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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 14, 2002

Aquila, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation) 1-03562
(Commission
File Number) 44-0541877
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

20 West 9^th, Kansas City, Missouri
(Address of principal executive offices) 64105
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number including area code:	(816) 421-6600
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report):	Not Applicable

Item 5. Other Events

On August 14, 2002, Robert K. Green, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Aquila, Inc., and Dan Streek, the Chief Financial Officer of Aquila, Inc., each delivered for filing a "Statement Under Oath Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings" to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") as required by Order 4-460 issued by the SEC on June 27, 2002. Each of the statements was in the form prescribed by the SEC without modification or qualification. Copies of these Statements are filed as Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)	Exhibit—99.1	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings executed by Robert K. Green, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aquila,  Inc.
	Exhibit—99.2	Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings executed by Dan Streek, Chief Financial Officer of Aquila, Inc.

Signatures

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Aquila, Inc.

By:        /s/ Dan Streek
      Dan Streek
      Chief Financial Officer

      Date: August 14, 2002

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EX-99.1

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Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Robert K. Green, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aquila, Inc., state and attest that:

(1)

To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Aquila, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

•

no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

•

no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)

I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

(3)

In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

•

the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2001 of Aquila, Inc. filed with the Commission on March 21, 2002;

•

all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Aquila, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/ Robert K. Green Robert K. Green
President and Chief Executive Officer
Aquila, Inc.
August 14, 2002 Subscribed and sworn to
before me this 14^th day of
August             2002.

/s/Sara L. Henning Sara L. Henning, Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 12/28/2005

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EX-99.2

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Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Dan Streek, Chief Financial Officer of Aquila, Inc., state and attest that:

(1)

To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Aquila, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

•

no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

•

no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)

I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

(3)

In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

•

the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2001 of Aquila, Inc. filed with the Commission on March 21, 2002;

•

all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Aquila, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/ Dan Streek Dan Streek
Chief Financial Officer
Aquila, Inc.
August 14, 2002 Subscribed and sworn to
before me this 14^th day of
August             2002.

/s/Sara L. Henning Sara L. Henning, Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 12/28/2005

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