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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

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