RECEIVABLES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of Receivables

The Evergy Companies' accounts receivable pledged as collateral and the corresponding short-term collateralized note payable are summarized in the following table.

	June 30 2020		December 31 2019
	(millions)
Evergy	$	297.0	$	339.0
Evergy Kansas Central	146.0		171.0
Evergy Metro	103.0		118.0

The Evergy Companies' other receivables also included receivables from contracts with customers as summarized in the following table.

	June 30 2020		December 31 2019
	(millions)
Evergy	$	76.2	$	42.0
Evergy Kansas Central	72.8		37.7
Evergy Metro	0.5		1.2

The Evergy Companies' receivables are detailed in the following table.

	June 30 2020			December 31 2019
Evergy	(millions)
Customer accounts receivable - billed	$	12.9		$	7.2
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled	225.0			104.0
Other receivables	176.1			127.8
Allowance for credit losses	(18.0		)	(10.5		)
Total	$	396.0		$	228.5
Evergy Kansas Central
Customer accounts receivable - billed	$	—		$	—
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled	87.7			49.7
Other receivables	182.8			94.5
Allowance for credit losses	(4.9		)	(3.8		)
Total	$	265.6		$	140.4
Evergy Metro
Customer accounts receivable - billed	$	5.2		$	3.1
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled	91.2			26.5
Other receivables	14.1			23.1
Allowance for credit losses	(9.0		)	(4.6		)
Total	$	101.5		$	48.1

Summary of Bad Debt Expense

The change in the Evergy Companies' allowance for credit losses is summarized in the following table.

	2020			2019
Evergy	(millions)
Beginning balance January 1	$	10.5		$	9.2
Credit loss expense	11.6			10.6
Write-offs	(10.9		)	(16.6		)
Recoveries of prior write-offs	6.8			6.0
Ending balance June 30	$	18.0		$	9.2
Evergy Kansas Central
Beginning balance January 1	$	3.8		$	3.9
Credit loss expense	2.9			3.4
Write-offs	(3.3		)	(5.3		)
Recoveries of prior write-offs	1.5			1.8
Ending balance June 30	$	4.9		$	3.8
Evergy Metro
Beginning balance January 1	$	4.6		$	3.8
Credit loss expense	5.7			4.9
Write-offs	(5.0		)	(7.7		)
Recoveries of prior write-offs	3.7			2.9
Ending balance June 30	$	9.0		$	3.9