KCP&L

Kansas City Power & Light is a full-service energy provider that serves residential and commercial customers in Missouri and Kansas. KCP&L services nearly 500,000 customers in 24 Missouri and Northwest Kansas counties and its territory spans more than 4,500 square miles. The company has approximately 1,700 miles of transmission lines, more than 10,000 miles of overhead distribution lines and approximately 3,400 miles of underground distribution lines. The company was founded in 1892 and has corporate headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. It operates eight stations with 25 generating units that provide power to its customers and sell energy to the wholesale market. KCP&L is a wholly owned subsidiary of Great Plains Energy, which trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GXP.

The American Public Works Association is an international educational and professional association of public agencies, private sector companies and individuals dedicated to providing high quality public works goods and services. The association is considered to be a highly participatory organization, with a variety of opportunities for leadership and service. It also offers its members from the United States with a network of several dozen national committees in every area of public works. Governed by a 17-member board of directors, elected at both the regional and national levels, American Public Works Association is a flexible association with a diversified membership of nearly 30,000. Operating from two locations, one of American Public Works Association s offices is in Kansas City, Mo.