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RECEIVABLES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Receivables | The Evergy Companies' receivables are detailed in the following table.
| December 31
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Evergy |  | (millions)
Customer accounts receivable - billed |  | $ | 5.3 |  |  | $ | 7.2 |
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled |  | 110.0 |  |  | 104.0 |
Other receivables |  | 177.9 |  |  | 127.8 |
Allowance for credit losses |  | (19.3) |  |  | (10.5) |
Total |  | $ | 273.9 |  |  | $ | 228.5 |
Evergy Kansas Central |  |  |  |
Customer accounts receivable - billed |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled |  | 50.7 |  |  | 49.7 |
Other receivables |  | 175.7 |  |  | 94.5 |
Allowance for credit losses |  | (7.5) |  |  | (3.8) |
Total |  | $ | 218.9 |  |  | $ | 140.4 |
Evergy Metro |  |  |  |
Customer accounts receivable - billed |  | $ | 3.3 |  |  | $ | 3.1 |
Customer accounts receivable - unbilled |  | 27.9 |  |  | 26.5 |
Other receivables |  | 21.9 |  |  | 23.1 |
Allowance for credit losses |  | (8.1) |  |  | (4.6) |
Total |  | $ | 45.0 |  |  | $ | 48.1 |
The Evergy Companies' other receivables also included receivables from contracts with customers as summarized in the following table.
| December 31 |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
| (millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Evergy | $ | 57.5 |  |  | $ | 42.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Evergy Kansas Central | 49.9 |  |  | 37.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Evergy Metro | 6.9 |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
The Evergy Companies' accounts receivable pledged as collateral and the corresponding short-term collateralized note payable are summarized in the following table.
| December 31 |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
| (millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Evergy | $ | 360.0 |  |  | $ | 339.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Evergy Kansas Central | 180.0 |  |  | 171.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Evergy Metro | 130.0 |  |  | 118.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Summary of Bad Debt Expense | The change in the Evergy Companies' allowance for credit losses is summarized in the following table.
| 2020 |  | 2019
Evergy | (millions)
Beginning balance January 1 | $ | 10.5 |  |  | $ | 9.2 |
Credit loss expense | 24.9 |  |  | 27.2 |
Write-offs | (28.6) |  |  | (38.3) |
Recoveries of prior write-offs | 12.5 |  |  | 12.4 |
Ending balance December 31 | $ | 19.3 |  |  | $ | 10.5 |
Evergy Kansas Central |  |  |
Beginning balance January 1 | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | 3.9 |
Credit loss expense | 11.1 |  |  | 7.2 |
Write-offs | (10.0) |  |  | (10.7) |
Recoveries of prior write-offs | 2.6 |  |  | 3.4 |
Ending balance December 31 | $ | 7.5 |  |  | $ | 3.8 |
Evergy Metro |  |  |
Beginning balance January 1 | $ | 4.6 |  |  | $ | 3.8 |
Credit loss expense | 9.0 |  |  | 13.7 |
Write-offs | (12.4) |  |  | (19.2) |
Recoveries of prior write-offs | 6.9 |  |  | 6.3 |
Ending balance December 31 | $ | 8.1 |  |  | $ | 4.6 |

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