**EXHIBIT 10.BB.1****AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE****EL PASO CORPORATION****2005 SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS PLAN**     WHEREAS, El Paso Corporation (the “Company”) maintains the El Paso Corporation 2005Supplemental Benefits Plan (the “Plan”), effective as of January 1, 2005;     WHEREAS, Section 6.7 of the Plan permits the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committeeof the Board of Directors from time to time to amend the Plan, in whole or in part;     WHEREAS, it is intended hereby to amend the Plan to comply with Section 409A of the InternalRevenue Code of 1986, as amended.     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is amended as follows:     1. Section 2.12 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:     “**2.12 Specified Employee**     “Specified Employee” means any Participant who is a “specified employee”pursuant to Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code.”     2. Section 5.1 is hereby amended to add the following paragraph to the end of Section 5.1:     “Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participants who were not vested in theiraccrued supplemental pension benefits under the Frozen Plan as of December 31, 2004shall receive such accrued supplemental pension benefits under this Plan so long asthe Participants become vested in such supplemental pension benefit as set forth inthe preceding paragraph.”     3. Section 5.4 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:     “**5.4 Time and Manner of Payment**     The payment of any benefits shall be made as provided below. Such payment orpayments shall constitute a complete discharge of all obligations to the Participantand his or her Surviving Spouse or Beneficiary under the Plan.     (a) Supplemental Pension Benefit Payments. Subject to Section 5.4(d), thepayment of any supplemental pension benefits pursuant to Section 5.1 owed to aParticipant (or his or her Surviving Spouse) shall be made in lump sum as soon aspracticable after the Participant’s termination of employment with the Employer asdetermined by the Management Committee in its sole discretion; provided however,that the payment shall be made no later than the later to occur of (i) the last dayof the calendar year in which the Participant’s termination of employment occurs or(ii) the 90th day following the Participant’s termination of
 

 
employment. The amountof the payment under this subparagraph 5.4(a) shall be determined pursuant toSection 5.5;provided, however, no such payment shall be required to be made to theParticipant if the amount of the payment the Participant is entitled to receive forsupplement pension benefits under this Plan is less than $100.     (b) Supplemental RSP Benefit Payments. Subject to Section 5.4(d), the paymentof any supplemental RSP benefits pursuant to Section 5.2 owed to a Participant (orhis or her Beneficiary) shall be made in a lump sum as soon as practicable after theParticipant’s termination of employment with the Employer as determined by theManagement Committee in its sole discretion and shall be in an amount equal to theParticipant’s ledger account balance at the time of such payment; provided however,that the payment shall be made no later than the later to occur of (i) the last dayof the calendar year in which the Participant’s termination of employment occurs or(ii) the 90th day following the Participant’s termination of employment. Notwithstanding the above, no such payment shall be required to be made to theParticipant if the amount of the payment the Participant is entitled to receive forsupplemental RSP benefits under this Plan is less than $100.     (c) Other Supplemental Benefit Payments. Subject to Section 5.4(d), the paymentof any other supplemental benefits pursuant to another plan or program maintained bythe Company or a Participant’s employment contract or other agreement with theCompany under Section 5.3 shall be made as provided in such other applicable plan,program, employment contract or agreement.     (d) Required Delay in Payment of Benefits for Specified Employees.Notwithstanding Sections 5.4(a), 5.4(b) and 5.4(c), the payment of any benefit owedto any Participant who is a Specified Employee pursuant to the Plan which is nototherwise exempt from Section 409A of the Code shall be paid in a lump sum during a30-day period which commences on the date which is the day after the six-monthanniversary of such Specified Employee’s termination of employment; provided,however, that this Section 5.4(d) shall not apply if the Participant’s terminationoccurs by reason of his or her death.”     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this amendment has been executed by the undersigned, thereunto dulyauthorized, effective as of January 1, 2007.      EL PASO CORPORATION