The Missouri Public Service Commission has granted an Accounting Authority Order (AAO) to Evergy Metro, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri Metro and Evergy Missouri West, Inc. d/b/a Evergy Missouri West (Evergy) which sought the AAO to govern costs and financial impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. An AAO will allow Evergy to defer such costs in a regulatory asset, beginning on March 1, 2020, less costs avoided also related to COVID-19. “The Commission will grant an AAO to allow Evergy to defer, in a regulatory asset, specified costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic netted against specified savings, also associated with the pandemic,” said the Commission. “The Commission finds the categories of costs proposed for deferral are closely related to the pandemic as they are expenses incurred to protect employees and offer some assistance to customers during the pandemic.”