Contact:
Jennifer Caywood
Telemetric Corporation
(208) 658-1292 x10
jcaywood@telemetric.net

Boise, ID – February 18, 2004 - Telemetric Corporation, an industry leader in providing utilities with affordable wireless solutions for communicating with down-line equipment, announced today that Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) is moving forward with a wireless monitoring project rollout with Telemetric’s TC012 MicroRTU capacitor bank monitor. KCP&L is using the Telemetric MicroRTU™ to monitor and remotely control capacitor banks in the outlying areas of its service territory. This decreases their dependence on time-consuming field inspections and provides a way to quickly report power outages and voltage anomalies.

"KCP&L's rollout further verifies the broad range of applications for Telemetric's technology," said Scott Schoenherr, Telemetric's CEO. He added, "Using the Telemetric MicroRTU enables KCP&L to improve system operating efficiencies and reduce labor and capital equipment expenditures. Based on KCP&L’s success, Telemetric has now installed TC012s at several major utilities throughout the country." To cut costs and increase the reliability of its capacitor banks, KCP&L determined that the most cost-effective way to monitor these banks was to use Telemetric’s wireless solution. After a successful major pilot project in both its metropolitan and remote service territories, KCP&L decided to completely roll out the Telemetric MicroRTU in the remote territories.

Last month, at DistribuTECH, KCP&L was honored with the Utility Automation and Engineering magazine T&D Automation Project of the Year Award. KCP&L won this award using Telemetric’s wireless solution in a variety of applications. A key component of this project was KCP&L’s ability to remotely monitor and control their capacitor banks using the Telemetric TC012 MicroRTU.

The MicroRTU will monitor the neutral current and control power on the capacitor bank. It will also use the control channel of the public cellular system to send an alarm when a capacitor bank changes from one condition to another due to a blown capacitor fuse, circuit outage or voltage problem.

“This monitoring device will reduce the number of field inspections,” states KCP&L Vice President of Distribution Operations Bill Herdegen. “Continual monitoring of our capacitor banks will provide improved capacitor and circuit operating performance, voltage regulation and voltage balance. This will reduce operating expenses and improve service quality to our customers.” For its metropolitan service territory, KCP&L will be piloting a new version of the TC012 using enhanced digital communications.

The TC012 MicroRTU was developed in conjunction with KCP&L and other utilities as a specialized application of Telemetric’s general purpose T646 MicroRTU. Demonstrating the flexibility of the T646 MicroRTU, Telemetric worked closely with KCP&L to tailor the T646 to meet the company’s specific application requirements that were not previously available at this price point.

About Telemetric

Telemetric is a leader in low-cost, Machine-to-Machine (M2M) wireless solutions for the utility industry. Their solutions have helped over 100 utilities cut costs and improve service by providing them with the information they need to better manage their distribution networks. By utilizing the existing cellular infrastructure, Telemetric keeps the cost of their solutions low and provides their customers a clear return on investment. Telemetric is privately held with headquarters in Boise, Idaho. For more information, please visit www.telemetric.net, or email info@telemetric.net.

About Kansas City Power & Light

Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP), headquartered in Kansas City, MO, is the holding company for three business units: Kansas City Power & Light Company, a leading regulated provider of electricity in the Midwest; Strategic Energy LLC, an energy management company providing load aggregation and power supply coordination; and KLT Gas Inc., a subsidiary specializing in coal bed methane exploration and development. The Company’s web site is www.greatplainsenergy.com.