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**Exhibit 31.1**

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**Certification ofChief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) / Rule 15d-14(a),**

**promulgated underthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended**

 

I, Barry R.Pearl, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q ofTE Products Pipeline Company, Limited Partnership;

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this quarterly report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present inall material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cashflows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterlyreport;

 

4.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrantand have:

 

a)              Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

b)             [intentionallyomitted pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-47986];

 

c)              Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered bythis quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)             Disclosed inthis quarterly report any change in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscalquarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       The registrant’s other certifying officer and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of theregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)              Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b)             Any fraud,whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| November 1, 2005 | /s/ BARRY R. PEARL                    |   |
|------------------|---------------------------------------|--------|
|             | Barry R. Pearl                        |   |
|             | President and Chief Executive Officer |   |
|             | TEPPCO GP, Inc., General Partner      |   |

 

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