Great Plains Energy

Infobox Company
name = Great Plains Energy Incorporated

type = Public (nyse|GXP)
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foundation = 1882
founder = Edwin Ruthven Weeks, Joseph S. Chick, L.R. Moore, William Holmes
location_city = Kansas City, Missouri
location_country = United States
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key_people = Michael J. Chesser (CEO/Chairman), William H. Downey (President/COO)
industry = Electric utility
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revenue = US$2.675 Billion(2006)
operating_income = US$235.42 Million (2006)
net_income = US$127.63 Million (2006)
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subsid = Kansas City Power & Light,(KLT Inc.)
Innovative Energy Consultants Inc. (IEC)
Great Plains Energy Services Incorporated
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homepage = [http://www.greatplainsenergy.com greatplainsenergy.com]
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Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP) 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 2006, it ranked #667 on the Fortune 1000 list and #41 on the Fortune Gas & Electrics list. [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/snapshots/1839.html]

Acquired Aquila, Inc. in July, 2008. [ [http://www.greatplainsenergy.com/investor/nr_july14_08.pdf Aquila Acquisition] ]

References

* [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Great-Plains-Energy-Incorporated-Company-History.html International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 65. St. James Press, 2004]

External links

* [http://www.greatplainsenergy.com/ Official page]
* [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=gxp Finance yahoo profile]