EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director ofKinder Morgan Inc., a Kansas corporation, (the "Company"), hereby constitutesand appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power toeach 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, placeand stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities andExchange Commission the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2000, together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and alldocuments required to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said attorneys, andeach of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thingrequisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate thesame as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do ifpersonally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact andagents, 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 ofattorney this 23nd day of March, 2001.

 

| /s/ William V.    Morgan                                                                           | /s/ Ted A.    Gardner                                                      |
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| William V. Morgan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Ted A. Gardner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| /s/ Richard D.    Kinder                                                                 | /s/ William J.    Hybl                                                     |
| Richard D. Kinder                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | William J. Hybl                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| /s/ C. Park    Shaper                                      | /s/ Edward Randall,    III                                                                               |
| C. Park Shaper                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Edward Randall, III                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| /s/ Edward H. Austin,    Jr.                                                                                      | /s/ Fayez    Sarofim                                             |
| Edward H. Austin, Jr.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Fayez Sarofim                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| /s/ Charles W.    Battey                                                                 | /s/ H.A. True,    III                                       |
| Charles W. Battey                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | H.A. True, III                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| /s/ Stewart A.    Bliss                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Stewart A. Bliss                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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