Evergy 10-K 2024-12-31

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to


	Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter,
Commission	state of incorporation, address of principal	I.R.S. Employer
File Number	executive offices and telephone number	Identification Number

001-38515	EVERGY, INC.	82-2733395

(a Missouri corporation)

1200 Main Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64105

(816) 556-2200



001-03523						EVERGY KANSAS CENTRAL, INC.						48-0290150

(a Kansas corporation)

818 South Kansas Avenue

Topeka, Kansas 66612

(785) 575-6300



000-51873						EVERGY METRO, INC.						44-0308720

(a Missouri corporation)

1200 Main Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64105

(816) 556-2200


	Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Evergy, Inc. common stock	EVRG	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. Common Stock $0.01 par value and Evergy Metro, Inc. Common Stock without par value.


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Evergy, Inc.			Yes	☒		No	☐

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒

Evergy Metro, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Evergy, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒

Evergy Metro, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Evergy, Inc.			Yes	☒		No	☐

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.			Yes	☒		No	☐

Evergy Metro, Inc.			Yes	☒		No	☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Evergy, Inc.			Yes	☒		No	☐

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.			Yes	☒		No	☐

Evergy Metro, Inc.			Yes	☒		No	☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Evergy, Inc.	Large Accelerated Filer	☒	Accelerated Filer		☐	Non-accelerated Filer		☐	Smaller Reporting Company	☐	Emerging Growth Company	☐

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.	Large Accelerated Filer	☐	Accelerated Filer		☐	Non-accelerated Filer		☒	Smaller Reporting Company	☐	Emerging Growth Company	☐

Evergy Metro, Inc.	Large Accelerated Filer	☐	Accelerated Filer		☐	Non-accelerated Filer		☒	Smaller Reporting Company	☐	Emerging Growth Company	☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

Evergy, Inc.			Yes	☒		No	☐

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒

Evergy Metro, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Evergy, Inc.				☐

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.				☐

Evergy Metro, Inc.				☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

Evergy, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒

Evergy Metro, Inc.			Yes	☐		No	☒



Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).
Evergy, Inc.	Yes	☐	No	☒

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.	Yes	☐	No	☒

Evergy Metro, Inc.	Yes	☐	No	☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Evergy, Inc.	Yes	☐	No	☒

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.	Yes	☐	No	☒

Evergy Metro, Inc.	Yes	☐	No	☒

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of Evergy, Inc. (based on the closing price of its common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on June 30, 2024) was approximately $12,025,571,828. All of the common equity of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and Evergy Metro, Inc. is held by Evergy, Inc.

On February 19, 2025, Evergy, Inc. had 230,009,344 shares of common stock outstanding.

On February 19, 2025, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and Evergy Metro, Inc. each had one share of common stock outstanding and held by Evergy, Inc.


Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and Evergy Metro, Inc. meet the conditions set forth in General Instruction (I)(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K and are therefore filing this Form 10-K with the reduced disclosure format.

Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of the 2025 annual meeting proxy statement of Evergy, Inc. to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in Part III of this report.

This combined annual report on Form 10-K is provided by the following registrants: Evergy, Inc. (Evergy), Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. (Evergy Kansas Central) and Evergy Metro, Inc. (Evergy Metro) (collectively, the Evergy Companies). Information relating to any individual registrant is filed by such registrant solely on its own behalf. Each registrant makes no representation as to information relating exclusively to the other registrants.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
		Page Number
	Cautionary Statements Regarding Certain Forward-Looking Information	3
	Glossary of Terms	5

PART I
Item 1.	Business	8
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	16
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	29
Item 1C.	Cybersecurity	29
Item 2.	Properties	32
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	35
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	35
PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	36
Item 6.	Reserved	36
Item 7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	36
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	64
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	67
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	160
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	160
Item 9B.	Other Information	164
Item 9C.	Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections	164
PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	164
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	165
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	165
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	166
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	166
PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	168

	Signatures	190

CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING CERTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Statements made in this document that are not based on historical facts are forward-looking, may involve risks and uncertainties, and are intended to be as of the date when made. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to Evergy's strategic plan, including, without limitation, those related to earnings per share, dividend, operating and maintenance expense and capital investment goals; the outcome of legislative efforts and regulatory and legal proceedings; future energy demand, including demand driven by new and existing customers; future power prices; plans with respect to existing and potential future generation resources; the availability and cost of generation resources and energy storage; target emissions reductions; and other matters relating to expected financial performance or affecting future operations. Forward-looking statements are often accompanied by forward-looking words such as "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "estimates," "forecasts," "guidance," "should," "could," "may," "seeks," "intends," "predict," "potential," "opportunities," "proposed," "projects," "planned," "target," "outlook," "remain confident," "goal," "will" or other words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information.

In connection with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Evergy Companies are providing a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking information. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to: economic and weather conditions and any impact on sales, prices and costs; significant changes in the demand for electricity; changes in business strategy or operations, including with respect to the Evergy Companies' strategy to meet demand requirements of existing and future customers; the impact of federal, state and local political, legislative, judicial and regulatory actions or developments, including deregulation, re-regulation, securitization and restructuring of the electric utility industry; the ability to build or acquire generation and transmission facilities to meet the future demand for electricity from customers; the ability to control costs, avoid costs and schedule overruns during the development, construction and operation of generation, transmission, distribution or other projects due to challenges, which include, but are not limited to, changes in labor costs, availability and productivity, challenges with the management of contractors or vendors, subcontractor performance, shortages, delays, increased costs or inconsistent quality of equipment, materials and labor and increased financing costs as a result of changes in interest rates or as a result of project delays; decisions of regulators regarding, among other things, customer rates and the prudency of operational decisions such as capital expenditures and asset retirements; changes in applicable laws, regulations, rules, principles or practices, or the interpretations thereof, governing tax, accounting and environmental matters, including air and water quality and waste management and disposal; development, adoption and use of artificial intelligence by the Evergy Companies and its third-party vendors; the impact of climate change, including increased frequency and severity of significant weather events; risks relating to potential wildfires, including costs of litigation, potential regulatory penalties and damages in excess of insurance liability coverage; the extent to which counterparties are willing to do business with, finance the operations of or purchase energy from the Evergy Companies due to the fact that the Evergy Companies operate coal-fired generation; prices and availability of electricity and natural gas in wholesale markets; market perception of the energy industry and the Evergy Companies; the impact of future pandemic health events on, among other things, sales, results of operations, financial position, liquidity and cash flows, and also on operational issues, such as supply chain issues and the availability and ability of the Evergy Companies' employees and suppliers to perform the functions that are necessary to operate the Evergy Companies; changes in the energy trading markets in which the Evergy Companies participate, including retroactive repricing of transactions by regional transmission organizations (RTO) and independent system operators; financial market conditions and performance, disruptions in the banking industry, including volatility in interest rates and credit spreads and in availability and cost of capital and the effects on derivatives and hedges, nuclear decommissioning trust and pension plan assets and costs; impairments of long-lived assets or goodwill; credit ratings; inflation rates; effectiveness of risk management policies and procedures and the ability of counterparties to satisfy their contractual commitments; impact of physical and cybersecurity breaches, criminal activity, terrorist attacks, acts of war and other disruptions to the Evergy Companies' facilities or information technology infrastructure or the facilities and infrastructure of third-party service providers on which the Evergy Companies rely; impact of geopolitical conflicts on the global energy market, including the ability to contract for non-Russian sourced uranium; ability to carry out marketing and sales plans; cost, availability, quality and timely provision of equipment, supplies, labor and fuel; impacts of tariffs;

ability to achieve generation goals and the occurrence and duration of planned and unplanned generation outages; the Evergy Companies' ability to manage their generation, transmission and distribution development plans and transmission joint ventures; the inherent risks associated with the ownership and operation of a nuclear facility, including environmental, health, safety, regulatory and financial risks; workforce risks, including those related to the Evergy Companies' ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, maintain satisfactory relationships with their labor unions and manage costs of, or changes in, wages, retirement, health care and other benefits; disruption, costs and uncertainties caused by or related to the actions of individuals or entities, such as activist shareholders or special interest groups, that seek to influence Evergy's strategic plan, financial results or operations; the impact of changing expectations and demands of the Evergy Companies' customers, regulators, investors and stakeholders, including differing views on environmental, social and governance concerns; the possibility that strategic initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and long-term financial plans, may not create the value that they are expected to achieve in a timely manner or at all; difficulties in maintaining relationships with customers, employees, contractors, regulators or suppliers; the outcome of litigation involving the Evergy Companies; and other risks and uncertainties.

This list of factors is not all-inclusive because it is not possible to predict all factors. You should also carefully consider the information contained in the Evergy Companies' other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Additional risks and uncertainties are discussed from time to time in current, quarterly and annual reports filed by the Evergy Companies with the SEC. New factors emerge from time to time, and it's not possible for the Evergy Companies to predict all such factors, nor can the Evergy Companies assess the impact of each such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained or implied in any forward-looking statement. Given these uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements. The Evergy Companies undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at sec.gov. Additionally, information about the Evergy Companies, including their combined annual reports on Form 10-K, combined quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed with the SEC, is also available through the Evergy Companies' website, http://investors.evergy.com. Such reports are accessible at no charge and are made available as soon as reasonably practical after such material is filed with or furnished to the SEC.

Investors should note that the Evergy Companies announce material financial information in SEC filings, press releases and public conference calls. In accordance with SEC guidelines, the Evergy Companies also use the Investor Relations section of their website, http://investors.evergy.com, to communicate with investors. It is possible that the financial and other information posted there could be deemed to be material information. The information on the Evergy Companies' website is not part of this document.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

The following is a glossary of frequently used abbreviations or acronyms that are found throughout this report.


Abbreviation or Acronym						Definition

AAO						Accounting authority order

AEP						American Electric Power Company, Inc.
AFUDC						Allowance for funds used during construction
AOCI						Accumulated other comprehensive income
AROs						Asset retirement obligations


BSER						Best system of emission reduction
CAA						Clean Air Act
CARFR						Credit-adjusted risk-free rates
CCN						Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
CCRs						Coal combustion residuals
CCS						Carbon capture and sequestration
CNO						Chief Nuclear Officer
CO2						Carbon dioxide
CO2e						Carbon dioxide equivalent
COLI						Corporate-owned life insurance


Crossroads						Crossroads Energy Center
CSAPR						Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
CTO						Chief Technology Officer


Dogwood						Dogwood Energy Center

EIRR						Environmental Improvement Revenue Refunding
EPA						Environmental Protection Agency
EPS						Earnings per common share

ERISA						Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
ERSP						Earnings Review and Sharing Plan
ESG						Environmental, social and governance
Evergy						Evergy, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries
Evergy Board						Evergy Board of Directors
Evergy Companies						Evergy, Evergy Kansas Central, and Evergy Metro, collectively, which are individual registrants within the Evergy consolidated group
Evergy Kansas Central						Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Evergy, and its consolidated subsidiaries
Evergy Kansas South						Evergy Kansas South, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Evergy Kansas Central
Evergy Metro						Evergy Metro, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Evergy, and its consolidated subsidiaries

Evergy Missouri West						Evergy Missouri West, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Evergy
Evergy Missouri West Storm Funding						Evergy Missouri West Storm Funding I, LLC
Evergy Transmission Company						Evergy Transmission Company, LLC
Exchange Act						The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

February 2021 winter weather event						Significant winter weather event in February 2021 that resulted in extremely cold temperatures over a multi-day period across much of the central and southern United States


Abbreviation or Acronym						Definition
FERC						Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FIP						Federal implementation plan
FMBs						First Mortgage Bonds

GAAP						Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GHG						Greenhouse gas
Great Plains Energy						Great Plains Energy Incorporated
IBEW						International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IRA						Inflation Reduction Act
IRP						Integrated Resource Plan
IRS						Internal Revenue Service
ITFIP						Interstate Transport Federal Implementation Plans
ITSIP						Interstate Transport State Implementation Plans
JEC						Jeffrey Energy Center
KCC						State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas
KDHE						Kansas Department of Health & Environment
KEEIA						Kansas Energy Efficiency Investment Act
kV						Kilovolt
kWh						Kilowatt hour
LEC						Lawrence Energy Center


MDNR						Missouri Department of Natural Resources
MEEIA						Missouri Energy Efficiency Investment Act
MPSC						Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri
MW						Megawatt
MWh						Megawatt hour
NAAQS						National Ambient Air Quality Standards
NAV						Net asset value
NERC						North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NIST CSF						National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework
NIST RMF						National Institute of Standards and Technology Risk Management Framework
NOL						Net operating loss
NRC						Nuclear Regulatory Commission
OCI						Other comprehensive income


Persimmon Creek						Persimmon Creek Wind Farm 1, LLC
PISA						Plant-in-service accounting

Prairie Wind						Prairie Wind Transmission, LLC, 50% owned by Evergy Kansas Central
PRB						Powder River Basin
PTC						Production tax credit
RSU						Restricted share unit
RTO						Regional transmission organization


SEC						Securities and Exchange Commission
Securitized Bonds						Securitized Utility Tariff Bonds
SIP						State implementation plan
SPP						Southwest Power Pool, Inc.


TCR						Transmission congestion rights
TDC						Transmission delivery charge

TFR						Transmission formula rate


Abbreviation or Acronym						Definition
Transource						Transource Energy, LLC and its subsidiaries, 13.5% owned by Evergy Transmission Company

UGSOA						United Government Security Officers of America
VaR						Value at Risk
VIE						Variable interest entity
WACC						Weighted average cost of capital
Wolf Creek						Wolf Creek Generating Station

PART I

Item 1. BUSINESS

General

Evergy, Inc., Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and Evergy Metro, Inc. are separate registrants filing this combined annual report on Form 10-K. The terms "Evergy," "Evergy Kansas Central," "Evergy Metro" and "Evergy Companies" are used throughout this report. "Evergy" refers to Evergy, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated. "Evergy Kansas Central" refers to Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated. "Evergy Metro" refers to Evergy Metro, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated. "Evergy Companies" refers to Evergy, Evergy Kansas Central, and Evergy Metro, collectively, which are individual registrants within the Evergy consolidated group.

Information in other Items of this report as to which reference is made in this Item 1 is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 1. The use of terms such as "see" or "refer to" shall be deemed to incorporate into this Item 1 the information to which such reference is made.

EVERGY, INC.

Evergy is a public utility holding company incorporated in 2017 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Evergy operates primarily through the following wholly-owned direct subsidiaries listed below.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. (Evergy Kansas Central) is an integrated, regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in the state of Kansas. Evergy Kansas Central has one active wholly-owned subsidiary with significant operations, Evergy Kansas South, Inc. (Evergy Kansas South).
Evergy Metro, Inc. (Evergy Metro) is an integrated, regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in the states of Missouri and Kansas.
Evergy Missouri West, Inc. (Evergy Missouri West) is an integrated, regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in the state of Missouri.
Evergy Transmission Company, LLC (Evergy Transmission Company) owns 13.5% of Transource Energy, LLC (Transource) with the remaining 86.5% owned by AEP Transmission Holding Company, LLC, a subsidiary of American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP). Transource is focused on the development of competitive electric transmission projects. Evergy Transmission Company accounts for its investment in Transource under the equity method.

Evergy Kansas Central also owns a 50% interest in Prairie Wind Transmission, LLC (Prairie Wind), which is a joint venture between Evergy Kansas Central and subsidiaries of AEP and Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company. Prairie Wind owns a 108-mile, 345 kilovolt (kV) double-circuit transmission line that provides transmission service in the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP). Evergy Kansas Central accounts for its investment in Prairie Wind under the equity method.

Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Kansas South, Evergy Metro, and Evergy Missouri West conduct business in their respective service territories using the name Evergy. The Evergy Companies assess financial performance and allocate resources on a consolidated basis (i.e., operate in one segment). Evergy serves approximately 1.7 million customers located in Kansas and Missouri. Customers include approximately 1.5 million residences, 0.2 million commercial firms and 7,500 industrials, municipalities and other electric utilities. Evergy is significantly impacted by seasonality with approximately one-third of its retail revenues recorded in the third quarter.

sustainability objectives and delivering competitive long-term returns to shareholders, including growth in earnings per share and targeting a 60%-70% dividend payout ratio. The core tenets of Evergy's strategy are as follows:

Affordability – maintaining affordable rates while investing in infrastructure and technology to meet customer demand;
Reliability – targeting top-tier performance in reliability, customer service and generation; and
Sustainability – advancing a responsible fleet transition while ensuring affordability and reliability.

See Item 7, Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Operations (MD&A) – Executive Summary – Strategy, for additional information.

The table below summarizes the percentage of Evergy's revenues by customer class.


	2024	2023	2022
Residential	37%	37%	37%
Commercial	34%	33%	32%
Industrial	12%	12%	12%
Wholesale	5%	7%	9%
Transmission	8%	7%	6%
Other	4%	4%	4%
Total	100%	100%	100%

The table below summarizes the percentage of Evergy's retail electricity sales by customer class.


	2024	2023	2022
Residential	37%	37%	38%
Commercial	43%	43%	42%
Industrial	20%	20%	20%
Total	100%	100%	100%

Regulation

Evergy Kansas Central's and Evergy Metro's Kansas operations are regulated by the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas (KCC) and Evergy Metro's Missouri operations and Evergy Missouri West are regulated by the Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri (MPSC), in each case with respect to retail rates, certain accounting matters, standards of service and, in certain cases, the issuance of securities, certification of facilities and service territories. The Evergy Companies are also subject to regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with respect to transmission, wholesale sales and rates, the issuance of securities in certain cases and other matters. Evergy has an indirect 94% ownership interest in Wolf Creek Generating Station (Wolf Creek), which is subject to regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) with respect to licensing, operations and safety-related requirements.

The table below summarizes the rate orders in effect for Evergy Kansas Central's, Evergy Metro's and Evergy Missouri West's retail rate jurisdictions.


	Regulator	Allowed Return on Equity	Effective Date
Evergy Kansas Central (a)	KCC	9.4% (b)	December 2023
Evergy Metro - Kansas	KCC	9.4% (b)	December 2023
Evergy Metro - Missouri	MPSC	(c)	January 2023
Evergy Missouri West	MPSC	(c)	January 2025

(a) The KCC establishes rates for Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Kansas South on a consolidated basis.

(b) Current KCC rate orders do not contain an explicit allowed return on equity. The return on equity presented in this table reflects the current order in Kansas which stated an allowed return on equity to be utilized for purposes of the transmission delivery charge (TDC).

Evergy expects its 2025 Kansas and Missouri jurisdictional retail revenues to be approximately 60% and 40%, respectively, based on historical averages of Evergy Kansas Central's, Evergy Metro's and Evergy Missouri West's total retail revenues.

See Item 7, MD&A, Critical Accounting Policies section, and Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information concerning regulatory matters.

Competition

Missouri and Kansas continue to operate on the fully integrated and regulated retail utility model. As a result, the Evergy Companies do not compete with others to supply and deliver electricity in their franchised service territories in exchange for agreeing to have their terms of service regulated by state regulatory bodies. If Missouri or Kansas were to pass and implement legislation authorizing or mandating retail choice, Evergy may no longer be able to apply regulated utility accounting principles to deregulated portions of its operations, which may require a surcharge to recover certain costs from legacy customers or could lead to a write-off of certain regulatory assets and liabilities.

Evergy competes in the wholesale market to sell power in circumstances when the power it generates is not required for retail customers in its service territory. This competition primarily occurs within the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Integrated Marketplace, in which Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West are participants. This marketplace determines which generating units among market participants should run, within the operating constraints of a unit, at any given time for maximum regional cost-effectiveness.

The SPP Integrated Marketplace is similar to other regional transmission organization (RTO) or Independent System Operator (ISO) markets currently operating in other regions of the United States.

Power Supply

Evergy has approximately 15,800 megawatts (MWs) of owned generating capacity and renewable power purchase agreements. Evergy's owned generation and power purchases from others, as a percentage of total megawatt hours (MWhs) generated and purchased, was approximately 60% and 40%, respectively, over the last three years. About 60% of Evergy's purchased power was purchased under long-term renewable purchased power contracts over the last three years. Evergy purchases power to meet its customers' needs, to satisfy firm power commitments or to meet renewable energy standards. Management believes Evergy will be able to meet its future power purchase needs due to the coordination of planning and operations in the SPP region and existing power purchase agreements; however, price and availability of power purchases may be impacted during periods of high demand or reduced supply.

Evergy's total capacity by fuel type, including both owned generating capacity and power purchase agreements, is detailed in the table below.


Fuel Type	Estimated 2025 MW Capacity	Percent of Total Capacity
Coal	5,927	37	%
Wind (a)	4,525	29
Natural gas and oil	4,210	27
Uranium	1,106	7
Solar and landfill gas	22	—
Total capacity	15,790	100	%

(a) MWs are based on nameplate capacity of the wind facility. Includes owned generating capacity of 778 MWs and long-term power purchase agreements of approximately 3,747 MWs of wind generation that expire from 2028 through 2048. See Item 2, Properties, for additional information.

Evergy's projected peak summer demand for 2025 is approximately 10,600 MWs. Evergy expects to meet its projected capacity requirements for 2025 with its existing generation assets and power purchases. See "Transitioning Evergy's Generation Fleet" below for further information regarding Evergy's long-term strategy with regard to its generating assets and power purchases.

Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West are members of the SPP. The SPP is a FERC-approved RTO with the responsibility to ensure reliable power supply, adequate transmission infrastructure and competitive wholesale electricity prices in the region. As SPP members, Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West are required to maintain a minimum reserve margin of 15% for 2025. Beginning in 2026, Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West will be required to maintain a minimum reserve margin of 16%. This net positive supply of capacity is maintained through generation asset ownership, capacity agreements, power purchase agreements and peak demand reduction programs. The reserve margin is designed to support reliability of the region's electric supply.

Environmental Matters

The Evergy Companies are subject to extensive and evolving federal, state and local environmental laws, regulations and permit requirements relating to air and water quality, waste management and hazardous substance disposal, protected natural resources (such as wetlands, federally-listed species and other protected wildlife) and health and safety. For example, Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West combust large amounts of fossil fuels in the production of electricity, which results in significant emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG). Federal legislation regulates the emission of GHGs and numerous states and regions have adopted programs to stabilize or reduce GHG emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) regulate emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA), water under the Clean Water Act and waste management under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, among other laws and regulations. See Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information. There have been, and management believes there will continue to be, policy, legal and regulatory efforts to influence climate change, such as efforts to reduce GHG emissions, impose a tax on those emissions and create incentives for low-carbon generation and energy efficiency. These efforts, and climate change itself, have the potential to adversely affect the Evergy Companies' operations, financial position and cash flows. See Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, for additional information.

The Evergy Companies are unable to predict changes in regulations, regulatory guidance, legal interpretations, policy positions and implementation actions that may result from the change in presidential administrations. The Evergy Companies have taken, and will continue to take, proactive measures to mitigate the impact of climate change on its businesses. For example, the Evergy Companies regularly conduct preparedness exercises for a variety of disruptive events, including storms, which may become more frequent or intense due to climate change. In addition, the Evergy Companies have invested, and will continue to invest, in grid resiliency. Much of the Evergy Companies' infrastructure is advanced in age, and grid resiliency efforts include building additional transmission and distribution lines, performing necessary system maintenance, replacing necessary infrastructure and proactively managing the vegetation that can damage systems during severe weather. The Evergy Companies also monitor water conditions at their generating facilities and focus on water conservation at these facilities to address resource depletion.

Transitioning Evergy's Generation Fleet

Evergy is committed to a long-term strategy focused on affordability, reliability and sustainability, including the responsible transition of the generation fleet. Given the age, cost and emissions profile of Evergy's current fossil plants, Evergy expects to retire coal-fired generating units over time or convert these units to alternative fuel sources such as natural gas. This generation portfolio transition is expected to have a corresponding impact on CO2 emissions, continuing a long-term trend. In 2024, Evergy's total CO2 emissions from owned generation units were more than 50% lower than 2005 levels. Through the responsible transition of its generation fleet, Evergy has a long-term goal to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions, for scope 1 and scope 2 emissions, by 2045. The trajectory and timing of achieving emissions reductions relative to 2005 levels and Evergy's long-term emissions reduction goal are expected to be dependent on the evolution of Evergy's integrated resource plans (IRP) and many external factors, including enabling technology developments, trends in total demand for electricity,

the reliability of the power grid, availability of transmission capacity, supportive energy policies and regulations, among other external factors. See "Cautionary Statements Regarding Certain Forward-Looking Information" and Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors, for additional information.

Diversity of fuel supply has historically provided cost and reliability benefits. For example, because renewable generation can be intermittent, diversity of baseload generation fuel, including a mix of uranium, coal and natural gas, has helped to maintain a consistent availability of power. In addition, the Evergy Companies must prudently utilize the generation assets that regulators have allowed the Evergy Companies to include in rates. The Evergy Companies use a triennial IRP, a detailed analysis that estimates factors that influence the future supply and demand for electricity, to inform the manner in which they supply electricity. The IRP considers forecasts of future electricity demand, fuel prices, transmission improvements, new generating capacity, cost of environmental compliance, integration of renewables, energy storage, energy efficiency and demand response initiatives. The transition of Evergy's generation fleet over time is expected to result in ongoing reductions in emissions. Strategies that the Evergy Companies are pursuing to advance a responsible portfolio transition include:

retiring older coal-fired generation or converting coal-fired generation resources to natural gas;
developing renewable energy and natural gas facilities;
grid investment and advancement;
collaborating with regulators to offer customers the opportunity to procure electricity produced with renewable resources; and
investing in customer energy efficiency programs.

Since 2005, the Evergy Companies have added over 4,600 MWs of renewable generation, while retiring more than 2,400 MWs of fossil generation. See Item 2, Properties, for additional information regarding the Evergy Companies' renewable generation resources. The Evergy Companies are also committed to transparency. On its website, http://investors.evergy.com, Evergy provides quantitative and qualitative data regarding various environmental, social and governance matters, including information related to emissions, waste and water. The contents of the website, including reports and documents contained therein, are not incorporated into this filing.

See Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements for information regarding environmental matters.

Fuel

The fuel sources for Evergy's owned generation and power purchase agreements are coal, wind and other renewable sources, uranium and natural gas and oil. The actual 2024 fuel mix and fuel cost in cents per net kilowatt hour (kWh) delivered are outlined in the following table.


			Fuel cost in cents per
	Fuel Mix(a)		net kWh delivered
	Actual		Actual
Fuel	2024		2024
Coal	38	%	2.39¢
Wind, landfill gas and solar (b)	32		1.82
Uranium	19		0.66
Natural gas and oil	11		3.25
Total	100	%	1.97

(a) Fuel mix based on percent of net MWhs generated by owned resources and delivered under renewable power purchase agreements.

(b) Fuel cost in cents per net kWh delivered includes costs associated with renewable power purchase agreements.

Coal

During 2025, Evergy's generating units, including jointly-owned units, are projected to use approximately 15 million tons of coal. Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West have entered into coal-purchase contracts with various suppliers in Wyoming's Powder River Basin (PRB), the nation's

principal supply region of low-sulfur coal, and with local suppliers. The coal to be provided under these contracts is expected to satisfy approximately 65%, 45% and 35% of the projected coal requirements for 2025, 2026 and 2027, respectively. The remainder of the coal requirements is expected to be fulfilled through entering into additional contracts or spot market purchases.

Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West have also entered into rail transportation contracts with various railroads to transport coal from the PRB and local suppliers to their generating units. The transportation services to be provided under these contracts are expected to satisfy all of the projected transportation requirements for 2025 and 60% and 20% of the projected transportation requirements for 2026 and 2027, respectively. The contract rates adjust for changes in railroad costs.

Nuclear Fuel

Evergy Kansas South and Evergy Metro each owns 47% of Wolf Creek, which is Evergy's only nuclear generating unit. Wolf Creek purchases uranium and has it processed for use as fuel in its reactor. This process involves conversion of uranium concentrates to uranium hexafluoride, enrichment of uranium hexafluoride and fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies. The owners of Wolf Creek have on hand or under contract all the uranium, uranium enrichment and conversion services needed to operate Wolf Creek through the first quarter of 2030. The owners also have under contract all the nuclear fuel assembly fabrication services required to operate Wolf Creek through 2045.

Natural Gas

Evergy purchases natural gas for use in its generating units primarily through spot market purchases. From time to time, Evergy also may enter into contracts, including the use of derivatives, in an effort to manage the cost of natural gas. For additional information about Evergy's exposure to commodity price risks, see Item 7A., Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West maintain natural gas transportation arrangements with Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. The Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. arrangement expires based on the generating unit being served with expiration dates from 2025 to 2030.

Customer Energy Efficiency Programs

The Evergy Companies have implemented, and continue to offer, energy efficiency programs to help customers with their energy efficiency needs and to help manage energy costs. Both Missouri and Kansas have passed legislation promoting the implementation of cost-effective demand-side management programs and allowing for the recovery of these program costs from customers, along with the potential to earn performance incentives based upon certain criteria.

In Missouri, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West currently offer a suite of energy efficiency programs for customers under the Missouri Energy Efficiency Investment Act (MEEIA). In 2024, the MPSC approved a portfolio of programs for the years 2025 through 2027. The MEEIA programs provide for the recovery of program costs, throughput disincentive and the opportunity to earn an incentive based upon certain program costs or demand savings achieved. The costs of the programs are recovered from customers through a rider mechanism.

In Kansas, Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro currently offer a suite of energy efficiency programs for customers under the Kansas Energy Efficiency Investment Act (KEEIA). The current portfolio of programs was approved by the KCC for March 2024 through February 2028. The KEEIA programs provide for the recovery of program costs, throughput disincentive and the opportunity to earn a performance incentive based primarily upon demand and energy savings achieved. The costs of the programs will be recovered through a rider mechanism.

Human Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2024, the Evergy Companies had 4,731 employees, including 2,494 represented by five local unions of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and one local union of the United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA). The Evergy Companies currently have labor agreements with four unions that expire at varying times in 2025 through 2027 and one labor agreement that is operating under an

extension while a long-term agreement is being negotiated. The Evergy Companies employ 1,897 generation employees, 1,469 transmission and distribution employees and 1,365 support employees that work primarily in the states of Kansas and Missouri.

Evergy's mission is to empower a better future and a key component of this mission is maintaining a culture that emphasizes safety, integrity, ownership and adaptability.

Safety is a crucial part of Evergy's values. The components of Evergy's safety program include a strong management commitment to a safety-conscious work environment, hazard recognition and control, worksite analysis, contractor safety management and training. Evergy also conducts regular safety audits and assessments.

Evergy offers a competitive package of compensation and benefits to attract and retain talented employees, including market-competitive pay, healthcare and retirement benefits, paid time off, family leave and tuition reimbursement. Evergy also encourages employees to participate in a comprehensive well-being program that includes health and wellness-related activities and incentives, business resource groups, gym membership reimbursement, paid volunteer hours, charitable donation match and free access to an employee assistance program.

Information About Evergy's Executive Officers

Set forth below is information relating to the executive officers of Evergy, Inc. Each executive officer holds the same position with each of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., Evergy Metro, Inc., Evergy Kansas South, Inc. and Evergy Missouri West, Inc. as the executive officer holds with Evergy, Inc. Executive officers serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. There are no family relationships among any of the executive officers, nor any arrangements or understandings between any executive officer and other persons pursuant to which he or she was appointed as an executive officer.


Name	Age	Current Position(s)	Year First Assumed an Officer Position
David A. Campbell (a)	56	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer	2021
W. Bryan Buckler (b)	52	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	2024
Charles A. Caisley (c)	51	Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Chief Customer Officer	2011
Lesley L. Elwell (d)	54	Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer	2021
Heather A. Humphrey (e)	54	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary	2010
Charles L. King (f)	60	Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer	2013

(a)Mr. Campbell was appointed Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Evergy, Inc. in May 2024. Mr. Campbell previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Evergy, Inc. (2021-2024), Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vistra Energy Corp. (2019-2020), as President and Chief Executive Officer of InfraREIT, Inc. and President of Hunt Utility Services (2014-2019) and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sharyland Utilities, LLC (2016-2019), and in various roles with TXU Corp. and its affiliated entities (2004-2013).

(b)Mr. Buckler was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Evergy, Inc. in October 2024. Mr. Buckler previously served as Chief Financial Officer of OGE Energy Corp. (2021-2024). Mr. Buckler also served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Duke Energy Corp. (2019-2020) and as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Duke Energy Corp. (2019).

(c)Mr. Caisley was appointed Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Chief Customer Officer of Evergy, Inc. in September 2024. Mr. Caisley previously served as Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Chief Customer Officer of Evergy, Inc. (2021-2024). He previously served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Public Affairs and Chief Customer Officer of Evergy, Inc. (2018-2021). Mr. Caisley served as Vice President - Marketing and Public Affairs of Great Plains Energy Incorporated (Great Plains Energy), Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West (2011-2018). He was Senior Director of Public Affairs (2008-2011) and Director of Governmental Affairs of Evergy Metro (2007-2008).

(d)Ms. Elwell currently serves as Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer of Evergy, Inc. Ms. Elwell previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Evergy, Inc. (2021-2023). Ms. Elwell previously served as

Chief People Officer at J.E. Dunn Construction Company (2017-2021), as Vice President People Strategy / HR Business Partner of Walmart Corporation (2016-2017), as Vice President HR Business Partner Operations at DIRECTV, Inc. (2012-2015), and in various roles of increasing responsibility, including as Vice President, with Sprint Corporation (1997-2012; 2015-2016).

(e)Ms. Humphrey was appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Evergy, Inc. in June 2018. Ms. Humphrey previously served as Senior Vice President - Corporate Services and General Counsel of Great Plains Energy, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West (2016-2018). She previously served as General Counsel (2010-2016) and Senior Vice President - Human Resources of Great Plains Energy, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West (2012-2016). She served as Vice President - Human Resources of Great Plains Energy, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West (2010-2012). She was Senior Director of Human Resources and Interim General Counsel of Great Plains Energy, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West (2010) and Managing Attorney of Evergy Metro (2007-2010).

(f)Mr. King was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Evergy, Inc. in February 2020. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (2019) and Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer (2018-2019) of Evergy, Inc. Prior to that, he served as Vice President - Information Technology (2013-2018), as Senior Director of Information Technology Applications and Delivery (2013) and Director of Information Technology Applications (2011-2013) of Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West. Mr. King also served in various roles, including leadership roles, with Dish Network, CenturyLink, Sprint and Accenture.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.

Evergy Kansas Central, a Kansas corporation incorporated in 1924 and headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, is an integrated, regulated electric utility that engages in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity. Evergy Kansas Central serves approximately 744,600 customers located in central and eastern Kansas. Customers include approximately 645,300 residences, 94,100 commercial firms, and 5,200 industrials, municipalities and other electric utilities. Evergy Kansas Central's retail revenues averaged approximately 75% of its total operating revenues over the last three years. Wholesale firm power, bulk power sales, transmission and miscellaneous electric revenues accounted for the remainder of Evergy Kansas Central's revenues. Evergy Kansas Central is significantly impacted by seasonality with approximately one-third of its retail revenues recorded in the third quarter.

Evergy Metro, Inc.

Evergy Metro, a Missouri corporation incorporated in 1922 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is an integrated, regulated electric utility that engages in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity. Evergy Metro serves approximately 586,500 customers located in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Customers include approximately 519,700 residences, 65,000 commercial firms, and 1,800 industrials, municipalities and other electric utilities. Evergy Metro's retail revenues averaged approximately 86% of its total operating revenues over the last three years. Wholesale firm power, bulk power sales and miscellaneous electric revenues accounted for the remainder of Evergy Metro's revenues. Evergy Metro is significantly impacted by seasonality with approximately one-third of its retail revenues recorded in the third quarter. Missouri and Kansas jurisdictional retail revenues for Evergy Metro averaged approximately 55% and 45%, respectively, of total retail revenues over the last three years.

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

Utility Regulatory Risks:

Prices are established by regulators and may not be sufficient to recover costs or provide for a return on investment.

The prices that the FERC, KCC and MPSC authorize the utility subsidiaries of Evergy to charge significantly influence the Evergy Companies' results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

In general, utilities are allowed to recover in customer rates costs that were prudently incurred to provide utility service, plus a reasonable return on invested capital. There can be no assurance, however, that regulators will determine costs to have been prudently incurred. Further, the amounts approved by the regulators may not be sufficient to allow for a recovery of costs or provide for an adequate return on and of capital investments. Also, amounts that were approved by regulators may be subject to existing limitations in regulatory or legislative frameworks or appealed, modified, limited or eliminated by subsequent regulatory or legislative actions. The markets that the Evergy Companies operate in could also become deregulated resulting in costs that are unable to be recovered from customers. A failure to recover costs or earn a reasonable return on invested capital for any reason could negatively impact Evergy's ability to access capital at reasonable rates, impeding Evergy's ability to invest and develop infrastructure in its service territory, and may also have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of Evergy.

The Evergy Companies are also exposed to cost-recovery shortfalls due to the inherent "regulatory lag" in the rate-setting process. Potential cost-recovery shortfalls occur because utility rates are generally based on historical information and, except for certain situations in which regulators allow for recovery of expenses through use of a formula that tracks costs, are not subject to adjustment between rate cases. These and other factors may result in under-recovery of costs or failure to earn the authorized return on investment, or both. Effective in July 2024, Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro elected into a plant-in service accounting (PISA) provision permitted by Kansas law, allowing each to defer to a regulatory asset 90% of depreciation expense and associated return on investment associated with qualifying plants additions. These deferred amounts must be included in rate base during subsequent rate proceedings. However, Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro will be unable to recover deferred amounts to the extent that inclusion of the incremental regulatory asset created by PISA causes base rates to increase more than 1.5% per year. Similarly, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West elected into a PISA provision permitted by Missouri law that establishes a 2.5% annual limit on increases to the revenue requirement due to the inclusion of the incremental regulatory asset created by PISA. Increased capital expenditures could cause Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro or Evergy Missouri West to exceed the applicable limitation resulting in an adverse impact to the Evergy Companies' results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

Furthermore, the United States' economy experienced a significant rise in the inflation rate in the post-pandemic era compared to recent historical inflation rates. While the inflation rate has subsided due, in part, to actions taken by the Federal Reserve Bank, there remains uncertainty in the near-term outlook as to whether inflation will remain elevated. Increases in inflation raise the Evergy Companies' costs for labor, materials and services, and a failure to recover these increased costs could result in under-recovery.

While the inflation rate and prices have increased, the Evergy Companies, and the energy industry as a whole, have experienced an upward trend in spending, especially with respect to infrastructure investments, which is likely to continue in the foreseeable future and could result in more frequent rate cases and requests for, and the continuation of, cost recovery mechanisms. The cost recovery efforts could face resistance from customers and other stakeholders especially in a rising cost environment, whether due to inflation or high fuel prices or otherwise, and/or in periods of economic decline or hardship. Significant increases in costs also could increase financing needs and otherwise adversely affect the Evergy Companies' business, financial position, results of operation or cash flows.

Failure to timely recover the full investment costs of capital projects, the impact of renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, potential tariffs on imported goods that may be levied by the current presidential administration, other utility costs and expenses due to regulatory disallowances, regulatory lag or other factors could

lead to increased expenses, lowered credit ratings, reduced access to capital markets, increased financing costs, lower flexibility due to constrained financial resources and increased collateral security requirements or reductions or delays in planned capital expenditures. In response to competitive, economic, political, legislative, public perception and regulatory pressures, Evergy's utility subsidiaries may be subject to rate moratoriums, rate refunds, limits on rate increases, lower allowed returns on investments or rate reductions, including phase-in plans designed to spread the impact of rate increases over an extended period for the benefit of customers. In addition, Transource, of which Evergy owns a 13.5% interest, is focused on the development of competitive electric transmission projects across the United States and faces similar risks with respect to projects located in regulatory jurisdictions outside of Kansas and Missouri. Any of these results could have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of the Evergy Companies.

Legislative and regulatory requirements may increase costs and result in compliance penalties.

FERC, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and SPP have implemented and enforce an extensive set of transmission system reliability, cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection standards that apply to public utilities. The MPSC and KCC have the authority to implement utility operational standards and requirements, such as vegetation management standards, facilities inspection requirements and quality of service standards. In addition, the Evergy Companies are also subject to health, safety and other requirements enacted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor and other federal and state agencies. As discussed more fully below, the Evergy Companies are also subject to numerous environmental laws and regulations, as well as laws and regulations related to nuclear power generation. The costs of complying with existing, new or modified regulations, standards and other requirements could have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of the Evergy Companies. Furthermore, regulatory changes could result in operational changes that increase costs or adversely impact the Evergy Companies' prospects. In addition, failure to meet quality of service, reliability, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, operational or other standards and requirements could expose the Evergy Companies to penalties, additional compliance costs or adverse rate consequences, any of which could have a material adverse impact on their results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

Environmental Risks:

**Costs to comply with environmental laws and regulations, including those relating to air and water quality, waste management and hazardous substance disposal, protected natural resources and health and safety, are significant and

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Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

Item 1C. CYBERSECURITY

The Evergy Companies utilize an enterprise risk management framework to identify, evaluate and minimize risks. Risk management personnel meet annually with subject matter experts and each board member to identify and assess enterprise risk and also confer with each board member about the Evergy Companies' risk management profile. Evergy's Board of Directors (Evergy Board) has assigned primary oversight of enterprise risk management practices to the Audit Committee of the Evergy Board. At least annually, the Audit Committee reviews and discusses with management the Evergy Companies' enterprise risk management policies, processes, and frameworks, including conclusions reached regarding risk assessment and risk management.

Certain significant risks identified by the enterprise risk management process, such as cybersecurity, have a cross-functional team assigned to assess and manage the specific risk and may have oversight by a committee other than the Audit Committee. The Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Vice President, Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO), have overall accountability for the assessment, identification and management of

cybersecurity risks on behalf of the Evergy Companies and Wolf Creek, respectively, subject to review by the Evergy Board and its committees. The CTO and CNO leverage the input and operations of the security management and operations team within each organizational structure. The security teams, comprised of cybersecurity professionals, lead the daily cyber risk mitigation efforts including cyber training of the workforce, threat monitoring, identification of potential cyber events and applicable compliance obligations. See Part I, Item 1, Business – Information about Evergy’s Executive Officers for a description of the CTO's experience. The CNO has management responsibility of Wolf Creek where he has served in executive capacities since joining Wolf Creek in 2014. Prior to joining Wolf Creek, he served as vice president of engineering and site vice president of another nuclear power plant from 2009 until 2014.

The Evergy Board has assigned primary oversight of cybersecurity risk to the Operations Committee of the Evergy Board. At each Operations Committee meeting, the CTO discusses the Evergy Companies' cybersecurity metrics and scorecard performance; global, industry and Evergy-specific cybersecurity news; third-party assessments of the Evergy Companies' cybersecurity program; and industry benchmarking results. The Operations Committee meets regularly throughout the year and may meet more frequently or otherwise be informed of cybersecurity risk and incident information as needed. The CNO discusses with the Operations Committee risks specific to Wolf Creek, including cybersecurity risk. At least once each year, the Evergy Board receives a report from management on key business and compliance risks and related mitigation plans, and management discusses cybersecurity matters with the Evergy Board in connection with this report. The Evergy Companies also have a Security and Business Continuity Committee made up of internal security experts and several Evergy corporate officers. This committee meets bi-monthly to discuss relevant security and business continuity issues.

The Evergy Companies' risk mitigation function utilizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), the United States Department of Energy Cyber Capability Maturity Model (C2M2) standard and components of National Institute of Standards and Technology Risk Management Framework (NIST RMF) for a comprehensive, flexible and risk-based approach to managing risk from cybersecurity threats that integrates, security, privacy and cyber supply chain risk management activities. The NIST RMF considers effectiveness, efficiency and constraints due to applicable laws and regulations.

The Evergy Companies' cybersecurity organization uses the NIST CSF to model the security program. The Evergy Companies have implemented a layered defense model to protect against cyber intrusions and attacks. One layer of defense is Evergy's employees and their abilities to detect and respond to phishing attempts. Evergy conducts annual security awareness training and monthly phishing simulations. Employees that perform poorly in the phishing simulations are subject to additional training and disciplinary action. Other defense layers include firewalls at both the network and application layers, network segmentation, email scanning, multi-factor authentications, cloud security monitoring, in addition to other defensive layers. Several of the Evergy Companies' security tools employ AI and machine learning to enhance their respective capabilities. The Evergy Companies employ security practitioners with cybersecurity and information technology degrees and certifications and with extensive experience, with several holding federal government clearances. The Evergy Companies have a 24-hour Security Operations Center that monitors for security events and the Evergy Companies frequently engage with multiple third parties to analyze network traffic. Further, the Evergy Companies regularly and as needed engage cybersecurity consultants and third parties to assist with the identification, assessment and mitigation of cybersecurity risks and assessment of the Evergy Companies' risk mitigation practices. These services include, but are not limited to, the identification of vulnerabilities, penetration testing and assessment of the cybersecurity program to both validate effectiveness and also identify any areas for improvement.

Cybersecurity incidents are identified and mitigated by cybersecurity incident response plans that detail any actions to be taken when a cybersecurity incident occurs. The cybersecurity incident response plans define the organization, roles and responsibilities of the teams tasked with mitigating the impact of the cybersecurity incident. They define repeatable processes for responding to cybersecurity incidents; ensure communication to the CTO and CNO, as appropriate; minimize the impact to customer and business operations; coordinate response activities with external organizations; decrease the likelihood of reoccurrence and ensure regulatory reporting occurs, among other objectives. If warranted, the incident response plan may trigger the activation of the Crisis Management Team, a subset of officers who lead corporate functions and would collectively perform impact assessment and provide

decision-making guidance as a component of the Crisis Management Plan within the Evergy Companies' business continuity and disaster recovery plans. Both the incident response plan and crisis management plan are practiced on an annual basis. In addition, the Evergy Companies share network traffic with federal and state agencies to assist with the identification and mitigation of cybersecurity incidents. The Evergy Companies participate in federal and industry information sharing programs, such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to assist in the exchange of cybersecurity-related information, analysis and incident mitigation techniques. On at least an annual basis, cross-functional teams and executive management participate in a simulated cybersecurity incident exercise and the Evergy Companies regularly simulate cybersecurity incidents, including phishing attacks, to assess organizational readiness. In addition to a bi-annual internal assessment, the NRC inspects Wolf Creek's processes to validate the effectiveness of the program to protect Wolf Creek from cybersecurity threats.

In addition, the Evergy Companies review many third parties with whom the Evergy Companies do business to understand and evaluate potential cybersecurity risks of engaging the third party and work with the third party to appropriately mitigate identified risks, as needed. Among other measures, certain third parties are required to have processes in place to mitigate risk that data would be compromised, to become aware of cybersecurity incidents and/or to promptly notify the Evergy Companies of any cybersecurity incidents. Generally, the Evergy Companies retain the right to perform an assessment, audit, examination or review of all controls in the third parties' environment to monitor compliance with applicable cybersecurity agreements. The Evergy Companies may decide not to move forward with a third party that does not meet security requirements.

While the Evergy Companies have a cybersecurity program designed to protect and preserve the integrity of their information systems, the Evergy Companies also maintain cybersecurity insurance to manage financial statement risk resulting from specific cyber-attacks. Although the Evergy Companies maintain cybersecurity insurance, there can be no guarantee that the Evergy Companies' insurance coverage limits will protect against any future claims or that such insurance proceeds will be paid in a timely manner.

The Evergy Companies have been subjected to attempted cyber-attacks from time to time, and will likely continue to be subject to such attempted attacks, but these prior attacks have not had a material impact on the Evergy Companies' operations or financial results to date. However, because technology is increasingly complex and cyber-attacks are increasingly sophisticated and more frequent through the use of such tools as AI, there can be no assurance that such incidents will not have a material adverse effect on the Evergy Companies in the future. See Item 1A. Risk Factors – Operational Risks for additional information.

Item 2. PROPERTIES

Generation Resources


					Unit Capability (MW) By Owner(a)
Station	Unit No.	Location	Year Completed	Fuel	Evergy Kansas Central	Evergy Metro	Evergy Missouri West	Total Company Generation	Renewable Purchased Power		Total Generation and Renewable Purchased Power
Renewable Generation:
Central Plains		Kansas	2009	Wind	99	—	—	99	—		99
Flat Ridge		Kansas	2009	Wind	50	—	—	50	44	(b)	94
Flat Ridge 3		Kansas	2021	Wind	—	—	—	—	128	(b)	128
Western Plains		Kansas	2017	Wind	281	—	—	281	—		281
Meridian Way		Kansas	2008	Wind	—	—	—	—	96	(b)	96
Ironwood		Kansas	2012	Wind	—	—	—	—	168	(b)	168
Post Rock		Kansas	2012	Wind	—	—	—	—	201	(b)	201
Cedar Bluff		Kansas	2015	Wind	—	—	—	—	199	(b)	199
Kay Wind		Oklahoma	2015	Wind	—	—	—	—	200	(b)	200
Soldier Creek		Kansas	2020	Wind	—	—	—	—	300	(b)	300
Ninnescah		Kansas	2016	Wind	—	—	—	—	208	(b)	208
Kingman 1		Kansas	2016	Wind	—	—	—	—	37	(b)	37
Kingman 2		Kansas	2016	Wind	—	—	—	—	103	(b)	103
Rolling Meadows		Kansas	2010	Landfill Gas	—	—	—	—	6	(b)	6
Hutchinson Solar		Kansas	2017	Solar	—	—	—	—	1	(b)	1
Ponderosa		Oklahoma	2020	Wind	—	—	—	—	178	(c)	178
Cimarron II		Kansas	2012	Wind	—	—	—	—	131	(d)	131
Cimarron Bend III		Kansas	2020	Wind	—	—	—	—	150	(e)	150
Spearville 1		Kansas	2006	Wind	—	101	—	101	—		101
Spearville 2		Kansas	2010	Wind	—	48	—	48	—		48
Spearville 3		Kansas	2012	Wind	—	—	—	—	101	(d)	101
Gray County		Kansas	2001	Wind	—	—	—	—	110	(f)	110
Ensign		Kansas	2012	Wind	—	—	—	—	99	(f)	99
Waverly		Kansas	2016	Wind	—	—	—	—	200	(d)	200
Slate Creek		Kansas	2015	Wind	—	—	—	—	150	(d)	150
Rock Creek		Missouri	2017	Wind	—	—	—	—	300	(g)	300
Osborn		Missouri	2016	Wind	—	—	—	—	201	(g)	201
Pratt		Kansas	2018	Wind	—	—	—	—	243	(g)	243
Greenwood Solar		Missouri	2016	Solar	—	—	3	3	—		3
Prairie Queen		Kansas	2019	Wind	—	—	—	—	200	(g)	200
St Joseph Landfill		Missouri	2012	Landfill Gas	—	—	2	2	—		2
Persimmon Creek		Oklahoma	2018	Wind	199	—	—	199	—		199
Hawthorn Solar		Missouri	2023	Solar	—	7	3	10	—		10
Total Renewable Generation:					629	156	8	793	3,754		4,547


						Unit Capability (MW) By Owner(a)
Station	Unit No.		Location	Year Completed	Fuel	Evergy Kansas Central	Evergy Metro	Evergy Missouri West	Total Company Generation	Renewable Purchased Power	Total Generation and Renewable Purchased Power
Nuclear:
Wolf Creek	1	(h)	Kansas	1985	Uranium	553	553	—	1,106	—	1,106
Total Nuclear:						553	553	—	1,106	—	1,106
Coal:
Jeffrey Energy Center			Kansas
Steam Turbines	1 - 3	(h)		1978, 1980 &1983	Coal	2,008	—	175	2,183	—	2,183
Lawrence Energy Center			Kansas
Steam Turbines	4 & 5			1960, 1971	Coal	485	—	—	485	—	485
La Cygne			Kansas
Steam Turbines	1 & 2	(h)(i)		1973, 1977	Coal	713	713	—	1,426	—	1,426
Iatan			Missouri
Steam Turbines	1 & 2	(h)		1980, 2010	Coal	—	983	288	1,271	—	1,271
Hawthorn			Missouri
Steam Turbines	5	(j)		1969	Coal	—	562	—	562	—	562
Total Coal:						3,206	2,258	463	5,927	—	5,927
Gas and Oil:
Emporia Energy Center			Kansas
Combustion Turbines	1 - 7			2008 - 2009	Natural Gas	654	—	—	654	—	654
Gordon Evans Energy Center			Kansas
Combustion Turbines	1 - 3			2000 - 2001	Natural Gas	300	—	—	300	—	300
Hutchinson Energy Center			Kansas
Combustion Turbines	1 - 3			1974	Natural Gas	169	—	—	169	—	169
	4			1975	Oil	70	—	—	70	—	70
Spring Creek Energy Center			Oklahoma
Combustion Turbines	1 - 4			2001	Natural Gas	288	—	—	288	—	288
State Line			Missouri
Combined Cycle	1 - 3	(h)		2001	Natural Gas	209	—	—	209	—	209
Hawthorn			Missouri
Combined Cycle	6 & 9			2000	Natural Gas	—	242	—	242	—	242
Combustion Turbines	7 & 8			2000	Natural Gas	—	157	—	157	—	157
West Gardner			Kansas
Combustion Turbines	1 - 4			2003	Natural Gas	—	315	—	315	—	315


						Unit Capability (MW) By Owner(a)
Station	Unit No.		Location	Year Completed	Fuel	Evergy Kansas Central	Evergy Metro	Evergy Missouri West	Total Company Generation	Renewable Purchased Power	Total Generation and Renewable Purchased Power
Gas and Oil (continued):
Osawatomie			Kansas
Combustion Turbines	1			2003	Natural Gas	—	77	—	77	—	77
Ralph Green			Missouri
Combustion Turbines	3			1981	Natural Gas	—	—	69	69	—	69
Nevada			Missouri
Combustion Turbines	1			1974	Oil	—	—	16	16	—	16
Lake Road			Missouri
Combustion Turbines	1 - 3			1951, 1958 & 1962	Natural Gas	—	—	49	49	—	49
	5 - 7			1974, 1989 & 1990	Oil	—	—	88	88	—	88
Steam Turbines	4			1967	Natural Gas	—	—	95	95	—	95
Northeast			Missouri
Combustion Turbines	11 - 18			1972 - 1977	Oil	—	394	—	394	—	394

South Harper			Missouri
Combustion Turbines	1 - 3			2005	Natural Gas	—	—	321	321	—	321
Greenwood Energy Center			Missouri
Combustion Turbines	1 - 4			1975 - 1979	Natural Gas	—	—	250	250	—	250
Crossroads Energy Center			Mississippi
Combustion Turbines	1 - 4			2002	Natural Gas	—	—	302	302	—	302
Dogwood Energy Center			Missouri
Combined Cycle	1 - 3	(h)		2002	Natural Gas	—	—	145	145	—	145
Total Gas and Oil						1,690	1,185	1,335	4,210	—	4,210
Total						6,078	4,152	1,806	12,036	3,754	15,790

(a) Capability (except for wind generating facilities) represents estimated 2025 net generating capacity. Capability for wind generating facilities represents the nameplate capacity. Due to the intermittent nature of wind generation, these facilities are associated with a total of 1,529 MW of accredited generating capacity pursuant to SPP reliability standards.

(b) Evergy Kansas Central renewable power purchase agreement.

(d) Evergy Metro renewable power purchase agreement.

(e) Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Missouri West renewable power purchase agreement.

(f) Evergy Missouri West renewable power purchase agreement.

(g) Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West renewable power purchase agreement.

(h) Share of a jointly owned unit.

(i) In 1987, Evergy Kansas South entered into a sale-leaseback transaction involving its 50% interest in the La Cygne Unit 2. Evergy and Evergy Kansas Central consolidate the leasing entity as a variable interest entity (VIE). See Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

(j) Although the plant was completed in 1969, a new boiler, air quality control equipment and an uprated turbine were placed in service at the Hawthorn Generating Station in 2001.

Transmission and Distribution Resources

Evergy's electric transmission system interconnects with systems of other utilities for reliability and to permit wholesale transactions with other electricity suppliers. Evergy has approximately 10,100 circuit miles of transmission lines, 44,600 circuit miles of overhead distribution lines and 16,300 circuit miles of underground distribution lines in Missouri and Kansas. Evergy has all material franchise rights necessary to sell electricity within its retail service territory. Evergy's transmission and distribution systems are routinely monitored for adequacy to meet customer needs. Management believes the current system has adequate capacity to serve customers.

General

Evergy's generating plants are located on property owned (or co-owned) by the Evergy Companies, except for certain facilities that are located on easements or are contractually controlled. Evergy's headquarters, service centers, electric substations and a portion of its transmission and distribution systems are located on property owned or leased by Evergy. Evergy's transmission and distribution systems are for the most part located above or underneath highways, streets, other public places or property owned by others. Evergy believes that it has satisfactory rights to use those places or properties in the form of permits, grants, easements, licenses or franchise rights; however, it has not necessarily undertaken efforts to examine the underlying title to the land upon which the rights rest.

Substantially all of the fixed property and franchises of the Evergy Companies, which consist principally of electric generating stations, electric transmission and distribution lines and systems, and buildings (subject to exceptions, reservations and releases), are subject to mortgage indentures pursuant to which bonds have been issued and are outstanding. See Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Evergy Companies are parties to various lawsuits and regulatory proceedings in the ordinary course of their respective businesses. For information regarding material lawsuits and proceedings, see Notes 4 and 15 to the consolidated financial statements. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

EVERGY, INC.

Evergy's common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol "EVRG." At February 19, 2025, Evergy's common stock was held by 15,388 shareholders of record.

Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides information regarding purchases by Evergy of its equity securities that are registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act during the three months ended December 31, 2024.


Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Month	Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased(a)	Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit)	Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Maximum Number of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
October 1 - 31	42	$61.64	—	—
November 1 - 30	—	—	—	—
December 1 - 31	6,051	$61.60	—	—
Total	6,093	$61.60	—	—

(a) Represents shares Evergy purchased for withholding taxes related to the vesting of restricted stock or restricted stock units.

Dividend Restrictions

For information regarding dividend restrictions, see Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements.

Item 6. RESERVED

Item 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following combined MD&A should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes in this combined annual report on Form 10-K. None of the registrants make any representation as to information related solely to Evergy, Evergy Kansas Central or Evergy Metro other than itself. The following MD&A generally discusses 2024 and 2023 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2024 and 2023. Discussions of 2022 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2023 and 2022 can be found in MD&A in Part II, Item 7, of the Evergy Companies' combined annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and are incorporated herein by reference.

EVERGY, INC.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Evergy Kansas Central is an integrated, regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in the state of Kansas. Evergy Kansas Central has one active wholly-owned subsidiary with significant operations, Evergy Kansas South.
Evergy Metro is an integrated, regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in the states of Missouri and Kansas.
Evergy Missouri West is an integrated, regulated electric utility that provides electricity to customers in the state of Missouri.
Evergy Transmission Company owns 13.5% of Transource with the remaining 86.5% owned by AEP Transmission Holding Company, LLC, a subsidiary of AEP. Transource is focused on the development of competitive electric transmission projects. Evergy Transmission Company accounts for its investment in Transource under the equity method.

Evergy Kansas Central also owns a 50% interest in Prairie Wind, which is a joint venture between Evergy Kansas Central and subsidiaries of AEP and Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company. Prairie Wind owns a 108-mile, 345 kV double-circuit transmission line that provides transmission service in the SPP. Evergy Kansas Central accounts for its investment in Prairie Wind under the equity method.

Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Kansas South, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West conduct business in their respective service territories using the name Evergy. Collectively, the Evergy Companies have approximately 15,800 MWs of owned generating capacity and renewable power purchase agreements and engage in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity to approximately 1.7 million customers in the states of Kansas and Missouri. The Evergy Companies assess financial performance and allocate resources on a consolidated basis (i.e., operate in one segment).

Strategy

Evergy expects to continue operating its integrated utilities within the currently existing regulatory frameworks and is focused on enabling economic development across all of its service territories to strengthen the communities it serves and meet customer electric demand growth through the continued evolution of its generation, transmission and distribution systems. Evergy will remain focused on consistently delivering on its affordability, reliability and sustainability objectives and delivering competitive long-term returns to shareholders, including growth in earnings per share and targeting a 60% - 70% dividend payout ratio. The core tenets of Evergy's strategy are as follows:

Affordability – maintaining affordable rates while investing in infrastructure and technology to meet customer demand;
Reliability – targeting top-tier performance in reliability, customer service and generation; and
Sustainability – advancing a responsible fleet transition while ensuring affordability and reliability.

Significant elements of Evergy's plan to achieve its strategic objectives include:

maintaining rigorous cost management across the business while ensuring reliability and sustainability;
fostering economic development in Kansas and Missouri by serving new business customers and enabling the expansion of existing customers' operations;
targeting approximately $17.5 billion of expected base capital investments through 2029 including new generation of approximately $6.2 billion which is expected to be primarily renewable and natural gas generation that will help enable historic economic development opportunities in Kansas and Missouri. See

"Liquidity and Capital Resources - Capital Expenditures," for further information regarding Evergy's projected capital expenditures through 2029;

pursuing the responsible transition of Evergy's generation fleet, including the development of renewable energy and natural gas facilities and the retirement or conversion to natural gas of older coal-fired plants consistent with Evergy's IRPs. The trajectory and timing of achieving emissions reductions relative to 2005 levels and Evergy's long-term emissions reductions goal are expected to be dependent on enabling technology developments, trends in total total demand for electricity, the reliability of the power grid, availability of transmission capacity and supportive energy policies and regulations, among other external factors. See "Transitioning Evergy's Generation Fleet" in Part I, Item 1. Business, for additional information; and
accessing debt and equity capital markets to support the Evergy Companies' capital investment plans.

See "Cautionary Statements Regarding Certain Forward-Looking Information" and Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors, for additional information.

Evergy Kansas Central's 2025 Rate Case Proceeding

In January 2025, Evergy Kansas Central filed an application with the KCC to request an increase to its retail revenues of approximately $196 million. Evergy Kansas Central's request reflected a return on equity of 10.5% (with a capital structure composed of 52% equity) and increases related to the recovery of infrastructure investments made to improve reliability and enhance customer service and the update of expenses to current levels of spend. New rates are expected to be effective in September 2025.

Evergy Missouri West 2024 Rate Case Proceeding

In February 2024, Evergy Missouri West filed an application with the MPSC to request an increase to its retail revenues of approximately $104 million. Evergy Missouri West's request reflected a return on equity of 10.5% (with a capital structure composed of 52% equity) and increases related to the recovery of infrastructure investments made to improve reliability and enhance customer service and the inclusion of certain costs related to Dogwood Energy Center (Dogwood) and Crossroads Energy Center (Crossroads), two natural gas plants.

In October 2024, Evergy Missouri West, the MPSC staff and other intervenors in the case reached a unanimous partial stipulation and agreement to settle certain issues in the case. The partial stipulation and agreement provided for an increase to Evergy Missouri West's retail revenues of approximately $55 million after lowering base rates for fuel and purchased power expense of approximately $49 million and rebasing property tax expense.

In December 2024, the MPSC issued a final rate order approving the unanimous partial stipulation and agreement. The new rates established by this order took effect in January 2025.

Kansas Legislation

In April 2024, Kansas H.B. 2527 was signed into law by the Governor of Kansas. Most notably, H.B. 2527 includes a PISA provision that can be elected by Kansas electric public utilities to defer and recover as regulatory assets 90% of depreciation expense and associated return on investment linked to qualifying electric plants in service. Qualifying electric plant includes all rate base additions by an electric public utility, but does not include transmission facilities or new electric generating units. The deferred depreciation and return on the associated regulatory asset are required to be

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Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

In the ordinary course of business, Evergy faces risks that are either non-financial or non-quantifiable. Such risks principally include business, legal, operational and credit risks and are not represented in the following analysis. See Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors and Part II, Item 7, MD&A for further discussion of risk factors.

The Evergy Companies are exposed to market risks associated with commodity price and supply, interest rates and security prices. Commodity price risk is the potential adverse price impact related to the purchase or sale of electricity and energy-related products, including natural gas and coal. Credit risk is the potential adverse financial impact resulting from non-performance by a counterparty of its contractual obligations. Interest rate risk is the potential adverse financial impact related to changes in interest rates. In addition, Evergy's investments in trusts to fund nuclear plant decommissioning and non-qualified retirement benefits give rise to security price risk.

Management has established risk management policies and strategies to reduce the potentially adverse effects that the volatility of the markets may have on Evergy's operating results. During the ordinary course of business, the Evergy Companies' hedging strategies are reviewed to determine the hedging approach deemed appropriate based upon the circumstances of each situation. Though management believes its risk management practices are effective, it is not possible to identify and eliminate all risk. Evergy could experience losses, which could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations or financial position, due to many factors, including unexpectedly large or rapid movements or disruptions in the energy markets, regulatory-driven market rule changes and/or bankruptcy or non-performance of customers or counterparties, and/or failure of underlying transactions that have been hedged to materialize.

Hedging Strategies

From time to time, Evergy utilizes derivative instruments to execute risk management and hedging strategies. Derivative instruments, such as futures, forward contracts, swaps or options, derive their value from underlying assets, indices, reference rates or a combination of these factors. These derivative instruments include negotiated contracts, which are referred to as over-the-counter derivatives, and instruments listed and traded on an exchange.

Commodity Price Risk

The Evergy Companies engage in the wholesale and retail sale of electricity as part of their regulated electric operations in addition to non-regulated energy marketing activities. These activities expose the Evergy Companies to risks associated with the price of electricity and other energy-related products. Exposure to these risks is affected by a number of factors including the quantity and availability of fuel used for generation and the quantity of electricity customers consume, as well as the wholesale market prices received by the Evergy Companies' generation resources and the wholesale market prices paid to procure power to serve customer load or satisfy regulatory or contractual obligations. Customers' electricity usage could also vary from year to year based on the weather or other factors. Quantities of fossil fuel used for generation vary from year to year based on the availability, price and deliverability of a given fuel type as well as planned and unplanned outages at facilities that use fossil fuels. Evergy's exposure to fluctuations in these factors is limited by the cost-based regulation of its regulated operations in Kansas and Missouri as these operations are typically allowed to recover substantially all of these costs through fuel recovery mechanisms. While there may be a delay in timing between when these costs are incurred and when they are recovered through rates, changes from year to year generally do not have a material impact on operating results. The majority of derivative instruments used to manage Evergy's commodity price exposure are either not designated as hedges or do not qualify for hedge accounting. Mark-to-market changes for these instruments entered into by regulated businesses are reflected as regulatory assets or regulatory liabilities on Evergy's consolidated balance sheets. Derivative instruments entered into for non-regulated energy marketing

activities are marked-to-market each period, with changes in the fair value of the derivative instruments reflected in earnings. See Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements for more information.

Value at Risk (VaR) Associated with Energy Marketing Activities

Management uses a risk measurement model, which calculates VaR to measure Evergy's commodity price risk associated with its trading portfolio related to non-regulated energy marketing activities. The VaR is calculated using historical 30 day exponentially weighted volatilities and correlations and assumes a 95% confidence level and a one-day holding period. Based on this VaR analysis, as of December 31, 2024, a near term typical change in commodity prices is not expected to materially impact net income, cash flows or financial position.

The following table shows the end, high, average and low market risk associated with its trading portfolio related to non-regulated energy marketing activities as measured by VaR for the periods indicated. The information includes non-regulated financial and physical transactions that are not considered derivatives under U.S. GAAP but economically offset derivatives also included in the VaR model.


VaR Model Trading Portfolio
Year Ended								Year Ended
December 31, 2024								December 31, 2023
End		High		Average		Low		End		High		Average		Low
(millions)								(millions)
$	1.1	$	3.6	$	0.7	$	0.1	$	0.6	$	2.6	$	0.5	$	—

Management back-tests VaR results against performance due to actual price movements. Based on the assumed 95% confidence interval, the performance due to actual price movements would be expected to exceed the VaR at least once every 20 trading days.

Interest Rate Risk

Evergy manages interest rate risk and short- and long-term liquidity by limiting its exposure to variable interest rate debt and debt-like financial instruments to a percentage of total debt, diversifying maturity dates and, from time to time, entering into interest rate hedging transactions. As of December 31, 2024, 9.8% of Evergy's total debt (including short-term borrowings consisting of short-term debt in excess of utility construction work in progress balances that is not eligible for capitalization as AFUDC and borrowings under Evergy's receivable sale facilities) were exposed to interest rate risk. Evergy computes and presents information regarding the sensitivity to changes in interest rates for variable rate debt, short-term borrowings and current maturities of fixed rate debt by assuming a 100-basis-point change in the current interest rates applicable to such debt over the remaining time the debt is outstanding.

As of December 31, 2024, Evergy had $1,380.8 million of short-term borrowings, variable rate debt and current maturities of fixed rate debt exposed to variable interest rate sensitivity. A 100-basis-point change in interest rates applicable to this debt would impact Evergy's income before income taxes basis by approximately $9.1 million, net of AFUDC borrowed funds which represents the allowed cost of capital used to finance utility construction activity and is a reduction of interest expense.

Credit Risk

Evergy is exposed to counterparty credit risk largely in the form of accounts receivable from its retail and wholesale electric customers and through executory contracts with market risk exposure. The credit risk associated with accounts receivable from retail and wholesale customers is largely mitigated by Evergy's large number of individual customers spread across diverse customer classes and the ability to recover bad debt expense in customer rates. The Evergy Companies maintain credit policies and employ credit risk control mechanisms, such as letters of credit, when necessary to minimize their overall credit risk and monitor exposure. Credit risk of the Evergy Companies' derivative instruments relates to the potential adverse financial impact resulting from non-performance by a counterparty of its contractual obligations. See Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements for more information on potential loss on counterparty exposure for derivative instruments as of December 31, 2024.

Investment Risk

Evergy maintains trust funds, as required by the NRC, to fund its 94% share of decommissioning the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant and also maintains trusts to fund pension benefits as well as certain non-qualified retirement benefits. As of December 31, 2024, these funds were primarily invested in a diversified mix of equity and debt securities and reflected at fair value on Evergy's balance sheet. The equity securities in the trusts are exposed to price fluctuations in equity markets and the value of debt securities are exposed to changes in interest rates and other market factors.

As nuclear decommissioning costs are currently recovered in customer rates, Evergy defers both realized and unrealized gains and losses for these securities as an offset to its regulatory liability for decommissioning Wolf Creek and as such, fluctuations in the value of these securities do not impact earnings. A significant decline in the value of pension or non-qualified retirement assets could require Evergy to increase funding of its pension plans in future periods, which could adversely affect cash flows in those periods. In addition, a decline in the fair value of these plan assets, in the absence of additional cash contributions to the plans by Evergy, could increase the amount of pension cost required to be recorded in future periods by Evergy.

In addition to Evergy's investments in debt and equity securities in its nuclear decommissioning and pension trusts, Evergy also makes limited equity investments in early-stage energy solution companies. These limited equity investments are often in privately-owned companies that do not have reasonably determinable fair values. However, from time to time, these investments could have changes in fair value as a result of acquisitions, mergers, initial public offerings, or observable market transactions for similar investments. Evergy typically seeks to liquidate its position in these companies as soon as practicable following the occurrence of an exit event such as an acquisition or initial public offering (including after the expiration of any related lock-up provisions), which serves to largely mitigate any ongoing market risk related to the investments.

Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Evergy, Inc.		68
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.		70
Evergy Metro, Inc.		72

Evergy, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income		74
Consolidated Balance Sheets		75
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		77
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity		78

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income		79
Consolidated Balance Sheets		80
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		82
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity		83

Evergy Metro, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income		84
Consolidated Balance Sheets		85
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		87
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity		88

Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1:	Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	89
Note 2:	Revenue	98
Note 3:	Receivables	101
Note 4:	Rate Matters and Regulation	103
Note 5:	Goodwill	110
Note 6:	Asset Retirement Obligations	110
Note 7:	Property, Plant & Equipment	112
Note 8:	Jointly-Owned Electric Utility Plants	113
Note 9:	Pension Plans and Post-Retirement Benefits	114
Note 10:	Equity Compensation	126
Note 11:	Short-Term Borrowings and Short-Term Bank Lines of Credit	127
Note 12:	Long-Term Debt	129
Note 13:	Derivative Instruments	133
Note 14:	Fair Value Measurements	137
Note 15:	Commitments and Contingencies	142
Note 16:	Guarantees	147
Note 17:	Related Party Transactions and Relationships	148
Note 18:	Shareholders' Equity	149
Note 19:	Variable Interest Entities	150
Note 20:	Taxes	152
Note 21:	Leases	156
Note 22:	S egment Information	160

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of Evergy, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Evergy, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes and the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 26, 2025, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulat

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Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

EVERGY

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Evergy maintains a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. In addition, the disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to management, including to the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, allowing timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Evergy carried out an evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). This evaluation was conducted under the supervision, and with the

participation, of Evergy's management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, and Evergy's disclosure committee. Based upon this evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Evergy have concluded as of the end of the period covered by this report that the disclosure controls and procedures of Evergy were effective at a reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in Evergy's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarterly period ended December 31, 2024, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) for Evergy. Under the supervision and with the participation of Evergy’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, management evaluated the effectiveness of Evergy’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024. Management used for this evaluation the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission.

Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2024, Evergy’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on the criteria set forth in the COSO framework. Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements included in this annual report on Form 10-K, has issued its attestation report on Evergy’s internal control over financial reporting, which is included below.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of Evergy, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Evergy, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, of the Company and our report dated February 26, 2025, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company's management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Kansas City, Missouri

February 26, 2025

EVERGY KANSAS CENTRAL

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Evergy Kansas Central maintains a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. In addition, the disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to management, including to the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, allowing timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Evergy Kansas Central carried out an evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). This evaluation was conducted under the supervision, and with the participation, of Evergy Kansas Central's management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, and Evergy Kansas Central's disclosure committee. Based upon this evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Evergy Kansas Central have concluded as of the end of the period covered by this report that the disclosure controls and procedures of Evergy Kansas Central were effective at a reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in Evergy Kansas Central's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarterly period ended December 31, 2024, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) for Evergy Kansas Central. Under the supervision and with the participation of Evergy Kansas Central’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, management evaluated the effectiveness of Evergy Kansas Central’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024. Management used for this evaluation the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO of the Treadway Commission.

Management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2024, Evergy Kansas Central’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on the criteria set forth in the COSO framework.

EVERGY METRO

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Evergy Metro maintains a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. In addition, the disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to management, including to the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, allowing timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Evergy Metro carried out an evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). This evaluation was conducted under the supervision, and with the participation, of Evergy Metro's management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, and Evergy Metro's disclosure committee. Based upon this evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Evergy Metro have concluded as of the end of the period covered by this report that the disclosure controls and procedures of Evergy Metro were effective at a reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in Evergy Metro's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarterly period ended December 31, 2024, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) for Evergy Metro. Under the supervision and with the participation of Evergy Metro’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, management evaluated the effectiveness of Evergy Metro’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024. Management used for this evaluation the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO of the Treadway Commission.

Management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2024, Evergy Metro’s internal control over financial reporting is effective based on the criteria set forth in the COSO framework.

Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

Investors should note that the Evergy Companies announce material financial information in SEC filings, press releases and public conference calls. In accordance with SEC guidelines, the Evergy Companies also use the Investor Relations tab on their website, http://investors.evergy.com, to communicate with investors. It is possible that the financial and other information posted there could be deemed to be material information. The information on Evergy's website is not part of this document.

Securities Trading Plans of Directors and Executive Officers

For the three months ended December 31, 2024, no director or officer has adopted, terminated or modified a Rule 10b5-1 plan or non-rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement required to be disclosed under Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

Not applicable.

PART III

Information required by Items 10-14 of Part III of this Form 10-K with respect to Evergy will be included in an amendment to this Form 10-K, or incorporated by reference to Evergy's definitive proxy statement with respect to its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Proxy Statement) on or before April XX, 2025.

Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Evergy

The information required by this item will be included in an amendment to this Form 10-K or will be incorporated by reference from the following sections of the Proxy Statement:

Information regarding the directors of Evergy will be contained in the Proxy Statement section titled "Proposal I: Election of Directors."
If applicable, information regarding compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act will be contained in the Proxy Statement section titled "Security Ownership of Directors, Management and Beneficial Owners."
Information regarding the Audit Committee of Evergy will be contained in the Proxy Statement section titled "Corporate Governance Matters - Board Structure - Audit Committee."
Information regarding Evergy's Code of Ethics will be contained in the Proxy Statement section titled "Corporate Governance Matters - Corporate Governance Practices - Code of Ethics."

Information required by this item regarding Evergy's executive officers is contained in this report in Part I, Item 1 in "Information About Evergy's Executive Officers."

Evergy and its subsidiaries have adopted a Securities Trading Policy which governs transactions in Evergy's and its subsidiaries' securities by directors, officers, employees and others as defined in the Securities Trading Policy. The Securities Trading Policy does not address transactions in Evergy's and its subsidiaries' securities by Evergy or its subsidiaries themselves; however, pursuant to the Code of Ethics, which, among other items, requires Evergy and its subsidiaries to comply with all laws and regulations, it is the policy of Evergy and its subsidiaries to comply with applicable securities laws and regulations with respect to any such transactions. A copy of the Securities Trading Policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro

Other information required by this item regarding Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro has been omitted in reliance on General Instruction (I) to Form 10-K.

Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Evergy

The information required by this item will be included in an amendment to this Form 10-K or will be incorporated by reference to the following sections of the Proxy Statement: "Proxy Statement Summary and Highlights - Executive Compensation Highlights," "Director Compensation," "Executive Summary of Compensation Matters," "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," "Compensation Committee Report," "Executive Compensation Tables," "Director Independence" and "Other Matters - Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation."

Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro

Other information required by this item regarding Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro has been omitted in reliance on General Instruction (I) to Form 10-K.

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Evergy

The information required by this item regarding security ownership of the directors and executive officers of Evergy will be included in an amendment to this Form 10-K or will be incorporated by reference to the "Security Ownership of Directors, Management and Beneficial Owners" section of the Proxy Statement.

Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro

The information required by this item regarding Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro has been omitted in reliance on General Instruction (I) to Form 10-K.

Equity Compensation Plans

The Evergy Long-Term Incentive Plan permits the grant of restricted stock, restricted stock units, bonus shares, stock options, stock appreciation rights, director shares, director deferred share units, performance shares and other stock-based awards to directors, officers and other employees of Evergy.

The following table provides information, as of December 31, 2024, regarding the number of common shares to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights, their weighted average exercise price, and the number of shares of common stock remaining available for future issuance. The table excludes shares issued or issuable under any defined contribution savings plans.


								Number of securities
	Number of							remaining available
	securities							for future issuance
	to be issued upon			Weighted-average				under equity
	exercise of			exercise price of				compensation plans
	outstanding options,			outstanding options,				(excluding securities
	warrants and rights			warrants and rights				reflected in column (a))
Plan Category	(a)			(b)				(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (3)
Evergy Long-Term Incentive Plan		1,115,665	(1)		$	—	(2)		6,034,239
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders		—			—				—
Total		1,115,665	(1)		$	—	(2)		6,034,239

(1)Includes 306,655 RSUs with time-based requirements, 630,687 RSUs with performance measures at target performance levels and director deferred share units for 178,323 shares of Evergy common stock outstanding at December 31, 2024.

(2)The RSUs, RSAs and director deferred share units have no exercise price and therefore are not reflected in the weighted-average exercise price.

(3) As of December 31, 2024, there were approximately 172,690 units outstanding that were deferred pursuant to the Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. non-employee deferred compensation program. Deferred units will continue to receive deferred dividend equivalents in the form of additional deferred units until payouts pursuant to elections begin.

Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Evergy

The information required by this item will be included in an amendment to this Form 10-K or will be incorporated by reference to the "Director Independence" and "Other Matters - Related Party Transactions" sections of the Proxy Statement.

Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro

The information required by this item regarding Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro has been omitted in reliance on General Instruction (I) to Form 10-K.

Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

Evergy

The information required by this item regarding the independent auditors of Evergy and its subsidiaries will be included in an amendment to this Form 10-K or will be incorporated by reference to the "Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP" (PCAOB ID No. 34) section of the Proxy Statement.

Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro

The Audit Committee of the Evergy Board functions as the Audit Committee of Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro. The following tables set forth the aggregate fees billed, or expected to be billed, by Deloitte & Touche LLP for audit services rendered in connection with the consolidated financial statements and reports for 2024 and 2023 and for other services rendered during 2024 and 2023 on behalf of Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro, as well as all out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with these services:


Evergy Kansas Central	2024		2023
Fee Category
Audit Fees	$	1,891,984	$	1,940,500
Audit-Related Fees	27,000		25,000
Tax Fees	16,380		8,222
All Other Fees	—		—
Total Fees	$	1,935,364	$	1,973,722


Evergy Metro	2024		2023
Fee Category
Audit Fees	$	1,393,290	$	1,407,100
Audit-Related Fees	27,000		25,000
Tax Fees	11,171		16,138
All Other Fees	—		—
Total Fees	$	1,431,461	$	1,448,238

Audit Fees: Consists of fees billed, or expected to be billed, for professional services rendered for the audits of the annual consolidated financial statements of Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro and reviews of the interim consolidated financial statements included in quarterly reports. Audit fees also include: services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements; audit reports on audits of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and other attest services, except those not required by statute or regulation; services related to filings with the SEC, including comfort letters, consents and assistance with and review of documents filed with the SEC; and accounting research in support of the audit.

Audit-Related Fees: Consists of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of consolidated financial statements of Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro and are not reported under "Audit Fees." These services include consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.

Tax Fees: Consists of fees billed for tax compliance and related support of tax returns and other tax services, including assistance with tax research and planning.

All Other Fees: Consists of fees for all other services other than those described above.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services

The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures for the pre-approval of all audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm for Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro. Under these policies and procedures, the Audit Committee may pre-approve certain types of services, up to the aggregate fee levels it sets. Any proposed service within a pre-approved type of service that would cause the applicable fee level to be exceeded cannot be provided unless the Audit Committee either amends the applicable fee level or specifically approves the proposed service. The Audit Committee, as well, may specifically approve audit, audit-related, tax or other services on a case-by-case basis. Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year, unless the Audit Committee specifically provides for a different period. Management provides quarterly updates to the Audit Committee regarding actual fees spent with respect to

pre-approved services. The Chair of the Audit Committee may pre-approve audit, audit-related, tax and other services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm as required between meetings and report such pre-approval at the next Audit Committee meeting.

PART IV

Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Financial Statements


Evergy, Inc.		Page No.

a.	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 202 4 , 202 3 and 20 2 2	74

b.	Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 202 4 and 202 3	75

c.	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 202 4 , 202 3 and 202 2	77

d.	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 202 4 , 202 3 and 202 2	78

e.	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	89

f.	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	68

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.

g.	Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 202 4 , 202 3 and 202 2	79

h.	Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 202 4 and 202 3	80

i.	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 202 4 , 202 3 and 202 2	82

j.	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 202 4 , 202 3 and 202 2	83

k.	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	89

l.	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	70

Evergy Metro, Inc.

m.	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 202 4 , 202 3 and 202 2	84

n.	Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 202 4 and 202 3	85

o.	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 202 4 , 202 3 and 202 2	87

p.	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 202 4 , 202 3 and 202 2	88


q.	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	89

r.	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	72

Financial Statement Schedules


	Evergy, Inc.

a.	Schedule I - Parent Company Financial Statements	184

b.	Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves	188

	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.
c.	Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves	188

	Evergy Metro, Inc.

d.	Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves	189

Exhibits


Exhibit Number						Description of Do

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