in  good  standing
under  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934,  as  amended,
or  other  applicable  statute or regulation, the Company
shall  appoint  a  successor  Depositary   with respect to
such Global  Note.  If a successor Depositary for such
Global Note is not   appointed  by  the Company within  90
days  after the Company receives   such   notice  or
becomes  aware   of   such ineligibility, the
Company's election pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(6)  shall no
longer be   effective  with  respect to such  Global  Note
and the Company shall   execute,  and the Trustee, upon
receipt  of   a Company Order for  the authentication and
delivery of individual Notes of such series    in  exchange
for  such  Global  Note,   shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, individual Notes  of  such series of
like   tenor   and   terms  in definitive  form  in   an
aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note in
exchange  for  such Global Note.  The Trustee shall  not be
charged with knowledge  of  notice  of  the  ineligibility
of a
Depositary unless a responsible officer assigned to and
working  in its corporate trustee administration department
shall have
actual knowledge thereof.

                (2)   The Company may at any time and in its
sole discretion determine that all outstanding (but not
less than all) the   Notes  issued or issuable in the form
of  one   or more Global Notes shall no longer be
represented by such Global Note or Notes.   In  such event
the Company shall execute,   and the Trustee, upon  receipt
of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
individual Notes in exchange  for   such Global Note, shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, individual
Notes  of  like  tenor and terms in definitive  form  in an
aggregate principal   amount  equal  to the principal
amount   of such Global Note or Notes in exchange for such
Global Note or Notes.

              (3)  If agreed upon by the Company and the
Depositary   with respect to Notes issued in  the   form of
a
Global Note,the     Depositary for  such  Global  Note
shall
surrender such Global   Note  in  exchange in  whole  or  in
part  for individual Notes of like  tenor and terms in
definitive  form  on  such terms as are acceptable     to
the  Company  and  such   Depositary. Thereupon the Company
shall    execute,  and  the   Trustee   shall authenticate
and make   available for delivery, without a service charge,
(A) to each  Person specified by the Depositary, a new Note
or Notes of like tenor and terms, and of any authorized
denomination as requested   by   such   Person, in aggregate
principal amount  equal to
and   in   exchange for the beneficial interest of  such
Person
in such   Global  Note; and (B) to such Depositary  a   new
Global Note of like tenor and terms and in a denomination
equal to the difference, if any, between the principal
amount of the surrendered Global  Note and the  aggregate
principal
amount of Notes delivered to Holders thereof.

               (4)In  any  exchange provided  for  in
Section
2.12(c)(1),(2)  or  (3), the Company will  execute   and the
Trustee will authenticate    and   make    available     for
delivery, individual Notes in definitive registered form in
authorized denominations. Upon   the   exchange  of a Global
Note  for  individual Notes, such Global  Note  shall be
cancelled by the Trustee.   Notes issued in exchange   for
a Global Note pursuant to this   Section 2.12 shall be
registered     in    such    names   and     in     such
authorized denominations as
the    Depositary   for  such  Global   Note,  pursuant to
instructions from  its  direct or indirect participants or
otherwise, shall instruct  the  Trustee.  The Trustee shall
deliver  such Notes to the   Depositary for delivery to the
Persons  in   whose names such Notes are  so  registered, or
if the Depositary  shall refuse or be unable  to deliver
such Notes, the Trustee shall deliver such Notes   to  the
Persons  in  whose  names  such   Notes are registered,
unless  otherwise  agreed upon by the  Trustee  and  the
Company.

         (d)  Neither the Company, the Trustee or any
Authenticating    Agent  will  have  any  responsibility or
liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or
payments made on account  of, beneficial ownership interests
in a  Global Note or for    maintaining,   supervising   or
reviewing   any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests.

           (e)   Pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this
subsection, at the   option   of   the Trustee and upon
thirty   days' written notice to the Depositary,  the
Depositary  shall  be  required to surrender any two   or
more   Global  Notes  which  have   identical terms,
including, without limitation, identical maturities,
interest rates and redemption  provisions  (but which  may
have  differing Original Issue   Dates)  to  the Trustee,
and the  Company  shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to, or at the direction   of,   the
Depositary  a  Global  Note   in principal amount
equal  to  the aggregate principal amount of, and with all
terms identical  to,  the  Global  Notes  so  surrendered
to the Trustee, and such  new  Global  Note shall indicate
each  applicable Original Issue  Date and the principal
amount applicable to  each such Original Issue Date.  The
exchange contemplated in this subsection  shall be
consummated at least 30 days  prior to any Interest  Payment
Date applicable to any of  the  Global Notes so surrendered
to the Trustee.  Upon any exchange  of  any Global Note with
two or more original Issue Dates, whether pursuant to this
Section or pursuant to Section 2.06 or Section 3.03, the
aggregate   principal  amount  of  the  Notes   with   a
particular Original  Issue Date shall be the same before and
after such exchange,  giving effect to any retirement of
Notes  and the Original  Issue Dates applicable to such
Notes occurring in connection with such exchange.

          Section  2.13.   CUSIP Numbers.   The  Company in
issuing Notes  may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in
use), and, if so,  the  Trustee  shall  use CUSIP numbers
in  notices of redemption Notes  as  a convenience to
Noteholders, provided,  that any such notice  may state that
no representation is made  as  to the correctness of such
CUSIP numbers either as printed   on the Notes or   as
contained  in  any notice of a redemption   and that
reliance may   be   placed   only   on  the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by anydefect in or omission
of such numbers.

                          ARTICLE THREE.

                       Redemption of Notes

         Section 3.01.  Applicability of Article.  The
provisions of this Article Three shall be applicable  to any
Notes which  are  redeemable  prior to their  stated
maturity date.

          Section 3.02.  Notice of Redemption; Selection of
Notes.

           (a)   The  election of the Company to  redeem any
Notes shall  be evidenced by a Board Resolution  which
shall
be given with   notice of redemption to the Trustee ten
Business Days prior to  the giving of the notice of
redemption to holders of such Notes.

           (b)   Notice of redemption to each holder  of
Notes
to be redeemed  as  a whole or in part shall be given  in
the manner provided in Section 15.10 no less than 30 nor
more  than 60 days prior  to       the  date fixed for
redemption.   Any  notice which is given   in   the   manner
herein  provided   shall   be conclusively presumed  to
have  been  duly given,  whether  or   not the Noteholder
receives the notice.  In any case, failure duly to  give
such notice, or any defect in such notice, to the holder
of any Note designated  for redemption as a whole or in part
shall not affect the  validity of the proceedings for the
redemption   of any other Note.

           (c)   Each such notice shall specify the date
fixed
for redemption,   the   places  of  redemption    and    the
redemption price at which   such  Notes are to be redeemed,
and shall  state that payment of   the  redemption  price of
such  Notes  or  portion thereof to be redeemed   will  be
made on surrender of such Notes   at such places of
redemption, that Accrued Interest to the date  fixed for
redemption  will  be paid as specified in such   notice, and
that from  and  after such date interest thereon  will
cease to accrue.  If  less than all the Notes having the
same terms are to be redeemed,   the   notice  shall specify
the  Notes   or portions thereof to   be redeemed.  In case
any Note is to be redeemed in part only,
the   notice  which  relates to such  Note  shall  state the
portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed
(which shall be $1,000   or   any integral multiple
thereof), and  shall state that, upon  surrender of such
Note, a new Note or Notes having the same terms  in
aggregate  principal  amount  equal  to   the unredeemed
portion thereof will be issued.

          (d)  If less than all of the Notes having  the
same
terms   are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select  in
such
manner as  it shall deem appropriate and fair in its
discretion the particular  Notes to be redeemed as a whole
or in   part and
shall thereafter  promptly notify the Company in  writing
of the Notes so to    be   redeemed.   Notes  shall  be
redeemed   only in denominations of
$1,000,  provided, that any remaining  principal  amount of
a
Note redeemed in part shall be at least $1,000.

           (e)   If  at  the time of the mailing  of  any
notice of redemption   the  Company  shall  not  have
irrevocably directed the Trustee  to  apply funds deposited
with the  Trustee  or held by it and  available  to be used
for the redemption  of  Notes to redeem all   the  Notes
called for redemption, such notice  may state that it is
subject to the receipt of the redemption moneys by the
Trustee   before the date fixed for redemption and  that
such notice shall   be   of   no effect unless such  moneys
are  so receives before such date.

            Section    3.03.    Payment  of  Notes    on
Redemption; Deposit of Redemption Price.

           (a)   If notice of redemption shall have been
given
as provided in  Section 3.02, such Notes or portions   of
Notes called for  redemption shall become due and payable on
the date and at the     places    stated   in   such
notice   at   the applicable redemption price, together with
Accrued Interest to the date  fixed for redemption   of such
Notes, and on and after  such  date fixed for redemption,
provided  that  the  Company  shall   have deposited with
the  Trustee  on  such  date of  redemption  the  amount
sufficient to pay  the redemption price together with
Accrued Interest to the date  fixed  for  redemption.
Interest  on  the  Notes or portions thereof  so called for
redemption shall cease to  accrue and such
Notes  or  portions thereof shall be deemed  not  to  be
entitled
to any   benefit  under  this Indenture except  to  receive
payment of the redemption  price together with Accrued
Interest thereon to the date   fixed   for  redemption.   On
presentation   and surrender of such Notes   at   such  a
place of payment  in  such  notice specified, such Notes  or
the  specified portions thereof shall be  paid and redeemed
at  the applicable redemption price,  together with Accrued
Interest  thereon  to  the  date   fixed   for redemption.

         (b)  The Company shall not mail any notice of
redemption of Notes during the continuance of any  Event of
Default, except  (1) that where notice of redemption  of any
Notes has   been   mailed,  the  Company  shall  redeem
such Notes provided that  funds  have  theretofore been
deposited  for  such purpose, and (2)  that notices of
redemption of all outstanding Notes may be given during the
continuance of an Event of Default.

          (c)   If any Note called for redemption  shall not
be
so paid   upon   surrender  thereof  for  redemption,   the
principal of and any   premium    on  such Note, shall
until  paid  bear interest from the  date set for redemption
at the rate borne  by  such Note.
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           (d)   Upon surrender of any Note redeemed  in
part
only, the Company   shall  execute and register,   and   the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery,
a new Note or Notes of   authorized   denominations in
aggregate  principal amount equal to,  and  having the same
terms and Original Issue  Date or Dates as, the unredeemed
portion of the Note so surrendered.


                           ARTICLE FOUR
                         Mortgage Bonds.
          Section 4.01.  Issuance Restrictions.  So long as
any Notes   are  outstanding,  the Company  will   not   (a)
issue additional Mortgage Bonds   except  to  replace  any
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen  Mortgage  Bonds  or
to  effect  exchanges and transfers of Mortgage  Bonds  or
(b) subject  to  the  lien  of  the Mortgage Indenture
any   property   which  is  the   "Excepted Property" under
the
Mortgage    Indenture,  unless  (i)  concurrently   with the
issuance of such  Mortgage Bonds or subjection of any such
property to such lien,  the  Company  issues, and the
trustee  under  the Mortgage Indenture    authenticates
and   delivers    to    the Trustee,  a Mortgage Bond or
Bonds in an aggregate principal amount equal  to the
aggregate    principal  amount  of   the   Notes    then
outstanding, and (ii)  concurrently with and as a condition
precedent  to the issuance  of  any Notes thereafter, the
Company  issues, and the trustee under  the  Mortgage
Indenture  authenticates and delivers
to the Trustee, a Mortgage Bond or Bonds in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes   to   be   issued, and in each  such  case   such
Mortgage Bonds shall  have the same stated maturity, bear
interest   at the same rates,  have  redemption and other
terms and  provisions which are the same as, the Notes then
outstanding or to be issued, as the case may be.

         Section  4.02.   Mortgage Bonds  held  by  the
Trustee. Mortgage  Bonds  delivered to the  Trustee
pursuant  to Section 4.01 shall   be  fully registered in
the name of the Trustee, which shall hold  such  Mortgage
Bonds in trust for the benefit   of the holders from  time
to time of the Notes, to provide the security of the
Mortgage  Bonds for (a) the full and prompt  payment  of the
principal of each Note when and as the same shall become due
in accordance  with  the  terms  and  provisions  of   this
Indenture, either  at the stated maturity thereof, upon
declaration of acceleration  of  the  maturity thereof  or
upon   call for redemption, and   (b)  the  full and prompt
payment of  any  premium and interest on  each  Note  when
and as the same shall  become  due in accordance with the
terms and provisions of this Indenture.

          Section  4.03.   Trustee  to  Exercise  Rights of
Mortgage Bondholder.    As  the  holder of Mortgage  Bonds,
the Trustee shall have   and  exercise all of the rights of
a  holder  of Mortgage Bonds possessed under the Mortgage
Indenture.

         Section 4.04.  No Transfer of Mortgage Bonds;
Exception.   Except as required to effect an  assignment to
a
successor   trustee under this Indenture,  the   Trustee
shall
not sell, assign or transfer any Mortgage Bonds held by  it
and
the Company  shall  issue  stop  transfer  instructions   to
the
Mortgage Trustee and  any  transfer agent  under  the
Mortgage
Indenture to effect compliance with this Section 4.04.

         Section 4.05.  Release of Mortgage Bonds.  When (a)
all of   the  principal of and any premium and  interest  on
all
Notes shall have been paid or provision therefor duly made
in accordance  with this Indenture, or (b) all Notes  shall
have
been delivered  to  the  Trustee for cancellation  by  or
on behalf of the Company, or (c) no Note is any longer
outstanding  under this Indenture   and  all  conditions in
Article  Five   have been satisfied, the  Trustee  shall
upon request of the Company, within five Business   Days
thereafter, deliver  to  the Company without charge all
Mortgage     Bonds,    together with such appropriate
instruments of release   as  may  be  required; the Mortgage
Bonds  so acquired by the Company shall be delivered to the
Mortgage Trustee for cancellation.

                              
                              
          Section 4.06.  Voting of Mortgage Bonds.
                              
           (a)    The   Trustee, as holder of   Mortgage
Bonds,
shall attend   meetings  of  Bondholders  under  the
Mortgage
Indenture and either  at  such meeting, or otherwise when
the  consent of holders of   Mortgage  Bonds is sought
without  a  meeting,  the Trustee shall vote  the
outstanding principal amount of the  Mortgage Bonds, or
shall   consent   with  respect thereto,  proportionally
with respect to   all  other  Mortgage  Bonds  then
outstanding  and eligible to vote or consent.

           (b)    Notwithstanding Section  4.06(a),  the
Trustee shall not vote any portion of the outstanding
principal amount of the Mortgage  Bonds  in favor of, or
give its  consent   to, any action which,    in   the
opinion   of  the  Trustee,    would materially adversely
affect the interests of the Noteholders, except with the
appropriate consent of the Noteholders.

            Section 4.07.Discharge of Mortgage Indenture.
The Trustee   shall   surrender  for  cancellation  to   the
Mortgage Trustee all  Mortgage Bonds then held by the
Trustee and  issued under the Mortgage Indenture upon
receipt by the Trustee of:
           (a)    an  Officer's  Certificate  requesting
such
surrender for   cancellation of such Mortgage Bonds,  and
to  the effect that no Mortgage   Bonds   are   outstanding
under   the Mortgage Indenture other  than Mortgage Bonds
held by the Trustee hereunder and that promptly upon such
surrender the Mortgage Indenture will be satisfied and
discharged pursuant to the terms  thereof; and

          (b)   an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
upon
satisfaction  and  discharge of the Mortgage   Indenture the
property formerly  subject to the lien of the Mortgage
Indenture will be subject to no lien except Permitted
Encumbrances.

                          ARTICLE FIVE.

          Satisfaction and Discharge; Unclaimed Moneys.

         Section 5.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge.

         a) If at any time

         

         (1)  the Company shall have paid or caused  to be
paid the  principal of and premium,  if  any,  and
interest on all the outstanding Notes, as and when the same
shall have become due and payable, or

         (2)  the Company shall have delivered to the
    Trustee for cancellation all Notes theretofore
    authenticated other than any Notes which shall have been
    destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been
    replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 hereof), or
    
          (3)   (A)  all  such  Notes  not  theretofore
    delivered to  the Trustee for cancellation shall have
    become due and payable, or are by their terms to become
    due and payable within the year or are to be called for
    redemption within one year under arrangements
    satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
    redemption, and  (B)  the  Company      shall have
    irrevocablydeposited or caused to be irrevocably
    deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire
    amount in cash (other  than  moneys repaid by the
    Trustee  or  any paying agent to the Company in
    accordance with Section 5.03 or moneys  paid  to  any
    State or to the  District  of Columbiapursuant to its
    unclaimed property or similar laws), U.S. Government
    Obligations maturing as to principal
    and  interest in such amounts and at such times  as will
    insure the availability of cash, or a combination of
     cash and U.S. Government Obligations, sufficient to
    pay at maturity all outstanding Notes not theretofore
    delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including
     principal and any premium and interest due or to
become   due  to such date of maturity, as the case may  be,
and
    if, in any such case, the Company shall also pay or
    cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by
     the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to  be
of further  effect  (except  as  to  (i)  rights of
registration
    of transfer and exchange of Notes, (ii) substitution of
    apparently mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen
    Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments
    of principal thereof and any premium and interest
    thereon, upon the original stated due dates
    therefor  (but not upon acceleration of  maturity), (iv)
    the  rights,  obligations  and  immunities  of  the
    Trustee hereunder and (v) the rights of the holders of
    Notes as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
    property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or
    any of them), and the Trustee, on demand of the Company
accompanied  by  an  Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel  and  at the cost and  expense  of  the
Company,shall execute proper instruments acknowledging such
satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and  discharge  of this
    Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee
    under Section 9.06 shall survive.
    
         (b)  The Company shall be deemed to have been
Discharged  from  its obligations with  respect  to  the
Notes on the
91st   day   after the applicable conditions set   forth
below
have been satisfied:

           (1)   the  Company  shall have  deposited  or
caused
     to  be  deposited irrevocably with the  Trustee  as
trust
     funds  in  trust, specifically pledged as  security
for,
     and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of
     the Notes

                 (A)  money in an amount, or
                              
                            (B)  U.S. Government
          Obligations, or a         combination money and
          U.S. Government Obligations,which through the
          payment of interest and principal in  respect
          thereof in accordance with  their terms will
          provide, in the opinion of an accountant, who is
          also an employee of the Company, expressed in a
          written certification  thereof  delivered to the
          Trustee,not later than one  day  before the due
          date of any payment, money in  an  amount
          sufficient         to pay and discharge each
          installment of principal of         and any
          premium and interest on the outstanding Notes
          on the dates such installments of interest or
          rincipal are    due, provided that the Trustee
          shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply
          such money or
          proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to
          the  payment of such installments of principal
          of and  any premium and interest with respect  to
the
          outstanding Notes; and

          (2)   no  Event of Default or event (including
such
    deposit) which with notice or lapse of time would become
    an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have
    occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit.
    
          (c)  "Discharged" means that the Company shall be
deemed to have  paid  and  discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the
Notes and  to have
satisfied  all  the  obligations  under  this  Indenture
relating
to the   Notes   (and  the  Trustee, on   demand   of   the
Company
accompanied by  an  Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except

          (1)  the rights of holders of the Notes to
receive, from the        trust fund described in Section
5.01(b)(1),  payments  of  the           principal  of  and
interest on the Notes when such payments become    due;

          (2)  the Company's obligations with respect to the
     Notes  under  Sections 2.06, 2.07, 5.02,  5.03  and
6.02;
     and

          (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
    immunities of the Trustee with respect to the Notes as
    specified in this Indenture, including the rights of the
    Trustee to receive payment or reimbursement of
    compensation and expenses pursuant to Section 9.06.
          Section 5.02.  Deposited Moneys to Be Held  in
Trust
by Trustee.  All moneys and U.S. Government Obligations
deposited
with  the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.01 shall be held in
trust and  applied  by it to the payment, either  directly  or
through
any paying  agent (including the Company if acting  as   its
own
paying agent),  to  the  holders of the particular  Notes
for the
payment or redemption     of   which   such   moneys    and
U.S. Government Obligations have  been deposited with the
Trustee, of all  sums  due and to become  due thereon for
principal and premium,  if  any, and interest.

           Section  5.03.  Return of Unclaimed   Moneys. Any
moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee for payment of
the principal of or any premium or interest on any Notes and
not
applied  but remaining unclaimed by the holders of  such
Notes
for two years after the date upon which the principal of  or
any
premium  or interest on such Notes, as the case may  be,
shall
have become  due  and payable, shall be repaid to the
Company by
the Trustee    on  written demand and all  liability  of
the
Trustee shall thereupon  cease; and any holder of any  of
such  Notes shall thereafter   look only to the Company for
any   payment which
such holder   may be entitled to collect; provided,
however, that
the Trustee    before   being  required  to  make  any
such
repament, may at the  expense of the Company cause to be
mailed  to  such holder notice   that  such  money remains
unclaimed  and  that, after  a date specified therein which
shall not be less than  30  days from the date   of   such
mailing, any unclaimed balance of  such money
then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

          Section  5.04.  Reinstatement.  If the Trustee is
unable to  apply  any  money  or  U.S.  Government
Obligations in
accordance with  Section 5.01 by reason of any legal
proceeding  or any order or judgment  of   any court or
governmental authority
enjoining, restraining  or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the
Company's obligations under this Indenture with respect to
the Notes    to            which   such  money  or  U.S.
Government
Obligations were to have   been  applied shall be revived
and reinstated  as though no deposit had  occurred pursuant
to Section 5.01   until
such time as the   Trustee  is  permitted  to apply  such
money   or U.S. Government Obligations  in   accordance
with   Section    5.01; provided, however, that if the
Company has made any payment of principal of or any premium
or   interest  on  any  Notes   because    of the
reinstatement of its  obligations,  the Company shall be
subrogated   to the rights of the   holders of such Notes to
receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government
Obligations held by the Trustee.
                           ARTICLE SIX.
               Particular Covenants of the Company.
          Section  6.01.  Payment of Principal,  Premium and
Interest.   The  Company covenants and  agrees  for  the
benefit
of the   holders   of  the  Notes that  it  will  duly  and
punctually pay or cause   to  be  paid  the principal of and
any  premium and interest on each of the Notes at the
places, at the respective times and in the manner provided
in such Notes.

            Section 6.02. Office for Notices and
Payments,etc.
So   long  as  any of the Notes remain outstanding,  the
Company
will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and
State of
New York,   an   office  or agency where the  Notes  may  be
presented
for registration  of  transfer  and  for  exchange   as   in
this
Indedture provided,  and  where,  at  any time  when  the
Company is
obligated to make  a  payment  upon  Notes (other  than  an
interest payment as to which  it  has exercised its option
to make such payment by check), the   Notes  may  be
presented for payment,  and  shall maintain at any such
office or agency and at its principal  office  an office or
agency  where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the  Notes or of this Indenture  may   be served,
provided that   the   Company   may  maintain  at  its
principal executive offices, one or more other offices or
agencies for any or all  of the foregoing  purposes;  the
Company  hereby  appoints  the Trustee
as agent   of   the  Company  for the  foregoing  purposes.
The
Company will  give to the Trustee written notice of the
location of
each such  office  or  agency and of any change  of
location thereof.
In case  the Company shall fail to maintain any such office
or
agency or  shall fail to give such notice of the location or
of
any change   in the location thereof, presentations may   be
made
and notices    and   demands may be served at the
corporate
trust office of the Trustee.

          Section  6.03.  Appointments to Fill Vacancies in
Trustee's  Office.  The Company, whenever  necessary  to
avoid
or fill  a  vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint,
in
the manner   provided in Section 9.11, a Trustee,  so   that
there
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

          Section  6.04.  Annual Statement and  Notice. (a)
The Company    will deliver to the Trustee within  120
days
after the end of   each  fiscal  year of the Company,
beginning  with the fiscal year    ending    December   31,
1996,  an    Officers' Certificate which complies  with  TIA
Section 314(a)(4) stating  that   in the course of the
performance  by  the signers of  their  duties  as officers
of the Company  they would obtain knowledge of any default
by the Company in   the  performance  of  any  covenant
contained   in this Indenture or an   Event   of   Default
stating  whether   they   have obtained knowledge of  any
such default and, if so, specifying  each  such default or
such   Event   of  Default  of which  the  signers  have
knowledge, and the nature and status thereof.

          (b)   The  Company shall give to  the  Trustee
written
notice  of the occurrence of an Event of Default  within
five
days after the Company becomes aware of such occurrence.

          Section  6.05.  Corporate Existence.   Subject to
Article Twelve,  the  Company will do or cause to  be  done
all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and  effect its
corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and
franchises; provided however, that the Company shall not be
required to  preserve any such right or  franchise if the
Company shall  determine  that the preservation  thereof  is
no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the
Company.

          Section  6.06.  Limitation Upon Mortgages  and
Liens.
The   Company   will   not  at  any  time  directly or
indirectly
create or assume  and  will  not  cause  or  permit  a
Subsidiary directly or indirectly  to  create or assume,
except  in  favor                                     of
the Company or a   Wholly-Owned  Subsidiary, any mortgage,
pledge or
other lien or encumbrance  upon any Principal Facility or
any interest it may have   therein  or  upon  any  stock  of
any  Regulated Subsidiary or any indebtedness  of any
Subsidiary to the  Company  or  any other Subsidiary,
whether  now owned or  hereafter  acquired, without making
effective provision (and the Company  covenants that
in such   case   it   will   make or cause  to   be   made,
effective
provision) whereby the outstanding Notes and any other
indebtedness of
the Company                                           then
entitled thereto shall  be  secured by
such mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance equally and
ratably with any and all other  obligations and indebtedness
thereby secured,  so long
as any  such  other obligations and indebtedness  shall  be
so secured;
provided, however, that the foregoing covenant shall not be
applicable  to  the  lien  of  the  Mortgage   Indenture or
Permitted
Encumbrances.

          Section  6.07.   Waiver of Certain  Covenants. The
Company may omit in any particular instance to  comply
with any term,  provision or condition set forth in Article
Four or
Section 6.06  (and if so specified, any other covenant
not set forth  herein and specified pursuant to Section 2.05
to be
applicable   to   any   Notes,   except   as   otherwise
provided
pursuant to Section 2.05),  if before the time for such
compliance
the holders of  at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the
Notes then  outstanding shall either waive such compliance
in such instance or  generally  waive compliance with such
term, provision
or   condition, but no waiver shall extend to or  affect
such
term, provision  or  condition except to the extent
expressly so
waived, and, until such  waiver  shall  become  effective,
the
obligations of the  Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term,  provision or condition shall
remain in full force and
effect.
                          ARTICLE SEVEN.
           Noteholder Lists and Reports by the Company and
                         the Trustee.
          Section 7.01.  Noteholder Lists.  If it is not the
registrar  for the Notes, the Company will, so long   as any
Notes are  outstanding under this Indenture, furnish or
cause to be
furnished  to  the  Trustee within 15  days   prior   to
each
Interest Payment Date on Notes from time to time
outstanding, and at
such other times as the Trustee, may request in writing, the
information  required  by  TIA  Section  312(a),   which the
Trustee shall   preserve  as  required by TIA  Section
312(a).
The Trustee shall   also  comply with TIA Section  312(b),
but  the Trustee, the Company  and each Person acting on
behalf of the Trustee or
the Company shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

           Section   7.02.   Securities and Exchange
Commission
Reports. The Company shall (a)  file with the Trustee,
within 15
days after the Company is required to file the same with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  copies  of   the
reports,
information and documents (or portions thereof) required to
be so filed   pursuant to TIA Section 314(a), and (b)
comply with
the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).

          Section  7.03.  Reports by the  Trustee.   The
Trustee
shall   (a) transmit within 60 days after August 15   in
each
year, beginning with  the  year  1997,  to  the  Noteholders
specified in TIA Section 3.13(c)   and   to   the
Securities     and
Exchange Commission, a brief   report dated as of such
August 15 and  complying with the requirements of TIA
Section 313(a), but no report  shall be required if  no
event described in TIA Section  313(a)
shall have occurred within the previous twelve months ending
on
such date. The  Trustee shall also comply with the other
provisions of
TIA Section 313(b)(2).


                          ARTICLE EIGHT.
             Remedies of the Trustee and Noteholders on
                       Event of Default.
         Section 8.01.  Events of Default.
          (a)   In  case  one or more of  the  following
Events of
Default shall  have  occurred and be  continuing  with
respect to the Notes:

          (1)  default in the payment of any installment of
    interest upon any of the Notes as and when the same
shall  become                                    due and
payable, and continuance  of such default for a period of
30 days; or

         (2)  default in the payment of the principal of or
any  premium on any of the Notes as and when the same shall
become  due                                      and
payable, and continuance  of such default  for  a period of
one  day (whether  at  the stated maturity thereof or upon
declaration                                      of
acceleration or call for redemption or otherwise); or

      (3)  failure on the part of the Company duly to
observe or                                       perform any
other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Company contained  in the Notes or in this Indenture for a
period   of 60 days after  the  date on which written
notice  of  such                                 failure,
requiring the same to be remedied and stating  that such
    notice  is  a "Notice of Default" hereunder,  shall have
    been  given  to  the  Company  by  the  Trustee  by
registered                                       mail,  or
to  the Company and the Trustee  by  the holders of at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes  at
the time  outstanding provided,  however, that, subject to
Sections 9.01 and                                6.04, the
Trustee shall not  be  deemed to have knowledge of  such
failure unless either  (A)  a responsible officer of  the
Trustee  shall have actual knowledge of such failure, or (B)
the Trustee                                      shall have
received written notice  thereof from the Company or any
Noteholder; or

           (4)   default  (i)  in  the  payment  of  any
principal
      of or interest on any Indebtedness of the Company
     (other  than the    Notes), or on any Indebtedness  of
     any Subsidiary of the Company      which is recourse to
     the Company,  aggregating  more  than   $15,000,000  in
     principal amount,  when  due  after  giving  effect
     to  any applicable grace period or (ii) in the
     performance of any other term or provision of any such
     Indebtedness  (other than Notes)in  excess of
     $15,000,000 principal  amount that results in  such
     Indebtedness becoming  or  being declared due and
     payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise
     become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not
     have been rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness
     shall  not  have  been  discharged, within a period of
     15 days after there has been given, by registered or
     certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
     theCompany and the Trustee by the holders of at least
     25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding,
     a written notice  specifying such default or  defaults
     and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
     hereunder; or
     
       (5)  the entry against the Company or any Subsidiary
of any  judgment or order for the payment of money in excess
of $10,000,000      and either (x) enforcement proceedings
shall have been commenced
    by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (y) there
shall be  any period of 30 consecutive days during which a
stay of  enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of
a pending      appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect;
or

         (6)  the entry of a decree or order by a court
    having jurisdiction in the premises for relief in
    respect of the Company under Title 11 of the United
    States  Code,  as  now  constituted  or  hereafter
    amended,or any other applicable Federal or State
    bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or
    appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
    custodian,
     sequestrator or similar official of the Company  or
    of  any  substantial part of its property, or  ordering
the
        winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of      any such decree or order unstayed and in
       effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
                              
        (7)  the filing by the Company of a petition or
    answer or consent seeking relief under Title 11  of
    the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter
    amended, or any other applicable Federal or State
    bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the
    consent by it to the institution of proceedings
     thereunder or to the filing of any such petition or
    to  the  appointment  of  or  taking  possession  by  a
receiver  liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator
    or other similar official of the Company or of any
    substantial part of its property, or the failure of the
    Company  generally to pay its debts as  such  debts
become
    due,  or  the  taking of corporate  action  by  the
Company
    in furtherance of any such action; or

       (8) any  other  Event of Default  provided with
respect
    to   the   particular  Note  specified in the
    applicable Company Order;

then and in  each  and every such case, unless  the
principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due
and payable, either the   Trustee   or   the  holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount   of  the Notes then
outstanding,  by  notice  in writing to the Company   (and
to the Trustee if given by Noteholders), may declare the
principal   of  all  the Notes to be due and payable
immediately and upon
 any   such declaration the same shall  become and shall be
immediately                                          due and
payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes
contained   to  the  contrary   notwithstanding. This
provision, however,  is subject to the condition that if,
at any time
after the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared
due
and payable,and  before any judgment or  decree  for  the
payment of the moneys    due   shall  have  been  obtained
or                  entered as hereinafter provided, the
Company shall pay or     shall deposit with the Trustee a
sum  sufficient  to pay  all matured  installments  of
interest upon all of the Notes and the principal of and any
premium on any and  all Notes which shall have become due
otherwise than by acceleration  (with  interest  on  overdue
installments   of interest,to   the   extent  that  payment
of  such       interest  is enforceable under applicable
law, and on such    principal and any premium at the rate
borne   by   the    Notes to the date of such  payment  or
deposit) and all  sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder  and      the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the   Trustee,  its  agents
and counsel,  and   any  and all defaults under    this
Indenture,  other  than       the  non-payment of principal
of and  accrued  interest on  Notes which shall have  become
due by acceleration  of       maturity, shall  have  been
cured  or waived -- then and  in  every  such  case  the
holders  of  a  majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes then  outstanding,  by written notice to the
Company  and  to the Trustee, may  waive all such defaults
and rescind and  annul  such  declaration and its
consequences; but no  such waiver or rescission and
annulment shall extend to or shall   affect  any subsequent
default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

          (b)   In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to
enforce any  right  under  this  Indenture  and   such
proceedings
shall have    been   discontinued  or  abandoned  because
of such
rescission or annulment   or  for  any  other reason  or
shall   have been determined adversely  to the Trustee, then
and in every such   case the Company and   the   Trustee
shall be restored respectively   to their several positions
and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers
of  the  Company and the Trustee shall  continue as
though no such proceeding had been taken.

          Section  8.02.  Payment of Notes  on  Default;
Suit
Therefor.

         (a)  The Company covenants that in case of

         (1)  default in the payment of any installment of
    interest upon any of the Notes as and when the same
shall become   due and payable, and continuance  of such
    default for a period of 30 days; or

           (2)   default in the payment of the principal of
or
    any  premium  on any of the Notes as and when the  same
shall
    have become  due and payable, and continuance  of  such
default
    for a period of one day (whether at  the  stated
    maturity thereof or upon  declaration  of  acceleration
or  call
    for redemption or otherwise)

then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will  pay to
the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes,
the whole amount that then shall have so become due and
payable on all such Notes for  principal and any premium  or
interest, or both, as the case may  be, with interest upon
the overdue principal and any premium and (to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law)    upon the overdue installments of
interest  at  the rate borne by the Notes;  and,  in
addition thereto,  such  further amounts as shall  be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including reasonable compensation to  the  Trustee, its
agents,   attorneys and
counsel, and   any expenses or liabilities incurred by the
Trustee
hereunder other than through its negligence or bad faith.

          (b)   In case the Company shall fail forthwith to
pay such  amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its  own
name
and as   trustee  of  an  express trust, shall  be  entitled
and
empowered to   institute any actions or proceedings at law
or  in equity for the   collection  of  the sums so due  and
unpaid,  and may
prosecute any   such  action  or proceeding to judgment  or
final decree, and may   enforce  any such judgment or final
decree against the
Company or  any  other obligor on the Notes and collect  in
the manner
provided  by law out of the property of the Company   or any
other obligor on  such  series  of Notes wherever  situated,
the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.

         (c)  In case there shall be pending proceedings for
the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company   or
any
other obligor on the Notes under the Federal Bankruptcy
Code or
any other applicable law, or in case a receiver or  trustee
shall
have been  appointed for the property of the Company or
such other
obligor, or  in  the  case  of  any  similar  judicial
proceedings
relative to the Company or other obligor upon the Notes, or
to the creditors  or  property of the Company  or such other
obligor, the  Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal
of the
Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or
by declaration  or  otherwise and irrespective of  whether
the
Trustee shall   have   made any demand pursuant to this
Section 8.02,
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in
such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or
claims  for  the whole amount  of principal and any premium
and interest  owing and
unpaid in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial
proceedings,   to  file such proofs of claim  and  other
papers
or documents as may be necessary or advisable in  order  to
have
the claims  of  the Trustee (including any amounts  due to
the Trustee under   Section  9.06  hereof) and of the
holders    of
Notes allowed in such  judicial  proceedings relative to the
Company of
any other obligor  on  the Notes, its or their creditors,
or  its or
their property, and  to collect and receive any  moneys
or
other property payable  or  deliverable  on any  such
claims,  and  to distribute the same   after  the deduction
of its charges and expenses; and any receiver,     assignee
or   trustee   in    bankruptcy or
reorganization is hereby  authorized  by each of the
Noteholders  to  make such payments  to  the Trustee, and,
in the  event  that  the Trustee shall consent  to  the
making of such payments  directly                     to
the holders of any  Notes, to pay to the Trustee any amount
due  to  it for compensation   and  expenses,  including
counsel   fees and
expenses incurred by it up to the date of such distribution.

           (d) All  rights of action and of asserting claims
under this Indenture,  or under any of  the  Notes,  may  be
enforced
by the Trustee  without the possession of any of the Notes,
or the
production  thereof  in any trial  or  other  proceeding
relative
thereto,  and any such suit or proceeding instituted  by the
Trustee  shall be brought in its own name as trustee  of an
express trust,  and  any recovery of judgment shall be  for
the ratable
benefit of the holders of the Notes in respect of  which
such
action was taken.

          (e)   Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
authorize   the  Trustee to authorize or consent  or  to
accept
or adopt   on   behalf   of   any  Noteholder   any    plan
of
reorganization, arrangement,  adjustment or composition
affecting the
Notes or the rights  of  any  holder thereof,  or  to
authorize  the Trustee to vote in respect  of  the  claim of
any Noteholder  in                                   any
such proceeding.

          Section 8.03.  Application of Moneys Collected by
Trustee. Any  moneys collected by  the  Trustee  with
respect
to any of the Notes shall be applied in the order following,
at the
date or  dates  fixed by the Trustee for the distribution
of such
moneys,  upon  presentation of the  several  Notes,  and
stamping
thereon   the  payment,  if  only partially  paid,   and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

          FIRST:  To the payment of all amounts  due  to the
    Trustee pursuant to Section 9.06;

          SECOND:   In  case  the  principal of the
outstanding
    Notes in respect of which such moneys have been
collected shall not                                  have
become due and be  unpaid, to the  payment of interest on
the  Notes, in the order of the  maturity of the
installments of such
interest, with interest (to the extent allowed by law and to
the  extent that such interest has been collected by the
Trustee) upon                                        the
overdue installments of  interest at the  rate borne by the
Notes, such payments  to  be made ratably to the persons
entitled  thereto;

          THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding
Notes in  respect of which such moneys have been collected
shall have become   due, by declaration or otherwise, to the
payment of the whole     amount then owing  and unpaid upon
the Notes for principal  and any
    premium and interest thereon, with interest on the
overdue  principal and any premium and (to the extent
allowed by law and to    the extent that such interest has
been collected by the Trustee)     upon overdue installments
of interest at the rate borne by the    Notes; and in case
such moneys shall be insufficient to
    pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the
    Notes, then to the payment of such principal and any
premium and         nterest without preference or priority
of  principal  and  any  premium over  interest,  or  of
interest over principal and any              premium or of
any installment of interest over any other   installment of
interest, or of any  Note  over  any  other Note,
ratably  to  the aggregate of such principal and any premium
and  accrued and    unpaid interest; and

         FOURTH:   To the payment of the remainder,  if any,
    to the Company its successors or assigns, or to
whomsoever may      lawfully be entitled to the same, or as
a court of competent     jurisdiction may determine.



         Section 8.04. Proceedings by   Noteholders.

         (a)  No holder of any Note shall have any right by
virtue of or by availing of any provision  of  this
Indenture
to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at
law
upon or under  or  with  respect to this Indenture  or  for
the appointment of  a  receiver  or  trustee, or for  any
other
remedy hereunder, unless  such  holder  previously shall
have  given   to the Trustee written notice of default with
respect to such Note  and of the continuance   thereof,   as
hereinabove  provided,   and unless
also the holders of  not  less  than a  majority  in
aggregate
principal amount of the   Notes   then  outstanding shall
have   made
written request upon    the  Trustee  to  institute  such
action,  suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee
hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such
easonable indemnity as it  may  require
against the costs,  expenses and liabilities to be incurred
therein or
thereby,  and the Trustee for 60 days after its  receipt of
such notice,  request  and  offer of  indemnity,  shall
have neglected
or refused to   institute  any  such  action,   suit  or
proceeding, it being understood    and   intended,    and
being
expressly covenanted by the   taker   and  the holder of
every Note with   every other taker and holder  and  the
Trustee that no one or more holders  of Notes shall have
any  right in any manner whatever by virtue of  or by
availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice  the rights of any other holder of
Notes,  or to
obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference  to
any other
such holder,  or  to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except
in the   manner  herein provided and for the equal, ratable
and
common benefit of all holders of Notes.

          (b)   Notwithstanding any other  provision  in
this
Indenture, however, the rights of any holder of any Note to
receive payment  of the principal of and  any  premium
and interest on  such  Note,  on  or after the respective
due  dates expressed in such  Note, or to institute suit for
the enforcement  of any such payment  on  or  after such
respective dates  shall  not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such holder.

            Section  8.05.  Proceedings by  Trustee. Incase
of
an Event  of  Default  hereunder the  Trustee  may  in  its
discretion
proceed  to protect and enforce the rights vested in  it by
this Indenture  by such appropriate judicial proceedings
as
the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce
any  of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action
at law  or by
proceeding  in  bankruptcy  or otherwise,  whether   for the
specific enforcement  of any covenant or agreement
contained  in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in
this Indenture,  or to enforce any other legal  or
equitable right
vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

            Section   8.06.   Remedies  Cumulative   and
Continuing.
All powers  and  remedies  given by this Article  Eight to
the Trustee or to  the  Noteholders shall, to the extent
permitted  by law, be deemed   cumulative  and  not
exclusive  of  any  powers and
remedies hereof or of any other powers and remedies
available  to the
Trustee  or  the  holders  of  the  Notes,  by  judicial
proceedings
or otherwise,  to enforce the performance or observance  of
the
covenants  and  agreements contained in this  Indenture, and
no
delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of
the Notes  in  exercising any right or power accruing   upon
any
default occurring  and continuing as aforesaid shall impair
any such
right or  power, or shall be construed to be a waiver  of
any such
default or  an acquiescence therein; and,  subject  to
Section
8.04, every power and remedy given by this Article Eight or
by law
to the  Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from
time
to time,  and  as  often as shall be deemed expedient,   by
the
Trustee or by the Noteholders.

           Section  8.07.   Restoration  of  Rights  and
Remedies.
If the   Trustee  or  any  Noteholder  has  instituted  any
proceeding
to enforce  any  right or remedy under this  Indenture  and
such
proceeding  has  been  discontinued  or  abandoned for any
reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or
to such Noteholder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination  in  such proceeding,  the  Company, the
Trustee and the Noteholders  shall  be  restored   severally
and respectively to their   former  positions hereunder and
thereafter  all rights and remedies of  the  Trustee and
the  Noteholders  shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.

           Section  8.08.  Direction of Proceedings  and
Waiver
of Defaults  by  Majority Noteholders.  The  holders  of  a
majority
in aggregate   principal  amount  of  the  Notes   at  the
time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time,
method,  and place of conducting  any proceeding for any
remedy  available  to the
Trustee,  or exercising any trust or power conferred  on the
Trustee; provided, however, that (subject  to  Section
9.01) the Trustee  shall have the right to decline to
follow  any such
direction  if  the  Trustee  being  advised  by  counsel
determines
that the  action  or proceeding so directed may not
lawfully be
taken or if  the  Trustee in good faith by its board of
directors or
trustees,  executive  committee, or  a  trust  committee of
directors or trustees or responsible officers shall
determine that the
action   or  proceeding so directed  would  involve  the
Trustee
in personal  liability  or would be unduly prejudicial   to
the
rights of Noteholders not joining in such directions.  Prior
to any
declaration  accelerating the maturity  of  the   Notes, the
holders of   a  majority  in aggregate principal amount  of
the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of all of
the holders  of the
Notes waive any past default or Event of Default hereunder
and its
consequences  except  a  default  in  the   payment   of
principal of
or any   premium or interest on the Notes.  Upon  any  such
waiver
the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Notes  shall
be
restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
respectively,  but  no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent  thereon.   Whenever  any  default  or
Event of Default hereunder   shall  have  been waived  as
permitted by this Section 8.07,  said  default  or  Event of
Default shall for allpurposes of the   Notes   and this
Indenture be deemed to have  been cured and to be not
continuing.

           Section   8.09.    Notice of  Default.    The
Trustee
shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default with
respect to the Notes, give to all holders of the Notes
specified in TIA
Section 3.13(c),  in the manner provided in Section 15.10,
notice of   such  default, unless such default shall have
been cured
before the   giving  of  such  notice, the term  "default"
for the
purpose of this  Section 8.08 being hereby defined to be any
event which is or  after  notice or lapse of time or both
would  become an
Event of Default; provided that, except in the case of
default in the
payment  of  the principal of or any premium or interest on
any of the Notes,  the Trustee  shall  be  protected in
withholding such notice  if  and  so long as its board  of
directors  or trustees, executive  committee, or a trust
committee of  directors or
trustees or responsible officers in good faith determines
that
the  withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
holders
of the Notes.   The  Trustee shall  not  be  charged with
knowledge of
any  Event  of Default unless a responsible officer of the
Trustee
assigned to the corporate trust division of the Trustee
shall have actual knowledge of such Event of Default.

           Section  8.10.   Undertaking to  Pay   Costs. All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Note
by acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed,  that
any
court may in  its  discretion  require,  in  any  suit  for
the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or
in   any suit against the  Trustee  for  any  action taken
or  omitted  by  it as
Trustee, the filing   by  any  party litigant  in  such
suit  of  an undertaking to pay  the costs of such suit, and
that such court may  in its discretion assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys'   fees, against any
party litigant in such suit, having due  regard  to the
merits and good faith of the  claims or defenses made by
such party litigant; but this Section 8.09 shall not apply
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, or to  any suit
instituted by any Noteholder, or    group of Noteholders,
holding in the  aggregate more than 10% in principal amount
of  the Notes outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any
Noteholder for the enforcement  of  the  payment of the
principal  of   or any premium or interest  on any Note on
or after the due date expressed in such Note.


                          ARTICLE NINE.
                     Concerning the Trustee.
          Section  9.01.   Duties  and  Responsibilities of
Trustee.

          (a)   The Trustee, prior to the occurrence  of an
Event of Default     and after the curing of  all  Events
of
Default which may   have  occurred, undertakes to perform
such  duties and only such  duties  as  are specifically
set  forth  in  this Indenture. In case   an  Event of
Default has occurred (which has  not been cured or waived)
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Indenture, and  use the same
degree of
care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would
exercise
or   use  under the circumstances in the conduct of  his own
affairs.

          (b)   No  provisions  of this Indenture  shall be
construed to  relieve  the  Trustee from  liability  for
its  own negligent action,  its  own negligent failure to
act  or  its  own willful misconduct, except that:

          1)  prior to the occurrence of any Event of
Default  and              after the curing or waiving of all
Events of Default which may                             have
occurred,

               (A)  the  duties and obligations  of  the
Trustee
              shall be determined solely by the express
 provisions of this                      Indenture, and the
         Trustee shall not be liable except for the
      performance of such duties and obligations as are
  specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
 covenants  or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
                  against the Trustee; and
                              
               (B)  in the absence of bad faith  on  the
part
          of  the  Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively
         rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
         correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
         any certificates or opinions furnished to the
         Trustee and conforming to the requirements  of this
         Indenture; but, in the case of any such
         certificates or opinions which by any provision
         hereof  are  specifically  required to be furnished
         to  the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty
         to examine the same to determine whether or not
         they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;
         
          (2)   the Trustee shall not be liable for  any
error
     of  judgment  made in good faith by  a  responsible
officer
     or  officers  of the Trustee, unless  it  shall  be
proved
     that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent       facts; and

          (3)   the  Trustee shall not  be  liable  with
respect
    to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good
faith in  accordance with the direction of the holders of at
least a majority    in principal  amount of
    the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided
     in Section 10.04 relating to  the  time,
    method and  place  of  conducting any proceeding  for
any remedy
    available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or
      power  conferred  upon  the  Trustee  under   this
    Indenture.

          (c)   Whether  or  not  therein  expressly  so
provided,
every  provision  of  this  Indenture  relating  to  the
conduct or
affecting  the liability of or affording protection   to
the Trustee shall be subject to this Section 9.01.

            Section 9.02.  Reliance  on  Documents,
Opinions,
etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01,

           (a)   the  Trustee  may  rely  and  shall  be
protected
    in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
    certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,  report,
 notice,   request, consent,  order, note or other paper or
   document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
                     signed or presented
    by the proper party or parties;

         (b)  any request, direction, order or demand of the
    Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
    by an Officers' Certificate (unless other evidence in
    respect thereof is herein specifically (prescribed);
    and  any  Board  Resolution  may  be evidenced to the
    Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or
    an Assistant Secretary of the Company;
    
          (c)   the  Trustee  may consult  with  counsel
selected
    by the Trustee, if such counsel is reasonably
satisfactory  to  the
Company, and  any  advice  or Opinion
    of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
    protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
    omitted  by  it  hereunder in  good  faith  and  in
accordance
    with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

          (d)   the Trustee shall be under no obligation to
    exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by
    this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any
    of the Noteholders, pursuant to this Indenture, unless
    such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee
    reasonable security or indemnity against the
      costs,  expenses  and  liabilities  which  may  be
    incurred                                          by
such exercise;

         (e)  the Trustee shall not be liable for any action
    taken, suffered or omitted by it in  good faith and
    believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion
    or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
    
           (f)  The Trustee shall not be bound to make any
 investigation                                         into
      the facts or matters  stated  in any resolution,
 certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,notice,
                          request,
    direction, consent,order, approval, bond, note, other
                         evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in
      its  discretion, may make such further inquiry or
 investigation into                                    such
   facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
     shall    determine to make such further inquiry or
  investigation, it shall                               be
 entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the
        Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
                              
          (g)   no  provision  of this  Indenture  shall
require
    the Trustee to extend or risk its own funds or otherwise
    incur any financial liability in the performance of any
    of its duties hereunder,  or  in the exercise of any of
    its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
    grounds for believing that repayment
    of such funds or adequate indemnity against such  risk
or
       liability is not reasonably assured to it; and
                              
          (h)  the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
     powers  hereunder or perform any  duties  hereunder
either
    directly or by or through agents or attorneys; provided,
however,  that the Trustee shall  not  be liable for  the
conduct  or acts                                      of
any  such  agent  or attorney that  shall  have  been
appointed  in  accordance herewith with due care.

          Section 9.03.  No Responsibility for Recitals,
etc.
The  recitals contained herein and in the Notes  (except in
the certificate  of  authentication)  shall  be   taken   as
the
statements of the Company, and  the  Trustee   assumes   no
responsibility for the correctness   of   the   same.    The
Trustee    makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes. The  Trustee
shall  not  be  accountable  for  the  use or application by
the Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes
authenticated   and   delivered  by  the   Trustee    in
conformity with this Indenture.

         Section 9.04.  Trustee, Authenticating Agent or
Registrar   May   Own  Notes. The Trustee and any
Authenticating Agent or  Note registrar, in its individual
or   any other capacity,
may   become  the  owner or pledgee of Notes  with   the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee,
Authenticating Agent
or Note registrar.

          Section  9.05.   Moneys to Be Held  in  Trust.
Subject
to Section  5.03, all  moneys received by  the Trustee
shall,
until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust
for the
purposes  for  which they were received,  but  need  not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.

          Section  9.06. Compensation and Expenses of
Trustee.

            (a)  The Company agrees:

          (1)   to pay to the Trustee from time to  time
such
      compensation  for  all  services  rendered  by  it
hereunder
          as    has    been   agreed   upon  in  writing
    (which       compensation shall not be limited by any
 provision of law in             regard to the compensation
             of a trustee of an express trust);
                              
          (2)  except as otherwise expressly  provided
herein,to
       reimburse   each   of   the  Trustee   and    any
predecessor
       Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
       disbursements and advances  incurred  or  made  by
the      Trustee in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture           (including the reasonable compensation
and the reasonable                 expenses and
disbursements  of its agents and counsel),  except     any
auch expense,  disbursement  or  advance  as  may   be
attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and

               (3)  to indemnify each of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against,
any        loss, liability    expense incurred without
negligence
      or bad faith on its own part, arising out of or in
     connection     with the acceptance or administration of
      the trust  or  trusts hereunder, including  the  costs
and
      expenses of  defending itself against any claim or
liability in
      connection with the exercise or performance of  any of
     its powers or duties hereunder.

           (b)   As  security  for  the  performance  of the
obligations of the Company under this Section 9.06, the
Trustee
shall have a claim  prior  to the Notes upon all property
and  funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
funds  held  in trust
for the payment of principal of and any premium and interest
on
particular Notes.

          (c)   When  the  Trustee  incurs  expenses  or
renders
services in  connection  with  an  Event  of   Default
specified in
Section    8.01(5)  or  (6),  the  expenses   (including
the reasonable charges and expenses  of  its  counsel) and
the compensation for the services are intended to constitute
expenses
of administration under   any  applicable  Federal  or
state  bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

           (d)    The provisions of this Section 9.06 shall
survive the termination of this Indenture.

           Section   9.07.   Officers'  Certificate   as
Evidence.
Except  as  otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever in
the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall  deem
it
necessary   or  desirable  that  a  matter  be    proved or
established prior  to  taking,  suffering  or  omitting  any
action hereunder, such matter  (unless  other evidence in
respect  thereof  is
herein specifically   prescribed)  may,  in  the   absence
of
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be
deemed to be
conclusively proved  and  established  by  an  Officers'
Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Officers'
Certificate, in the absence
of negligence                                          or
bad faith on the part  of  the  Trustee,
shall be full warrant  to  the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it under this Indenture in reliance
thereon.

            Section   9.08. Conflicting  Interest of
Trustee.
The Trustee will comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided,
however, that  (a)  there shall be excluded from the
requirements of
TIA Section 310(b)(1) all indentures which may be excluded
pursuant to the  proviso  to  TIA  Section  310(b)(1);
and(b) the
provisions of the   first sentence of TIA Section 310(b)(9)
shall  not apply to any  securities  described in the
second  sentence                                      of
TIA Section 310(b)(9).

          Section  9.09.  Eligibility of  Trustee.   The
Trustee
hereunder  shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business                                         under
the laws of the United States  or   any
State thereof or of  the  District of Columbia authorized
under  such laws to exercise corporate  trust powers,
having  a  combined
capital and surplus of at least  $20,000,000  and  subject
to
supervision or examination by Federal,State or District of
Columbia authority and  shall not  otherwise  be
disqualified  under  TIA Section 310(a)(5).  If  such
corporation  publishes   reports
of condition at least  annually,  pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority,  then  for the
purposes  of  this  Section 9.09, the combined   capital and
surplus of  such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined
capital and  surplus  as  set  forth in its most  recent
report of
condition so   published.   In case at any time the Trustee
shall cease
to be eligible in  accordance with this  Section  9.09,  the
Trustee shall resign immediately  in  the  manner   and
with   the
effect specified in Section 9.10.

           Section  9.10.   Resignation  or  Removal  of
Trustee.
         (a)  The Trustee may at any time resign and be
discharged  of the trusts created by this  Indenture  by
giving written  notice to the Company specifying the  day
upon which such resignation   shall  take effect, and  such
resignation shall take effect upon the day  specified  in
such   notice unless previously a successor trustee  shall
have  been  appointed by the Noteholders or the  Company in
the manner provided in Section 9.11, and in such event such
resignation shall take effect immediately  on the
appointment of such successor trustee.

          (b)  The Trustee may be removed at any time by an
instrument   or concurrent instruments in writing  filed
with
such Trustee   and signed and acknowledged by the holders of
a
majority in principal  amount of the then outstanding  Notes
or by
their attorneys in fact duly authorized.

          (c) In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to
be eligible         in  accordance with Section  9.09,  then
the
Trustee so ceasing  to  be  eligible shall resign
immediately   in the
manner and with  the effect provided in this Section 9.10,
and   in the
event that  it  does not resign immediately in such case,
then it
may be removed forthwith  by  an  instrument  or
concurrent
instruments in writing filed with the Trustee so ceasing to
be eligible and either:

          (1)   signed  by the President  or  any  Vice
President
       of the Company attested by the Secretary or an
          Assistant Secretary of the Company; or

          (2)  signed and acknowledged by the holders of a
          majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes
or by
          their attorneys in fact duly authorized.

          (d)  Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and
any appointment  of  a  successor Trustee pursuant  to  this
Section
9.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment
by the
successor Trustee as provided in Section 9.12.

           Section   9.11.   Appointment  of   Successor
Trustee.

           (a)    In case at any time the Trustee  shall
resign
or shall  be removed (unless such Trustee shall be  removed
as
provided  in Section 9.10(c) in which event the  vacancy
shall
be filled as    provided  therein),  or  shall    become
adjudged  a bankrupt or   insolvent,  or if a receiver of
the Trustee  or  of its property shall   be  appointed, or
if any public  officer   shall take charge or control  of
the Trustee, or of its property or affairs, for the purpose
of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or a vacancy
shall  be  deemed to exist in  the  office   of the Trustee
for any  other  reason, the Company, by a Board  Resolution,
shall promptly  appoint a successor Trustee.  Within one
year after such resignation,  removal or incapability or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee may be
appointed by act  of the
holders of  a  majority  in  principal  amount  of  the
outstanding
Notes, delivered to the Company and retiring  Trustee,
and the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon
its acceptance  of  such appointment, become  the  successor
Trustee
and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company
or
by such receiver or Trustee.

         (b)  The Company shall publish notice of any
resignation    and subsequent appointment of a successor
Trustee made  by it or by act of Noteholders in  one
Authorized Newspaper in  the  Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, and in one Authorized   Newspaper   in  the
city  in   which   the principal office of
the Trustee is located, once each.

           (c)    If   in  a  proper case no appointment of
a
successor Trustee shall be made pursuant to Section 9.11(a)
within six
months after a vacancy shall have occurred in the office of
Trustee,   any Noteholder or any resigning  Trustee  may
apply
to any court   of   competent   jurisdiction  to   appoint
a successor Trustee. Said  court may thereupon after such
notice, if any,  as such court may  deem  proper  and
prescribe, appoint  a  successor Trustee.

         (d)  If any Trustee resigns because of conflict of
interest  as  provided in Section 9.08 and  a  successor
Trustee
has not been appointed by the Company or the Noteholders or,
if
appointed, has not accepted the appointment,  within  30
days
after the   date  of  such resignation, the resigning
Trustee may
apply to any  court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a
successor Trustee.

           (e)  Any Trustee appointed under this Section
9.11
as a successor  Trustee  shall be a  bank  or  trust
company eligible
underSection   9.09 and qualified under Section 9.08.

         Section 9.12.  Acceptance by Successor Trustee.

           (a)   Any  successor  Trustee  appointed   as
provided in
Section  9.11 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver  to the
Company  and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument
accepting
such   appointment   hereunder,   and   thereupon    the
resignation or
removal   of   the  predecessor  Trustee  shall   become
effective
and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance,  shall become vested with  all  the  rights,
powers,
duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder,
with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein;
but nevertheless,  on the written request of the Company  or
of
the successor   Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act   shall,
upon
payment of  any  amounts then due it pursuant to  Section
9.06, execute
and deliver  an  instrument transferring to  such  successor
Trustee
all the   rights  and  powers of the Trustee so ceasing   to
act.
Upon request   of   any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall
execute any  and all instruments in writing in order more
fully and
certainly   to  vest  in and confirm to  such  successor
Trustee
all such  rights  and powers.  Any Trustee  ceasing  to  act
shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property  or
funds held
or collected by such Trustee to secure any amounts then due
it
pursuant to Section 9.06.

            (b)    No  successor  Trustee  shall  accept
appointment
as provided in this Section 9.12 unless at the time of such
acceptance such  successor Trustee shall  be  qualified
under Section 9.08 and eligible under Section 9.09.

          (c)   Upon  acceptance  of  appointment  by  a
successor
Trustee  as  provided in this Section 9.12, the  Company
shall
mail notice  of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to
all holders of Notes as  the names and addresses of such
holders
appear on the registry  books.   If  the Company fails  to
mail  such notice in the prescribed manner within 10 days
after the acceptance of appointment  by  the  successor
Trustee,  the  successor Trustee
shall cause  such  notice  to  be mailed at  the  expense
of
the Company.

          Section 9.13.  Succession by Merger, etc.
                              
         (a)  Any corporation into which the Trustee may be
merged   or   converted  or  with  which   it   may   be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party,  or any
corporation  succeeding to all or substantially  all  of the
corporate  trust  business  of the  Trustee,  shall   be
the successor of   the  Trustee  hereunder without  the
execution  or filing of any paper  or any  further act on
the part of  any  of  the
parties hereto.

           (b)   In  case at the time such successor  to the
Trustee shall  succeed  to the trusts created by this
Indenture any of
the Notes   shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any
such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor Trustee,  and  deliver
such
Notes so   authenticated; and in case at that time any of
the Notes
shall not   have   been  authenticated, any successor  to
the Trustee
may authenticate  such  Notes  either  in  the name of any
predecessor hereunder  or in the name of the successor
Trustee;  and in
all such  cases such certificates shall have the full  force
which
it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided
that
the certificates of the Trustee  shall  have;  provided,
however,
that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication
of any
predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes in the name of any
predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or
successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

            Section  9.14.   Limitations  on  Rights  of
Trustee as
a Creditor. The Trustee shall comply with  TIA  Section
311(a).
A Trustee   which  has resigned or been removed  shall  be
subject
to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

           Section   9.15.  Authenticating  Agent.   (a)
There
may be one   or     more Authenticating Agents appointed  by
the
Trustee with power  to act on its behalf and subject to its
direction in
the authentication  and  delivery of Notes   in   connection
with
transfers and   exchanges under Sections 2.05, 2.06,  2.07,
2.08, 3.02,
3.03, and 13.04,  as fully to all intents and  purposes   as
though
such Authenticating Agents had been expressly  authorized
by those
Sections to  authenticate  and  deliver  Notes. For
all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and
delivery of Notes by
any Authenticating Agent pursuant to this Section 9.15
shall be
deemed to be the authentication and delivery  of  such
Notes
"by the Trustee."  Any such Authenticating Agent shall
be  a bank
or trust company of the character and qualifications
set forth in
Section 9.09.

           (b)    Any   corporation   into   which any
Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated,  or  any
corporation  resulting  from  any merger, conversion
or consolidation to  which any Authenticating
Agent shall  be  a  party,  or any corporation
succeeding   to the corporate trust business of any
Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of  such
Authenticating Agent  hereunder,  if such successor
corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section
9.15, without the execution or filing  of  any paper
or any further act on the part of the parties hereto
or such Authenticating Agent or such successor
corporation.

           (c)   Any  Authenticating Agent may  at any
time resign by giving  written notice of resignation
to the Trustee and to the Company. The  Trustee may at
any time  terminate the agency of any Authenticating
Agent  by  giving  written notice of termination to
such  Authenticating  Agent  and   to   the   Company.
Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon
such a termination, or in case at any time any
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible  under
this Section 9.15,  the  Trustee  shall promptly
appoint  a  successor Authenticating Agent,  shall
give written notice  of  such  appointment to the
Company  and  shall mail, in the manner  provided  in
Section  15.10,  notice  of   such appointment to the
holders of Notes.

            (d)     The   Trustee  agrees  to  pay
to each
Authenticating Agent from time  to time reasonable
compensation   for its services, and  the Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed  for such payments,
in accordance with Section 9.06.

           (e)   Sections  9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.06,
9.09 and
10.03 shall be applicable to any Authenticating Agent.

             Section    9.16.    Trustee's
Application for
Instructions from   the  Company.   Any application
by  the  Trustee for written instructions  from  the
Company may, at the  option   of the Trustee, set
forth  in writing any action proposed to  be  taken or
omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the
date  on and/or after which  such action shall be
taken or such omission shall be effective. The
Trustee shall not be liable  for  any action taken by,
or         omission   of,  the Trustee   in
accordance with  a proposal included    in  such
application on or  after  the  date specified in such
application (which date shall not be  less   than five
Business Days   after   the   date any officer  of
the   Company actually receives such    application,
unless  any  such  officer   shall have consented in
writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking
any such action   (or   the  effective date in  the
case  of  an omission), the Trustee  shall  have
received written  instructions  in response to such
application  specifying the  action  to  be  taken or
omitted.

                           ARTICLE TEN.
                   Concerning the Noteholders.

            Section   10.01.   Action  by
Noteholders. (a)
Whenever in   this   Indenture it is provided that
the   holders of  a specified percentage  in aggregate
principal amount of the   Notes may take any  action
(the  making of any demand or request,   or the giving
of any notice, consents or  waivers  in  lieu  of   a
Noteholders' meeting or  the taking of any other
action) the fact that at the time of taking   any
such   action   the   holders   of   such specified
percentage
have   joined  therein  may  be  evidenced  (a)  by
any instrument or any number of instruments of similar
tenor executed by such Noteholders  in  person or by
agent or  proxy  appointed in writing, or (b)   by the
record of such Noteholders voting   in favor thereof
at  any  meeting  of  Noteholders duly called  and
held in accordance with   Article  Eleven,  or  (c) by
a  combination   of such instrument or instruments and
any such record of such a meeting of Noteholders.

          (b)  Whenever in this Indenture it is
provided that
the holders  of   a   specified  percentage  in
aggregate
principal amount of  the  Notes may take any action,
any party designated in writing by the Depositary, or
by any party so designated by the Depositary,   as
the  owner of a beneficial   interest of  a specified
principal   amount  of  any Global  Note  held  by
such Depositary shall be   deemed  to  be a holder of
Notes in such  principal amount for such purpose.

            Section   10.02.   Proof  of  Execution
by Noteholders. (a) Subject to Sections  9.01, 9.02
and 11.05,  proof   of the execution of any
instruments by a Noteholder or the agent or proxy for
such Noteholder shall be sufficient if made in
accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner
as shall be satisfactory  to the Trustee.  The
ownership of Notes shall be proved by  the Note
register of the Company or by a certificate of the
Note registrar.

           (b)    The record of any Noteholders'
meeting shall
be proven in the manner provided in Section 11.06.

             Section   10.03.    Who   Deemed
Absolute Owners. Subject to Sections    2.04(f) and
10.01, the Company,  the  Trustee, any Authenticating
Agent and Note registrar  may  deem  the person in
whose   name  any  Note  shall be registered  upon
the Note register of the   Company  to  be,  and may
treat  such  person  as, the absolute owner  of  such
Note  (whether or not such  Note  shall be overdue)
for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account
of the principal of and any premium and interest on
such  Note, and for all other purposes; and neither
the Company  nor  the Trustee nor any  Authenticating
Agent nor any Note registrar  shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.  All such payments shall
be valid and effectual  to satisfy and discharge the
liability upon any such Note to the extent of the sum
or sums so paid.

             Section    10.04.    Company-Owned
Notes Disregarded. In determining   whether  the
holders  of  the   requisite aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes have concurred  in any
direction,   consent  or waiver under  this
Indenture, Notes which are   owned by the Company or
any other obligor  on  the Notes or by any   person
directly  or  indirectly  controlling   or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company or any other   obligor  on the Notes shall be
disregarded  and deemed not to be   outstanding   for
the   purpose   of   any   such  etermination;
provided  that for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee shall  be  protected in relying on
any  such  direction, consent or waiver  only Notes
which the Trustee knows are so  owned shall be so
disregarded.  Notes so owned which have been pledged
in good faith  may  be regarded as outstanding for the
purposes of this Section   10.04  if  the  pledgee
shall  establish   to the satisfaction of   the
Trustee the pledgee's right to vote such Notes and
that the  pledgee   is   not   a   person   directly
or indirectly controlling or
controlled   by   or  under direct or  indirect
common control
with the Company  or any such other obligor.  In the
case  of  a  dispute as to  such  right, any decision
by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall
be full protection to the Trustee.

           Section   10.05. Revocation of Consents;
Future
Holders Bound.  At any time prior to the taking of any
action by the holders  of the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of
the Notes   specified in this Indenture in connection
with such
action, any holder of a Note, which is shown by the
evidence  to be included  in  the  Notes  the  holders
of  which   have consented to such action may, by
filing written notice with the Trustee at the
Corporate  Trust  Office of the Trustee and  upon
proof of ownership as   provided in Section 10.02(a),
revoke such action so far as it concerns     such
Note.  Except as aforesaid  any   such action taken by
the   holder of any Note shall be conclusive and
binding upon such holder   and upon all future holders
and owners of  such Note and of any Notes issued in
exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of
whether or not any notation  thereof  is made upon
such Note or such other Notes.

           Section   10.06.  Record Date for
Noteholder Acts.
If the  Company  shall  solicit from  the  Noteholders
any request, demand,   authorization,  direction,
notice,   consent, waiver or other   act,   the
Company  may,  at  its  option,   by Board Resolution,
fix  in  advance  a record date in compliance  with
TIA Section 3.16(c)  for  the determination of
Noteholders  entitled to give such    request,
demand,   authorization,   direction, notice, consent,
waiver  or  other  act,  but  the  Company  shall
have no obligation to do   so. If   such   a  record
date is  fixed,   such request, demand,
authorization,  direction, notice, consent,  waiver
or other
act may  be given before or after the record date, but
only the
Noteholders  of record at the close of business  on
the record
date shall  be  deemed  to  be Noteholders  for  the
purpose of
determining whether  holders  of  the requisite
aggregate  principal amount of outstanding Notes have
authorized or agreed or consented to such
request,demand,  authorization,  direction,   notice,
consent, waiver or other  act,  and  for  that
purpose   the outstanding Notes shall   be  computed
as of the record  date;  provided, however, that no
such  authorization,  agreement  or  consent
by the Noteholders on the record date shall be deemed
effective  unless it shall become effective pursuant
to this Indenture not  later than six months after the
record date.


                          ARTICLE ELEVEN
                      Noteholders' Meeting.

           Section  11.01.   Purposes  of  Meetings.
A
meeting of Noteholders may be called at any time and
from  time  to time pursuant to this Article Eleven
for any of the following purposes:

          (a)   to give any notice to the Company or
to the
     Trustee, or to give any directions to the
Trustee, or
     to  consent to the waiving of any default
hereunder and
    its consequences, or to take any other action
    authorized to be taken by Noteholders pursuant to
    Article Eight;
    
       (b)  to remove the Trustee and nominate a
    successor Trustee pursuant to Article Nine;

           (c)   to  consent  to  the  execution  of
an  indenture or  indentures  supplemental  hereto
pursuant  to  Section     13.02; or

         (d)  to take any other action authorized to
     be taken  by  or  on  behalf of  the  holders  of
     any
     specified aggregate principal amount of the
     Notes, as the case may be, under any other
     provision of this Indenture
    or   under applicable law.

          Section  11.02.  Call of Meetings by
Trustee. The
Trustee  may at any time call a meeting of  holders
of
Notes to take  any action specified in Section 11.01,
to be  held at such time   and   at   such   place  as
the  Trustee   shall determine. Notice of every   such
meeting of Noteholders, setting forth   the time and
the place   of   such  meeting  and in general   terms
the action proposed to be   taken at such meeting,
shall be given to holders of the Notes that  may be
affected by the action proposed to be taken at such
meeting  in   the  manner provided in  Section
15.10.Such notice
shall   be given not less than 20 nor more than 90
days prior
to the date fixed for such meeting.

         Section 11.03.  Call of Meetings by Company
or Noteholders.  In case at any time the Company,
pursuant to a
Board  Resolution,  or  the  holders  of  at  least
10% in
aggregate principal  amount  of the Notes then
outstanding,  shall have requested  the Trustee to
call a meeting of Noteholders, by written  request
setting  forth in  reasonable   detail the action
proposed   to  be taken at the meeting, and the
Trustee shall not have  mailed the notice of such
meeting within  20  days after receipt of such
request,  then  the  Company    or such Noteholders
may determine  the time and the place for such meeting
and may call such  meeting to take any action
authorized  in  Section 11.01, by giving notice
thereof as provided in Section 11.02.

          Section 11.04.  Qualifications for Voting.
To be
entitled   to   vote at any meetings of  Noteholders
a Person
shall (a)  be  a holder of one or more Notes affected
by  the action proposed to be taken or (b) be a Person
appointed by an instrument  in writing as proxy by a
holder of  one   or more
such Notes.   The  only Persons who shall be entitled
to  be present or to  speak  at  any meeting of
Noteholders shall  be  the Persons entitled  to vote
at such meeting and their counsel  and any
representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any
representatives of the Company and its counsel.

              Section    11.05.     Regulations.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions  of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable
regulations  as it may deem  advisable for any meeting
of   Noteholders, in regard to proof of the  holding
of Notes and of the  appointment  of  proxies,  and
in  regard  to  the appointment and
duties    of    inspectors  of  votes,  the
submission
and examination of proxies,  certificates and other
evidence of  the  right to vote, and  such  other
matters concerning the conduct  of  the meeting as it
shall think fit.

          (b)   The  Trustee  shall,  by  an
instrument in
writing, appoint  a  temporary  chairman of the
meeting,   unless the meeting shall   have  been
called by  the  Company  or  by  the Noteholders as
provided in Section 11.03, in which case the Company
or Noteholders  calling the meeting, as the case  may
be,
shall in like   manner   appoint   a   temporary
chairman.   A permanent chairman and  a  permanent
secretary of  the  meeting  shall  be elected by the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes present in person or by proxy at the
meeting.

          (c)   Subject to Section 10.04, at any
meeting each
Noteholder or proxy shall be entitled to one  vote for
each
$1,000 principal    amount  of  Notes held  or
represented   by
such Noteholder; provided, however, that no vote shall
be cast or counted at any meeting  in  respect  of
any  Note  challenged  as  not outstanding and ruled
by  the  chairman  of  the  meeting  to  be  not
outstanding. The chairman   of the meeting shall have
no right  to   vote other than by virtue  of  Notes
held by such chairman or  instruments in writing as
aforesaid  duly  designating such  chairman  as  the
person to vote
on    behalf  of  other  Noteholders.   At  any
meeting of
Noteholders duly  called  pursuant to Section 11.02
or  11.03,  the presence of persons   holding   or
representing   Notes   in    an aggregate principal
amount sufficient to take action on any business for
the transaction    for   which  such  meeting   was
called shall constitute a quorum.  Any meeting of
Noteholders duly called pursuant to Section  11.02 or
11.03 may be adjourned  from  time  to time by the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes present in person or by proxy at the
meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further
notice.

            Section  11.06.   Voting.   The  vote
upon any
resolution submitted  to  any meeting of Noteholders
shall  be  by written ballots  on which shall be
subscribed the signatures  of the holders  of Notes or
of their representatives by   proxy and the principal
amount of Notes held or represented  by  them. The
permanent    chairman  of  the  meeting  shall
appoint
two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast
at the meeting  for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file  with the secretary of the meeting
their verified written  reports in duplicate of all
votes cast at the meeting.  A record n duplicate   of
the  proceedings  of  each  meeting   of Noteholders
shall be   prepared by the secretary of the meeting
and  there shall be attached   to  said  record  the
original  reports   of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or
more  persons having knowledge of the facts setting
forth a copy   of  the  notice of the meeting and
showing   that said notice was given as provided in
Section 11.02.  The  record shall show the  principal
amount of the Notes voting in  favor  of or against
any resolution.  The record shall be signed and
verified by the affidavits  of the permanent chairman
and secretary of the meeting and   one  of the
duplicates shall be delivered  to  the Company and the
other   to   the  Trustee to be preserved  by  the
Trustee.  Any
record   so  signed  and verified  shall  be
conclusive
evidence of the matters therein stated.

         Section 11.07.  Right of Trustee or
Noteholders not
Delayed.  Nothing in this Article Eleven contained
shall be
deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason
of any
call of  a  meeting  of  Noteholders or any rights
expressly or
impliedly conferred  hereunder  to make such call,
any  hindrance or delay in the  exercise  of  any
right or rights  conferred  upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the holders of Notes under any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes.

                          ARTICLE TWELVE
        Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance,  Transfer
or Lease

          Section 12.01.  Company May Consolidate,
etc., only
on Certain     Terms.  The Company shall not
consolidate  with
or merge into   any  other  corporation  or  convey
or  transfer
its properties and assets   substantially  as an
entirety   to   any Person  unless:

               (1)    the   corporation   formed   by
     such  consolidation or into which the Company is
     merged or the       Person which   acquires  by
     conveyance or transfer the    properties and
     assets of the Company substantially as an
     entirety shall be a corporation organized and
     existing under      the laws of the United States
     of America or any State or the District  of
     Columbia,  and  shall  expressly
     assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
     executed and  delivered  to the Trustee, in form
     satisfactory  to
     the Trustee,  the  due  and  punctual  payment
of  the   principal of and any premium and interest on
all of the      Notes and the performance of every
covenant of this          Indenture on the part of the
Company to be performed or     observed;

         (2)  immediately after giving effect to such
     consolidation, merger, conveyance or  transfer,
     no
    Event of Default, and no event which, after
notice  or
     lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of
                       Default,
    shall have occurred and be continuing;

            (3) if,  as  a result of such
consolidation,      merger,   conveyance, transfer or
lease, properties or assets   of the    Company
would   become subject to  a   mortgage,     pledge,
lien, security interest or other encumbrance which
would not otherwise  be  permitted by this Indenture
without making effective   provision  whereby  the
Notes     then outstanding and any other indebtedness
of  the  Company    then entitled thereto will be
equally and ratably secured   with any and all
indebtedness  and  obligations  secured      thereby,
the Company or the successor corporation or  Person,
as the case may be, will   take  such  action  as
will  be  necessary effectively to secure all Notes
equally   and ratably with (or prior to) all
indebtedness secured     thereby; and

          (4)   the Company has delivered to the
Trustee an
    Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
     each stating that such consolidation, merger,
     conveyance or transfer and such supplemental
     indenture comply with this   Article  Twelve  and
     that  all  conditions precedent herein provided
     for relating to such consolidation, merger,
     conveyance or transfer have been  complied
    with.

            Section 12.02. Successor Corporation
Substituted.
Upon  any  consolidation or merger, or  any
conveyance or
transfer of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety in accordance with
Section 12.01, the successor corporation formed by
such consolidation or  into  which the Company  is
merged  or  to  which  such  conveyance  or transfer
is made shall succeed  to,  and be substituted  for,
and  may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as
if such successor corporation had  been named as the
Company  herein;  provided,  however, that no such
conveyance or transfer  shall have the effect of
releasing the  Person named as the  "Company" in the
first paragraph of this  Indenture or any successor
corporation  which shall  theretofore   have become
such in the manner  prescribed  in this  Article
Twelve  from its liability as obligor and maker on any
of the Notes.

                         ARTICLE THIRTEEN
                     Supplemental Indentures.
            Section   13.01. Supplemental  Indentures
without
Consent of Noteholders.

            (a) The  Company,  when  authorized   by
Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and
at any  time enter into an  indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for  one or more of the following
purposes:

          (1)   to make  such provision  in  regard
to matters
    or questions arising under this Indenture as may
     be necessary  or  desirable and not inconsistent
     with
      this Indenture  or  for  the purpose  of
      supplying  any omission, curing any ambiguity,
      or curing, correcting or supplementing   any
      defective   or   inconsistent
    provision        or to make a change which does
not affect the       rights of any Noteholder;

           (2)   to  change  or  eliminate  any  of
the  provisions of this indenture, provided that any
such change          or elimination shall become
effective only when  there is
    no  Note outstanding created prior to the
execution of
    such supplemental indenture which is entitled to
    the benefit of such provision;
    
         (3)  to secure the Notes;

          (4) to establish  the  form  of  Notes  as
 permitted by Section 2.01 or to establish or reflect
 any  terms of any Note determined pursuant to Section
                         2.05;
                           
     (5)  to evidence the succession of another
corporation  to      the Company, and the assumption
by any such successor    of the covenants  of  the
Company
    herein and in the Notes;

         (6)  to grant to or confer upon the Trustee
for the
     benefit  of  the  Holders  any  additional
rights,  remedies,   powers or authority;

           (7)   to  permit  the Trustee to comply
with
    any duties imposed upon it by law;

            (8) to specify further the duties and
resonsibilities of,  and to define further the
relationships        among, the Trustee,  any
Authenticating Agent and any       paying agent; and

         (9)  to add to the covenants of the Company
for the
     benefit  of the holders or to surrender a right
or power
    conferred on the Company herein.

           (b)  The Trustee is hereby authorized to
join with
the Company  in  the  execution  of  any  such
supplemental indenture, to make any further
appropriate agreements and
stipulations which may be therein contained and to
accept the
conveyance, transfer and assignment  of  any property
thereunder,  but  the Trustee shall not be obligated
to enter into any such
supplemental indenture which  affects  the  Trustee's
own  rights,  duties  or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.

          (c)  Any supplemental indenture authorized
by this
Section  15.01  may be executed by the Company  and
the Trustee
without  the consent of the holders of any of the
Notes at
the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the
provisions
of Section 13.02.

            Section   13.02.   Supplemental
Indentures with
Consent of Noteholders.

         (a)  With the consent (evidenced as provided
in Section  10.01)  of  the holders  of  at  least
50%  in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the
time  outstanding
that would be            affected   by  such
supplemental  indenture,   the
Company, when authorized   by  Board Resolution, and
the Trustee   may from time to time  and  at  any
time  enter  into  an  indenture  or indentures
supplemental  hereto  for  the  purpose  of  adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating  any  of the provisions of this  Indenture
or  of  any supplemental  indenture  or of modifying
in  any manner   the   rights  of  the   Noteholders;
provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
shall:

         (1)  change the maturity of any Note; or
     reduce the  rate or extend the time of payment of
     interest
     on any  Note;  or  change  the method  of
    calculating    interest, or any term used in the
    calculation of interest,      or the period  for
    which  interest  is  payable,  on  any  Floating
    Rate  Note; or reduce the principal amount  of
    any Note  or  any  premium  thereon; or change
    the  coin  or  currency in which the principal of
    any Note or any premium       or interest thereon
    is payable; or change the date on
     which any Note may be redeemed; or adversely
     affect
     the rights of any Noteholder to institute suit
    for the   enforcement of any payment of principal
    of or any
     premium  or  interest on any  Note;  in  each
     case
     without   the  consent of the holder of each Note
     so affected (for purposes of this Section 13.02
     (a)(1) only, the term "Note"  shall include Notes
     for which an offer  has
     been accepted by the Company); or

          (2)  reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Notes, the
    holders of which are required to consent to any
    such supplemental indenture, without the consent
    of the holders of all of the Notes then
    outstanding.
    
                    (b)    Upon  the  request  of  the
Company, accompanied by a copy  of  the Board
Resolution authorizing the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, and upon the filing  with the
Trustee of  evidence of the consent of Noteholders as
aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in
the execution  of such supplemental indenture   unless
such   supplemental indenture affects the  Trustee's
own rights, duties or  immunities  under this
Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may
in its discretion,  but shall not be obligated to,
enter  into such supplemental indenture.

          (c)  It shall not be necessary for the
consent of
the holders of Notes under this Section 13.02 to
approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient  if  such consent  shall
approve
the substance thereof.

           (d)    Promptly  after the execution  by
the Company and the  Trustee  of any supplemental
indenture pursuant  to this Section  13.02,  the
Company shall give  notice  in  the manner provided in
Section 15.10, setting forth  in  general
terms the substance of   such   supplemental
indenture,    to
all Noteholders. Any  failure  of  the Company to give
such  notice, or any defect therein shall not,
however, in any way impair or  affect the validity of
any such supplemental indenture.

            Section   13.03.    Compliance  with
Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental
Indentures. Any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article Thirteen shall  comply with the TIA. Upon
the   execution   of  any   supplemental indenture
pursuant to  this  Article Thirteen, this Indenture
shall be  and be deemed to  be modified and amended in
accordance therewith  and the respective rights,
limitations    of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities under  this Indenture of  the  Trustee, the
Company and the Noteholders hall  thereafter  be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder  subject
in  all respects to such modifications and
amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any
such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to
be part of the
terms  and  conditions of this Indenture  for  any
and all
purposes.

            Section    13.04.    Notation   on
Notes. Notes
authenticated and    delivered    after   the
execution    of    any supplemental indenture pursuant
to  this Article Thirteen may bear a  notation in form
approved  by  the Trustee as to any matter provided
for in such supplemental indenture.  If the Company or
the  Trustee shall so determine,  new  Notes  so
modified as to conform   in the opinion of the Trustee
and  the  Board  of  Directors  to  any modification
of this Indenture  contained  in  any  such
supplemental indenture may be  prepared  and executed
by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee   and
delivered  in  exchange  for  the   Notes then
outstanding.

            Section 13.05. Evidence of Compliance of
Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee.  The
Trustee, subject to Sections 9.01 and 9.02, may
receive  an  Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any supplemental indenture   executed
pursuant    hereto complies with the requirements of
this Article Thirteen.


                        ARTICLE FOURTEEN.
             Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders,
                     Officers and Directors.
            Section 14.01. Indenture and Notes Solely
Corporate
Obligations.    No  recourse  for  the  payment  of
the principal of or any  premium or interest on any
Note, or for  any  claim based thereon   or
otherwise  in respect  thereof,  and   no recourse
under or upon  any  obligation,  covenant  or
agreement  of  the Company, contained in this
Indenture    or    in any supplemental indenture, or
in   any  Note,  or  because  of  the  creation  of
any indebtedness represented   thereby,  shall   be
had   against       any incorporator, stockholder,
officer or director, as such, past, present or future,
of  the  Company or any successor  corporation, either
directly or through   the   Company or
any successor corporation, whether  by virtue of any
constitution, statute or  rule of law, or by    the
enforcement  of  any  assessment  or  penalty or
otherwise; it being  expressly understood that all
such  liability  is hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and
as a
consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and
the issue of the Notes.


                         ARTICLE FIFTEEN.
                    Miscellaneous Provisions.

         Section 15.01.  Provisions Binding on
Company's Successors.   All the covenants,
stipulations,  promises and
agreements  made by the Company in this Indenture
shall bind
its successors and assigns whether so expressed or
not.

            Section 15.02.  Official Acts by Successor
Corporation. Any act or proceeding by any provision of
this Indenture authorized  or required to be done or
performed  by  any board, committee  or officer of the
Company shall and  may   be done and performed    with
like force and effect  by   the   like board,
committee or  officer of any corporation that shall at
the time be the lawful successor of the Company.

           Section  15.03.  Addresses for Notices,
etc. Any
notice or demand which  by  any provision of  this
Indenture
is required or permitted to be given or served by the
Trustee or by the Noteholders  on the Company may be
given  or  served  by being deposited  postage
prepaid in  a  post  office   letter box addressed
(until  another  address is filed by the  Company
with the Trustee) to   Kansas   City Power & Light
Company,  1201  Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri  64106,
to  the  attention  of  the  Corporate Secretary. Any
notice,  direction,  request  or  demand  by  any
Noteholder to or upon    the   Trustee  shall  be
deemed  to  have  been sufficiently given or  made,
for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

          Section 15.04.  Governing Law.  This
Indenture and
each Note  shall  be deemed to be a contract made
under  the laws of the State of New  York, and for all
purposes  shall  be
construed in accordance with the laws of said State.

            Section 15.05. Evidence of Compliance with
Conditions Precedent.

           (a)   Upon any application or demand  by
the Company to the Trustee  to  take any action under
this Indenture, the Company shall furnish   to   the
Trustee    an    Officers' Certificate stating that
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for  in
this indenture  relating  to the proposed  action
have  been complied with and  an  Opinion of Counsel
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,   all
such  conditions  precedent  have  been complied with.

          (b)   Each certificate or opinion provided
for in
this Indenture  and  delivered  to the Trustee  with
respect to
compliance with   a  condition  or covenant provided
for  in  this Indenture shall include   (1)  a
statement  that  each  Person   making such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition and the definitions  relating thereto; (2) a
brief statement  as to the nature   and   scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the
statements or opinion contained in such certificate or
opinion  are based; (3) a statement that, in the
opinion of each such Person, such Person has made such
examination or investigation  as  is  necessary to
enable  such  Person to express an informed  opinion
as  to whether or not  such  covenant or condition has
been  complied  with; and (4)  a  statement  as  to
whether or not, in  the  opinion  of  each such
Person,  such  condition or covenant
has been complied with.

          (c)   In  any  case where several matters
are required to be  certified  by,  or covered by  an
opinion  of,  any specified Person,  it  is  not
necessary that  all  such  matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or
that they   be  so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such  Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and  one  or more
other such Persons   as   to other matters,and  and
such Person may certify or give an opinion  as to such
matters in one or several documents.

          (d)   Any certificate or opinion of an
officer of
the Company
may  be  based,  insofar as  it   relates to
legal matters, upon   a  certificate  or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless   such  officer
knows, or  in  the  exercise  of reasonable care
should know,   that   the  certificate   or   opinion
or representations with  respect to the matters upon
which such certificate or opinion  is  based are
erroneous.  Any  such certificate or Opinion of
Counsel  may  be based, insofar  as  it  relates  to
factual matters,upon a certificate   or   opinion
of, or representations by,
an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters  is
in the
possession of the Company, unless such person knows,
or in
the exercise    of   reasonable  care  should  know,
that the
certificate or opinion  or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous.

          (e)  Any certificate, statement or opinion
of any
officer  of  the Company, or of counsel, may  be
based, insofar
as it  relates   to  accounting matters, upon a
certificate or
opinion of  or representations  by  an  accountant  or
firm of
accountants, unless   such officer or counsel, as the
case  may   be, knows that the   certificate  or
opinion or  representations  with respect to the
accounting matters upon which the certificate,
statement or opinion  of  such  officer or counsel may
be  based  as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the
exercise of reasonable care  should know that the
same are erroneous.  Any certificate or opinion  of
any firm of independent   public accountants  filed
with   the Trustee shall contain a statement that such
firm is independent.

         (f)  Where any Person is required to make,
give or
execute two or more applications, requests, consents,
certificates,    statements,    opinions    or
other instruments under this  Indenture, they may, but
need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

           Section   15.06.   Business   Days.
Unless otherwise provided herein, in any case where
the date  of maturity of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Note   or the date fixed
for redemption of any Note is not a Business  Day,
then payment   of  such principal or any premium or
interest need not be made   on   such   date  but may
be  made  on  the  next succeeding Business Day  with
the same force and effect as if made  on  the date of
maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and,  in
the case of payment,  no interest shall accrue for the
period   from and after such date.

         Section 15.07.  Trust Indenture Act to
Control. If
and to   the  extent  that any provision of  this
Indenture limits, qualifies   or conflicts with
another provision included in this Indenture  which
is  required to be  included  in  this Indenture by
any   of  Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of  the
TIA, such required provision shall control.

           Section  15.08.  Table of Contents,
Headings, etc.
The table   of  contents  and the titles  and
headings   of the
articles and   sections  of  this  Indenture have
been  inserted for convenience of   reference  only,
are not to be  considered  a  part hereof, and shall
in        no  way modify or restrict any of  the
terms or provisions hereof.

          Section  15.09.   Execution  in
Counterparts. This
Indenture    may    be   executed  in  any   number
of
counterparts, each of which   shall   be  an
original, but such  counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

         Section 15.10.  Manner of Mailing Notice to
Noteholders.   Any  notice  or  demand  which   by
any provision of this Indenture is required or
permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or the
Company to or on the holders of Notes, as the case may
be, shall  be  given or served  by   first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of such
Notes at their last addresses as  the  same appear on
the  Note  register referred to in Section  2.06,  and
any such notice shall be  deemed  to be given or
served by being deposited in a post office letter box
in the form and manner provided in this Section 15.10.

           In   Witness  Whereof, Kansas City  Power
& Light
Company has  caused this Indenture to be signed and
acknowledged by its Executive Vice  President, and its
corporate  seal  to
be affixed hereunto, and the same to be attested by
its  Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and The Bank
of  New   York   has caused this Indenture to  be
signed and acknowledged  by  one   of its Assistant
Vice   Presidents   and  its  corporate   seal   to
be affixed hereunto, and   the   same   to  be
attested  by   one   of   its Assistant Treasurers,
as of the day and year first written above.


                  KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY




By_______________________________
                                  Bernard J. Beaudoin
                                      Executive
                                      Vice
President

Attest:


__________________________
Jeanie Sell Latz
Secretary

[Seal)
                               THE  BANK  OF  NEW
YORK, as
Trustee


                             By_______________________
                               __ Assistant Vice
                               President
                               
Attest:


__________________________
Assistant Treasurer

[Seal]



STATE OF MISSOURI )
                  ) ss:
COUNTY OF JACKSON )




         I, ________________________, a Notary Public
in and
for
said County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify
that Bernard  J.  Beaudoin  of  Kansas  City  Power  &
Light Company, a
Missouri    corporation  and  Jeanie  Sell    Latz
of said
corporation,
who   are  personally known to me to be the same
persons whose
names
are  subscribed to the foregoing instrument and who
are both
personally  known to me to be Executive  Vice
President and
Secretary of said corporation, appeared before me
this day
in
person  and  severally acknowledged that they  this
day signed,
sealed  and delivered the said instrument as their
free and
voluntary    act   as  such  Executive  Vice
President
and
Secretary,
respectively,  of  said corporation  and  as  the
free and
voluntary
act   of   said  corporation, for the uses and
purposes
therein
set
forth,  and that the seal affixed to said instrument
is the
corporate  seal  of  said  corporation  and   that
the said
instrument
was executed, signed, sealed and delivered on behalf
of said
corporation by authority of its Board of Directors,
and acknowledged   said  instrument  to  be  the  free
and voluntary
act and
deed of said corporation.

            GIVEN  under  my  hand  and  notarial
seal this
__________
day of December, 1996.



_______________________________


My commission expires:



STATE OF _______  )
                  )  ss:
COUNTY OF ______  )





           I,   _____________________________, a
Notary Public
in
and   for   said County and State aforesaid,  do
hereby
certify
that
_________________________________ of  The  Bank  of
New York, a
corporation  organized and existing under the  laws
of the
State of
New York, and ____________________, of said
corporation, who
are
personally   known to me to be the same  persons
whose names
are
subscribed to the foregoing instrument and who are
both personally known to me to be an Assistant Vice
President and
Assistant Treasurer of said corporation, appeared
before me
this
day  in person and severally acknowledged that they
this day
signed,   sealed and delivered the said  instrument
as their
free
and  voluntary  act as such an Assistant Vice
President and
Assistant  Treasurer, respectively, of said
corporation, and
as
the  free and voluntary act of said corporation, for
the uses
and
purposes  therein set forth, and that the  seal
affixed to
said
instrument   is  the corporate seal of said
corporation and
that the
said   instrument  was  executed,  signed,  sealed
and delivered
on
behalf  of said corporation by authority of its By-
laws, and
acknowledged   said  instrument  to  be  the  free
and voluntary
act and
deed of said corporation.

        GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this
_____ day
of
December, 1996.




_____________________________
                                       Notary Public

My commission expires:

EXHIBIT A

                                            Global
Fixed Rate
Note




Registered
REGISTERED
 NO.
                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT
                            COMPANY Fixed Rate
                         Medium-Term Note
    THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF THE
DEPOSITARY   (REFERRED TO HEREIN) OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF AND,
UNLESS
AND   UNTIL  IT  IS  EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN  PART
FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL
NOTES  REPRESENTED  HEREBY, THIS  GLOBAL  NOTE  MAY
NOT BE
TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY  OR  BY  A  NOMINEE  OF  THE
DEPOSITARY   TO THE
DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER  NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR
ANY
SUCH  NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

CUSIP:
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT:
                                               $
ORIGINAL                   ISSUE
DATES:
MATURITY
DATE:

INTEREST
RATE:
REDEMPTION
DATE:

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

         Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
corporation   (herein  called  the   "Company",
which term
includes any
successor  Person  under the Indenture referred  to
on the
reverse
hereof) for value received hereby promises to pay to

or registered assigns the principal sum of


DOLLARS
on   the   Maturity  Date set forth above  and  to
pay interest
thereon
from the Original Issue Date (or if this Global Note
has two
or
more Original Issue Dates, interest shall, beginning
on each
such
Original  Issue Date, begin to accrue for that  part
of the
principal  amount  to  which such  Original  Issue
Date is
applicable)
set   forth   above,  or from the most  recent
Interest Payment
Date to
which   interest  has been paid or duly  provided
for,
semi-
annually
in   arrears  on  the Interest Payment Dates  set
forth above in
each
year   commencing on (a) the first such Interest
Payment Date
next
succeeding  the earliest Original Issue Date  or
Dates set
forth
above,   or (b) if such Original Issue Date is  after
a Record
Date
and  prior  to the first Interest Payment Date,  on
the second
Interest  Payment Date, at the per annum Interest
Rate
set
forth
above   until  the  principal hereof  is  paid  or
made available
for
payment.   The  interest so payable and punctually
paid or
duly
provided   for  on any Interest Payment  Date  will,
as provided
in
such   Indenture,  be paid to the Person in whose
name
this
Note is
registered at the close of business on the Record
Date
for
such
Interest   Payment   Date, which shall   be   the
date
fifteen
calendar
days  (whether  or  not a Business Day)  preceding
such Interest
Payment   Date, provided, however, that if  an
Original Issue
Date
falls   between   a Record Date and an Interest
Payment Date,
the
first   payment   of   interest with  respect  to
such
Original
Issue
Date   will  be  paid  on  the second Interest
Payment Date
subsequent
to  such Original Issue Date to the Person in whose
name this
Note
is   registered at the close of business on the
Record Date
for
such   second   Interest  Payment  Date,  and
provided further,
that
interest   payable   on  the  Maturity  date   or,
if
applicable,
upon
redemption,  shall  be payable to  the  Person  to
whom principal
shall  be  payable.   Except as otherwise  provided
in
the
Indenture,
any   such   interest  not so punctually  paid  or
duly provided
for
will   forthwith  cease to be payable to the holder
on
such
Record
Date  and shall be paid to the Person in whose name
this Note
is
registered at the close of business on a Record Date
for the
payment  of  such  defaulted interest to  be  fixed
by
the
Company,
notice  whereof shall be given to Noteholders  not
less than
fifteen  days  prior to such Record Date.   Payment
of
the
principal
of  and  any premium and interest on this Note  will
be made at
the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough
of Manhattan,  The  City of New York, or such other
office or
agency
of   the  Company as may be designated by  it  for
such purpose,
in
such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at
the
time   of  payment is legal tender for payment of
public and
private
debts,  provided,  however, that at the  option  of
the Company,
payment   of   interest  may be made by  United
States dollar
check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto
as such
address shall appear in the Note Register.

    Under certain circumstances, this Global Note is
exchangeable in whole or from time to time in part for
a definitive  Note or Notes, with the same Original
Issue Date
or
Dates,     Maturity     Date,   Interest    Rate
and redemption
provisions as
provided herein or in the Indenture.

           REFERENCE  IS  HEREBY  MADE  TO  THE
FURTHER PROVISIONS
OF
THIS   GLOBAL   NOTE SET FORTH IN FULL  ON  THE
REVERSE
HEREOF,
WHICH
FURTHER   PROVISIONS  SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES  HAVE
THE SAME
EFFECT AS
IF SET FORTH IN FULL AT THIS PLACE.

         Unless the certificate of authentication
hereon has
executed  by  the  Trustee referred to  on  the
reverse hereof,
directly   or   through  an Authenticating   Agent,
by
manual
signature
of   an  authorized signatory, this Note  shall  not
be entitled
to
any   benefit   under  the  Indenture  or  be  valid
or
obligatory
for any
purpose.



         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused
this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.

Dated
                              [SEAL]
    TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
    OF AUTHENTICATION
                                           Kansas
City Power  &
Light
                                             Company
This is one of the notes designated
therein referred to in the within-          By
mentioned
Indenture
Executive

Vice
President

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

By                                     Attest

                    Authorized
Signatory
Secretary




                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                         MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
                         
           This   Global  Note is one of, and  a
global security
which
represents  Notes which are part of,  a duly
authorized
issue
of
Notes of the Company (herein called the "Notes"),
issued and
to
be   issued under an Indenture dated as of December
1, 1996
(herein
called the "Indenture") between the Company and The
Bank of
New
York,  as  Trustee  (herein called the "Trustee",
which term
includes  any  successor Trustee under  the
Indenture), to
which
Indenture   and  all  indentures  supplemental
thereto reference
is
hereby   made   for   a  statement of   the
respective rights,
limitations
of   rights,  duties  and immunities thereunder  of
the Company,
the
Trustee and the Noteholders, and of the terms upon
which the
Notes  are,  and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. The
Notes
are limited to $300,000,000 aggregate principal
amount.

            Each  Note  shall  be  dated  the  date
of its
authentication
by  the  Trustee.  Each Note shall also bear an
Original Issue
Date
or   Dates  which with respect to this Global  Note
(or any
portion
thereof),  shall mean the date or dates of the
original issue
of
the   Notes  represented  hereby as  specified  on
the face
hereof, and
such  Original Issue Date or Dates shall remain the
same for
all
Notes subsequently issued upon transfer, exchange, or
substitution    of   such  original   Note   (or
such subsequently
issued
Notes) regardless of their dates of authentication.

          This Global Note may not be redeemed prior
to the
Redemption  Date  set  forth on  the  face  hereof.
If no
Redemption
Date   is   so   set  forth, this  Global  Note  is
not redeemable
prior to
its maturity.  On or after the Redemption Date set
forth on
the
face  hereof this Note is redeemable in whole or in
part in
increments  of  $1,000  (provided  that  any
remaining principal
amount   of this note shall be at least $1,000)  at
the
option
of
the   Company   at   the  following  redemption
prices (expressed as
percentages  of  the principal amount  to  be
redeemed) together
with
interest thereon payable to the date of redemption:

    Redemption Periods                 Redemption

Prices

Notice  of  redemption will be given by mail to
Holders of
Notes
not   less  than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to
the date
fixed
for  redemption  all as provided in the Indenture.
In the
event of
redemption   of this Global Note in part  only,  a
new Global
Note or
Notes   and   of  like tenor for the unredeemed
portion hereof
will be
issued  in  the  name  of  the Noteholder  hereof
upon the
surrender
hereof.

           This  Global  Note  will not be  entitled
to the
benefit of
a sinking fund.

          Interest  payments on this  Global  Note
will include
Accrued  Interest to but excluding the Interest
Payment Date.
Interest  payments on this Note shall  be  computed
and paid on
the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

         The Company at its option, subject to the
terms and
conditions   provided  in  the  Indenture,    will
be discharged
from any
and   all  obligations in respect of the  Notes
(except
for
certain
obligations   including  obligations  to  register
the transfer
or
exchange  of  Notes, replace stolen, lost  or
mutilated Notes,
maintain  paying  agencies and hold monies  for
payment in
trust),
91  days  after  the Company deposits with  the
Trustee money or
U.S.
Government  Obligations  which through  the  payment
of interest
thereon  and principal thereof in accordance with
their terms
will
provide  money,  or  a combination  of  money  and
U.S. Government
Obligations,  in  an  amount  sufficient  to   pay
all
the
principal of
and  any premium and interest on the Notes on the
dates such
payments  are  due in accordance with the terms  of
the Notes.

          If  an Event of Default with respect to
Notes shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes
may be
declared  due  and payable in the manner  and  with
the effect
provided in the Indenture.

          The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as
therein   provided,  the  amendment  thereof   and
the
modification
of
the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of
the
Noteholders to be affected under the Indenture  at
any
time
by the
Company  and the Trustee with the consent of the
holders of
not
less   than  a  majority  in  principal  amount  of
the outstanding
Notes
affected   thereby.    The   Indenture   also
contains provisions
permitting  the  holders  of not less  than  a
majority in
principal
amount   of  the outstanding Notes affected thereby,
on behalf
of
the  holders  of all Notes, to waive compliance  by
the Company
with
certain   provisions  of the Indenture.  The
Indenture
also
provides
that   the   holders  of not less  than  a  majority
in principal
amount
of the outstanding Notes may waive certain past
defaults and
their   consequences on behalf of the  holders  of
all Notes.
Any
such   consent  or waiver by the holder of this
Global Note
shall be
conclusive  and binding upon such holder  and  upon
all future
holders of this Global Note and of any Note issued
upon the
registration  of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in
lieu
hereof,  whether  or  not notation of  such  consent
or waiver is
made
upon this Global Note or such Note.

            As   set  forth  in,  and  subject  to,
the provisions of
the
Indenture, no holder of any Notes will have any right
to institute  any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or
for any
remedy   thereunder,  unless  such  holder  shall
have previously
given
to  the  Trustee  written notice of a  continuing
Event of
Default
with  respect to the Notes, the holders of not less
than a
majority  in  principal amount of the outstanding
Notes shall
have
made  written request, and offered reasonable
indemnity, to
the
Trustee  to  institute such proceeding as Trustee,
and the
Trustee
shall  have  failed to institute such proceeding
within 60
days,
provided,  however, that such limitations do  not
apply to  a
suit
instituted  by  the  holder hereof for  the
enforcement of
payment of
the   principal of and any premium or interest  on
this Global
Note
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

          As  provided in the Indenture and  subject
to certain
limitations therein set forth, this Global Note may be
transferred,  in  whole  but  not  in  part,   only
by the
Depositary to
a   nominee  of  the  Depositary, or  by  a  nominee
of the
Depositary to
another  nominee or the Depositary or by the
Depositary or
any
such  nominee to a successor Depositary for this
Global Note
selected  or approved by the Company or to a nominee
of such
successor Depositary.

          If  at any time the Depositary for this
Global Note
notifies  the  Company  that it is unwilling  or
unable to
continue
as Depositary for this Global Note or if at any time
the Depositary  for  this Global Note  shall  no
longer  be eligible
or in
good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended,   or  other  applicable statute or
regulation, the
Company
shall   appoint a successor Depositary with respect
to this
Global
Note.  If a successor Depositary for this Global Note
is not
appointed  by  the  Company within  90  days  after
the Company
receives   such   notice  or  becomes  aware   of
such ineligibility,
the
Company's   election to issue this Note in  global
form shall
no
longer be effective with respect to this Global Note
and the
Company   will   execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt
of  a
Company
Order    for   the   authentication  and  delivery
of
individual
Notes in
exchange  for  this Global Note, will  authenticate
and deliver
individual  Notes of like tenor and terms in
definitive form
in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of
such
Global  Note  or Notes in exchange for such Global
Note or
Notes.

         If specified by the Company and agreed by the
Depositary   with respect to Notes issued in  the
form of  a
Global
Note,   the   Depositary  for  such  Global  Note
shall surrender
such
Global   Note  in  exchange in  whole  or  in  part
for
individual
Notes
of   like  tenor and terms in definitive  form  on
such terms as
are
acceptable    to   the  Company  and  such
Depositary. Thereupon
the
Company    shall    execute,  and  the   Trustee
shall
authenticate
and
deliver,    without   service  charge,   (1)   to
each
Person
specified by
such  Depositary, a new Note or Notes of like tenor
and terms
and
of   any   authorized denomination as requested by
such Person
in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for beneficial interest of such Person in such Global
Note; and
(2)
to  such Depositary a new Global Note of like tenor
and terms
and
in   a   denomination equal to the difference,  if
any, between
the
principal  amount  of the surrendered Global  Note
and
the
aggregate
principal amount of Notes delivered to Holders
thereof.

            Under  certain  circumstances  specified
in the
Indenture,
the  Depositary may be required to surrender any two
or more
Global  Notes which have identical terms (but which
may have
differing  Original  Issue Dates) to the  Trustee,
and
the
Company
shall  execute  and the Trustee shall  authenticate
and deliver
to,
or  at  the  direction of, the Depositary a Global
Note in
principal
amount  equal to the aggregate principal amount of,
and with
all
terms identical to, the Global Notes surrendered
thereto and
which   shall   indicate  all  Original  Dates  and
the principal
amount
applicable to each such Original Issue Date.

          No  reference  herein  to  the  Indenture
and no
provision
of  this  Global  Note or of the Indenture  shall
alter or
impair the
obligation    of   the  Company,  which   is
absolute
and
unconditional,
to  pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this
Note
at  the  times,  places and rates, and in  the  coin
or currency,
herein prescribed.

          Prior  to due presentment of this Global
Note for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any
agent
of   the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose
name
this  Global Note is registered as the owner hereof
for all
purposes,  whether or not this Global Note is
overdue,
and
neither
the  Company,  the  Trustee nor  any  such  agent
shall be
affected by
notice to the contrary.

           The Indenture and the Notes shall be
governed by,
and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of New
York.

         All terms used in the Note which are defined
in the
Indenture  shall have the meanings assigned to  them
in
the
Indenture.

                          ABBREVIATIONS
The   following   abbreviations,  when   used   in
the inscription of
the
face   of this instrument, shall be construed as
though they
were
written  out  in  full  according  to  applicable
laws or
regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common    UNIT GIFT
                                          MIN
ACT -
_____Custodian_____
TEN       ENT      -     as     tenants      by
the
(Cust)
(Minor)
             entireties
Under
Uniform
Gifts
                                              to
Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with
        right of survivorship and
                 not         as        tenants
in
common
___________________
                                                 State
           Additional   abbreviations may also  be
used though
not in
the above list.

                      ______________________

          FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED  the  undersigned
hereby sell(s)
                  assign(s) and transfer(s) unto


PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
  OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE


_______________________________________

_______________________________________


______________________________________________________
__ ____
_____
            Please print or typewrite name and address
              including postal zip code of assignee
              
              
______________________________________________________
__ ____
_____
the    within    note    and  all   rights
thereunder,
hereby
irrevocably
constituting
and
appointing
_____________________________________
_______________________ attorney to transfer  said
note on
the
books of the Company, with full power of substitution
in the
premises.

Dated:____________________


___________________________________
                              NOTICE:  The signature
to this
                              assignment must
correspond with
the
                               name as written upon
the face
of
                              the  within instrument
in every
                                  particular,
without
alteration
or
                                 enlargement   or
any
change
whatever.




EXHIBIT B


Fixed Rate
Note

         Registered                         REGISTERED

 NO.

                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                            Fixed Rate
                         Medium-Term Note

CUSIP:
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT:
                                               $

ORIGINAL                   ISSUE
DATE:
MATURITY
DATE:

INTEREST
RATE:
REDEMPTION
DATE:

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

         Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
corporation   (herein  called  the   "Company",
which
term
includes any
successor  Person  under the Indenture referred  to
on the
reverse
hereof) for value received hereby promises to pay to

or registered assigns the principal sum of


DOLLARS
on   the   Maturity  Date set forth above,  and  to
pay interest
thereon
from   the  Original Issue Date set forth above, or
from the
most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid
or
duly  provided  for, semi-annually  in  arrears  on
the Interest
Payment  Dates  set forth above in each year,
commencing on
(a) the
first   such   Interest  Payment  Date  next
succeeding
the
Original
Issue   Date   set forth above, or (b) if such
Original Issue
Date is
after   a  Record  Date and prior to the first
Interest Payment
Date,
on   the   second  Interest Payment Date,  at  the
per annum
Interest
Rate  set forth above until the principal hereof is
paid or
made
available    for  payment.   The  interest  so
payable and
punctually
paid  or duly provided for on any Interest Payment
Date will,
as
provided   in such Indenture, be paid to the  Person
in whose
name
this  Note  is  registered at the close of business
on the
Record
Date for such Interest Payment Date, which shall be
the date
fifteen   calendar  days  (whether or  not  a
Business Day)
preceding
such  Interest Payment Date, provided, however  that
if the
Original  issue  Date falls between a  Record  Date
and an
Interest
Payment Date, the first payment of interest will be
paid on
the
second   Interest   Payment  Date  subsequent  to
such Original
Issue
Date to the Person in whose name this Note is
registered at
the
close   of   business  on  the Record  Date   for
such second
Interest
Payment   Date,  and  provided  further,  that
interest payable on
the
Maturity Date, or if applicable, upon redemption,
shall be
payable   to   the  Person to whom  principal  shall
be payable.
Except
as   otherwise   provided  in the  Indenture,  any
such interest
not so
punctually  paid  or  duly provided for  will
forthwith cease to
be
payable  to the holder on such Record Date and shall
be paid
to
the  Person  in  whose name this Note is registered
at
the
close of
business  on  a  Record Date for  the  payment  of
such defaulted
interest  to  be  fixed by the Company,  notice
whereof shall be
given  to  Noteholders not less than fifteen days
prior to
such
Record   Date.   Payment of the principal  of  and
any
premium
and
interest   on   this Note will be made at the
Corporate Trust
Office
of  the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New
York,
or such other office or agency of the Company as may
be designated  by  it for such purpose,  in  such
coin  or currency
of
the  United  States of America as at the time of
payment is
legal
lender   for  payment  of  public  and  private
debts,
provided,
however,  that  at  the option of the  Company,
payment of
interest
may  be  made  by United States dollar check mailed
to the
address
of   the  Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear
in
the Security Register.

           REFERENCE  IS  HEREBY  MADE  TO  THE
FURTHER PROVISIONS
OF
THIS   NOTE   SET  FORTH IN FULL ON THE REVERSE
HEREOF, WHICH
FURTHER
PROVISIONS  SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME
EFFECT AS IF
SET
FORTH IN FULL AT THIS PLACE.

         Unless the certificate of authentication
hereon has
executed  by  the  Trustee referred to  on  the
reverse hereof,
directly   or   through  an Authenticating   Agent,
by manual
signature
of   an  authorized signatory, this Note  shall  not
be entitled
to
any   benefit   under  the  Indenture  or  be  valid
or obligatory
for any
purpose.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused
this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal

Dated
                              [SEAL]
    TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
    OF AUTHENTICATION
                                           Kansas
City Power  &
Light
                                             Company
This is one of the notes designated
therein referred to in the within-          By
mentioned
Indenture
Executive

Vice
President

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

By                                     Attest

                    Authorized
Signatory
Secretary


                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                        MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
                        
          This  Note  is one of a duly authorized
issue of
Notes of
the  Company (herein called the "Notes"), issued and
to be
issued
under   an   Indenture dated as of  December   1,
1996 (herein
called
the  "Indenture") between the Company and The  Bank
of New
York, as
Trustee   (herein  called  the  "Trustee",  which
term
includes
any
successor   Trustee  under  the  Indenture),  to
which Indenture
and
all  indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made
for
a  statement  of  the respective rights, limitations
of rights,
duties  and  immunities thereunder of the  Company,
the Trustee
and
the   Noteholders, and of the terms upon which the
Notes are,
and
are   to  be,  authenticated and delivered.   The
Notes are
limited to
$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount.

            Each  Note  shall  be  dated  the  date
of
its
authentication
by  the  Trustee.  Each Note shall also bear an
Original Issue
Date
which   with   respect  to this  Note  (or  any
portion thereof),
shall
mean the date of its original issue as specified on
the face
hereof,   and such Original Issue Date shall remain
the same
for
all Notes subsequently issued upon transfer, exchange
or substitution    of   such  original   Note   (or
such subsequently
issued
Notes) regardless of their dates of authentication.

           This  Note  may  not  be  redeemed  prior
to the
Redemption
Date  set  forth on the face hereof.  If  no
Redemption Date is
so
set  forth,  this  Note  is  not  redeemable  prior
to its
maturity.  On
or   after   the Redemption Date set forth on  the
face hereof
this
Note  is  redeemable in whole or in part  in
increments of
$1,000
(provided  that any remaining principal amount  of
this note
shall
be   at  least  $1,000) at the option of the Company
at the
following
redemption  prices  (expressed  as  percentages  of
the principal
amount   to   be   redeemed)  together   with
interest thereon
payable to
the date of redemption:


    Redemption Periods            Redemption Prices


                           


                           


                           


                           


                           


                           


Notice  of  redemption will be given by mail to
Holders of
Notes
not   less  than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to
the date
fixed
for  redemption, all as provided in the Indenture.
In the
event
of  redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note
or Notes
and
of  like  tenor  for the unredeemed portion hereof
will be
issued in
the  name  of  the Noteholder hereof upon the
surrender hereof.

          This  Note will not be entitled to the
benefit of a
sinking fund.

          Interest  payments on this Note  will
include Accrued
Interest   to   but   excluding  the  Interest
Payment Date.
Interest
payments  on  this Note shall be computed and  paid
on the
basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

         The Company at its option, subject to the
terms and
conditions   provided  in  the  Indenture,    will
be discharged
from any
and   all  obligations in respect of the  Notes
(except for
certain
obligations   including  obligations  to  register
the transfer
or
exchange  of  Notes, replace stolen, lost  or
mutilated Notes,
maintain  paying  agencies and hold monies  for
payment in
trust),
91  days  after  the Company deposits with  the
Trustee money or
U.S.
Government  Obligations  which through  the  payment
of interest
thereon  and principal thereof in accordance with
their terms
will
provide  money,  or  a combination  of  money  and
U.S. Government
Obligations,  in  an  amount  sufficient  to   pay
all the
principal of
and  any premium and interest on the Notes on the
dates such
payments  are  due in accordance with the terms  of
the Notes.

          If  an Event of Default with respect to
Notes shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes
may be
declared  due  and payable in the manner  and  with
the effect
provided in the Indenture.

          The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions
as
therein   provided,  the  amendment  thereof   and
the
modification
of
the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of
the
Noteholders to be affected under the Indenture  at
any
time
by the
Company  and the Trustee with the consent of the
holders of
not
less   than  a  majority  in  principal  amount  of
the outstanding
Notes
affected   thereby.    The   Indenture   also
contains provisions
permitting  the  holders  of not less  than  a
majority in
principal
amount   of  the outstanding Notes affected thereby,
on behalf
of
the  holders  of all Notes, to waive compliance  by
the Company
with
certain   provisions  of the Indenture.  The
Indenture also
provides
that   the   holders  of not less  than  a  majority
in principal
amount
of the outstanding Notes may waive certain past
defaults and
their   consequences on behalf of the  holders  of
all
Notes.
Any
such  consent or waiver by the holder of this Note
shall be
conclusive  and binding upon such holder  and  upon
all future
holders  of  this  Note  and of any  Note  issued
upon the
registration
of  transfer hereof or in exchange herefor  or  in
lieu hereof,
whether   or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made
upon
this Note or such Note.

            As   set  forth  in,  and  subject  to,
the provisions of
the
Indenture, no holder of any Notes will have any right
to institute  any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or
for any
remedy   thereunder,  unless  such  holder  shall
have previously
given
to  the  Trustee  written notice of a  continuing
Event of
Default
with  respect to the Notes, the holders of not less
than
a
majority  in  principal amount of the outstanding
Notes shall
have
made  written request, and offered reasonable
indemnity, to
the
Trustee  to  institute such proceeding as Trustee,
and the
Trustee
shall  have  failed to institute such proceeding
within 60
days,
provided,  however, that such limitations do  not
apply to  a
suit
instituted  by  the  holder hereof for  the
enforcement of
payment of
the  principal  of and any premium or interest  on
this Note on
or
after the respective due dates expressed herein.

          No  reference  herein  to  the  Indenture
and no
provision
of  this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or
impair the
obligation    of   the  Company,  which   is
absolute and
unconditional,
to  pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this
Note
at  the  times,  places and rates, and in  the  coin
or currency,
herein prescribed.

          As  provided in the Indenture and  subject
to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Note is
registrable   in the Note Register.  Upon surrender
of this
Note
for   registration  of transfer at the  Corporate
Trust Office
of the
Trustee   or  such  other office or  agency  as  may
be
designated
by it
in   the  Borough  of Manhattan, The City of New
York, duly
endorsed
by,  or  accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in
form
satisfactory   to  the  Company and the Note
registrar duly
executed
by the holder hereof or the attorney of such holder
duly authorized  in writing, and thereupon one or
more   new Notes
of
like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the
same
aggregate  principal  amount,  will  be  issued  to
the designated
transferee or transferees.

           The   Notes   are issuable only in
registered form,
without
coupons,    in   denominations   of   $1,000   and
any
integral
multiple of
$1,000  in excess thereof.  As provided in the
Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Notes are
exchangeable  for a like aggregate principal  amount
of Notes
of
like  tenor  of  a  different  authorized
denomination, as
requested
by the holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such
registration  of  transfer or exchange but the
Company may
require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

            Prior  to  due  presentment  of  this
Note for
registration
of  transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent
of the
Company   or  the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name
this
Note   is   registered  as the  owner  hereof  for
all
purposes,
whether
or   not  this Note is overdue, and neither the
Company, the
Trustee
nor  any  such  agent shall be affected  by  notice
to the
contrary.

           The Indenture and the Notes shall be
governed by,
and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of New
York.

         All terms used in the Note which are defined
in the
Indenture  shall have the meanings assigned to  them
in the
Indenture.


                          ABBREVIATIONS
The   following   abbreviations,  when   used   in
the inscription of
the
face   of this instrument, shall be construed as
though they
were
written  out  in  full  according  to  applicable
laws
or
regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common    UNIT GIFT
                                          MIN
ACT
- -
_____Custodian_____
TEN       ENT      -     as     tenants      by
the
(Cust)
(Minor)
             entireties
Under
Uniform
Gifts
                                              to
Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with
        right of survivorship and
                 not         as        tenants
in
common
___________________
                                                 State

           Additional   abbreviations may also  be
used though
not in
the above list.

                      ______________________

          FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED  the  undersigned
hereby sell(s)
                  assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
  OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE


_______________________________________

_______________________________________


______________________________________________________
__ ____
_____
            Please print or typewrite name and address
              including postal zip code of assignee
              
              
______________________________________________________
__ ____
_____
the    within    note    and  all   rights
thereunder,
hereby
irrevocably
constituting
and
appointing
_____________________________________
_______________________ attorney to transfer  said
note on
the
books of the Company, with full power of substitution
in
the
premises.

Dated:____________________


___________________________________
                              NOTICE:  The signature
to this
                              assignment must
correspond with
the
                               name as written upon
the face
of
                              the  within instrument
in every
                                  particular,
without alteration
or
                                 enlargement   or
any change
whatever.



EXHIBIT C

                                         Global
Floating Rate
Note




Registered REGISTERED
 NO.
                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                          Floating Rate
                         Medium-Term Note

    THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF THE
DEPOSITARY   (REFERRED TO HEREIN) OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF AND,
UNLESS
AND   UNTIL  IT  IS  EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN  PART
FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL
NOTES  REPRESENTED  HEREBY, THIS  GLOBAL  NOTE  MAY
NOT BE
TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY  OR  BY  A  NOMINEE  OF  THE
DEPOSITARY   TO THE
DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER  NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR
ANY
SUCH  NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.


CUSIP:
Original Issue Dates:

Base Rate:
Index Maturity:
Interest Payment Dates:
Initial Interest Rate:
Initial Interest Reset Date:
Interest Reset Dates:



Principal Amount: $
Maturity Date:

Maximum Interest Rate:
Minimum Interest Rate:
Redemption Date:
Spread:
Spread Multiplier:




         Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
corporation   (herein  called  the   "Company",
which term
includes any
successor  Person  under the Indenture referred  to
on the
reverse
hereof) for value received hereby promises to pay to

or registered assigns the principal sum of


DOLLARS
on   the   Maturity  Date set forth above  and  to
pay interest
thereon
from the Original Issue Date (or if this Global Note
has two
or
more Original Issue Dates, interest shall, beginning
on each
such
Original  Issue Date, begin to accrue for that  part
of the
principal  amount  to  which such  Original  Issue
Date is
applicable)
set   forth   above,  or from the most  recent
Interest Payment
Date to
which  interest  has  been paid or  duly  provided
for, monthly,
quarterly,  semiannually or annually as specified
above under
Interest   Payment   Period,  on the  Interest
Payment Dates
specified
above,   commencing   on (a) the  first  such
Interest
Payment
Date
next   succeeding the earliest Original Issue  Date
or Dates
set
forth   above,  or (b) if such Original  Issue  Date
is after  a
Record
Date  and prior to the first Interest Payment Date,
on
the
second
Interest  Payment Date, and at Maturity, at a  rate
per annum
equal
to   the  Initial  Interest Rate specified  above
until the
Initial
Interest   Reset   Date specified above, and
thereafter at  a
rate per
annum  determined in accordance with the  provisions
in the
Indenture  for calculating the Interest Rate  for
Notes having
the
Base  Rate  specified above, until the principal
hereof is
paid or
made available for payment.  The interest so payable
and punctually  paid  or duly provided for on  any
Interest Payment
Date
will,   as  provided in such Indenture, be paid  to
the Person
in
whose   name  this Note is registered at  the  close
of business
on
the   Record Date for such Interest Payment Date,
which shall
be
the   fifteenth  day  (whether or not a  Business
Day) next
preceding
such  Interest Payment Date provided, however,  that
if an
Original
Issue   Date   falls   between a Record  Date   and
an
Interest
Payment
Date,   the  first payment of interest with respect
to
such
Original
Issue  Date will be paid on the second Interest
Payment Date
subsequent  to  such Original Issue Date to  the
Person in
whose
name this Note is registered at the close of business
on the
Record  Date  for  such second Interest  Payment
Date, and
provided
further, that interest payable on the Maturity Date
or, if
applicable,  upon redemption, shall be  payable  to
the Person
to
whom   principal   shall   be   payable.    Except
as
otherwise
provided in
the  Indenture, any such interest not so punctually
paid or
dully
provided  for  will  forthwith cease to be  payable
to the
holder on
such   Record Date and shall be paid to the  Person
in whose
name
this  Note is registered at the close of business  on
a Record
Date
for  the  payment of such defaulted interest to be
fixed by
the
Company,   notice  whereof shall be given to
Noteholders
not
less
than fifteen days prior to such Record Date.  Payment
of the
principal  of and any premium and interest on this
Note will
be
made  at  the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
in the
Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, or such other
office or
agency  of  the Company as may be designated by  it
for such
purpose,  in such coin or currency of the United
States of
America
as  at  the  time of payment is legal lender for
payment of
public
and private debts, provided, however, that at the
option of
the
Company,   payment of interest may be  made  by
United
States
dollar
check   mailed  to  the address of the  Person
entitled thereto
as
such address shall appear in the Note Register.

    Under certain circumstances, this Global Note is
exchangeable in whole or from time to time in part for
a definitive  Note or Notes, with the same Original
Issue Date
or
Dates,     Maturity     Date,   Interest    Rate
and
redemption
provisions as
provided herein or in the Indenture.

           REFERENCE  IS  HEREBY  MADE  TO  THE
FURTHER PROVISIONS
OF
THIS   GLOBAL   NOTE SET FORTH IN FULL  ON  THE
REVERSE HEREOF,
WHICH
FURTHER   PROVISIONS  SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES  HAVE
THE SAME
EFFECT AS
IF SET FORTH IN FULL AT THIS PLACE.

         Unless the certificate of authentication
hereon has
executed  by  the  Trustee referred to  on  the
reverse hereof,
directly   or   through  an Authenticating   Agent,
by
manual
signature
of   an  authorized signatory, this Note  shall  not
be entitled
to
any   benefit   under  the  Indenture  or  be  valid
or
obligatory
for any
purpose.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused
this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.

Dated
                              [SEAL]
    TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
    OF AUTHENTICATION
                                           Kansas
City Power  &
Light
                                             Company
This is one of the notes designated
therein referred to in the within-          By
mentioned
Indenture
Executive

Vice
President

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

By                                     Attest

                    Authorized
Signatory
Secretary


                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                         MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
                         
           This   Global  Note is one of, and  a
global security
which
represents  Notes which are part of,  a duly
authorized issue
of
Notes of the Company (herein called the "Notes"),
issued and
to
be   issued under an Indenture dated as of December
1, 1996
(herein
called the "Indenture") between the Company and The
Bank of
New
York,  as  Trustee  (herein called the "Trustee",
which term
includes  any  successor Trustee under  the
Indenture), to
which
Indenture   and  all  indentures  supplemental
thereto reference
is
hereby   made   for   a  statement of   the
respective rights,
limitations
of   rights,  duties  and immunities thereunder  of
the Company,
the
Trustee and the Noteholders, and of the terms upon
which the
Notes  are,  and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. The
Notes
are limited to $300,000,000 aggregate principal
amount.

            Each  Note  shall  be  dated  the  date
of its
authentication
by  the  Trustee.  Each Note shall also bear an
Original Issue
Date
or   Dates  which with respect to this Global  Note
(or any
portion
thereof),  shall mean the date or dates of the
original issue
of
the   Notes  represented  hereby as  specified  on
the face
hereof, and
such  Original Issue Date or Dates shall remain the
same for
all
Notes subsequently issued upon transfer, exchange, or
substitution    of   such  original   Note   (or
such subsequently
issued
Notes) regardless of their dates of authentication.

          This Global Note may not be redeemed prior
to the
Redemption  Date  set  forth on  the  face  hereof.
If no
Redemption
Date   is   so   set  forth, this  Global  Note  is
not redeemable
prior to
its maturity.  On or after the Redemption Date set
forth on
the
face  hereof this Note is redeemable in whole or in
part in
increments  of  $1,000  (provided  that  any
remaining principal
amount   of this note shall be at least $1,000)  at
the option
of
the   Company   at   the  following  redemption
prices (expressed as
percentages  of  the principal amount  to  be
redeemed) together
with
interest thereon payable to the date of redemption:

    Redemption Periods                 Redemption

    Prices

    

    

Notice  of  redemption will be given by mail to
Holders of
Notes
not   less  than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to
the date
fixed
for  redemption  all as provided in the Indenture.
In the
event of
redemption   of this Global Note in part  only,  a
new Global
Note or
Notes   and   of  like tenor for the unredeemed
portion hereof
will be
issued  in  the  name  of  the Noteholder  hereof
upon the
surrender
hereof.

           This  Global  Note  will not be  entitled
to the
benefit of
a sinking fund.

         The Company at its option, subject to the
terms and
conditions   provided  in  the  Indenture,    will
be discharged
from any
and   all  obligations in respect of the  Notes
(except for
certain
obligations   including  obligations  to  register
the transfer
or
exchange  of  Notes, replace stolen, lost  or
mutilated Notes,
maintain  paying  agencies and hold monies  for
payment in
trust),
91  days  after  the Company deposits with  the
Trustee money or
U.S.
Government  Obligations  which through  the  payment
of interest
thereon  and principal thereof in accordance with
their terms
will
provide  money,  or  a combination  of  money  and
U.S. Government
Obligations,  in  an  amount  sufficient  to   pay
all the
principal of
and  any premium and interest on the Notes on the
dates
such
payments  are  due in accordance with the terms  of
the Notes.

          If  an Event of Default with respect to
Notes shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes
may be
declared  due  and payable in the manner  and  with
the effect
provided in the Indenture.

          The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as
therein   provided,  the  amendment  thereof   and
the
modification
of
the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of
the
Noteholders to be affected under the Indenture  at
any
time
by the
Company  and the Trustee with the consent of the
holders of
not
less   than  a  majority  in  principal  amount  of
the outstanding
Notes
affected   thereby.    The   Indenture   also
contains provisions
permitting  the  holders  of not less  than  a
majority in
principal
amount   of  the outstanding Notes affected thereby,
on behalf
of
the  holders  of all Notes, to waive compliance  by
the Company
with
certain   provisions  of the Indenture.  The
Indenture
also
provides
that   the   holders  of not less  than  a  majority
in principal
amount
of the outstanding Notes may waive certain past
defaults and
their   consequences on behalf of the  holders  of
all
Notes.
Any
such   consent  or waiver by the holder of this
Global Note
shall be
conclusive  and binding upon such holder  and  upon
all future
holders of this Global Note and of any Note issued
upon the
registration  of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in
lieu
hereof,  whether  or  not notation of  such  consent
or waiver is
made
upon this Global Note or such Note.

            As   set  forth  in,  and  subject  to,
the provisions of
the
Indenture, no holder of any Notes will have any right
to institute  any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or
for any
remedy   thereunder,  unless  such  holder  shall
have previously
given
to  the  Trustee  written notice of a  continuing
Event of
Default
with  respect to the Notes, the holders of not less
than a
majority  in  principal amount of the outstanding
Notes shall
have
made  written request, and offered reasonable
indemnity, to
the
Trustee  to  institute such proceeding as Trustee,
and the
Trustee
shall  have  failed to institute such proceeding
within 60
days,
provided,  however, that such limitations do  not
apply to  a
suit
instituted  by  the  holder hereof for  the
enforcement of
payment of
the   principal of and any premium or interest  on
this Global
Note
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

          As  provided in the Indenture and  subject
to certain
limitations therein set forth, this Global Note may be
transferred,  in  whole  but  not  in  part,   only
by the
Depositary to
a   nominee  of  the  Depositary, or  by  a  nominee
of the
Depositary to
another  nominee or the Depositary or by the
Depositary or
any
such  nominee to a successor Depositary for this
Global Note
selected  or approved by the Company or to a nominee
of such
successor Depositary.

          If  at any time the Depositary for this
Global Note
notifies  the  Company  that it is unwilling  or
unable to
continue
as Depositary for this Global Note or if at any time
the Depositary  for  this Global Note  shall  no
longer  be eligible
or in
good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,
as
amended,   or  other  applicable statute or
regulation, the
Company
shall   appoint a successor Depositary with respect
to this
Global
Note.  If a successor Depositary for this Global Note
is not
appointed  by  the  Company within  90  days  after
the Company
receives   such   notice  or  becomes  aware   of
such
ineligibility,
the
Company's   election to issue this Note in  global
form shall
no
longer be effective with respect to this Global Note
and the
Company   will   execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of  a
Company
Order    for   the   authentication  and  delivery
of
individual
Notes in
exchange  for  this Global Note, will  authenticate
and deliver
individual  Notes of like tenor and terms in
definitive form
in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of
such
Global  Note  or Notes in exchange for such Global
Note or
Notes.

         If specified by the Company and agreed by the
Depositary   with respect to Notes issued in  the
form
of  a
Global
Note,   the   Depositary  for  such  Global  Note
shall surrender
such
Global   Note  in  exchange in  whole  or  in  part
for
individual
Notes
of   like  tenor and terms in definitive  form  on
such terms as
are
acceptable    to   the  Company  and  such
Depositary. Thereupon
the
Company    shall    execute,  and  the   Trustee
shall authenticate
and
deliver,    without   service  charge,   (1)   to
each
Person
specified by
such  Depositary, a new Note or Notes of like tenor
and terms
and
of   any   authorized denomination as requested by
such Person
in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for
beneficial interest of such Person in such Global
Note; and
(2)
to  such Depositary a new Global Note of like tenor
and terms
and
in   a   denomination equal to the difference,  if
any, between
the
principal  amount  of the surrendered Global  Note
and
the
aggregate
principal amount of Notes delivered to Holders
thereof.

            Under  certain  circumstances  specified
in the
Indenture,
the  Depositary may be required to surrender any two
or more
Global  Notes which have identical terms (but which
may have
differing  Original  Issue Dates) to the  Trustee,
and
the
Company
shall  execute  and the Trustee shall  authenticate
and deliver
to,
or  at  the  direction of, the Depositary a Global
Note in
principal
amount  equal to the aggregate principal amount of,
and with
all
terms identical to, the Global Notes surrendered
thereto and
which   shall   indicate  all  Original  Dates  and
the principal
amount
applicable to each such Original Issue Date.

          No  reference  herein  to  the  Indenture
and no
provision
of  this  Global  Note or of the Indenture  shall
alter or
impair the
obligation    of   the  Company,  which   is
absolute and
unconditional,
to  pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this
Note
at  the  times,  places and rates, and in  the  coin
or currency,
herein prescribed.

          Prior  to due presentment of this Global
Note for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and
any
agent
of   the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person
in whose
name
this  Global Note is registered as the owner hereof
for all
purposes,  whether or not this Global Note is
overdue,
and
neither
the  Company,  the  Trustee nor  any  such  agent
shall be
affected by
notice to the contrary.

           The Indenture and the Notes shall be
governed by,
and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of New
York.

         All terms used in the Note which are defined
in the
Indenture  shall have the meanings assigned to  them
in
the
Indenture.

                          ABBREVIATIONS
The   following   abbreviations,  when   used   in
the
inscription of
the
face   of this instrument, shall be construed as
though they
were
written  out  in  full  according  to  applicable
laws or
regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common    UNIT GIFT
                                          MIN
ACT
- -
_____Custodian_____
TEN       ENT      -     as     tenants      by
the
(Cust)
(Minor)
             entireties
Under
Uniform
Gifts
                                              to
Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with
        right of survivorship and
                 not         as        tenants
in
common
___________________
                                                 State

           Additional   abbreviations may also  be
used though
not in
the above list.

                      ______________________

          FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED  the  undersigned
hereby sell(s)
                  assign(s) and transfer(s) unto


PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
  OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
_______________________________________

_______________________________________


______________________________________________________
__ ____
_____
            Please print or typewrite name and address
              including postal zip code of assignee
              
              
______________________________________________________
__ ____
_____
the    within    note    and  all   rights
thereunder, hereby
irrevocably
constituting
and
appointing
_____________________________________
_______________________ attorney to transfer  said
note on
the
books of the Company, with full power of substitution
in the
premises.

Dated:____________________


___________________________________
                              NOTICE:  The signature
to this
                              assignment must
correspond with
the
                               name as written upon
the face
of
                              the  within instrument
in every
                                  particular,
without alteration
or
                                 enlargement   or
any change
whatever.



EXHIBIT D


Floating Rate
Note



Registered REGISTERED

 NO.

                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT
                          COMPANY Floating Rate
                         Medium-Term Note
CUSIP:
Original Issue Dates:

Base Rate:
Index Maturity:
Interest Payment Dates:
Initial Interest Rate:
Initial Interest Reset Date:
Interest Reset Dates:


Principal Amount: $
Maturity Date:

Maximum Interest Rate:
Minimum Interest Rate:
Redemption Date:
Spread:
Spread Multiplier:




         Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
corporation   (herein  called  the   "Company",
which term
includes any
successor  Person  under the Indenture referred  to
on the
reverse
hereof) for value received hereby promises to pay to

or registered assigns the principal sum of


DOLLARS
on   the   Maturity  Date set forth above,  and  to
pay interest
thereon
from   the  Original Issue Date set forth above, or
from the
most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid
or
duly  provided  for,  monthly,  quarterly,
semiannually or
annually
as   specified  above under Interest Payment Period,
on the
Interest
Payment   Dates specified above, commencing on  (a)
the first
such
Interest   Payment  Date next succeeding  the
Original Issue
Date or
Dates set forth above or (b) if such Original Issue
Date is
after
a   Record Date and prior to the first Interest
Payment
Date,
on
the second Interest Payment Date, and at maturity, at
a rate
per
annum   equal   to  the Initial Interest Rate
specified above
until
the  Initial  Interest Rate Reset Date specified
above, and
thereafter  at a rate per annum determined in
accordance with
the
provisions   in   the  Indenture  for  calculating
the Interest
Rate for
Notes   having  the  Base  Rate specified  above,
until the
principal
hereof   is  paid  or made available for  payment.
The interest
so
payable  and  punctually paid or duly provided  for
on
any
Interest
Payment  Date  will, as provided in such  Indenture,
be paid to
the
Person  in  whose  name this Note is registered  at
the close of
business  on  the  Record Date for such  interest
which shall be
the
fifteenth   day   (whether  or  not  a  Business
Day), next
preceding
such  Interest Payment Date provided, however  that
if
the
Original
Issue   Date   falls   between a Record  Date   and
an
Interest
Payment
Date,  the  first payment of interest will be  paid
on
the
second
Interest Payment Date subsequent to such Original
Issue Date
to
the  Person  in  whose name this Note is registered
at
the
close of
business  on  the  Record Date for such second
Interest Payment
Date,  and  provided further, that interest payable
on
the
Maturity
Date,   or,  if  applicable, upon redemption,  shall
be payable
to the
Person  to  whom  principal shall  be  payable.
Except as
otherwise
provided  in  the  Indenture,  any  such  interest
not so
punctually
paid  or  duly provided for will forthwith cease  to
be
payable
to
the  holder  on such Record Date and shall be  paid
to
the
Person in
whose   name  this Note is registered at  the  close
of business
on a
Record  Date for the payment of such defaulted
interest to be
fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to
Noteholders  not less than fifteen days  prior  to
such Record
Date.
Payment of the principal of and any premium and
interest on
this
Note  will  be  made at the Corporate Trust  Office
of
the
Trustee in
the   Borough  of Manhattan, The City of New  York,
or
such
other
office or agency of the Company as may be designated
by it
for
such   purpose, in such coin or currency of  the
United States
of
America  as  at  the  time of payment is  legal
tender for
payment of
public  and  private debts, provided, however, that
at
the
option
of   the   Company, payment of interest may be  made
by United
States
dollar   check   mailed  to the address  of  the
Person
entitled
thereto
as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

           REFERENCE  IS  HEREBY  MADE  TO  THE
FURTHER PROVISIONS
OF
THIS   NOTE   SET  FORTH IN FULL ON THE REVERSE
HEREOF, WHICH
FURTHER
PROVISIONS  SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME
EFFECT AS IF
SET
FORTH IN FULL AT THIS PLACE.

         Unless the certificate of authentication
hereon has
executed  by  the  Trustee referred to  on  the
reverse hereof,
directly   or   through  an Authenticating   Agent,
by
manual
signature
of   an  authorized signatory, this Note  shall  not
be entitled
to
any   benefit   under  the  Indenture  or  be  valid
or obligatory
for any
purpose.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused
this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal
Dated
                              [SEAL]
    TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
    OF AUTHENTICATION
                                           Kansas
City Power  &
Light
                                             Company
This is one of the notes designated
therein referred to in the within-          By
mentioned
Indenture
Executive

Vice
President

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

By                                     Attest

                    Authorized
Signatory
Secretary


                KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
                        MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
                        
          This  Note  is one of a duly authorized
issue of
Notes of
the  Company (herein called the "Notes"), issued and
to be
issued
under   an   Indenture dated as of  December   1,
1996 (herein
called
the  "Indenture") between the Company and The  Bank
of New
York, as
Trustee   (herein  called  the  "Trustee",  which
term
includes
any
successor   Trustee  under  the  Indenture),  to
which Indenture
and
all  indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made
for
a  statement  of  the respective rights, limitations
of rights,
duties  and  immunities thereunder of the  Company,
the Trustee
and
the   Noteholders, and of the terms upon which the
Notes are,
and
are   to  be,  authenticated and delivered.   The
Notes are
limited to
$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount.

            Each  Note  shall  be  dated  the  date
of its
authentication
by  the  Trustee.  Each Note shall also bear an
Original Issue
Date
which   with   respect  to this  Note  (or  any
portion thereof),
shall
mean the date of its original issue as specified on
the face
hereof,   and such Original Issue Date shall remain
the same
for
all Notes subsequently issued upon transfer, exchange
or substitution    of   such  original   Note   (or
such subsequently
issued
Notes) regardless of their dates of authentication.

           This  Note  may  not  be  redeemed  prior
to the
Redemption
Date  set  forth on the face hereof.  If  no
Redemption Date is
so
set  forth,  this  Note  is  not  redeemable  prior
to its
maturity.  On
or   after   the Redemption Date set forth on  the
face hereof
this
Note  is  redeemable in whole or in part  in
increments of
$1,000
(provided  that any remaining principal amount  of
this note
shall
be   at  least  $1,000) at the option of the Company
at the
following
redemption  prices  (expressed  as  percentages  of
the principal
amount   to   be   redeemed)  together   with
interest thereon
payable to
the date of redemption:

    Redemption Periods            Redemption Prices

                           

                           

                           

                           

                           

                           

Notice  of  redemption will be given by mail to
Holders of
Notes
not   less  than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to
the date
fixed
for  redemption, all as provided in the Indenture.
In the
event
of  redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note
or Notes
and
of  like  tenor  for the unredeemed portion hereof
will be
issued in
the  name  of  the Noteholder hereof upon the
surrender hereof.

          This  Note will not be entitled to the
benefit of a
sinking fund.

         The Company at its option, subject to the
terms and
conditions   provided  in  the  Indenture,    will
be discharged
from any
and   all  obligations in respect of the  Notes
(except for
certain
obligations   including  obligations  to  register
the transfer
or
exchange  of  Notes, replace stolen, lost  or
mutilated Notes,
maintain  paying  agencies and hold monies  for
payment in
trust),
91  days  after  the Company deposits with  the
Trustee money or
U.S.
Government  Obligations  which through  the  payment
of interest
thereon  and principal thereof in accordance with
their terms
will
provide  money,  or  a combination  of  money  and
U.S. Government
Obligations,  in  an  amount  sufficient  to   pay
all the
principal of
and  any premium and interest on the Notes on the
dates such
payments  are  due in accordance with the terms  of
the Notes.

          If  an Event of Default with respect to
Notes shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes
may be
declared  due  and payable in the manner  and  with
the effect
provided in the Indenture.

          The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as
therein   provided,  the  amendment  thereof   and
the
modification
of
the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of
the
Noteholders to be affected under the Indenture  at
any time
by the
Company  and the Trustee with the consent of the
holders of
not
less   than  a  majority  in  principal  amount  of
the outstanding
Notes
affected   thereby.    The   Indenture   also
contains provisions
permitting  the  holders  of not less  than  a
majority in
principal
amount   of  the outstanding Notes affected thereby,
on behalf
of
the  holders  of all Notes, to waive compliance  by
the Company
with
certain   provisions  of the Indenture.  The
Indenture also
provides
that   the   holders  of not less  than  a  majority
in principal
amount
of the outstanding Notes may waive certain past
defaults and
their   consequences on behalf of the  holders  of
all Notes.
Any
such  consent or waiver by the holder of this Note
shall be
conclusive  and binding upon such holder  and  upon
all future
holders  of  this  Note  and of any  Note  issued
upon the
registration
of  transfer hereof or in exchange herefor  or  in
lieu hereof,
whether   or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made
upon
this Note or such Note.

            As   set  forth  in,  and  subject  to,
the provisions of
the
Indenture, no holder of any Notes will have any right
to institute  any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or
for any
remedy   thereunder,  unless  such  holder  shall
have previously
given
to  the  Trustee  written notice of a  continuing
Event of
Default
with  respect to the Notes, the holders of not less
than a
majority  in  principal amount of the outstanding
Notes shall
have
made  written request, and offered reasonable
indemnity, to
the
Trustee  to  institute such proceeding as Trustee,
and the
Trustee
shall  have  failed to institute such proceeding
within 60
days,
provided,  however, that such limitations do  not
apply to  a
suit
instituted  by  the  holder hereof for  the
enforcement of
payment of
the  principal  of and any premium or interest  on
this Note on
or
after the respective due dates expressed herein.

          No  reference  herein  to  the  Indenture
and no
provision
of  this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or
impair the
obligation    of   the  Company,  which   is
absolute and
unconditional,
to  pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this
Note
at  the  times,  places and rates, and in  the  coin
or currency,
herein prescribed.

          As  provided in the Indenture and  subject
to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Note is
registrable   in the Note Register.  Upon surrender
of this
Note
for   registration  of transfer at the  Corporate
Trust Office
of the
Trustee   or  such  other office or  agency  as  may
be
designated
by it
in   the  Borough  of Manhattan, The City of New
York, duly
endorsed
by,  or  accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in
form
satisfactory   to  the  Company and the Note
registrar duly
executed
by the holder hereof or the attorney of such holder
duly authorized  in writing, and thereupon one or
more   new Notes
of
like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate  principal  amount,  will  be  issued
to  the designated
transferee or transferees.

           The   Notes   are issuable only in
registered form,
without
coupons,    in   denominations   of   $1,000   and
any
integral
multiple of
$1,000  in excess thereof.  As provided in the
Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Notes are
exchangeable  for a like aggregate principal  amount
of Notes
of
like  tenor  of  a  different  authorized
denomination, as
requested
by the holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such
registration  of  transfer or exchange but the
Company may
require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

            Prior  to  due  presentment  of  this
Note for
registration
of  transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent
of the
Company   or  the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name
this
Note   is   registered  as the  owner  hereof  for
all
purposes,
whether
or   not  this Note is overdue, and neither the
Company, the
Trustee
nor  any  such  agent shall be affected  by  notice
to the
contrary.

           The Indenture and the Notes shall be
governed by,
and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of New
York.

         All terms used in the Note which are defined
in the
Indenture  shall have the meanings assigned to  them
in the
Indenture.

                          ABBREVIATIONS
The   following   abbreviations,  when   used   in
the inscription of
the
face   of this instrument, shall be construed as
though they
were
written  out  in  full  according  to  applicable
laws or
regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common    UNIT GIFT
                                          MIN
ACT
- -
_____Custodian_____
TEN       ENT      -     as     tenants      by
the
(Cust)
(Minor)
             entireties
Under
Uniform
Gifts
                                              to
Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with
        right of survivorship and
                 not         as        tenants
in
common
___________________
                                                 State

           Additional   abbreviations may also  be
used though
not in
the above list.

                      ______________________

          FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED  the  undersigned
hereby sell(s)
                  assign(s) and transfer(s) unto


PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
  OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE


_______________________________________

_______________________________________


______________________________________________________
__ ____
_____
            Please print or typewrite name and address
              including postal zip code of assignee
              
              
______________________________________________________
__ ____
_____
the    within    note    and  all   rights
thereunder,
hereby
irrevocably
constituting
and
appointing
_____________________________________
_______________________ attorney to transfer  said
note on
the
books of the Company, with full power of substitution
in the
premises.

Dated:____________________


___________________________________
                              NOTICE:  The signature
to this
                              assignment must
correspond with
the
                               name as written upon
the face
of
                              the  within instrument
in every
                                  particular,
without alteration
or
                                 enlargement   or
any change
whatever.



STATE OF MISSOURI )
                  )  ss:
COUNTY OF JACKSON )



           I,  ________________, a Notary Public in
and for
said
County   and  State  aforesaid, do hereby  certify
that Bernard
J.
Beaudoin  of  Kansas  City  Power  &  Light  Company,
a Missouri
corporation   and  Jeanie Sell Latz of said
corporation, who
are
personally   known to me to be the same  persons
whose names
are
subscribed to the foregoing instrument and who are
both personally  known to me to be Executive  Vice
President and
Secretary of said corporation, appeared before me
this day
in
person  and  severally acknowledged that they  this
day signed,
sealed  and delivered the said instrument as their
free and
voluntary    act   as  such  Executive  Vice
President and
Secretary,
respectively,  of  said corporation  and  as  the
free and
voluntary
act   of   said  corporation, for the uses and
purposes
therein
set
forth,  and that the seal affixed to said instrument
is the
corporate  seal  of  said  corporation  and   that
the said
instrument
was executed, signed, sealed and delivered on behalf
of said
corporation by authority of its Board of Directors,
and acknowledged   said  instrument  to  be  the  free
and voluntary
act and
deed of said corporation.

            GIVEN  under  my  hand  and  notarial
seal this
___________
day of December, 1996.



____________________________

My commission expires:


STATE OF ____________   )
                         ) ss.
COUNTY OF ___________   )


           I,   _____________________________, a
Notary Public
in
and   for   said County and State aforesaid,  do
hereby
certify
that
_________________________________ of  The  Bank  of
New York, a
corporation  organized and existing under the  laws
of the
State of
New    York;    and   _____________________,   of
said corporation,
who are
personally   known to me to be the same  persons
whose names
are
subscribed to the foregoing instrument and who are
both personally known to me to be an Assistant Vice
President and
Assistant Treasurer of said corporation, appeared
before me
this
day  in person and severally acknowledged that they
this day
signed,   sealed and delivered the said  instrument
as their
free
and  voluntary  act as such an Assistant Vice
President and
Assistant  Treasurer, respectively, of said
corporation, and
as
the  free and voluntary act of said corporation, for
the uses
and
purposes  therein set forth, and that the  seal
affixed to
said
instrument   is  the corporate seal of said
corporation and
that the
said   instrument  was  executed,  signed,  sealed
and
delivered
on
behalf  of said corporation by authority of its By-
laws, and
acknowledged   said  instrument  to  be  the  free
and voluntary
act and
deed of said corporation.

         GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this
____ day
of
December, 1996.





___________________________
                                       Notary Public
My commission expires:








                                                        
                                                        Exhibit 10-e
                                                       
                           
           KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
   LONG- AND SHORT-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
                    JANUARY 1, 1997
                           
                     I.  Purposes

     The Kansas City Power & Light Company Incentive
Compensation Plan (the "Plan") is designated to provide
a means of paying incentive compensation, in addition
to annual salaries, to Officers and Key Employees of
the Company who, by virtue of their responsibilities,
may contribute materially to the success of the
Company.  The opportunity to receive incentive
compensation is intended as a strong motivational
program and one that will result in improved corporate
performance.

     The key objectives of the Plan are to align both
the long-term and short-term interests of the
shareholders, Officers, and key employees of Kansas
City Power & Light (KCPL), create strong incentives for
KCPL Officers and key employees to maximize the
Company's shareholder value, retain the management team
by providing attractive compensation opportunities and
limit shareholder cost to a reasonable level.

                   II.  Definitions

     The following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below:

     1.   "Company" shall mean Kansas City Power & Light
       Company and its successors and assigns, by merger,
       purchase or otherwise.
     
     2.   "Board of Directors" or "Board" shall mean the
       Board of Directors of the Company.
     
     3.   "Committee" shall mean the Nominating &
       Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, all
       of whose members shall consist of Directors who are not
       employees and who are not eligible for participation in
       this Plan.
     
     4.   "Officer" shall mean any full-time Officer of the
       Company.
     
     5.   "Key Employee" shall mean those employees deemed
       critical to the execution of the Company's business
       plans.
     
     6.   "Participant" shall mean each Officer or Key
       Employee who has been selected by the Committee in the
       manner hereinafter provided for participation in the
       Plan with respect to a Plan Year.
     
     7.   "Plan Year" shall mean the applicable fiscal year
       of the Company.
     
     8.   "Salary" shall mean the direct compensation earned
       by a Participant as base salary during the Plan Year,
       excluding any and all commissions, bonuses,
       contributions by the Company to its Pension Plan on
       behalf of the Participant, incentive payments for the
       current Plan Year or prior Plan Years, and other
       similar payments.
     
     9.   "EVA" shall mean an estimate of the Company's true
       economic profit after subtracting the cost of all
       capital employed.
     
     10.  "Target Bonus" shall mean the bonus earned for
       achieving the expected level of EVA improvement.
     
     11.  "Expected EVA Improvement" shall mean EVA
       improvement required for the Company's shareholders to
       earn a cost of capital return on the market value of
       their investment, as well as the EVA improvement
       required to earn the Target Bonus.
     
     12.  "Bonus Bank" shall mean the personal account to
       which the bonus earned is credited and from which the
       bonus paid is deducted; the Bonus Bank balance is the
       amount held in reserve to be recouped if prior EVA
       improvement is not sustained or (when negative) to be
       recovered before additional bonus is paid.
     
      III.  Approval, Amendment, Termination and
              Administration of the Plan

A.   Approval of Awards Under the Plan

  Payment of awards under the Plan are become
  effective upon approval by the Board of Directors of
  the Company.

B.   Committee Oversight

  The Committee shall administer the Plan.  The
  Committee may establish such rules and regulations
  as it deems necessary for the Plan, its
  interpretation and administration.  In addition, the
  Committee may make such determinations and take such
  actions in connection with the Plan as it deems
  necessary.

C.   Finality of Determination

  Each determination made by the Committee, in
  accordance with the provisions of this Plan, shall
  be final, binding, and conclusive for all purposes
  and on all persons.

D.   Amendment and Termination of the Plan

  The Board of Directors in its sole discretion may
  modify, suspend, terminate, or reinstate the Plan,
  provided, however, that no such modification,
  suspension, termination or reinstatement shall
  diminish, reduce, alter or impair the value of or
  the rights to any award made prior to the date of
  such modification, suspension, termination or
  reinstatement of the Plan without the consent of the
  Participant.  Following termination of the Plan for
  reasons other than change of control, each
  Participant's Bonus Bank balance will be paid in two
  equal installments over two years, beginning at the
  end of the final Plan Year.

          IV.  Eligibility and Participation

A.   Selection of Participants

  Participants for each Plan Year shall be selected by
  the Committee from among the Officers and management
  employees upon recommendation by the chief executive
  officer.

B.   Future Participation

  Participation in the Plan during one Plan Year will
  not guarantee participation in any subsequent Plan
  Year.

              V.  Determination of Awards

A.   Target Bonus

  Target Bonus levels shall be determined by the
  Committee and expressed as a percentage of each
  Participant's base salary for the Plan Year.  Target
  Bonus levels may vary by Participant and reflect the
  level of responsibility of the Participant in the
  corporate structure. Target  and maximum Bbonus
  levels for the Participants are set forth below:

                                     Target               Maximum
       Officer                       Bonus Percent     Bonus Percent
     
       Chief Executive Officer            50%              100%
       Executive Vice President           45%               90%
       Senior Vice President              40%               80%
       Other Officers                     35%               70%
       Key Employees                      25%               50%
     

B.   Corporate Performance

  EVA Improvement shall be the Committee's measure of
  corporate performance. Not more than 90 days after
  the beginning of the Plan Year, and, in any event,
  before 25 percent or more of the Plan Year has
  elapsed, the Committee will establish the EVA
  Improvement goal for the Target Bonus awards of the
  Participants.   Expected EVA Improvement represents
  an estimate of the EVA Improvement required for the
  Company's investors to earn a cost of capital return
  on the market value of their investment.  The
  Committee may establish a multi-year schedule of
  Expected EVA Improvement to link bonus compensation
  to cumulative investor return.

  If EVA Improvement for the Plan Year is greater than
  $0, an award shall be paid to Participants.
  Expected EVA Improvement shall be the dollar amount
  of EVA Improvement required to earn the tTarget
  bBonus. Two times the Expected EVA Improvement level
  shall be required for Participants to receive
  maximum incentive awards.  If EVA Improvement for
  the Plan Year is greater than $0 but less than
  Maximum EVA Improvement, awards for Participant's
  for such Plan Year shall be based on a table of
  percentage awards, such percentages to begin at zero
  percent for EVA Improvement of $0 or less and
  increase to maximum awards at Maximum EVA
  Improvement.    The Committee shall establish a
  table of bonus awards, with Target Bonus set at
  Expected EVA Improvement.  The table will establish
  a minimum level of EVA Improvement performance that
  must be achieved before any bonus is awarded.  The
  table will also establish an EVA Improvement level
  for which a maximum bonus will be awarded.  Such
  table shall be based on straight-line interpolation.

  For example, a Participant has a Target Bonus level
  of 40% of Salary, and the award table is constructed
  with Minimum EVA Improvement at $-5 million,
  Expected EVA Improvement at $5,000,000, and Maximum
  EVA Improvement at $15,000,000.  Actual EVA
  Improvement achieved for the Plan Year is
  $6,000,000.  Using the award table for that Plan
  Year the Participant would be credited with
  achieving a bonus award of 44% of Salary.  The 44%
  of Salary is considered the bonus earned for that
  year.

C.   Bonus Bank

  A Bonus Bank shall be established for each
  Participant.  The initial balance of each
  Participant's bonus bank shall be zero.  Each year
  in which the bonus earned is positive, the
  Participant shall receive 1/2 of the bonus earned by
  the Participant for that Plan Year.  In each year a
  negative bonus is earned, the negative amount is
  deducted from any Bonus Bank balance.  The balance
  of the bonus (which may be a negative amount) shall
  be credited to the Participant's Bonus Bank balance.
  At the end of each year in which the Bonus Bank
  balance is positive, a bonus shall be paid to the
  Participant equal to 1/2 of the amount of the Bonus
  Bank balance.  (Attachment A)

  No interest shall be credited or charged on the
  Bonus Bank balance.

      VI. Payment of Awards:  Changes in Year and Capitalization

A.   Form of Payment

  Bonus Awards shall be paid shall be paid in cash
  within thirty days following determination of the
  amount of such awards by the Committee.

B.   Change of Fiscal Year

  In the event of a change in the Company's fiscal
  year resulting in a fiscal year of less that twelve
  months, the Committee shall make adjustments in the
  EVA Improvement target as it shall, in its sole
  discretion, deem appropriate.

              VII.  Employment Provisions

A.   Promotions and New Employees


  Employees who are newly hired or promoted into
  positions eligible for participation in the Plan
  during a Plan Year shall participate in the Plan to
  the degree deemed appropriate, if at all, by the
  Committee on the recommendation of the chief
  executive officer.  In the absence of special
  circumstances, any reward for a Participant whose
  eligibility commences after the beginning of a Plan
  Year shall be based on the Participant's salary
  earned during that portion of the Plan Year
  commencing with the determination of such
  Participant's eligibility.

B.   Termination of Employment

  Following termination of employment during a Plan
  Year by reason of death, disability, or normal
  retirement, the Participant's Bonus Bank balance
  will be at the end of the Plan Year in which the
  Participant's termination occurs.  A Participant
  will be eligible to receive an award determined in
  accordance with Section VI of the Plan, but based on
  the Participant's salary actually earned for the
  Plan Year in which such termination of employment
  occurs.  Such awards will be paid in accordance with
  Section VII above.  The Committee in its discretion
  shall determine whether a Participant shall be
  eligible to receive an award for a Plan Year in
  which he takes early retirement and, if so, the
  amount of such award.  Following termination during
  a Plan Year for any reason other than death,
  disability, or early or normal retirement, a
  Participant will not be eligible to receive an award
  for that Plan Year.  Similarly, any amounts in the
  Participant's Bonus Bank shall be forfeited if the
  employment of such Participant is terminated for any
  reason other than death, disability or retirement.

C.   Future Eligibility of a Participant

  Participation in this Plan during one Plan Year
  shall not guarantee any Officer or Key Employee the
  right to participate in the Plan in subsequent Plan
  Years.  Payment of an award with respect to one Plan
  Year, moreover, shall not guarantee an Officer or
  Key Employee the right to receive an award with
  respect to subsequent Plan Years.

D.   Key Employee Participation is RESULTS Workforce
  Incentive

  Key Employees designated by the Committee as
  Participants in the Plan will forfeit their
  participation in the RESULTS Workforce Incentive
  Plan.

E.   Change in Control

  In the event of a Change in Control (as defined
  below) of the Company, and except as the Committee
  may expressly provide otherwise, (i) mid-Plan Year
  Change in Control will result in bonus calculations
  based year-to-date performance as measured against
  the pre-established EVA Improvement goal for
  determination of award levels; and (ii) Participants
  with positive Bonus Bank balances will be paid the
  balance in their account within 30 days of the
  consummation of a merger agreement.

  A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have
  occurred if (i) any person other than a trustee or
  other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
  benefit plan of the Company, and other than the
  Company or corporation owned, directly or
  indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in
  substantially the same proportions as their
  ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the
  "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or
  indirectly, of securities of the Company
  representing 20 percent or more of the Common Stock
  of the Company then outstanding; or (ii) during any
  period of two consecutive years, individuals who at
  the beginning of such period constitute the Board
  and any new director (other than a director
  designated by a person who has into an agreement
  with the Company to effect a transaction described
  in (i) above) whose election by the Board or
  nomination for election by the Company's
  stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-
  thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office
  who either were director at the beginning of the
  period or whose election or nomination for election
  was previously so approved, cease for any reason to
  constitute the majority thereof.

F.   No Employment Contract

  Neither the action of the Company in establishing
  this Plan, nor any action taken by the Company, the
  Board, the Committee, or the chief executive Officer
  with respect to the Plan, nor any provision herein
  shall be construed as granting to any Officer or Key
  Employee the right to continue in the employ of the
  Company.

            VIII.  Miscellaneous Provisions

A.   Nonassignability of Benefits

  No Participant, nor his or her legal
  representatives, shall have any right to assign,
  transfer, appropriate, encumber, or anticipate any
  interest in the Plan or any payments hereunder.
  Participants have only the right to receive payments
  under this Plan if, as, and when such payments are
  due and payable under the terms and provisions of
  the Plan.

B.   Expenses of the Plan

      The Company shall bear all of the expenses of
administering the Plan and shall not charge such
expenses against amounts payable hereunder.

C.  Applicable Law
                           
      This Plan, all derminations made hereunder, and
all actions taken pursuant hereto will be governed by
the the laws of the State of Missouri.

D.  First Plan Year

       The first Plan Year of this Plan shall commence
on January 1, 1997.






                                                       
                                           Exhibit 10-i
                           
                     AMENDMENT TO
                  SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
                           
     This Agreement is entered into as of January
[NUMBER] by and between Kansas City Power & Light
Company (the "Company") and  (the
"Executive").

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive have
entered into a Severance Agreement as of 
(and, as amended as described in the next clause,
hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive amended the
agreement as of  (the "Amendment"); and

     WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the
Company and the Executive that the Agreement contains
mutual mistakes which were contrary to the intended
purposes of the Amendment, and the Company and the
Executive desire to further amend the Agreement in
order to correct those mutual mistakes and to more
fully reflect the intended purposes of the Amendment.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Agreement is hereby amended as
set forth below.

     Terms which are defined in the Agreement shall
have the same meaning in this further amendment.

     1.  Section 1 (g) of the Agreement is hereby amended so that the portion 
preceding paragraph (1) thereof reads as follows:

     (g) "Good Reason" means, without Executive's express written consent, the
occurrence of any of the following events after a Change in Control (or after 
any potential Change in Control under the circumstances described in Clause (
ii) of Section 3 (d) hereof (treating all references in this paragraph (g) to 
a "Change in Control" as references to a "Potential Change in Control")).

     2.  Section 3 (d) of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

     (d) For the purposes of this Agreement, the Executive's employment shall
be deemed to have been terminated within the Termination Period other
than by reason of a Nonqualifying Termination if (i) the Executive's
employment is terminated without Cause prior to a Change in Control (or,
if later, prior to the consummation of the transaction the approval of which
by the Company's stockholders constitutes a Change in Control under Section 1
(d) (III) or (IV) and such termination was at the request or direction of a 
Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company the consummation of
which or the approval of which by the Company's stockholders would constitute
a Change in Control, (ii) the Executive terminates his employment with Good
Reason prior to a Change of Control (or, if later, prior to the consummation
of the transaction the approval of which by the Company's stockholders
constitutes a Change in Control under Section 1 (d) (III) or (IV)) and the
circumstance or event which constitutes Good Reason occurs at the
request or direction of such Person, or, (iii) the Executive's employment is
terminated without Cause prior to a Change in Control (or, if later, prior to
the consummation of the transaction the approval of which by the Company's
stockholders constitutes a Change in Control under Section 1 (d) (III) or (IV))
and such termination is otherwise in connection with or in anticipation of a
Change in Control which actually occurs.

     3.  Clause (ii) of Section 2 (a) of the Agreement is amended to read as
follows: 

     "(ii) if a Change in Control shall occur, until 90 days following such 
Change of Control (or, if later, until the consummation of the transaction
the approval of which by the Company's stockholders constitutes a Change in
Control under Section 1 (d) (III) or (IV) hereof)."

     4.  Clause (ii) of Section 3 (a) (1) of the Agreement is amended by
deleting the second occurrence of the phrase "Change in Control" therein and
inserting in lieu thereof, the phrase "Date of Termination".

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed
by a duly authorized officer of the Company and Executive has executed this
Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

                         KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY



                         By:__________________
                              



                         _____________________
                                



                                                                                Exhibit 12
KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 (Thousands) Net income $108,171 $122,586 $104,775 $105,772 $86,334 Add: Taxes on income 31,753 66,803 66,377 67,953 52,196 Kansas City earnings tax 558 958 524 495 382 Total taxes on income 32,311 67,761 66,901 68,448 52,578 Interest on value of leased property 8,301 8,269 6,732 7,273 6,366 Interest on long-term debt 53,939 52,184 43,962 50,118 54,266 Interest on short-term debt 1,251 1,189 1,170 750 2,749 Other interest expense and amortization 4,840 3,112 4,128 4,113 2,173 Total fixed charges 68,331 64,754 55,992 62,254 65,554 Earnings before taxes on income and fixed charges $208,813 $255,101 $227,668 $236,474 $204,466 Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 3.06 3.94 4.07 3.80 3.12
                                           
                                                Exhibit 23-a
                                                       


            OPINION AND CONSENT OF COUNSEL
                           


As Senior Vice President-Corporate Services, Corporate
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer 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, 1996, 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. 333-17285) and Form S-8
Registration Statements (Registration No. 33-45618 and
Registration No. 33-58917).




                                /s/ Jeanie Sell Latz
                                    Jeanie Sell Latz

Kansas City, Missouri
March  17, 1997





                                                          Exhibit 23-b
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                                   
                                   
                                   


      We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statement of Kansas City Power & Light Company on Form S-3 (File  Nos.
33-51799 and 333-17285) and Form S-8 (File Nos. 33-45618 and 33-58917)
of  our  report  dated  February  14,  1997,  on  our  audits  of  the
consolidated financial statements of Kansas City Power & Light Company
and  Subsidiary as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and  for  the  years
ended  December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994, which report is included  in
this Annual Report on Form 10-K.




                                        /s/Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.




Kansas City, Missouri
March 14, 1997


                                             
                                        Exhibit 24

                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
           That  the  undersigned, a  Director  of
     Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
     corporation,   does  hereby  constitute   and
     appoint  Drue Jennings or Jeanie  Sell  Latz,
     his  true and lawful attorney and agent, with
     full  power and authority to execute  in  the
     name and on behalf of the undersigned as such
     director  an  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K;
     hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent
     full power of substitution and revocation  in
     the   premises;  and  hereby  ratifying   and
     confirming all that such attorney  and  agent
     may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
     presents.
     
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
     my  hand  and seal this 4th day of  February,
     1997.
     
     
                         /s/David L. Bodde
     
     
     STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                         )    ss
     COUNTY OF JACKSON   )
     
           On  this  5th  day of  February,  1997,
     before  me the undersigned, a Notary  Public,
     personally  appeared David L.  Bodde,  to  be
     known  to be the person described in and  who
     executed  the foregoing instrument, and  who,
     being  by  me  first duly sworn, acknowledged
     that he executed the same as his free act and
     deed.
     
           IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have  hereunto
     set  my hand and affixed my official seal the
     day and year last above written.
     
     
     
                         /s/Cathy Claypole
                            Notary Public
     
     
     Cathy Claypole
     Notary Public-Notary Seal
     State of Missouri
     Clay County
     My Commission Expires:
     February 27, 2000
     
                   
                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
           That  the  undersigned, a  Director  of
     Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
     corporation,   does  hereby  constitute   and
     appoint  Drue Jennings or Jeanie  Sell  Latz,
     his  true and lawful attorney and agent, with
     full  power and authority to execute  in  the
     name and on behalf of the undersigned as such
     director  an  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K;
     hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent
     full power of substitution and revocation  in
     the   premises;  and  hereby  ratifying   and
     confirming all that such attorney  and  agent
     may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
     presents.
     
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
     my  hand  and seal this 4th day of  February,
     1997.
     
     
                         /s/William H. Clark
     
     
     STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                         )    ss
     COUNTY OF JACKSON   )
     
           On  this  5th  day of  February,  1997,
     before  me the undersigned, a Notary  Public,
     personally appeared William H. Clark,  to  be
     known  to be the person described in and  who
     executed  the foregoing instrument, and  who,
     being  by  me  first duly sworn, acknowledged
     that he executed the same as his free act and
     deed.
     
           IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have  hereunto
     set  my hand and affixed my official seal the
     day and year last above written.
     
     
     
                         /s/Cathy Claypole
                            Notary Public
     
     
     Cathy Claypole
     Notary Public-Notary Seal
     State of Missouri
     Clay County
     My Commission Expires:
     February 27, 2000
     
     

                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
           That  the  undersigned, a  Director  of
     Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
     corporation,   does  hereby  constitute   and
     appoint  Drue Jennings or Jeanie  Sell  Latz,
     his  true and lawful attorney and agent, with
     full  power and authority to execute  in  the
     name and on behalf of the undersigned as such
     director  an  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K;
     hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent
     full power of substitution and revocation  in
     the   premises;  and  hereby  ratifying   and
     confirming all that such attorney  and  agent
     may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
     presents.
     
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
     my  hand  and seal this 4th day of  February,
     1997.
     
     
                         /s/Robert J. Dineen
     
     
     STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                         )    ss
     COUNTY OF JACKSON   )
     
           On  this  5th  day of  February,  1997,
     before  me the undersigned, a Notary  Public,
     personally appeared Robert J. Dineen,  to  be
     known  to be the person described in and  who
     executed  the foregoing instrument, and  who,
     being  by  me  first duly sworn, acknowledged
     that he executed the same as his free act and
     deed.
     
           IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have  hereunto
     set  my hand and affixed my official seal the
     day and year last above written.
     
     
     
                         /s/Cathy Claypole
                            Notary Public
     
     
     Cathy Claypole
     Notary Public-Notary Seal
     State of Missouri
     Clay County
     My Commission Expires:
     February 27, 2000
     
     

                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
           That  the  undersigned, a  Director  of
     Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
     corporation,   does  hereby  constitute   and
     appoint  Drue Jennings or Jeanie  Sell  Latz,
     his  true and lawful attorney and agent, with
     full  power and authority to execute  in  the
     name and on behalf of the undersigned as such
     director  an  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K;
     hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent
     full power of substitution and revocation  in
     the   premises;  and  hereby  ratifying   and
     confirming all that such attorney  and  agent
     may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
     presents.
     
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
     my  hand  and seal this 4th day of  February,
     1997.
     
     
                         /s/Arthur J. Doyle
     
     
     STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                         )    ss
     COUNTY OF JACKSON   )
     
           On  this  5th  day of  February,  1997,
     before  me the undersigned, a Notary  Public,
     personally  appeared Arthur J. Doyle,  to  be
     known  to be the person described in and  who
     executed  the foregoing instrument, and  who,
     being  by  me  first duly sworn, acknowledged
     that he executed the same as his free act and
     deed.
     
           IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have  hereunto
     set  my hand and affixed my official seal the
     day and year last above written.
     
     
     
                         /s/Cathy Claypole
                            Notary Public
     
     
     Cathy Claypole
     Notary Public-Notary Seal
     State of Missouri
     Clay County
     My Commission Expires:
     February 27, 2000
     
     

                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
           That  the  undersigned, a  Director  of
     Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
     corporation,   does  hereby  constitute   and
     appoint  Drue Jennings or Jeanie  Sell  Latz,
     his  true and lawful attorney and agent, with
     full  power and authority to execute  in  the
     name and on behalf of the undersigned as such
     director  an  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K;
     hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent
     full power of substitution and revocation  in
     the   premises;  and  hereby  ratifying   and
     confirming all that such attorney  and  agent
     may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
     presents.
     
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
     my  hand  and seal this 5th day of  February,
     1997.
     
     
                         /s/W. Thomas Grant II
     
     
     STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                         )    ss
     COUNTY OF JACKSON   )
     
           On  this  5th  day of  February,  1997,
     before  me the undersigned, a Notary  Public,
     personally appeared W. Thomas Grant II, to be
     known  to be the person described in and  who
     executed  the foregoing instrument, and  who,
     being  by  me  first duly sworn, acknowledged
     that he executed the same as his free act and
     deed.
     
           IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have  hereunto
     set  my hand and affixed my official seal the
     day and year last above written.
     
     
     
                         /s/Cathy Claypole
                            Notary Public
     
     
     Cathy Claypole
     Notary Public-Notary Seal
     State of Missouri
     Clay County
     My Commission Expires:
     February 27, 2000
     
     
                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
           That  the  undersigned, a  Director  of
     Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
     corporation,   does  hereby  constitute   and
     appoint  Drue Jennings or Jeanie  Sell  Latz,
     his  true and lawful attorney and agent, with
     full  power and authority to execute  in  the
     name and on behalf of the undersigned as such
     director  an  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K;
     hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent
     full power of substitution and revocation  in
     the   premises;  and  hereby  ratifying   and
     confirming all that such attorney  and  agent
     may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
     presents.
     
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
     my  hand  and seal this 4th day of  February,
     1997.
     
     
                         /s/George E. Nettels, Jr.
     
     
     STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                         )    ss
     COUNTY OF JACKSON   )
     
           On  this  5th  day of  February,  1997,
     before  me the undersigned, a Notary  Public,
     personally  appeared George E. Nettels,  Jr.,
     to be known to be the person described in and
     who  executed  the foregoing instrument,  and
     who,   being   by   me  first   duly   sworn,
     acknowledged that he executed the same as his
     free act and deed.
     
           IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have  hereunto
     set  my hand and affixed my official seal the
     day and year last above written.
     
     
     
                         /s/Cathy Claypole
                            Notary Public
     
     
     Cathy Claypole
     Notary Public-Notary Seal
     State of Missouri
     Clay County
     My Commission Expires:
     February 27, 2000
     
     
                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
           That  the  undersigned, a  Director  of
     Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
     corporation,   does  hereby  constitute   and
     appoint  Drue Jennings or Jeanie  Sell  Latz,
     her  true and lawful attorney and agent, with
     full  power and authority to execute  in  the
     name and on behalf of the undersigned as such
     director  an  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K;
     hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent
     full power of substitution and revocation  in
     the   premises;  and  hereby  ratifying   and
     confirming all that such attorney  and  agent
     may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
     presents.
     
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
     my  hand  and seal this 4th day of  February,
     1997.
     
     
                         /s/Linda H. Talbott
     
     
     STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                         )    ss
     COUNTY OF JACKSON   )
     
           On  this  5th  day of  February,  1997,
     before  me the undersigned, a Notary  Public,
     personally appeared Linda H. Talbott,  to  be
     known  to be the person described in and  who
     executed  the foregoing instrument, and  who,
     being  by  me  first duly sworn, acknowledged
     that  she  executed the same as her free  act
     and deed.
     
           IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have  hereunto
     set  my hand and affixed my official seal the
     day and year last above written.
     
     
     
                         /s/Cathy Claypole
                           Notary Public
     
     
     Cathy Claypole
     Notary Public-Notary Seal
     State of Missouri
     Clay County
     My Commission Expires:
     February 27, 2000
     
     
                   POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
     
           That  the  undersigned, a  Director  of
     Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Missouri
     corporation,   does  hereby  constitute   and
     appoint  Drue Jennings or Jeanie  Sell  Latz,
     his  true and lawful attorney and agent, with
     full  power and authority to execute  in  the
     name and on behalf of the undersigned as such
     director  an  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K;
     hereby granting unto such attorney and  agent
     full power of substitution and revocation  in
     the   premises;  and  hereby  ratifying   and
     confirming all that such attorney  and  agent
     may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
     presents.
     
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
     my  hand  and seal this 4th day of  February,
     1997.
     
     
                         /s/Robert H. West
     
     
     STATE OF MISSOURI   )
                         )    ss
     COUNTY OF JACKSON   )
     
           On  this  5th  day of  February,  1997,
     before  me the undersigned, a Notary  Public,
     personally  appeared Robert H.  West,  to  be
     known  to be the person described in and  who
     executed  the foregoing instrument, and  who,
     being  by  me  first duly sworn, acknowledged
     that he executed the same as his free act and
     deed.
     
           IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have  hereunto
     set  my hand and affixed my official seal the
     day and year last above written.
     
     
     
                         /s/Cathy Claypole
                            Notary Public
     
     
     Cathy Claypole
     Notary Public-Notary Seal
     State of Missouri
     Clay County
     My Commission Expires:
     February 27, 2000
     
     

 

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