Great Plains Energy
Former energy holding company based in Kansas City / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Company type | Public |
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NYSE: GXP | |
Industry | Electric utility |
Founded | 1882 |
Founder | Edwin Ruthven Weeks, Joseph S. Chick, L.R. Moore, William Holmes |
Fate | Merged with Westar Energy |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Terry Bassham (President and CEO/Chairman) |
Revenue | US$2.568 billion (2014)[1] |
US$534.5 Million (2014) [1] | |
US$242.8 Million (2014) | |
Number of employees | 2,935 (2014) [1] |
Subsidiaries | Kansas City Power & Light,(KLT Inc.) Innovative Energy Consultants Inc. (IEC) Great Plains Energy Services Incorporated |
Website | www.evergyinc.com |
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KCP&L established the holding company on October 1, 2001.[citation needed]
Great Plains acquired Aquila, Inc. in July, 2008.[2]
In 2014, it ranked #855 on the Fortune 1000 list.[3]