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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

or

For the transition period from ______to______

Commission File Number 1-6446



KINDER MORGAN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (713) 369-9000

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 of 1934 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 such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes X    No___

The number of shares outstanding for each of the registrant's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date was: Common Stock, $5 par value, 121,825,260 shares as of July 31, 2002.

KINDER MORGAN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
FORM 10-Q
QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2002


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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
Kinder Morgan, Inc. and Subsidiaries

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
Kinder Morgan, Inc. and Subsidiaries

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited)
Kinder Morgan, Inc. and Subsidiaries

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
Kinder Morgan, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents

For supplemental cash flow information, see Note 5.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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1.     General

We are a provider of energy and related services and have operations in the Rocky Mountain and mid-continent regions of the United States, with principal operations in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming. Services we offer include: (i) storing, transporting and selling natural gas, (ii) providing retail natural gas distribution services and (iii) designing, developing, constructing and operating electric generation facilities. We have both regulated and nonregulated operations. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KMI." As a result of our October 1999 acquisition of Kinder Morgan (Delaware), Inc., we own the general partner interest, as well as significant limited partner interests, in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., a publicly traded pipeline master limited partnership, referred to in these Notes as "Kinder Morgan Energy Partners," and receive a substantial portion of our earnings from returns on these investments.

We have prepared the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under such rules and regulations, we have condensed or omitted certain information and notes normally included in financial statements prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We believe, however, that our disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of our financial results for the interim periods presented. You should read these interim consolidated financial statements in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our 2001 Form 10-K. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to "we," "us," "our," or the "Company" are intended to mean Kinder Morgan, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

2.     Kinder Morgan Management, LLC

In May 2001, Kinder Morgan Management, LLC, one of our indirect subsidiaries, issued and sold 29,750,000 limited liability shares (after adjustment for the stock split discussed following) in an underwritten initial public offering, with 2,975,000 of the shares purchased by Kinder Morgan, Inc. The net proceeds from the offering were used by Kinder Morgan Management to buy i-units from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners for $991.9 million. Upon purchase of the i-units, Kinder Morgan Management became a partner in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and was delegated by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' general partner the responsibility to manage and control the business and affairs of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, subject to Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.'s right to approve specified actions. The i-units are a class of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' limited partner interests that have been, and will be, issued only to Kinder Morgan Management.

As discussed in our 2001 Form 10-K, we have certain rights and obligations with respect to these securities. By approval of Kinder Morgan Management shareholders other than us, effective at the close of business on July 23, 2002, we no longer have an obligation to, upon presentation by the holder, exchange the Kinder Morgan Management shares for either Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' common units that we own or, at our election, cash. Approximately 872,000 and 940,000 of these shares were exchanged in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively and, during July 2002, an additional 5.9 million Kinder Morgan Management shares were exchanged before the elimination of the exchange feature. Approximately 3.8 million and 9.7 million Kinder Morgan Management shares had been exchanged for Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' common units or cash as of June 30, 2002, and July 23, 2002, respectively. In conjunction with the elimination of the exchange feature, on July 29, 2002, we issued to each Kinder Morgan Management shareholder (i) .09853 shares of Kinder Morgan, Inc. common stock for each 100 Kinder Morgan Management shares held

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of record by such shareholder at the close of business on July 23, 2002, and (ii) cash in lieu of fractional shares. At June 30, 2002, Kinder Morgan, Inc. owned approximately 7.1 million (22.4%) of Kinder Morgan Management's outstanding shares, including the only two voting shares.

On August 6, 2002, Kinder Morgan Management closed the issue and sale of 12,478,900 limited liability shares in an underwritten public offering. The net proceeds of approximately $328.6 million from the offering were used by Kinder Morgan Management to buy i-units from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. None of the shares from Kinder Morgan Management's offering were purchased by us. Immediately following this public offering, we owned approximately 13 million (29.4%) of Kinder Morgan Management's outstanding shares, including the only two voting shares.

On July 18, 2001, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners announced a two-for-one split of its common units. The common unit split, in the form of a one-common-unit distribution for each common unit outstanding, occurred on August 31, 2001. This split resulted in Kinder Morgan, Inc. receiving one additional common unit for each common unit it owned and Kinder Morgan Management receiving one additional i-unit for each i-unit it owned. Also on July 18, 2001, Kinder Morgan Management announced a two-for-one split of its shares. This share split, in the form of a one-share distribution for each share outstanding, occurred on August 31, 2001. All references to amounts of these securities in these Notes reflect the impact of these splits.

On May 15, 2002, Kinder Morgan Management paid a share distribution of 527,572 of its shares to shareholders of record as of April 30, 2002, based on the $0.59 per common unit distribution declared by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. On August 14, 2002, Kinder Morgan Management will pay a share distribution of 619,585 of its shares to shareholders of record as of July 31, 2002, based on the $0.61 per common unit distribution declared by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. These distributions are paid in the form of additional shares or fractions thereof based on the average market price of a share determined for a ten-trading day period ending on the trading day immediately prior to the ex-dividend date for the shares.

3.     Investments and Sales

Effective July 1, 2002, construction and testing of the Jackson, Michigan 550-megawatt power generation facility were completed and commercial operations commenced. Concurrently with commencement of commercial operations, (i) Kinder Morgan Power Company, our wholly owned subsidiary, made a preferred investment in Triton Power Company LLC valued at $119.0 million; (ii) Triton Power Company LLC, through its wholly owned affiliate, Triton Power Michigan LLC, entered into a 40-year lease of the Jackson power facility from the plant owner, AlphaGen Power, LLC, and (iii) we received full payment of our $104.4 million construction note receivable. The construction note receivable is included in the caption "Other" under the heading "Notes Receivable" in the accompanying interim Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2002.

Our preferred equity interest represents approximately 31% of the total facility capitalization of $380 million. This preferred equity interest has no management or voting rights, but does retain certain protective rights, and is entitled to a cumulative return, compounded monthly, of 9.0% per annum. One of our wholly owned subsidiaries operates and maintains the Jackson power facility for a fee. Williams Energy Marketing and Trading supplies all natural gas to and purchases all electricity from the power plant under a 16-year tolling agreement with Triton Power Michigan LLC. As discussed in our 2001 Form 10-K, during the 16-year tolling period, we could be obligated, solely based on the operational performance of the facility, to make limited incremental preferred investments in the facility. In addition, after the 16-year tolling period, we could be obligated to make limited incremental preferred investments based on cash flows generated by the facility.

Effective July 1, 2002, construction and testing of the 550-megawatt Wrightsville, Arkansas power generation facility were completed and commercial operations commenced. Mirant Corporation operates and maintains the

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Wrightsville power facility and manages the natural gas supply and electricity sales for the project company that owns the power plant. Kinder Morgan Power Company has a preferred investment of approximately $74.8 million in the project company, which represents approximately 21% of the total estimated facility capitalization of $350 million. This preferred equity interest has no management or voting rights, but does retain certain protective rights, and is entitled to a cumulative preferred dividend return that escalates over time from 6.3% to 8.8%. In addition, Kinder Morgan Power Company has advanced a total of $16.7 million to the electricity transmission carrier and the project company, which will be repaid with interest over the next several years.

Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C. ("Horizon"), a joint venture between Nicor-Horizon, a subsidiary of Nicor Inc. (NYSE: GAS), and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, completed and placed into service its new $82 million natural gas pipeline in northern Illinois on May 11, 2002. This pipeline is being operated as an interstate pipeline company under the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC").

Horizon's natural gas pipeline consists of 28 miles of newly constructed 36-inch diameter pipe, the lease of capacity in 42 miles of existing pipeline from Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, and newly installed gas compression facilities. Horizon Pipeline can transport up to 380 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from near Joliet into McHenry County, connecting the emerging supply hub at Joliet with the northern part of the Nicor Gas distribution system and the existing Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America pipeline system.

4.     Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per common share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. In recent periods, we have repurchased a significant number of our outstanding shares, see Note 8. Diluted earnings per common share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period, increased by the assumed exercise or conversion of securities (stock options and, prior to their November 2001 maturity, Premium Equity Participating Security Units) convertible into common stock, for which the effect of conversion or exercise using the treasury stock method would be dilutive.

There were approximately 2,561,000 and 2,531,000 weighted-average stock options outstanding during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively, that were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculations because the effect of including them would have been antidilutive. All stock options outstanding during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2001 were dilutive.

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5.     Supplemental Cash Flow Information

We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

As discussed in Note 2, Kinder Morgan, Inc. exchanged approximately 940,000 common units of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners for Kinder Morgan Management shares during the first six months of 2002 in non-cash transactions.

6.     Business Segments

In accordance with the manner in which we currently manage our businesses, including the allocation of capital and evaluation of business unit performance, our principal business segments are: (1) Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) and affiliated companies, a major interstate natural gas pipeline and storage system, (2) Kinder Morgan Retail, the regulated sale of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers and non-utility sales of natural gas to certain utility customers under the Choice Gas Program, a program that allows utility customers to choose their natural gas provider and (3) Power and Other, the construction and operation of natural gas-fired electric generation facilities. Prior to 2002, Power and Other also included various other activities not constituting separately managed or reportable business segments.

The accounting policies we apply in the generation of business segment information are generally the same as those described in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2001 Form 10-K, except that certain items below the "Operating Income" line are either not allocated to business segments or are not considered by management in its evaluation of business unit performance. Exceptions to this are that (i) Kinder Morgan Power, which routinely conducts its business activities in the form of joint operations with other parties that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting, includes its equity in earnings of these investees in its operating results and (ii) Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's results include equity earnings attributable to its investment in Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C. These equity method earnings are included in "Other Income and (Expenses)" in the accompanying interim Consolidated Statements of Income. In addition, (i) certain items included in operating income (such as general and administrative expenses) are not allocated to individual business segments and (ii) gains and losses from incidental sales of assets are included in segment earnings. With adjustment for these items, we currently evaluate business segment performance primarily based on operating income in relation to the amount of capital employed. We

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account for intersegment sales at market prices, while we account for asset transfers at either market value or, in some instances, book value. As necessary for comparative purposes, we have reclassified prior period results and balances to conform to the current presentation.

BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION

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BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

All but an insignificant amount of our assets and operations are located in the continental United States of America.

7.     Financing

We have available a $500 million 364-day credit facility dated October 24, 2001, and a $400 million amended and restated five-year revolving credit agreement dated January 30, 1998. These bank facilities can be used for general corporate purposes, including backup for our commercial paper program and, as discussed in our 2001 Form 10-K, include covenants that are common in such arrangements. Under these bank facilities, we are required to pay a facility fee based on the total commitment, whether used or unused, at a rate which varies based on our senior debt rating. We had no borrowings under our bank facilities at June 30, 2002.

The commercial paper we issue, which is supported by the credit facilities described above, is comprised of unsecured short-term notes with maturities not to exceed 270 days from the date of issue. Commercial paper outstanding at June 30, 2002 was $654.0 million. Our weighted-average interest rate on short-term borrowings outstanding at June 30, 2002 was 2.18 percent. Average short-term borrowings outstanding during the second quarter of 2002 were $652.1 million and the weighted-average interest rate was 2.13 percent. Average short-

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term borrowings outstanding during the first six months of 2002 were $570.3 million and the weighted-average interest rate was 2.18 percent.

In March 2001, we retired (i) our $400 million of Reset Put Securities due March 1, 2021 and (ii) our $20 million of 9.95% Series Sinking Fund Debentures due 2020, utilizing a combination of cash and incremental short-term debt. In conjunction with these early extinguishments of debt, we recorded an extraordinary loss of $12.1 million (net of associated tax benefit of $8.1 million), presented as a separate line item in the accompanying interim Consolidated Statement of Income for the six months ended June 30, 2001.

On April 17, 2002, our Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.05 per common share payable on May 15, 2002 to shareholders of record as of April 30, 2002. On July 17, 2002, our Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.10 per common share payable on August 14, 2002 to shareholders of record as of July 31, 2002.

8.     Common Stock Repurchase Plan

On August 14, 2001, we announced a program to repurchase $300 million of our outstanding common stock. On February 5, 2002, we announced that our Board of Directors had approved expanding the program to a total of $400 million. On July 17, 2002, we announced that our Board of Directors had authorized additional share repurchases up to $50 million, expanding the program to a total of $450 million. As of June 30, 2002, we had repurchased a total of approximately $405.5 million (8,075,500 shares) of our outstanding common stock under the program, of which $42.9 million (898,500 shares) and $135.1 million (2,780,700 shares) were repurchased in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2002, respectively.

9.     Regulatory Matters

On July 17, 2000, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America filed its compliance plan, including pro forma tariff sheets, pursuant to the FERC's Order Nos. 637 and 637-A. The FERC directed all interstate pipelines to file pro forma tariff sheets to comply with new regulatory requirements in the Orders regarding scheduling procedures, capacity segmentation, imbalance management services and penalty credits, or in the alternative, to explain why no changes to existing tariff provisions are necessary. A technical conference was held on July 10, 2001 to discuss Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's Order 637 filing. Parties have filed comments on Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's filing and all parties are awaiting the FERC's decision.

On April 5, 2002, the D.C. Circuit issued an order largely affirming Order Nos. 637, et seq. The D.C. Circuit did remand the FERC's decision to impose a 5-year cap on bids the existing shipper would have to match in the right of first refusal process. The D.C. Circuit also remanded the FERC's decision to allow forward-hauls and backhauls to the same point. Finally, the D.C. Circuit held that several aspects of the FERC's segmentation policy and its policy on discounting at alternate points were not ripe for review. Numerous parties, including Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, have filed comments on the remanded issues and the proceeding is pending FERC action.

The FERC, in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in RM01-10-000, has proposed standards of conduct to govern interactions between interstate natural gas pipelines and electric transmission utilities and their energy affiliates. These standards would entirely replace the current standards of conduct related to affiliate interaction. Numerous parties, including Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, have filed comments on the proposed rulemaking, which is awaiting further action by the FERC.

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The FERC, in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in RM02-14-000, has proposed new regulation of cash management practices, including establishing limits on the amount of funds that can be swept from a regulated subsidiary to a non-regulated parent company. Comments on the proposed rulemaking are due August 22, 2002.

As a part of the settlement of litigation styled, Jack J. Grynberg, individually and as general partner for the Greater Green River Basin Drilling Program: 72-73 v. Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company and K N Energy, Inc., Case No. 90-CV-3686, in early 2002, Mr. Grynberg received $16.825 million (including forgiveness of a $10.4 million obligation owing from Mr. Grynberg) and an additional $15.625 million was paid into escrow. Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company agreed to seek to recover these amounts from its customers/rate payers in a proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission for the State of Colorado. We expect to file this proceeding later in 2002.

Currently, there are no material proceedings challenging the rates on any of our pipeline systems. Nonetheless, shippers on our pipelines do have rights to challenge the rates we charge under certain circumstances prescribed by applicable regulations. There can be no assurance that we will not face challenges to the rates we receive for services on our pipeline systems in the future. In addition, since many of our assets are subject to regulation, we are subject to potential future changes in applicable rules and regulations that may have an adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations.

10.     Comprehensive Income

Our comprehensive income for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 is as follows:

11.    Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Our normal business activities expose us to risks associated with changes in the market price of natural gas and associated transportation. We engage in derivative transactions for the purpose of mitigating these risks, which transactions are accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities and associated amendments. During the three months and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, our derivative activities relating to the mitigation of these risks were designated and qualified as cash flow hedges, and the impact of hedge ineffectiveness, while included in our net income, was immaterial. As the hedged sales and purchases take place and we record them into earnings, we also reclassify the gains and losses included in accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings. We expect to reclassify into earnings, during the next twelve months, substantially all of our accumulated other comprehensive income balance of $0.6 million, representing unrecognized net losses on derivative activities at June 30, 2002. During the three months and six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, we reclassified no gains or losses into earnings as a result of the discontinuance of cash flow hedges due to a

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determination that the forecasted transactions would no longer occur by the end of the originally specified time period.

We have outstanding fixed-to-floating interest rate swap agreements with a notional principal amount of $1.0 billion. These agreements effectively convert the interest expense associated with our 6.65% senior notes due in 2005 and our 7.25% debentures due in 2028 from fixed rates to floating rates based on the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus a credit spread. These swaps have been designated as fair value hedges, accounted for utilizing the "shortcut" method prescribed for qualifying fair value hedges. Accordingly, at each reporting date, the carrying value of the swap is adjusted to its fair value, and an offsetting entry is made to adjust the carrying value of the debt securities whose fair value is being hedged. The fair value of the swaps at June 30, 2002 was $22.3 million (included in the caption "Deferred Charges and Other Assets" of the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2002). We record interest expense equal to the floating rate payments, which is accrued monthly and paid semi-annually.

12.    Interest Expense, Net

"Interest Expense, Net" as presented in the accompanying interim Consolidated Statements of Income is net of the debt component of the allowance for funds used during construction, which was $0.5 million and $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively and $0.9 million and $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

13.    Summarized Income Statement Information for Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.

Following is summarized income statement information for Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, a publicly traded master limited partnership in which we own the general partner interest. In addition, we own limited partner interests in the form of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners common units, i-units and Class B limited partner units. This investment, which is accounted for under the equity method of accounting, is described in more detail in our 2001 Form 10-K. Additional information on Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' results of operations and financial position are contained in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 and in its 2001 Form 10-K.

14.    Environmental and Legal Matters

(A)    Environmental Matters

We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local laws that regulate permitted activities relating to air and water quality, waste disposal, and other environmental matters. Additionally, we have established reserves to address known environmental remediation sites. After consideration of reserves established, we believe that costs for environmental remediation and ongoing compliance with these regulations will not have a material adverse effect on our cash flows, financial position or results of operations or diminish our ability to operate our businesses. However, there can be no assurances that future events, such as changes in existing laws, the

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promulgation of new laws, or the development of new facts or conditions will not cause us to incur significant costs.

See Note 10(A) of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and "Litigation and Environmental" included in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our 2001 Form 10-K for additional information regarding environmental matters.

(B)    Litigation Matters

K N TransColorado, Inc. v. TransColorado Gas Transmission Company, et. al, Case No. 00-CV-129, District Court, County of Garfield, State of Colorado. On June 15, 2000, K N TransColorado filed suit against Questar TransColorado, its parent Questar Pipeline Company, and other affiliated Questar entities, asserting claims for breach of fiduciary duties, breach of contract, constructive trust, rescission of the partnership agreement, breach of good faith and fair dealing, tortious concealment, misrepresentation, aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty, dissolution of the TransColorado partnership, and seeking a declaratory judgment, among other claims. The TransColorado partnership has been made a defendant for purposes of an accounting. The lawsuit alleges, among other things, Questar breached its fiduciary duties as a partner. K N TransColorado seeks to recover damages in excess of $152 million due to Questar's breaches and, in addition, seeks punitive damages. In response to the complaint, on July 28, 2000, the Questar entities filed a counterclaim and third party claims against Kinder Morgan and certain of its affiliates for claims arising out of the construction and operation of the TransColorado pipeline project. The claims allege, among other things, that the Kinder Morgan entities interfered with and delayed construction of the pipeline and made misrepresentations about marketing of capacity. The Questar entities seek to recover damages in excess of $185 million for an alleged breach of fiduciary duty and other claims. The parties agreed to stay the exercise of a contractual provision purportedly requiring K N TransColorado to purchase Questar's interest in the pipeline and to investigate the appointment of an independent operator for the pipeline during the litigation. The Court dismissed Questar's counterclaims for breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing and for indemnity and contribution and dismissed Questar's Third Party Complaint. On July 19, 2001, the Court granted K N TransColorado's motion for summary judgment that: a) fiduciary duties existed between the partners; b) these fiduciary duties were not modified or waived; and c) the affiliates and directors of Questar Pipeline Company and Questar TransColorado acting in their dual capacity had fiduciary obligations which required those individuals to disclose, to the partnership and the partners, information that affected the fundamental business purpose of the partnership. On August 14, 2001, the Court granted leave to Questar to file its First Amended Answer and Counterclaim, once again naming Kinder Morgan, Inc. as a counterclaim defendant, and making similar allegations against us as set forth above. Trial of the matter concluded on May 3, 2002. Post trial briefing has been completed, and the parties are awaiting the judgment of the trial court.

United States of America, ex rel., Jack J. Grynberg v. K N Energy, Civil Action No. 97-D-1233, filed in the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. This action was filed on June 9, 1997 pursuant to the federal False Claim Act and involves allegations of mismeasurement of natural gas produced from federal and Indian lands. The Department of Justice has decided not to intervene in support of the action. The complaint is part of a larger series of similar complaints filed by Mr. Grynberg against 77 natural gas pipelines (approximately 330 other defendants). An earlier single action making substantially similar allegations against the pipeline industry was dismissed by Judge Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on grounds of improper joinder and lack of jurisdiction. As a result, Mr. Grynberg filed individual complaints in various courts throughout the country. These cases were recently consolidated by the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation, and transferred to the District of Wyoming. Motions to Dismiss were filed and an oral argument on the Motion to Dismiss occurred on March 17, 2000. On July 20, 2000 the United States of America filed a motion to dismiss those claims by Grynberg that deal with the manner in which defendants valued gas produced from federal leases. Judge Downes denied the defendant's motion to dismiss on May 18, 2001. The defendants

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have sought reconsideration of this Order and have requested a status conference.

Will Price, et al. v. Gas Pipelines, et al., (f/k/a Quinque Operating Company et al. v. Gas Pipelines, et al.), Stevens County, Kansas District Court, Case No. 99 C 30. In May 1999, three plaintiffs, Quinque Operating Company, Tom Boles and Robert Ditto, filed a purported nationwide class action in the Stevens County, Kansas District Court against some 250 natural gas pipelines and many of their affiliates. The District Court is located in Hugoton, Kansas. The Petition (recently amended) alleges a conspiracy to underpay royalties, taxes and producer payments by the defendants' undermeasurement of the volume and heating content of natural gas produced from nonfederal lands for more than twenty-five years. The named plaintiffs purport to adequately represent the interests of unnamed plaintiffs in this action who are comprised of the nation's gas producers, State taxing agencies and royalty, working and overriding owners. The plaintiffs seek compensatory damages, along with statutory penalties, treble damages, interest, costs and fees from the defendants, jointly and severally. This action was originally filed on May 28, 1999 in Kansas State Court in Stevens County, Kansas as a class action against approximately 245 pipeline companies and their affiliates, including certain Kinder Morgan entities. Subsequently, one of the defendants removed the action to Kansas Federal District Court and the case was styled as Quinque Operating Company, et al. v. Gas Pipelines, et al., Case No. 99-1390-CM, United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Thereafter, we filed a motion with the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate this action for pretrial purposes with the Grynberg False Claim Act cases referred to above, because of common factual questions. On April 10, 2000, the MDL Panel ordered that this case be consolidated with the Grynberg federal False Claims Act cases. On January 12, 2001, the Federal District Court of Wyoming issued an oral ruling remanding the case back to the State Court in Stevens County, Kansas. A case management conference occurred in State Court in Stevens County, and a briefing schedule was established for preliminary matters. Personal jurisdiction discovery has commenced. Merits discovery has been stayed. Recently, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss on grounds other than personal jurisdiction, and a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction for non-resident defendants. The current Named plaintiffs are Will Price, Tom Boles, Cooper Clark Foundation and Stixon Petroleum, Inc. Quinque Operating Company has been dropped from the action as a Named Plaintiff.

K N Energy, Inc., et al. v. James P. Rode and Patrick R. McDonald, Case No. 99CV1239, filed in the District Court, Jefferson County, Division 8, Colorado. The case was filed on May 21, 1999. Defendants counterclaimed and filed third party claims against several of our former officers and/or directors. Messrs. Rode and McDonald are former principal shareholders of Interenergy Corporation. We acquired Interenergy on December 19, 1997 pursuant to a Merger Agreement dated August 25, 1997. Rode and McDonald allege that K N Energy committed securities fraud, common law fraud and negligent misrepresentation as well as breach of contract. Rode and McDonald are seeking an unspecified amount of compensatory damages, greater than $2 million, plus unspecified exemplary or punitive damages, attorney's fees and their costs. We filed a motion to dismiss, and on April 21, 2000, the Jefferson County District Court Judge dismissed the case against the individuals and us with prejudice. On April 6, 2001, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal. Rode and McDonald also filed a federal securities fraud action in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on January 27, 2000 titled: James P. Rode and Patrick R. McDonald v. K N Energy, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 00-N-190. This case initially raised the identical state law claims contained in the counterclaim and third party complaint in state court. Rode and McDonald filed an amended Complaint, which dropped the state-law claims. On June 20, 2000, the federal district court dismissed this Complaint with prejudice. The district court's dismissal was subsequently affirmed by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on April 23, 2002. A third related class action case styled, Adams vs. Kinder Morgan, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 00-M-516, in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado was served on us on April 10, 2000. As of this date no class has been certified. On February 23, 2001, the federal district court dismissed several claims raised by the plaintiff, with prejudice, and dismissed the remaining claims, without prejudice. On April 27, 2001, the Adams plaintiffs filed their second amended complaint. On March 29, 2002, the court dismissed the Adams plaintiffs' second amended complaint with prejudice. On May 2, 2002, the Adams plaintiffs

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appealed the dismissal. Briefing at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has commenced.

We believe that we have meritorious defenses to all lawsuits and legal proceedings in which we are defendants and will vigorously defend against them. Based on our evaluation of the above matters, and after consideration of reserves established, we believe that the resolution of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on our businesses, cash flows, financial position or results of operations.

In addition, we are a defendant in various lawsuits arising from the day-to-day operations of our businesses. Although no assurance can be given, we believe, based on our experiences to date, that the ultimate resolution of such items will not have a material adverse impact on our business, financial position or results of operations.

15.    Discontinued Operations

During 1999, we adopted and implemented a plan to discontinue a number of lines of business. During 2000, we essentially completed the disposition of these discontinued operations. The cash flows attributable to discontinued operations included in the accompanying interim Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows under the caption "Net Cash Flows Used in Discontinued Operations" result from cash activity attributable to retained liabilities associated with these discontinued operations. The caption "Net Cash Flows Provided By Discontinued Investing Activities," for the six months ended June 30, 2001, includes cash received for discontinued operations sold during 2000. Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2001 Form 10-K contains additional information on these matters.

16.    Goodwill - Adoption of Statement 142

In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, referred to in the following discussion as "SFAS 142." SFAS 142, which superceded Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 17, Intangible Assets, addresses financial accounting and reporting for (i) intangible assets acquired individually or with a group of other assets (but not those acquired in a business combination) at acquisition and (ii) goodwill and other intangible assets subsequent to their acquisition. SFAS 142 was required to be applied in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001 and we adopted it on January 1, 2002.

SFAS 142 provides that goodwill in each reporting unit must be tested for impairment at the beginning of the fiscal year in which this statement is initially applied in its entirety, and further provides that an entity has six months from the date of initial application to complete the first step of that transitional goodwill impairment test. If the carrying value of the net assets of a reporting unit (including goodwill) exceeds the fair value of that reporting unit, the second step of that transitional goodwill impairment test must be completed as soon as possible, but no later than the end of the year of initial application. Any impairment loss recognized as a result of a transitional goodwill impairment test will be recognized as the effect of a change in accounting principle.

The only goodwill we currently have recorded (approximately $23 million) relates to our third-quarter 1998 acquisition of interests in three independent power plants from the Denver-based Thermo Companies. We have completed the transitional goodwill impairment test and found that no impairment of this goodwill existed as of December 31, 2001. We will continue to test this goodwill for impairment on an annual basis or more frequently in certain circumstances as required by SFAS 142. The power generation market has been volatile in recent periods, so the possibility exists that a write-down could be required in the future.

In addition to the goodwill discussed above, we also have "equity method goodwill" (approximately $1.03 billion as of December 31, 2001) as a result of our third-quarter 1999 acquisition of Kinder Morgan Delaware, the indirect owner of the general partner of and certain limited partner interests in Kinder Morgan Energy

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Partners. This equity method goodwill, while subject to the provisions of SFAS 142 requiring that amortization no longer be recorded, is not subject to the impairment provisions of SFAS 142 but, instead, continues to be subject to the impairment provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock, which provides that an impairment be recognized when there is a loss in the value of an investment that is other than a temporary decline. We estimate that implementation of SFAS 142 will result in a $0.12 per diluted common share reduction of our amortization of intangible assets and goodwill in 2002, principally due to the cessation of amortization of our equity-method goodwill, and providing that no goodwill impairment is determined to be necessary.

Had SFAS 142 been in effect prior to January 1, 2002, our reported net income and earnings per share would have been as follows:

17.    Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. This Statement addresses financial accounting and reporting for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs. This Statement requires that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. This Statement contains disclosure requirements that provide descriptions of asset retirement obligations and reconciliations of changes in the components of those obligations. This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. Earlier applications are encouraged. We have not yet quantified the impacts of adopting this Statement on our financial position or results of operations.

On April 30, 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections. This Statement rescinds SFAS No. 4, Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment of Debt and SFAS No. 64, Extinguishments of Debt Made to Satisfy Sinking-Fund Requirements, as well as SFAS No. 44, Accounting for Intangible Assets of Motor Carriers. It also amends SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases, to eliminate an inconsistency between the required accounting for sale-leaseback transactions and the required accounting for certain lease modifications that have economic effects that are similar to sale-leaseback transactions. This Statement also amends other existing authoritative pronouncements to make various technical corrections, clarify meanings, or describe their applicability under changed conditions. The provisions of this Statement related to the rescission of SFAS No. 4 shall be applied in fiscal years beginning after May 15, 2002. The provisions related to the amendment to SFAS

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No. 13 shall be effective for transactions occurring after May 15, 2002. All other provisions in this Statement shall be effective for financial statements issued on or after May 15, 2002. Early application of the provisions of this Statement is encouraged, and may be as of the beginning of the fiscal year or as of the beginning of the interim period in which this Statement is issued.

As a result of the rescission of SFAS No. 4, gains and losses from extinguishment of debt should be classified as extraordinary items only if they meet the criteria in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30, Reporting the Results of Operations- Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions. Applying the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 will distinguish transactions that are part of an entity's recurring operations from those that are unusual or infrequent or that meet the criteria for classification as an extraordinary item. The provisions of SFAS No. 145 related to the rescission of SFAS No. 4 will require us, when the provisions are applied, to reclassify, in income statements that include the first and third quarters of 2001, the loss on extinguishment of debt that was classified as an extraordinary item.

In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, which addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 94-3, Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring). This Statement requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred. Under EITF Issue 94-3, a liability for an exit activity as defined in EITF Issue 94-3 was recognized at the date of an entity's commitment to an exit plan. This Statement eliminates the definition and requirements for recognition of exit costs in EITF Issue 94-3 and establishes that fair value is the objective for initial measurement of the liability. The provisions of this Statement are effective for exit or disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002, with early application encouraged.

18.    Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Note 18 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2001 Form 10-K contains a discussion of our commitments and contingent liabilities as of December 31, 2001. The contingent obligation discussed in Note 18(E) of our 2001 Form 10-K, the potential requirement to assume a $250 million note in conjunction with a power plant facility, no longer exists due to the closing of long-term, third-party financing by the owner of the facility in May 2002.

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The following discussion should be read in conjunction with (i) the accompanying interim Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes and (ii) the Consolidated Financial Statements, related Notes and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our 2001 Form 10-K. Due to the seasonal variation in energy demand, among other factors, the following interim results may not be indicative of the results to be expected for an entire year. In this report Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., a publicly traded pipeline master limited partnership in which we own the general partner interest and significant limited partner interests, is referred to as "Kinder Morgan Energy Partners."

Total diluted earnings per common share increased from $0.41 in the second quarter of 2001 to $0.59 in the second quarter of 2002, an increase of $0.18 (44%). Income was positively impacted in the second quarter of 2002, compared to 2001, primarily by (i) increased equity in earnings of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners due, in part, to the strong performance from the assets held by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and the cessation of amortization of equity-method goodwill (amortization of $4.0 million and $8.1 million after taxes was included in the results of operations for the second quarter and first six months of 2001, respectively) related to this investment due to the adoption of SFAS No. 142 as discussed in Note 16 of the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, (ii) decreased interest expense, (iii) increased earnings from our Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America and Kinder Morgan Retail business segments and (iv) increased earnings from other equity investments (exclusive of earnings from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and earnings from equity investments included in the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America and Power and Other business segments). These positive impacts were partially offset by (i) increased income tax expense, (ii) decreased earnings from our Power and Other business segment and (iii) increased general and administrative expenses, principally insurance costs. Please refer to the individual headings under "Results of Operations" following for additional details regarding these matters. The number of shares used to calculate diluted earnings per common share was approximately 0.9 million (0.7%) higher for the second quarter of 2002 than the second quarter of 2001. The number of shares used to calculate diluted earnings per common share was impacted by, among other things, the November 2001 issuance of 13.4 million common shares upon the maturity of our Premium Equity Participating Security Units. This increase in common shares was partially offset by shares acquired under our share repurchase program, totaling 5.3 million shares in 2001 and an additional 2.8 million shares in the first six

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months of 2002. In addition, fluctuations in the market price of our stock affect the dilutive impact of our outstanding common stock options.

Total diluted earnings per common share increased from $0.78 in the first six months of 2001 to $1.30 in the first six months of 2002, an increase of $0.52 (67%). Excluding the effect of an extraordinary after-tax loss in 2001 of $12.1 million, or $0.10 per diluted common share, diluted earnings per common share increased from $0.88 in the first six months of 2001 to $1.30 in the first six months of 2002, an increase of $0.42 (48%). Income before the extraordinary item for the first six months of 2002 was impacted, relative to 2001, largely by the same factors as discussed previously with respect to second quarter results, with the exception that, on a year-to-date basis, general and administrative expenses increased due to higher costs for insurance and employee compensation and benefits. The number of shares used to calculate diluted earnings per common share was approximately 2.2 million (1.8%) higher for the first six months of 2002 than the first six months of 2001 due to the same factors that affected the quarter-to-quarter comparison.

The following comparative discussion of our results of operations is by segment for factors affecting segment earnings, and on a consolidated basis for other factors.

We manage our various businesses by, among other things, allocating capital and monitoring operating performance. This management process includes dividing the company into discrete business segments so that performance can be effectively monitored and reported. Currently, we manage and report our operations in the following segments:

The accounting policies we apply in the generation of business segment information are generally the same as those described in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2001 Form 10-K, except that certain items below the "Operating Income" line are either not allocated to business segments or are not considered by management in its evaluation of business segment performance. An exception to this is that certain business activities in the form of joint operations with other parties that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting are included in segment results. Earnings of equity method investees included in segment results are (i) equity method investees of Kinder Morgan Power, which routinely conducts its business

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activities in the form of joint operations with other parties and (ii) Horizon Pipeline Company, whose pipeline system is directly connected to Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's pipeline system. These equity method earnings, however, are included in "Other Income and (Expenses)" in our Consolidated Statements of Income. In addition, (i) certain items included in operating income (such as general and administrative expenses) are not allocated to individual business segments and (ii) gains and losses from incidental sales of assets are included in segment earnings. With adjustment for these items, we currently evaluate business segment performance primarily based on operating income in relation to the level of capital employed. We account for intersegment sales at market prices, while we account for asset transfers at either market value or, in some instances, book value. As necessary for comparative purposes, we have reclassified prior period results and balances to conform to the current presentation.

Following are operating results by individual business segment (before intersegment eliminations), including explanations of significant variances between the periods presented.

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's segment earnings increased by $3.7 million, or 4.6%, from the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2002. Operating results for the second quarter of 2002 were positively affected, relative to the corresponding period in 2001, by (i) increased margins from natural gas transportation and storage services, including operational sales, and (ii) the inclusion, in second quarter 2002 results, of earnings from our equity investment in Horizon Pipeline Company, which was placed in service during the quarter. These positive impacts were partially offset by (i) a reduction of $6.1 million in pre-tax gains from asset sales in 2002, (ii) increased expenses in 2002 related to the operations and maintenance of natural gas transportation and storage facilities and (iii) increased expenses in 2002 related to system right of way costs. Although systems throughput increased in 2002, this increase did not have a significant impact on revenues or segment earnings due to the fact that transportation revenues are derived primarily from "demand" contracts in which shippers pay a fee to reserve a set amount of system capacity for their use.

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's segment earnings increased by $5.4 million, or 3.1%, from the first six months of 2001 to the first six months of 2002. Operating results for the first six months of 2002 were affected, relative to the same period in 2001, largely by the same factors as discussed previously regarding second quarter results.

We expect that two major expansion projects will contribute additional segment earnings for Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America. The Horizon Pipeline project in Northern Illinois was completed and placed into service on May 11, 2002. Having received all necessary regulatory approvals and easements along rights-of-way, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America began construction, in May 2002, of 51 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline, extending its system into the east metropolitan area of St. Louis, Missouri. We expect

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operation of this pipeline extension to commence in August 2002. Please refer to our 2001 Form 10-K for additional information regarding Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America.