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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
In the normal course of business, Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West engage in related party transactions with one another. A summary of these transactions and the amounts associated with them is provided below.
Jointly-Owned Plants and Shared Services
Evergy Metro employees manage Evergy Missouri West's business and operate its facilities at cost, including Evergy Missouri West's 18% ownership interest in Evergy Metro's Iatan Nos. 1 and 2.  Evergy Kansas Central employees manage Jeffrey Energy Center (JEC) and operate its facilities at cost, including Evergy Missouri West's 8% ownership interest in JEC. Evergy Metro employees manage La Cygne Station and operate its facilities at cost, including Evergy Kansas Central's 50% interest in La Cygne Station. Evergy Metro and Evergy Kansas Central employees also provide one another with shared service support, including costs related to human resources, information technology, accounting and legal services.
The operating expenses and capital costs billed for jointly-owned plants and shared services are detailed in the following table.
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30
 
Year to Date June 30

 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
 
(millions)
Evergy Metro billings to Evergy Missouri West
 
$
36.0

 
$
42.2

 
$
75.3

 
$
84.2

Evergy Kansas Central billings to Evergy Missouri West
 
10.0

 
6.4

 
14.3

 
12.7

Evergy Metro billings to Evergy Kansas Central
 
19.5

 
44.3

 
67.6

 
75.8

Evergy Kansas Central billings to Evergy Metro
 
4.5

 
8.9

 
19.5

 
16.3


Money Pool
Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West are authorized to participate in the Evergy, Inc. money pool, which is an internal financing arrangement in which funds may be lent on a short-term basis to Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West from Evergy, Inc. and between Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West. At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Evergy Metro had no outstanding receivables or payables under the money pool.
Related Party Net Receivables and Payables
The following table summarizes Evergy Kansas Central's and Evergy Metro's related party net receivables and payables.
 
 
June 30
 
December 31
 
 
2020
 
2019
Evergy Kansas Central
 
(millions)
Net receivable from Evergy Missouri West
 
$
3.0

 
$
3.1

Net payable to Evergy Metro
 
(5.9
)
 
(14.9
)
Net receivable from Evergy
 
0.6

 
6.9

 
 
 
 
 
Evergy Metro
 
 
 
 
Net receivable from Evergy Missouri West
 
$
62.8

 
$
78.7

Net receivable from Evergy Kansas Central
 
5.9

 
14.9

Net receivable from (payable to) Evergy
 
14.7

 
(4.3
)

Tax Allocation Agreement
Evergy files a consolidated federal income tax return as well as unitary and combined income tax returns in several state jurisdictions with Kansas and Missouri being the most significant. Income taxes for consolidated or combined subsidiaries are allocated to the subsidiaries based on separate company computations of income or loss. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Evergy Kansas Central had income taxes receivable from Evergy of $26.6 million and $37.9 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Evergy Metro had income taxes receivable from Evergy of $7.1 million and payable to Evergy of $14.1 million, respectively.
Leases
Evergy Metro leases certain transmission equipment from Evergy Kansas Central. This lease was entered into prior to the merger in an arms-length transaction and is accounted for as an operating lease. The right-of-use asset related to this lease is recorded within other long-term assets and the current and long-term lease liabilities are recorded within other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheet. The assets and liabilities related to this lease between Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro are eliminated at consolidated Evergy. As of June 30, 2020, Evergy Metro had a right-of-use asset of $29.3 million, a current lease liability of $0.7 million and a long-term lease liability of $28.6 million on its consolidated balance sheet related to this lease. As of December 31, 2019, Evergy Metro had a right-of-use asset of $29.5 million, a current lease liability of $0.6 million and a long-term lease liability of $28.9 million on its consolidated balance sheet related to this lease.