Kansas City Power & Light

Position Descriptions

February 9, 2004

The following are position descriptions for the President/CEO and Vice Presidents who oversee personnel engaged in either transmission services and reliability functions or wholesale merchant activities in the Transmission Services Division and the Generation Services Division.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Kansas City Power & Light

Reports to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Great Plains Energy

Reporting to the President and CEO are the Vice President Generation Services, Vice President Distribution Operations, Vice President Customer Service, Vice President Transmission Services and President GPP and HSS.

The President/CEO provides for the overall policy direction and vision for the company and is not involved in directing, organizing or executing the transmission or wholesale merchant functions on a day-to-day basis, but relies on the respective Vice Presidents to make decisions, judgments and recommendations regarding their area of responsibility. The President/CEO does not have direct access to transmission or reliability information on the EMS or other databases.

Vice-President Transmission Services

Reports to President and CEO, Kansas City Power & Light

Reporting to the Vice-President Transmission Services are the Manager Transmission System Services, Manager Transmission & Substations, Manager Transmission Construction & Maintenance, Manager Substations Construction & Maintenance and a Secretary.

The Vice-President Transmission Services provides for the overall policy direction and vision for the division. Upon the recommendation of the Manager Transmission Services, the Vice-President Transmission System Services signs Service Agreements under the KCPL Open Access Tariff as the responsible corporate officer.

The Vice-President Transmission Services does not have direct access to transmission or reliability information on the EMS or other databases.

Vice-President Generation Services

Reports to President and CEO, Kansas City Power & Light

Reporting to the Vice-President Generation Services are the Manager LaCygne Station, Manager Hawthorn & Northeast Station, Manager Iatan Station, Manager Montrose Station, Manager Construction Services, Manager Fuels, Manager Engineering Services, Manager Power Sales & Services, Manager Energy Resource Management, Manager Plant Services, Superintendent Maintenance, and a Secretary.

The Vice-President Generation Services provides for the overall policy direction and vision for the division. Upon the recommendation of either the Manager Power Sales & Services or the Manager Energy Resource Management, the Vice-President Generation Services signs agreements for the wholesale merchant function as the responsible corporate officer.

Manager – Transmission System Services

Reports to – Vice-President Transmission Services

Manages – EMS Supervisor, Transmission Planning Supervisor, Senior Operations Engineer, Secretary

The Manager of Transmission System Services provides direction and oversees the operation of the 69kV, 161kV and 345kV transmission system. The manager also directs KCPL’s transmission planning and expansion activities through the Transmission Planning group. This position provides direction to the Energy Management System group for software functionality and modifications required to meet the demands of the changing electric industry. The Manager administers KCPL’s Pro Forma transmission tariff including ancillary services provided under the Pro Forma tariff. This position is the primary transmissions operations interface with MAPP and SPP. The Manager directs the preparation for annual budgets for capital projects and operations and maintenance expenses for the Transmission Services department.

Secretary

Reports to – Manager, Transmission System Services

The Secretary provides for the routine administrative tasks for the Manager – Transmission System Services. The administrative tasks provided by this position includes handling routine situations not requiring attention of the manager; in the manager’s absence, directing matters to the appropriate individuals; mail processing, typing, filing and office supply administration. The Secretary also provides assistance in the management of the schedules for the manager and provides for the travel arrangements for business trips. The Secretary processes invoices, expense reports, time tickets, and petty cash.

Senior Operations Engineer

Reports to – Manager, Transmission System Services

Supervises – Transmission System Operators (8)

The Supervisor of the Transmission Control Center is responsible to direct the Transmission System Operation in the safe and reliable operation of the bulk transmission system from 69 kV to 345 kV. This position administers KCPL’s open access transmission tariff and is the interface for regional tariffs. The Supervisor also ensures the transmission system operates within FERC, NERC, and Power Pool operating guides and directives.

Transmission System Operator

Reports to – Senior Operations Engineer

The Transmission System Operator monitors and controls the bulk transmission system from 345 kV down to and including 69 kV. The System Operator is the control authority for safety procedure, and equipment outages on the bulk transmission system. This position does the day-to-day administration of KCPL’s open access transmission tariff and is the interface for regional tariffs.

The Transmission System Operator complies with all FERC, NERC, and Power Pool operating guides and criteria in operating the bulk transmission system.

Transmission Planning Supervisor

Reports to – Manager, Transmission System Services

Supervises – Transmission Planning Engineers

The Transmission Planning Supervisor provides direction and management of planning engineers for study and analysis that ensures maximum utilization of the KCPL transmission system, accurate projections of future construction projects, and optimization of service reliability to meet future power delivery obligations. Other responsibilities include providing operations support, administering transfer capability postings for transmission service under both the KCPL and Southwest Power Pool Open Access Transmission Tariff, and participating in regional reliability planning activities at SPP and MAPP.

Transmission Planning Engineers

Reports to – Transmission Planning Supervisor

Transmission Planning engineers perform planning and reliability studies including 5 and 10 year planning studies, summer and winter peak operating studies, construction budget studies, transient and voltage stability studies, transfer capability studies, and generation impact studies. Engineers participate in regional power pool activities through coordinated loadflow model building, stability model building, system outage reporting, transfer capability data submittal and review, and tariff implementation data review including MW-mile and line loss responsibility data. Other responsibilities in the area of Operations Support include maintaining the Advanced Application Programs on the EMS along with training on their use for the System Operators, EMS network database maintenance, development of Operating Procedures, and system operating diagram map updates.

EMS Supervisor

Reports to – Manager, Transmission System Services

Supervises – EMS Programmer(s), EMS Engineer(s), EMS Specialist, Transmission Accounting Analyst, Transmission Accounting Clerk

The EMS Supervisor is responsible to ensure the EMS is operating properly, meeting the needs of the transmission, distribution, and power functions. The Supervisor provides for the direction and management of staff for Energy Management System software projects, hardware projects and accounting processes. Annual preparation and submittal of O&M budgeting and Construction project budgeting for software acquisition, hardware, and software application development is provided by the EMS Supervisor.

EMS Engineer

Reports to - EMS Supervisor

EMS Engineer(s) support the Energy Management Computer System (EMS) by ensuring the computer applications used by Transmission Services, Power Services and Distribution Operations function properly. The Engineer(s) are responsible for the reliability, maintenance, modification and integration of software and hardware processes to support the operation of computing system. The EMS Engineer(s) provides for the EMS system back-ups, system software and hardware troubleshooting, RTU communications troubleshooting and 24-hour on-call responsibilities.

EMS Programmer

Reports to - EMS Supervisor

EMS Programmer(s) support the Energy Management Computer System (EMS) by ensuring the computer applications used by Transmission Services, Power Services and Distribution Operations work properly. The Programmer(s) are responsible for the reliability, maintenance, modification and integration of software processes to support the operation of the computing system. The EMS Programmer(s) provides for the EMS system back-ups, system software and hardware troubleshooting, RTU communications troubleshooting and 24-hour on-call responsibilities.

EMS Specialist

Reports to EMS Supervisor

Maintains and troubleshoots all databases and displays for the Energy Management System. Develops and maintains standards for electrical one-line diagrams for substations and transmission lines, database point descriptions and energy accounting. Creates new displays such as menus, electrical one-line diagrams and summaries as required.

Transmission Accounting Analyst

Reports to - EMS Supervisor

The Transmission Accounting Analyst is responsible to verify the monthly actual tie line flows and the transmission schedules with other utilities and marketers, and to prepare invoices for transmission revenues. The Analyst also prepares transmission revenue and transmission cost monthly reporting required by internal accounting groups, internal budgeting groups, and Power Pools. The Analyst troubleshoots and resolves transmission schedule accounting problems as they occur. This position also provides for the annual preparation and reporting for FERC Form 1 and FERC Form 714. Each year the Analyst updates and prepares a five-year transmission revenue budget.

Senior Clerk

Reports to - EMS Supervisor

The Senior Clerk is responsible to daily verify with other utilities and marketers the transmission schedules that are made against the KCPL transmission system. The Clerk each month verifies the monthly actual tie line flows and the transmission schedules with other utilities and marketers and troubleshoots and resolves transmission schedule accounting problems as they occur.

POWER SALES AND SERVICES

Manager Power Sales and Services

Reports to Vice-President Generation Services

• Oversees the 24-hour dispatch of energy resources to achieve the lowest cost for native-load customers and firm contract parties.
• Oversees capacity sales and purchases.
• Manages accounting, pricing, and billing for off-system energy and capacity sales.
• Reviews and approves fuel and interchange budget
• Ensures applicable training for all Power Sales and Services personnel.
• Develops and implements Power Marketing Group’s business plan

POWER OPERATIONS

Supervisor Power System Operations

Reports to Manager Power Sales and Services

• Supervises the Power System Operators, Interchange Marketer, Interchange Scheduler, and Hourly Marketers in the economic dispatch of the company’s generating resources.
• Ensures the daily real time and day ahead economics of interchange purchases and sales.
• Coordinates the on line power system on a daily basis by scheduling generation, interchange power, generating equipment to meet system responsibilities, system regulations and system security.
• Coordinates communication between power control center and company generating units including scheduling of unit outages and derates.
• Monitors control performance to ensure compliance with SPP, MAPP and NERC guidelines.
• Ensures power system operators are properly trained on industry and corporate operating practices and procedures.

Power System Operators

Reports to Supervisor Power System Operations

• Coordinates, on a 12-hour rotating shift, with company generating plants and other resources the economic production of electricity. Dispatches generation and schedules power purchases and sales to meet native and other control area load requirements on an economic dispatch basis.
• Conducts bulk power sales function on an hourly basis to maximize margins based on available resources.
• Monitors automatic generation control, control performance, maintains operating reserves as required by SPP and supplies emergency energy from KCPL generating units when called upon by SPP members.
• Ensures the most economic real time transactions on an hourly and daily basis.
• Requests hourly transmission service and ensures the most economic path.
• Prepares hourly and day running NERC transaction tags.
• Verifies and confirms hourly and daily schedules through prior and after-the-fact checkouts with transmission system operators, scheduling parties, and other control areas.

Interchange Marketer

Reports to Supervisor Power System Operations

• Negotiates purchase and sale of all day-ahead and weekly energy transactions.
• Prepares native load forecasts and schedules resources to meet anticipated load.
• Performs purchase for resale transactions.
• Performs economic unit commitment and creates customer real time prices.
• Monitors and provides advice on generating unit maintenance schedules.
• Executes bulk power marketing strategies.

Interchange Scheduler

Reports to Supervisor Power System Operations

• Requests next day transmission service and ensures the most economic path.
• Prepares NERC transaction tags for next day and next week transactions.
• Monitors power pool and NERC issues and changes that effect the real time operation of the power control center

Hourly Marketer

Reports to Supervisor Power System Operations

• Responsible to perform the wholesale power marketing activities on an hourly basis, using KCPL’s power marketing contracts
• Maintains hourly pricing database and executes short-term transactions and handles real-time interruptions of pre-scheduled transactions
• Prepares, communicates and documents real-time schedules for energy purchases and sales

POWER SALES

Power and Energy Marketer

Reports to Manager Power Sales and Services

• Meets with customers regarding bulk power and associated transmission issues and needs.
• Implements bulk power contracts with new customers.
• Negotiates monthly and longer bulk power energy and capacity transactions with new and existing customers.
• Maintains company relationships with other utilities and power marketers.
• Monitors industry-wide and regional power pool issues, changes and refinements as they relate to bulk power marketing. Determines ways to utilize the changes to the company’s benefit.

Engineer

Reports to Supervisor Technical and Analytical Support

• Supports and develops production cost models used in evaluating and reporting bulk power transactions.
• Prepares production costs and pricing used for making bulk power transactions.
• Maintains fuel prices and plant data for the EMS AGC and other production cost models.
• Prepares bulk power-related reports for other departments, MAPP, WSPP, and regulatory agencies.
• Prepares five-year planned maintenance schedules for generating resources.
• Prepares five-year fuel and interchange budget.

Power Sales Assistant

Reports to Manager Power Sales and Services

• Provides administrative services for the department, which include having knowledge of various computer software packages, such as WORD, Excel and PowerPoint, which help in developing various reports and statistical studies.
• Develops department O&M budget and prepares budget reports.
• Analyzes and summarizes various Bulk Power reports.
• Assists in formulating and the coordination of appropriate reports, presentations, business plans and meeting notes, as well as other projects.
• Develops and streamlines the administrative functions of the department by constantly prioritizing workflow and creating innovative department processes.
• Ensures conformance to Company policies and procedures by monitoring activity within the department while communicating necessary information and serving as a resource to the department.
• Responds to inquiries while keeping the department informed of pertinent power pool changes and requests.
• Responsibility for establishing and ensuring the maintenance of department’s central files and the retention policy is observed.
• Maintains calendars, schedules appointments and coordinates meeting arrangements.

TRANSACTION ACCOUNTING

Supervisor Transaction Accounting

Reports to Manager Power Sales and Services

• Prepares and reviews monthly, quarterly, and/or annual reports of bulk power transactions and transmission costs related to such transactions.
• Monitors generation (including jointly owned unit reporting), net input to system, and peak hour load calculation and reporting for KCPL system for both internal and external company requirements.
• Maintains relations with municipal and bulk power customers.
• Administers wholesale municipal and bulk power contracts.
• Monitors billing and payments to assure contract compliance.
• Monitors and administers load curtailment notifications per special contracts and produces summaries of such curtailments.

Transaction Accounting Analyst

Reports to Supervisor Transaction Accounting

• Summarizes and reports to corporate and external parties on a monthly, quarterly, and/or annual basis components of all bulk power transactions and transmission costs related to such transactions.
• Calculates and distributes hourly billing information for select retail customers under special contracts.
• Administers load curtailment notifications per special contracts and produces summaries of such curtailments.
• Prepares monthly invoices for all bulk power transactions.

Transaction Accounting Clerk

Reports to Supervisor Transaction Accounting

• Provides administrative support by compiling accounting information for billing and reporting purposes.
• Verifies with customer’s daily and month-end totals of MWH schedules and dollars for bulk power sales and purchases and any monthly billing charge components.
• Verifies with joint owners on a daily and month-end basis the joint unit schedules (net, on-line, and off-line).
• Tracks KCPL transmission purchase charges and summarizes them for billing and reporting purposes.
• Generates reports and invoices customers for bulk power services.
• Prepares the generation and peak load reporting for internal company reporting on a monthly and year-to-date basis.

Supervisor Technical & Analytical Support

Reports to Manager Power Sales and Services

• Supervises the activities of the Technical & Analytical group that support the power dispatch operations, energy marketing and transaction accounting areas.

Technical Professionals

Reports to Supervisor Technical and Analytical Support

• Provides analysis in support of the power dispatching operation and energy marketing areas. These analyses provide information to help improve dispatch operations and energy marketing efficiency and economy, and provide required and requested statistical information to management.

Energy Resource Management

Manager, Energy Resource Management

Reports to Vice President, Generation Services

Provide leadership, oversight, and direction for the Energy Resource Management Department in assessing and managing portfolio of energy supply resources. Responsibilities include long-term power resource planning studies, collection of wholesale markets information, risk exposure measurement and mitigation, fundamental analysis of power markets, and structured electricity product development.

Administrative Assistant

Reports to Manager, Energy Resource Management

Contribute to the overall effectiveness of department operations by providing administrative support to all staff.

Engineer, Resource Planning/Asset Management

Reports to Manager, Energy Resource Management

Perform generation resource planning. Assess alternative technologies and review proposed power plant improvement projects.

Engineer/Analyst, Development

Reports to Manager, Energy Resource Management

Work with multiple departments to develop new generation resources and analyze various types of generation resources. Duties include project development analysis, working with governmental agencies to secure appropriate permits for new generation resource sites, and overseeing compliance with permits during construction.

Portfolio Manager, Portfolio/Risk Management

Reports to Manager, Energy Resource Management

Provide analytical tools, model development and validation, reporting processes, and related information to measure exposure to risk factors. Monitor developments in electric markets and industry restructuring.

Analyst, Structure & Pricing Analysis

Reports to Manager, Energy Resource Management

Develop framework for electricity pricing analysis. Structure and price mid-term and long-term wholesale power transactions.

Analyst, Portfolio Management

Reports to Manager, Energy Resource Management

Perform studies and analysis related to wholesale market sales and purchases.

Manager, Fundamental Analysis

Reports to Manager, Energy Resource Management

Guide the simulation modeling process used for price forecasting, resource planning, portfolio management, deal structuring, and special studies. Manage relationships with external consultants and vendors.

Engineer/Analyst, Fundamental Analysis

Reports to Manager, Fundamental Analysis

Perform financial analysis of existing and potential energy resources using both market and cost based valuation approaches. Provide primary support for the fundamental modeling project through model maintenance and database updates.

Engineer/Analyst, Forward Price Development

Reports to Manager, Fundamental Analysis

Develop forecasts of wholesale electricity prices based on fundamental model analysis. Update the fundamental model financial database. Maintain secured model software and data files. Document modeling processes, data sources, and reporting procedures. Aid in the evaluation of asset options.

Engineer, Market Research and Trending

Reports to Manager, Fundamental Analysis

Provide assessment of plant costs. Provide supporting data for various Federal, State and NERC filings related to supply and demand. Reconcile power production database and validate modeling database.

Analyst, Quantitative Analysis

Reports to Manager, Fundamental Analysis

Responsible for development and validation of modeling processes, statistical parameters, and other inputs used for wholesale price forecasting and risk management.