EQUITY COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of Equity Compensation Expense and Associated Income Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the Evergy Companies' equity compensation expense and the associated income tax benefit.

	2019		2018		2017
Evergy	(millions)
Equity compensation expense	$	15.5	$	30.7	$	8.9
Income tax benefit	3.0		1.4		3.5
Evergy Kansas Central
Equity compensation expense	6.7		24.8		8.9
Income tax benefit	1.9		1.4		3.5
Evergy Metro(a)
Equity compensation expense	5.7		6.5		4.2
Income tax benefit	0.3		0.1		1.6

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

Schedule of Restricted Stock Unit Activity

RSU activity for awards with performance measures for 2019 is summarized in the following table.

	Nonvested Restricted Share Units			Grant Date Fair Value*
Beginning balance January 1, 2019		—			$	—
Granted		202,107			37.87
Forfeited		(4,857	)		37.87
Ending balance December 31, 2019		197,250			37.87

* weighted-average

RSU activity for awards with only service requirements for 2019 is summarized in the following table.

	Nonvested Restricted Share Units			Grant Date Fair Value*
Beginning balance January 1, 2019		217,256			$	54.07
Granted		70,395			54.47
Vested		(48,767	)		54.20
Forfeited		(5,534	)		54.23
Ending balance December 31, 2019		233,350			54.16

* weighted-average

Schedule of Performance Share Activity

Performance share activity for 2019 is summarized in the following table. Performance adjustment represents the difference between the number of shares of common stock related to performance shares ultimately issued from the number of performance shares initially granted which can vary depending on Evergy's performance over a stated period of time.

	Performance Shares			Grant Date Fair Value*
Beginning balance January 1, 2019		348,496			$	63.80
Vested		(69,317	)		46.11
Forfeited		(6,481	)		69.65
Performance adjustment		(44,442	)		42.97
Ending balance December 31, 2019		228,256			73.06

* weighted-average

Schedule of Restricted Stock Activity

Restricted stock activity for 2019 is summarized in the following table.

	Nonvested Restricted Stock			Grant Date Fair Value*
Beginning balance January 1, 2019		116,675			$	54.03
Vested		(38,404	)		54.35
Forfeited		(2,161	)		53.88
Ending balance December 31, 2019		76,110			53.87

* weighted-average