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RECEIVABLES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Entity Information [Line Items]
Other receivables, contracts with customers	$ 48.3	$ 113.0
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	365.0	359.0
Evergy Kansas Central
Entity Information [Line Items]
Other receivables, contracts with customers	44.3	110.8
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	185.0	185.0
Evergy Metro
Entity Information [Line Items]
Other receivables, contracts with customers	2.7	1.3
Accounts receivable pledged as collateral	130.0	$ 124.0
Maximum amount of outstanding principal under receivables agreement	130.0
Borrowings From Mid October Through Mid June | Evergy Kansas Central
Entity Information [Line Items]
Maximum amount of outstanding principal under receivables agreement	185.0
Borrowing From Mid June Through Mid November | Evergy Missouri West
Entity Information [Line Items]
Maximum amount of outstanding principal under receivables agreement	65.0
Borrowings From Mid-November Through Mid-June | Evergy Missouri West
Entity Information [Line Items]
Maximum amount of outstanding principal under receivables agreement	50.0
Borrowing From Mid June Through Mid October | Evergy Kansas Central
Entity Information [Line Items]
Maximum amount of outstanding principal under receivables agreement	$ 200.0

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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