HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 5, 2008 - Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) is expanding its suite of Intergraph field automation tools with a new application for field design sketch. The new technology will enable KCP&L to capture intelligent design information in the field and incorporate it into critical back-office systems like Intergraph's infrastructure management and workforce management solutions. The tool will assist KCP&L crews in a multitude of daily field activities including restoration follow-up, service orders, small design jobs, maintenance orders and others.

The new field design sketch tool is pre-integrated into Intergraph's unified field automation suite. The integrated suite incorporates field engineering applications, outage management and mobile workforce management technology for scheduled work and trouble work into a single mobile application for optimal functionality and cost savings. This solution utilizes wireless technology to allow real-time connection and updates, and in times when a signal is not available, a store and forward capability allows updates to be queued until connection is re-established. In addition to the field design sketch tool, future functionality will include field inspection, vegetation management and damage assessment.

"As a user of Intergraph's Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (AM/FM/GIS) solutions for utilities for the past several years, we look forward to obtaining the added benefits of the new field design sketch tool," said Ed Hedges, Project Manager at KCP&L. "By working closely with Intergraph, we continue to expand the types of work that can be accomplished with the Intergraph geographic information system (GIS) tools, leading to significant impacts on day-to-day productivity and customer satisfaction."

"Our vision for utilities field automation technology has always been to empower crews to complete as many activities as possible from a single application in their vehicles, seamlessly exchanging data with the back office and reducing unnecessary travel and lag time," said Jay Stinson, vice president of utilities & communications at Intergraph. "KCP&L is a prime example of a technology-savvy utility that has embraced this comprehensive set of tools to cost-effectively enhance business operations and customer service. Intergraph will continue to work with KCP&L and other progressive utilities to ensure that we are doing all we can to accommodate their emerging technology needs."

In addition to leveraging Intergraph field automation tools, KCP&L also utilizes Intergraph's design and asset management technology, mobile workforce management application and data integration and analysis tools.

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About Kansas City Power & Light
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCP&L (www.kcpl.com) is a leading regulated provider of electricity in the Midwest. KCP&L is a wholly owned subsidiary of Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP), the holding company for KCP&L.