Attached files
Exhibit
12.2
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KANSAS
CITY POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
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COMPUTATION
OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
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Year
to Date
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September
30
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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(millions)
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Income
from continuing operations
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$ | 108.9 | $ | 125.2 | $ | 156.7 | $ | 149.3 | $ | 151.5 | $ | 139.9 | |||||||
Add
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Taxes
on income
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39.8 | 59.8 | 59.3 | 70.3 | 48.0 | 53.8 | |||||||||||||
Kansas
City earnings tax
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0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||
Total
taxes on income
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40.2 | 60.3 | 59.8 | 70.8 | 48.5 | 54.3 | |||||||||||||
Interest
on value of leased property
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4.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 | |||||||||||||
Interest
on long-term debt
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80.8 | 79.3 | 54.5 | 55.4 | 56.7 | 61.2 | |||||||||||||
Interest
on short-term debt
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4.7 | 15.2 | 20.3 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||
Other
interest expense and amortization (a)
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0.8 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 14.0 | |||||||||||||
Total
fixed charges
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90.8 | 99.2 | 85.5 | 70.7 | 69.6 | 81.9 | |||||||||||||
Earnings
before taxes on
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income
and fixed charges
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$ | 239.9 | $ | 284.7 | $ | 302.0 | $ | 290.8 | $ | 269.6 | $ | 276.1 | |||||||
Ratio
of earnings to fixed charges
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2.64 | 2.87 | 3.53 | 4.11 | 3.87 | 3.37 | |||||||||||||
(a)
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On
January 1, 2007, Great Plains Energy elected to make an accounting policy
change to recognize interest related to uncertain tax
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positions
in interest
expense.
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