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EQUITY COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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.
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Evergy |  | (millions)
Equity compensation expense |  | $ | 15.5 |  |  | $ | 15.5 |  |  | $ | 30.7 |
Income tax benefit |  | 2.2 |  |  | 3.0 |  |  | 1.4 |
Evergy Kansas Central |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity compensation expense |  | 7.6 |  |  | 6.7 |  |  | 24.8 |
Income tax benefit |  | 1.6 |  |  | 1.9 |  |  | 1.4 |
Evergy Metro(a) |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity compensation expense |  | 5.7 |  |  | 5.7 |  |  | 6.5 |
Income tax benefit |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.1 |
(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 2020 is summarized in the following table.
| Nonvested Restricted Share Units |  | Grant Date Fair Value*
Beginning balance January 1, 2020 |  | 197,250 |  |  |  |  | $ | 37.87 |  |
Granted |  | 175,991 |  |  |  |  | 87.98 |  |
Forfeited |  | (25,277) |  |  |  |  | 60.55 |  |
Ending balance December 31, 2020 |  | 347,964 |  |  |  |  | 61.57 |  |
* weighted-average RSU activity for awards with only service requirements for 2020 is summarized in the following table.
| Nonvested Restricted Share Units |  | Grant Date Fair Value*
Beginning balance January 1, 2020 |  | 233,350 |  |  |  |  | $ | 54.16 |  |
Granted |  | 59,539 |  |  |  |  | 68.92 |  |
Vested |  | (120,536) |  |  |  |  | 53.94 |  |
Forfeited |  | (11,611) |  |  |  |  | 59.27 |  |
Ending balance December 31, 2020 |  | 160,742 |  |  |  |  | 59.42 |  |
* weighted-average

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