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RECEIVABLES | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Receivables [Abstract] |
RECEIVABLES | 3. RECEIVABLES The Evergy Companies' receivables are detailed in the following table.
| March 31 | December 31
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Evergy |  | (millions) |
Customer accounts receivable - billed |  | $ | 15.0 |  |  |  | $ | 16.7 |  |
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled |  | 82.1 |  |  |  | 91.2 |  |
Other receivables |  | 77.5 |  |  |  | 95.0 |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | (9.8 | ) |  |  | (9.2 | ) |
Total |  | $ | 164.8 |  |  |  | $ | 193.7 |  |
Westar Energy |  |  |
Customer accounts receivable - billed |  | $ | — |  |  |  | $ | — |  |
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled |  | 33.4 |  |  |  | 16.6 |  |
Other receivables |  | 61.2 |  |  |  | 71.6 |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | (4.2 | ) |  |  | (3.9 | ) |
Total |  | $ | 90.4 |  |  |  | $ | 84.3 |  |
KCP&L |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer accounts receivable - billed |  | $ | 8.0 |  |  |  | $ | 7.8 |  |
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled |  | 25.9 |  |  |  | 42.9 |  |
Other receivables |  | 11.9 |  |  |  | 15.8 |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | (4.0 | ) |  |  | (3.8 | ) |
Total |  | $ | 41.8 |  |  |  | $ | 62.7 |  |
Evergy's, Westar Energy's and KCP&L's other receivables at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, consisted primarily of receivables from partners in jointly-owned electric utility plants and wholesale sales receivables. As of March 31, 2019, other receivables for Evergy, Westar Energy and KCP&L included receivables from contracts with customers of $39.6 million, $36.8 million and $1.0 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, other receivables for Evergy, Westar Energy and KCP&L included receivables from contracts with customers of $65.8 million, $55.9 million and $5.5 million, respectively. The Evergy Companies recorded bad debt expense related to contracts with customers as summarized in the following table.
Three Months Ended March 31 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
| (millions)
Evergy |  | $ | 4.0 |  |  | $ | 4.0 |
Westar Energy |  | (0.3 | ) |  | 4.0 |
KCP&L (a) |  | 2.8 |  |  | 1.7 |
(a) KCP&L amounts are not included in consolidated Evergy for the three months ended March 31, 2018. Sale of Accounts Receivable Westar Energy, KCP&L and GMO sell an undivided percentage ownership interest in their retail electric and certain other accounts receivable to independent outside investors. These sales of the undivided percentage ownership interests in accounts receivable to independent outside investors are accounted for as secured borrowings with accounts receivable pledged as collateral and a corresponding short-term collateralized note payable recognized on the balance sheets. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, Evergy's accounts receivable pledged as collateral and the corresponding short-term collateralized note payable were $359.0 million and $365.0 million, respectively. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, Westar Energy's accounts receivable pledged as collateral and the corresponding short-term collateralized note payable were $185.0 million. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, KCP&L's accounts receivable pledged as collateral and the corresponding short-term collateralized note payable were $124.0 million and $130.0 million, respectively. Westar Energy's receivable sale facility expires in September 2019 and allows for $185.0 million in aggregate outstanding principal amount of borrowings from mid-December through mid-January, $125.0 million from mid- January through mid-February, $185.0 million from mid-February to mid-July and then $200.0 million from mid-July through the expiration date of the facility. KCP&L's receivable sale facility expires in September 2019 and allows for $130.0 million in aggregate outstanding principal amount of borrowings at any time. GMO's receivable sale facility expires in September 2019 and allows for $50.0 million in aggregate outstanding principal amount of borrowings from mid-November through mid-June and then $65.0 million from mid-June through the expiration date of the facility.

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