Evergy 2024年度报告

FORM10-K ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2024 ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _______to_______ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to suchfiling requirements for the past 90 days. Evergy Metro, Inc. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submitsuch files). Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, oran emerging growth company.See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growthcompany" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Evergy, Inc. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internalcontrol over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm thatprepared or issued its audit report. Evergy Metro, Inc. If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with anynew or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Evergy, Inc. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. Evergy Metro, Inc. If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included inthe filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. Yes☐No☒Yes☐No☒Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensationreceived by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).Evergy, Inc.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of Evergy, Inc. (based on the closing price of itscommon stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on June 30, 2024) was approximately $12,025,571,828. All of the common equity of EvergyKansas Central, Inc. and Evergy Metro, Inc. is held by Evergy, Inc. On February 19, 2025, Evergy, Inc. had230,009,344shares of common stock outstanding. On February 19, 2025, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and Evergy Metro, Inc. each hadoneshare of common stock outstanding and held by Evergy, Inc. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. and Evergy Metro, Inc. meet the conditions set forth in General Instruction (I)(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K andare therefore filing this Form 10-K with the reduced disclosure format. Documents Incorporated by Reference Portions of the 2025 annual meeting proxy statement of Evergy, Inc. to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated byreference in Part III of this report. This combined annual report on Form 10-K is provided by the following registrants: Evergy, Inc. (Evergy), Evergy KansasCentral, Inc. (Evergy Kansas Central) and Evergy Metro, Inc. (Evergy Metro) (collectively, the Evergy Companies).Information relating to any individual registrant is filed by such registrant solely on its own behalf. Each registrant makesno representation as to information relating exclusively to the other registrants. TABLE OF CONTENTS PageNumberCautionary Statements Regarding Certain Forward-Looking Information3Glossary of Terms5PART IItem 1.Business8Item 1A.Risk Factors16Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments29Item 1C.Cybersecurity29Item 2.Properties32Item 3.Legal Proceedings35Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures35PART IIItem 5.Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and IssuerPurchases of Equity Securities36Item 6.Reserved36Item 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results ofOperations36Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk64Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data67Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and FinancialDisclosure160Item 9A.Controls and Proced