Ex21.2

Subsidiaries of Westar Energy, Inc. ⁽¹⁾ 

Name of Company	State of Incorporation
Kansas Gas and Electric Company (a)	Kansas

⁽¹⁾  Certain subsidiaries of Westar Energy, Inc. have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(21)(ii) of Regulation S-K.

^(a)Kansas Gas and Electric Company does business as Westar Energy.