RECEIVABLES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of Receivables

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

	December 31
		2019			2018
Evergy		(millions)
Customer accounts receivable - billed		$	7.2		$	16.7
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled		104.0			91.2
Other receivables		127.8			95.0
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(10.5		)	(9.2		)
Total		$	228.5		$	193.7
Evergy Kansas Central
Customer accounts receivable - billed		$	—		$	—
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled		49.7			16.6
Other receivables		94.5			71.6
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(3.8		)	(3.9		)
Total		$	140.4		$	84.3
Evergy Metro
Customer accounts receivable - billed		$	3.1		$	7.8
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled		26.5			42.9
Other receivables		23.1			15.8
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(4.6		)	(3.8		)
Total		$	48.1		$	62.7

Summary of Bad Debt Expense

The Evergy Companies recorded bad debt expense related to contracts with customers as summarized in the following table.

	2019		2018		2017
	(millions)
Evergy	$	27.3	$	20.2	$	10.3
Evergy Kansas Central	7.3		8.5		10.3
Evergy Metro (a)	13.7		13.1		7.6

^(a) Evergy Metro amounts are included in consolidated Evergy from June 4, 2018, the date of the closing of the merger, and thereafter.