Aquila Presentation At EEI Financial Conference Will be Webcast October 22 At 1:30 P.M. Eastern

Business Wire, Oct 18, 2002

Business Editors

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2002

Richard C. Green, Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer of Aquila, Inc. (NYSE: ILA), is one of several industry participants at the EEI Financial Conference in Palm Springs. Green's remarks about the energy industry and Aquila's transition strategy are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, October 22. His audio presentation and accompanying information can be viewed in a live public webcast.

To access the webcast via the Internet, go to Aquila's website at www.aquila.com and click on "Investors" for the webcast link. Listeners should allow five minutes to register and access the presentation. For those unable to view the live broadcast, replays will be available for two weeks, beginning approximately one hour after the presentation, using the same access method.

Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Aquila operates electricity and natural gas distribution networks serving customers in seven states and in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. The company also owns and operates power generation assets. At June 30, 2002, Aquila had total assets of $11.9 billion. More information is available at www.aquila.com.