KCC, which could be denied in whole or in part. For additional information on our exposure to commodity price risks, see “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.” Natural gas transportation for Abilene and Hutchinson Energy Centers is maintained with Kansas Gas Service Company, a division of ONEOK, under a contract that expires April 30, 2004, which we anticipate renewing in the future. We meet a portion of our natural gas transportation requirements for Gordon Evans, Murray Gill, Neosho, Lawrence and Tecumseh Energy Centers through firm natural gas transportation capacity agreements with Southern Star Central Pipeline. All of the natural gas transportation requirements for the State Line facility are met through a firm natural gas transportation agreement with Southern Star Central Pipeline. The firm transportation agreements that serve Gordon Evans, Murray Gill, Lawrence and Tecumseh Energy Centers extend through April 1, 2010. The agreement for the Neosho and State Line facilities extends through June 1, 2016.      Oil Most of our natural gas generating facilities have the capability to switch to oil once the facilities have been started with gas. We use oil as an alternate fuel when economical or when interruptions to natural gas supply make it necessary. Over the past few years, we have been able to sell more power at wholesale during the winter months when oil is typically more economical than natural gas. Oil accounted for approximately 2% of our total fuel burned during 2002. Oil is also used as a start-up fuel at some of our generating stations and as a primary fuel in the Hutchinson No. 4 combustion turbine and in the diesel generators. Oil is obtained by spot market purchases and year-long contracts. We maintain quantities in inventory to meet fuel switching needs to facilitate economic dispatch of power, for emergency requirements and to protect against reduced availability of natural gas for limited periods or when the primary fuel becomes uneconomical to burn.      Other Fuel Matters Our contracts to supply fuel for our coal-fired and natural gas-fired generating units, with the exception of JEC, do not provide full fuel requirements at the various stations. Supplemental fuel is procured on the spot market to provide operational flexibility and to take advantage of economic opportunities when the price is favorable. We use financial instruments to hedge a portion of our anticipated fossil fuel needs in an attempt to offset the volatility of the spot market. Due to the volatility of these markets, we are unable to determine what the value of these financial instruments will be when the agreements are actually settled. See “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” for further information. The table below provides information relating to the weighted average cost of fuel that we have used, which includes the commodity cost, transportation cost to our facilities and any other associated costs.		Purchased Power At times, we purchase power to meet the energy needs of our wholesale customers and to meet the requirements of our retail native load customers (end-use customers within our service territory). Factors that could cause us to purchase power for retail native load customers include generating plant outages, extreme weather conditions, growth, and other factors associated with supplying full requirements electricity. If we were unable to generate an adequate supply of electricity for our native load customers, we would purchase power in the wholesale market to the extent it is available or economically feasible to do so and/or implement curtailment or interruption procedures as allowed for in our tariffs and terms and conditions of service. Nuclear Generation      Fuel Supply The owners of Wolf Creek have on hand or under contract 100% of their uranium and uranium conversion needs for 2003 and 76% of the uranium and uranium conversion required for operation of Wolf Creek through March 2008. The balance is expected to be obtained through spot market and contract purchases. The owners have under contract 100% of Wolf Creek’s uranium enrichment needs for 2003 and 80% of the uranium enrichment required to operate Wolf Creek through March 2008. The balance of Wolf Creek’s enrichment needs is expected to be obtained through spot market and contract purchases. All uranium, uranium conversion and uranium enrichment arrangements have been entered into in the ordinary course of business, and Wolf Creek is not substantially dependent upon these agreements. Despite contraction and consolidation in the supply sector for these commodities and services, Wolf Creek’s management believes there are other supplies available to replace, if necessary, these contracts. In the event these contracts were required to be replaced, Wolf Creek’s management does not anticipate a substantial disruption of Wolf Creek’s operations. Nuclear fuel is amortized to cost of sales based on the quantity of heat produced for the generation of electricity.      Radioactive Waste Disposal Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, the Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for the permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel. Wolf Creek pays the DOE a quarterly fee of one-tenth of a cent for each kilowatt-hour of net nuclear generation produced for the future disposal of spent nuclear fuel. These disposal costs are charged to cost of sales. A permanent disposal site will not be available for the nuclear industry until 2010 or later. Under current DOE policy, once a permanent site is available, the DOE will accept spent nuclear fuel on a priority basis. The owners of the oldest spent fuel will be given the highest priority. As a result, disposal services for Wolf Creek will not be available prior to 2016. Wolf Creek has on-site temporary storage for spent nuclear fuel. In early 2000, Wolf Creek completed replacement of spent fuel storage racks to increase its on-site storage capacity for all spent fuel expected to be generated by Wolf Creek through the end of its licensed life in 2025.