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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
HARRISON KELLY B
(Last) (First) (Middle)
818 S. KANSAS AVE.
(Street)
TOPEKA KS 66612
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WESTAR ENERGY INC /KS [ WR ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
VP, Regulatory
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/09/2004
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, Par Value $5.00 01/09/2004 F(1) 753 D $20.19 26,601(2) D
Common Stock, Par Value $5.00 2,678 I Held in 401(k) Plan
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. 753 shares were forfeited for the payment of taxes after 2,000 restricted share units vested and were distributed to the Reporting Person. The restricted share units were included in the Reporting Person's previously filed Section 16 reports.
2. Includes 23,620 restricted share units which are subject to forfeiture and 5 shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends in 2003.
Remarks:
Cynthia S. Couch by power of attorney 01/13/2004
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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                        POWER OF ATTORNEY



    I, Kelly B. Harrison, do hereby appoint Bruce A. Akin, Cynthia S.

Couch, Larry D. Irick and Mark A. Ruelle, each my true and lawful

attorney-in-fact, to:



(1) execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer and/or director

    of Westar Energy, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance

    with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules

    thereunder;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be

    necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,

    complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file

    such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and

    any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

    foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of

    benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by me, it being

    understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my

    behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall

    contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in

    such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



    I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to

do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or

proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein

granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if

personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-

in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by

virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. I

acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity

at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act

of 1934.



    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no

longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to my holdings of, and

transactions in, securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by

me in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as

of this 21st day of August, 2003.



                                       Signature



                                       /s/ KELLY B. HARRISON

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                                       Kelly B. Harrison



STATE OF KANSAS     )

                    )  ss:

COUNTY OF  SHAWNEE  )



   Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of August, 2003.



                                       Notary Public



                                       /s/ MERILEE K. MARTIN

                                       -------------------------------



My appointment expires:  07/08/2007



                                      [Notary Stamp]