KINDER MORGAN INC
S-8, EX-24, 2001-01-18
NATURAL GAS TRANSMISISON & DISTRIBUTION
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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of the sale of shares of common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph
Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto
with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 17th day of January, 2001.

                                            /s/ William V. Morgan
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            William V. Morgan
                                            Director, Vice Chairman of the Board
                                            and President


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of the sale of shares of common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph
Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto
with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 17th day of January, 2001.

                                       /s/ Edward H. Austin, Jr.
                                       -------------------------
                                       Edward H. Austin, Jr.
                                       Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of the sale of shares of common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph
Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto
with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 17th day of January, 2001.

                                           /s/ Charles W. Battey
                                           ---------------------
                                           Charles W. Battey
                                           Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of the sale of shares of common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph
Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto
with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 17th day of January, 2001.

                                                /s/ Stewart A. Bliss
                                                --------------------
                                                Stewart A. Bliss
                                                Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of the sale of shares of common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph
Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto
with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 17th day of January, 2001.

                                        /s/ Ted A. Gardner
                                        ------------------
                                        Ted A. Gardner
                                        Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of the sale of shares of common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph
Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto
with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 17th day of January, 2001.

                                                /s/ Edward Randall, III
                                                -----------------------
                                                Edward Randall, III
                                                Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of the sale of shares of common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph
Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto
with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 17th day of January, 2001.

                                             /s/ Fayez Sarofim
                                             -----------------
                                             Fayez Sarofim
                                             Director


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of the sale of shares of common
stock, par value $5.00 per share, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph
Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all
exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto
with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 17th day of January, 2001.

                                        /s/ H.A. True, III
                                        ------------------
                                        H.A. True, III
                                        Director


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