Attached files

file filename
10-K - 10-K - EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COa2196568z10-k.htm
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COa2196568zex-21.htm
EX-12 - EXHIBIT 12 - EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COa2196568zex-12.htm
EX-31.(B) - EXHIBIT 31(B) - EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COa2196568zex-31_b.htm
EX-31.(A) - EXHIBIT 31(A) - EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COa2196568zex-31_a.htm
EX-32.(B) - EXHIBIT 32(B) - EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COa2196568zex-32_b.htm
EX-32.(A) - EXHIBIT 32(A) - EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COa2196568zex-32_a.htm
EX-24 - EXHIBIT 24 - EMPIRE DISTRICT ELECTRIC COa2196568zex-24.htm

EXHIBIT (23)

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-64639, 33-34807, 333-130075 and 333-130076) and in the Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-152729 and 333-141452) of The Empire District Electric Company of our report dated February 19, 2010 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in this Form 10-K.

 

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

St. Louis, Missouri

February 19, 2010