Great Plains Energy

Great Plains Energy Incorporated
Company typePublic
NYSE: GXP
IndustryElectric utility
Founded1882
FounderEdwin Ruthven Weeks, Joseph S. Chick, L.R. Moore, William Holmes
FateMerged with Westar Energy
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Terry Bassham (President and CEO/Chairman)
Revenue US$2.568 billion (2014)
US$534.5 Million (2014)
US$242.8 Million (2014)
Number of employees
2,935 (2014)
SubsidiariesKansas City Power & Light,(KLT Inc.)
Innovative Energy Consultants Inc. (IEC)
Great Plains Energy Services Incorporated
Websitewww.evergyinc.com

Great Plains Energy Incorporated was a holding company based in Kansas City, Missouri that owned electric utility Kansas City Power and Light Company and Strategic Energy, LLC, an energy management company.

KCP&L established the holding company on October 1, 2001.

Great Plains acquired Aquila, Inc. in July, 2008.

In 2014, it ranked #855 on the Fortune 1000 list.