KANSAS CITY, MO, May 3, 2004 - Great Plains Energy (NYSE: GXP) announced today it has deposited $1 million with Douglass National Bank. The deposit utilizes the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (CDARS), which provides FDIC insurance coverage for the total amount deposited. The CDARS service ensures the safety of FDIC insurance for large deposits by dividing deposits into smaller CDs at multiple institutions.
"This deposit is the latest example of our commitment to invest in our community," said Michael Chesser, Chairman. "We are proud to do business with the area’s only minority-owned bank, knowing it will ultimately benefit many local families within the urban core."
Douglass National Bank has served the community since 1947. When Lester W. Johnson took over as CEO, the bank focused on strengthening its capital and building deposits. Using the CDARS guarantee creates an opportunity for organizations to make socially responsible investments, which in turn help to increase the bank’s asset base.
"This long-term investment by Great Plains Energy will help the bank better plan our outreach efforts and increase our ability to serve the community," said Lester Johnson, bank president and CEO. "Great Plains Energy has clearly demonstrated the value it places on diversity."
Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE:GXP), headquartered in Kansas City, MO, is the holding company for Kansas City Power & Light Company, a leading regulated provider of electricity in the Midwest; and Strategic Energy LLC, an energy management company providing load aggregation and power supply coordination. The Company’s web site is: www.greatplainsenergy.com.
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CERTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION -- Statements made in this release 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. In connection with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company is providing a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the provided forward-looking information. These important factors include: future economic conditions in the regional, national and international markets, including but not limited to regional and national wholesale electricity markets; market perception of the energy industry and the Company; changes in business strategy, operations or development plans; effects of current or proposed state and federal legislative and regulatory actions or developments, including, but not limited to, deregulation, re-regulation and restructuring of the electric utility industry and constraints placed on the Company's actions by the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935; adverse changes in applicable laws, regulations, rules, principles or practices governing tax, accounting and environmental matters including, but not limited to, air quality; financial market conditions and performance including, but not limited to, changes in interest rates and in availability and cost of capital and the effects on the Company’s pension plan assets and costs; ability to maintain current credit ratings; inflation rates; effectiveness of risk management policies and procedures and the ability of counterparties to satisfy their contractual commitments; impact of terrorist acts; increased competition including, but not limited to, retail choice in the electric utility industry and the entry of new competitors; ability to carry out marketing and sales plans; weather conditions including weather-related damage; cost, availability and deliverability of fuel; ability to achieve generation planning goals and the occurrence of unplanned generation outages; delays in the anticipated in-service dates of additional generating capacity; nuclear operations; ability to enter new markets successfully and capitalize on growth opportunities in non-regulated businesses; performance of projects undertaken by the Company’s non-regulated businesses and the success of efforts to invest in and develop new opportunities; and other risks and uncertainties. This list of factors is not all-inclusive because it is not possible to predict all possible factors.
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