| Period End | Type | Status | Affected | % Workforce | Announced | Expected Completion | Geography | Segment / Function | Charge | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | restructuring | completed | 2024-Q4 | 2024-12-31 | Corporate | Executive Operations | USD 3 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Costs incurred in the fourth quarter 2024 resulting from the realignment of the executive operations corporate structure. Included in 2024 adjusted earnings reconciliation. | ||
| 2024-12-31 | restructuring | completed | 2024-10-01 | 2024-12-31 | United States | Executive Operations | USD 3 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Costs incurred in the fourth quarter 2024 resulting from the realignment of the executive operations corporate structure. | ||
| 2022-09-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Kansas, Missouri | Corporate / General | USD 3 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance expenses incurred at Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro related to Wolf Creek voluntary exit programs. | ||||
| 2022-09-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Kansas, Missouri | Corporate / General | USD 3 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance expenses incurred at Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West related to Evergy voluntary exit programs in 2021 (comparative period reference, no 2022 charge disclosed for this specific program). | ||||
| 2022-09-30 | other | completed | Kansas, Missouri | Executive | USD 1 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Costs associated with executive transition including inducement bonuses, severance agreements and other transition expenses recorded in Q3 2022. | ||||
| 2022-06-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | USD 3 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Severance costs incurred associated with certain voluntary severance programs at the Evergy Companies. | ||||||
| 2022-06-30 | other | completed | USD 7 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Costs associated with executive transition including inducement bonuses, severance agreements and other transition expenses. | ||||||
| 2022-03-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | USD 2 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Severance costs incurred associated with certain voluntary severance programs at the Evergy Companies. | ||||||
| 2022-03-31 | other | completed | USD 6 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Executive transition costs including inducement bonuses, severance agreements and other transition expenses. | ||||||
| 2021-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | United States | Evergy Companies (multiple) | USD 3 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Pre-tax severance costs incurred in 2021 under certain voluntary severance programs; employee counts not disclosed. Separate voluntary exit programs at the Evergy Companies and Wolf Creek occurred in 2020 (prior year, not extracted). | ||||
| 2021-12-31 | other | completed | United States | Executive management | USD 11 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | 2021 executive transition costs covering inducement bonuses, severance agreements and other transition expenses ($10.5M in O&M, $0.3M in other expense); headcount not disclosed | ||||
| 2021-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | United States | All | USD 3 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Severance costs incurred associated with certain voluntary severance programs at the Evergy Companies in 2021. | ||
| 2021-09-30 | other | in_progress | United States | Corporate / Executive | USD 11 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Costs for executive transition including inducement bonuses, severance agreements and other transition expenses; $3.3M in Q3 2021, $10.6M YTD 2021. No employee count disclosed. | ||||
| 2021-09-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | United States | Operations | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Voluntary exit programs at Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West in 2020; $52.5M decrease in O&M expense YTD 2021 vs 2020. Programs from prior year, no current-period employee count disclosed. | |||||
| 2021-09-30 | other | in_progress | United States | Pension plans | USD 30 (millions) | other f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Pension settlement charges of $30.4M for Evergy in Q3 2021 from accelerated distributions due to employee retirements and annuity purchases; substantially deferred to regulatory asset. No employee count disclosed. | ||||
| 2021-09-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Kansas and Missouri | Corporate and Operations | USD 3 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Q3 2021 executive transition costs including severance agreements and other transition expenses. | ||||
| 2021-09-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Kansas and Missouri | Corporate and Operations | USD 11 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | YTD 2021 executive transition costs including inducement bonuses, severance agreements and other transition expenses. | ||||
| 2021-06-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Kansas and Missouri | Corporate and Operations | USD 3 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Year-to-date 2021 severance costs associated with voluntary exit programs. No employee count disclosed. | ||||
| 2021-06-30 | other | completed | Kansas and Missouri | Executive | USD 7 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Year-to-date 2021 costs associated with executive transition including inducement bonuses, severance agreements and other transition expenses. No employee count disclosed. | ||||
| 2021-03-31 | other | in_progress | United States | Corporate / Executive | USD 6 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Costs include inducement bonuses, severance agreements and other transition expenses recorded in O&M expense for Q1 2021. No employee count disclosed. | ||||
| 2021-03-31 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | Evergy Companies (multiple) | USD 2 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Residual severance from voluntary severance programs at the Evergy Companies; primary program activity occurred in 2020 ($27.0M). No employee count disclosed for Q1 2021. | ||||
| 2021-03-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | United States | Corporate and Operations | USD 2 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Severance costs incurred associated with certain voluntary severance programs at the Evergy Companies. | ||||
| 2021-03-31 | other | completed | United States | Executive Management | USD 6 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Costs associated with executive transition including inducement bonuses, severance agreements and other transition expenses. | ||||
| 2020-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | Kansas and Missouri | Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro, Evergy Missouri West | USD 66 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Total 2020 voluntary severance expense of $66.3M pre-tax, including $39.3M increase for Evergy voluntary exit programs and $7.4M for Wolf Creek voluntary exit programs. Employee counts not disclosed. | ||||
| 2020-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | Kansas | Wolf Creek Generating Station | USD 7 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Wolf Creek voluntary exit programs incurred $7.4M of voluntary severance expenses in 2020 at Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro. Employee counts not disclosed. | ||||
| 2020-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2020 | Kansas and Missouri | Corporate and Operations | USD 47 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Increase in voluntary severance expenses due to Evergy voluntary exit programs ($39.3 million) and Wolf Creek voluntary exit programs ($7.4 million). | |||
| 2020-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | Corporate and Operating Companies | USD 29 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Q3 2020 voluntary severance expenses at Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West related to Evergy voluntary exit programs. | ||||
| 2020-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | Corporate and Operating Companies | USD 55 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | YTD 2020 voluntary severance costs pre-tax. Includes $39.4M increase in voluntary severance expenses due to Evergy voluntary exit programs and Wolf Creek voluntary exit programs. | ||||
| 2020-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | Pension Plans | USD 10 (millions) | restructuring_footnote f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Q3 2020 pension settlement charges for Evergy resulting from accelerated pension distributions related to voluntary severance programs. | ||||
| 2020-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | Pension Plans | USD 13 (millions) | restructuring_footnote f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Q3 2020 pension settlement charges for Evergy Metro resulting from accelerated pension distributions related to voluntary severance programs. | ||||
| 2020-06-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | Kansas and Missouri, United States | Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro — Wolf Creek operations | USD 7 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Wolf Creek voluntary exit program; $6.6M severance expense incurred in Q1 2020. No employee count disclosed. | ||||
| 2020-06-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | Kansas and Missouri, United States | Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro, and Evergy Missouri West | USD 5 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Additional voluntary exit programs across multiple Evergy subsidiaries in 2020; $4.8M increase in severance expense vs. prior year. No employee count disclosed. | ||||
| 2020-06-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Kansas and Missouri | Wolf Creek Generating Station and Corporate | USD 27 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Includes $6.6M for Wolf Creek voluntary exit program and $4.8M for additional Evergy voluntary exit programs. Employee count not disclosed. | ||||
| 2020-03-31 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | 2020-03-31 | Kansas and Missouri | Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro — Wolf Creek-related | USD 6 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Voluntary severance expenses incurred in Q1 2020 for a Wolf Creek voluntary exit program; no employee count or completion date disclosed. | |||
| 2020-03-31 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | 2020-03-31 | Kansas and Missouri | Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro, and Evergy Missouri West — general voluntary exit programs | USD 5 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Stated as a $5.2M year-over-year increase in voluntary severance expenses for additional Evergy voluntary exit programs in 2020; no employee count or completion date disclosed. Total voluntary severance costs for Q1 2020 were $27.0M per the non-GAAP reconciliation. | |||
| 2020-03-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | USD 6 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance expenses incurred in Q1 2020 by Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Metro related to a Wolf Creek voluntary exit program. | ||||||
| 2020-03-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | USD 5 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance expenses incurred in Q1 2020 at Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro, and Evergy Missouri West related to additional Evergy voluntary exit programs. | ||||||
| 2019-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | United States (Kansas, Missouri) | Evergy Companies (multiple functions) | USD 20 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Full-year 2019 voluntary severance program costs of $19.8M pre-tax across the Evergy Companies; employees affected not disclosed. MD&A separately cites $11.8M of voluntary severance expense within operating and maintenance at Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West (a component of the $19.8M). Related pension settlement charges of $15.6M (Evergy) and $23.0M (Evergy Metro) arose from accelerated pension distributions tied to these voluntary severance programs and were substantially deferred to a regulatory asset. | ||||
| 2019-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2019 | United States | Corporate and Operations | USD 20 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Pre-tax voluntary severance costs incurred in 2019. | |||
| 2019-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2019 | United States | Evergy Kansas Central | USD 9 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance expenses incurred in 2019. | |||
| 2019-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2019 | United States | Evergy Metro | USD 7 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance expenses incurred in 2019. | |||
| 2019-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | Evergy Metro | USD 21 (millions) | restructuring_footnote f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Pension settlement charges of $20.8M YTD 2019 from accelerated pension distributions tied to voluntary severance programs at Evergy Metro; substantially deferred to a regulatory asset. No employee count or dates disclosed. | ||||
| 2019-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | Evergy (consolidated) | USD 15 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Pre-tax voluntary severance costs of $15.1M YTD 2019 ($0.4M in Q3 2019) included in operating and maintenance expense. No employee count or announcement date disclosed. | ||||
| 2019-09-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Corporate / Administrative | USD 15 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Pension settlement charges of $14.5 million recorded for three months ended Sept 30, 2019, related to accelerated pension distributions from voluntary severance programs. | |||||
| 2019-09-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Operations / Union | USD 8 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Evergy Kansas Central incurred $7.8 million in voluntary severance expenses in 2019. | |||||
| 2019-09-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Operations / Union | USD 5 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Evergy Metro incurred $5.2 million in voluntary severance expenses in the first quarter of 2019. | |||||
| 2019-06-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | Evergy Companies (consolidated) | USD 15 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Voluntary severance programs at Evergy Companies; $14.7M pre-tax cost YTD June 30, 2019. No employee count disclosed. Includes $7.4M at Westar Energy (Q1 2019) and $5.2M at KCP&L (Q1 2019). | ||||
| 2019-06-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Westar Energy | USD 7 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Westar Energy incurred $7.4 million in voluntary severance expenses in the first quarter of 2019. | |||||
| 2019-06-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | KCP&L | USD 5 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | KCP&L incurred $5.2 million in voluntary severance expenses in the first quarter of 2019. | |||||
| 2019-06-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | Evergy | USD 15 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Evergy recorded $14.7 million in voluntary severance costs year-to-date June 30, 2019, associated with certain severance programs. | |||||
| 2019-03-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | United States | Evergy Companies (consolidated) | USD 15 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Pre-tax voluntary severance costs of $14.8M incurred in Q1 2019 across various severance programs at the Evergy Companies; no employee count disclosed. Component amounts: $7.4M Westar Energy, $5.2M KCP&L. | ||||
| 2019-03-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | Westar Energy | USD 7 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance expenses incurred in Q1 2019. | |||||
| 2019-03-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | KCP&L | USD 5 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance expenses incurred in Q1 2019. | |||||
| 2019-03-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | Evergy (Consolidated) | USD 15 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Pre-tax voluntary severance costs included in operating and maintenance expense. | |||||
| 2018-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2018-06-04 | 2018-12-31 | United States | Corporate / General | USD 44 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Westar Energy change in control payments and voluntary severance recorded in accordance with the Amended Merger Agreement. | ||
| 2018-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2018-06-04 | 2018-12-31 | United States | Generation (Wolf Creek) | USD 6 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Westar Energy's 47% share of voluntary severance expenses incurred related to the Wolf Creek voluntary exit program. | ||
| 2018-12-31 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2018-06-04 | 2018-12-31 | United States | Corporate / General | USD 12 (millions) | MD&A f5-10k / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance expenses incurred related to KCP&L's 47% share of the Wolf Creek voluntary exit program as well as other KCP&L voluntary exit programs. | ||
| 2018-09-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2018-06-04 | Kansas | Westar Energy | USD 41 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Voluntary severance and change-in-control payments plus accelerated equity compensation tied to the Great Plains Energy merger closing on June 4, 2018; no employee count disclosed | |||
| 2018-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | Kansas | Wolf Creek Generating Station (47% ownership share) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Wolf Creek voluntary exit program; Westar Energy's 47% share of voluntary severance expenses increased $5.5M YTD; no employee count disclosed | |||||
| 2018-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | Missouri/Kansas | KCP&L — Local 412 union | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | KCP&L Local 412 union voluntary exit program; part of $9.0M increase in voluntary severance YTD; no employee count disclosed | |||||
| 2018-09-30 | acquisition_addition | completed | 2018-06-04 | 2018-06-04 | Kansas and Missouri | KCP&L, GMO, and other Great Plains Energy subsidiaries | business_combinations_footnote f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Merger closed June 4, 2018; KCP&L and GMO became wholly-owned subsidiaries of Evergy; no headcount added disclosed | |||
| 2018-09-30 | plant_closure | announced | 2018-12-31 | Kansas | Westar Energy — Tecumseh Unit 7, Murray Gill Units 3-4, Gordon Evans Units 1-2 | USD 12 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Retirement of six generating units announced in 2017, retired Oct-Nov 2018; $12.3M obsolete inventory write-off recorded YTD; no employee count disclosed | |||
| 2018-09-30 | plant_closure | announced | 2018-12-31 | Missouri | KCP&L Montrose Station and GMO Sibley Station | MD&A f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | KCP&L Montrose Station and GMO Sibley Station planned for retirement by December 31, 2018; no employee count disclosed | ||||
| 2018-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | 2018-06-04 | 2019-12-31 | United States | Corporate / All Segments | USD 41 (millions) | restructuring_footnote f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Voluntary severance and accelerated equity compensation costs related to the merger. Includes change in control plans and vesting of outstanding awards. Expected payment period 2018-2019. | ||
| 2018-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation | USD 6 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Westar Energy's 47% share of voluntary severance expenses incurred related to the Wolf Creek voluntary exit program. | ||||
| 2018-09-30 | voluntary_separation | in_progress | United States | KCP&L / Wolf Creek | USD 9 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | KCP&L's 47% share of voluntary severance expenses related to Wolf Creek voluntary exit program and KCP&L's Local 412 union voluntary exit program. | ||||
| 2018-06-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2018-06-04 | Kansas and Missouri, United States | Evergy / Westar Energy | USD 40 (millions) | restructuring_footnote f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Voluntary severance, change-in-control payments, and accelerated equity compensation upon merger close; no employee count disclosed. | |||
| 2018-06-30 | acquisition_addition | completed | 2018-06-04 | Kansas and Missouri, United States | KCP&L and GMO (Great Plains Energy subsidiaries) | business_combinations_footnote f5-10q / MiMo-V2.6-Flash-fp8-HTML | Great Plains Energy merged into Evergy on 2018-06-04; KCP&L and GMO became wholly-owned subsidiaries. No headcount added disclosed. | ||||
| 2018-06-30 | voluntary_separation | completed | 2018-06-04 | 2018-12-31 | United States | Corporate | USD 40 (millions) | MD&A f5-10q / Qwen3.6-27B-Q8_0 | Merger-related voluntary severance and change in control payments. Employee count not disclosed. |