type public traded as nyse gxp 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 michael j. chesser ceo chairman william h. downey president coo revenue us 2.568 billion 2014 1 operating income us 534.5 million 2014 1 net income 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 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 . citation needed in 2014 it ranked 855 on the fortune 1000 list . 2 it acquired aquila inc. in july 2008 . 3 references edit a b c annual report pursuant to section 13 or 15 d of the securities exchange act of 1934 for the fiscal year ended december 31 2014 . securities and exchange commission . 25 february 2015 . retrieved 19 march 2015 . great plains energy . fortune . retrieved 19 march 2015 . aquila acquisition pdf . international directory of company histories vol . 65 . st. james press 2004 external links edit official page finance yahoo profile this article about a company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title great plains energy & oldid 669210818 categories energy company stubscompanies listed on the new york stock exchangepower companies of the united statescompanies based in kansas city missourihidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 june 2015 at 17 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view