Public | |
Traded as | : GXP S&P 400 Component |
Industry | Electric utility |
Founded | 1882 |
Founder | Edwin Ruthven Weeks, Joseph S. Chick, L.R. Moore, William Holmes |
Headquarters | Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
Key people
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Michael J. Chesser (CEO/Chairman), William H. Downey (President/COO) |
Revenue | US$2.568 Billion(2014) |
US$534.5 Million (2014) | |
US$242.8 Million (2014) | |
Number of employees
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2,935 (2014) |
Subsidiaries |
Kansas City Power & Light,(KLT Inc.) Innovative Energy Consultants Inc. (IEC) Great Plains Energy Services Incorporated |
Website | greatplainsenergy.com |
Great Plains Energy Incorporated is a holding company based in Kansas City, Missouri that owns 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.
In 2014, it ranked #855 on the Fortune 1000 list.
It acquired Aquila, Inc. in July, 2008.