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    <td VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1"><b><p ALIGN="RIGHT">Registration No.333-_________</b></font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
</b>Washington, D.C. 20549&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8<br>
</b></font>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<br>
__________</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.<br>
</b></font><font SIZE="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
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    <td WIDTH="30%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1"><b><p ALIGN="CENTER">Delaware<br>
    </b>(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
    incorporation or organization)</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2"><p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1"><b><p ALIGN="CENTER">76-0380342<br>
    </b>(I.R.S. Employer<br>
    Identification No.)</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000<br>
Houston, Texas&nbsp;&nbsp;77002<br>
</b>(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)<br>
</font><font SIZE="4"><b>Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Common Unit <br>
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors<br>
</b></font><font SIZE="2">(Full title of Plan)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Joseph Listengart<br>
500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000<br>
Houston, Texas&nbsp;&nbsp;77002<br>
</b>(Name and address of agent for service)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">(713) 369-9000<br>
</b>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Copy to:</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Gary W. Orloff<br>
Bracewell &amp; Patterson, L.L.P.<br>
711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2900<br>
Houston, Texas 77002-2781<br>
Telephone: (713) 221-1306<br>
Fax: (713) 221-2166<br>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
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    <font SIZE="1"><b>Title of Securities<br>
    to be Registered</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="top" style="border-right: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
    <font SIZE="1"><b>Amount to be<br>
    Registered</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="top" style="border-right: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><p ALIGN="CENTER"><br>
    <font SIZE="1"><b>Proposed Maximum<br>
    Offering Price<br>
    Per Unit(1)</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="top" style="border-right: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
    <font SIZE="1"><b>Proposed Maximum<br>
    Aggregate Offering<br>
    Price(1)</b></font></td>
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    <font SIZE="1"><b>Amount of<br>
    Registration<br>
    Fee</b></font></td>
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    Common Units Representing<br>
    Limited Partner Interests</font></td>
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    style="border-right: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0); border-top: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><font SIZE="1"><p
    ALIGN="CENTER"><br>
    100,000 common units</font></td>
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    SIZE="1"><p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
    $45.26</font></td>
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    ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
    $4,526,000</font></td>
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    ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
    $533</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">(1)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="96%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="1">Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for
    the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low
    prices for the common units of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. on The New York Stock
    Exchange on January&nbsp;14, 2005.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</p>

<p ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
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<p>Item 3. <u>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">The following documents filed by
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (the &quot;Partnership&quot;) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;) are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:</p>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">1.</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">The Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K
    for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">2.</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">The Partnership's Quarterly Reports on Form
    10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2004, June&nbsp;30, 2004 and September&nbsp;30,
    2004;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">3.</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">The Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K
    filed on November&nbsp;22, 2004; and</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">4.</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">The description of the common units
    representing limited partner interests contained in the Partnership's Registration
    Statement on Form 8-A, as amended.</font></td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">All documents filed by the
Partnership pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, after this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such
documents.</p>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Item 4.</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="92%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><u>Description of Securities.<br>
    </u>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
    Not applicable.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Item 5.</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="92%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><u>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.<br>
    </u>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
    Not applicable.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Item 6.</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="92%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></u></td>
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<p>&nbsp;</font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font
SIZE="3"><b>Kinder Morgan Management, LLC</p>
</b></font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">Section 18-108 of the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions,
if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability
company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or
manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The
limited liability company agreement of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (the
&quot;Company&quot;) provides that the Company will, to the extent deemed advisable by the
Company's board of directors, indemnify any person who is or was an officer or director of
the Company, the record holder of the Company's voting shares, and any person who is or
was an officer, director or affiliate of the record holder of the Company's voting shares,
from liabilities arising by reason of such persons' status, provided that the indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner which such indemnitee believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such indemnitee's conduct was unlawful.
Such liabilities include any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (joint or
several), expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses), judgments,
fines, penalties, interest, settlements and other amounts. Officers and directors of the
Company are also indemnified by the Partnership, as described below. Officers and
directors of the Company who are also </p>
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<p>officers and directors of Kinder Morgan, Inc. are also entitled to indemnification from
Kinder Morgan, Inc.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.</p>
</font></b><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">Section 17-108 of the Delaware
Limited Partnership Act provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any,
as are set forth in its partnership agreement, a limited partnership may, and shall have
the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against any
and all claims and demands whatsoever. The Partnership Agreement for the Partnership
provides that the Partnership will indemnify Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. (the &quot;KM
General Partner&quot;), any Departing Partner (as defined in that Partnership Agreement)
and any person who is or was an officer or director of the KM General Partner or any
Departing Partner, to the fullest extent permitted by the law. The Partnership will also
indemnify the Company and any person who is or was a manager, officer or director of the
Company to the same extent as such provisions apply to the KM General Partner and any of
the KM General Partner's officers and directors. In addition, the Partnership may
indemnify, to the extent deemed advisable by the KM General Partner and to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any person who is or was an officer or director of the KM General
Partner or any Departing Partner or an affiliate of the KM General Partner or any
Departing Partner or who is or was serving at the request of the KM General Partner or any
Departing Partner or any affiliate of the KM General Partner or any Departing Partner as
an officer, director, employee, partner, agent or trustee of another person. These
indemnitees will be indemnified from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities (joint or several), expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and
expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements and other amounts arising
from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, in which any indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened
to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its status as an officer, director,
employee, partner, agent or trustee of the KM General Partner, any Departing Partner or
any of their affiliates or a person serving at the request of the Partnership in another
entity in a similar capacity, provided that in each case the indemnitee acted in good
faith and in a manner which such indemnitee believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Partnership, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. Any indemnification under these
provisions will be only out of the assets of the Partnership and the KM General Partner
shall not be personally liable for, or have any obligation to contribute or loan funds or
assets to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate such indemnification. The Partnership
is authorized to purchase (or to reimburse the KM General Partner or its affiliates for
the cost of) insurance against any liability asserted against or expense incurred by such
person in connection with the Partnership's activities.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">Article XII(c) of the Certificate
of Incorporation of the KM General Partner (the &quot;corporation'' therein), contains the
following provisions relating to indemnification of directors and officers:</p>
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    SIZE="3">&quot;(c) Each director and each officer of the corporation (and his heirs,
    executors and administrators) shall be indemnified by the corporation against expenses
    reasonably incurred by him in connection with any claim made against him or any action,
    suit or proceeding to which he may be made a party, by reason of his being or having been
    a director or officer of the corporation (whether or not he continues to be a director or
    officer of the corporation at the time of incurring such expenses), except in cases where
    the claim made against him shall be admitted by him to be just, and except in cases where
    such action, suit or proceeding shall be settled prior to adjudication by payment of all
    or a substantial portion of the amount claimed, and except in cases in which he shall be
    adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to be liable or to have been derelict in the
    performance of his duty as such director or officer. Such right of indemnification shall
    not be exclusive of other rights to which he may be entitled as a matter of law.''</font></td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">Officers and directors of the KM
General Partner who are also officers and directors of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and/or the
Company are also entitled to indemnification from Kinder Morgan, Inc. pursuant</font> </p>

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<p>to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s articles of incorporation and/or the Company's limited
liability company agreement, as the case may be.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">Kinder Morgan Management, LLC and
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.</p>
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<p></font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font
SIZE="3">The Company, the Partnership and the KM General Partner maintain liability
insurance policies covering their officers and directors against some liabilities,
including certain liabilities under the Securities Act, that may be incurred by them.</p>
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    <td WIDTH="92%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><u>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</u><p>Not
    applicable.</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Item 8.</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="92%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><u>Exhibits.</u></font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibit<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Number</u></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><u>Description</u></font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of
    Limited Partnership of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference to
    Exhibit 3.1 to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
    30, 2001).<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Specimen certificate evidencing Common Units
    Representing Limited Partner Interests (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
    Amendment No. 1 to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Registration Statement on Form
    S-4, Registration No. 333-44519, filed on February 4, 1998). <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Common
    Unit Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Form of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
    Non-Employee Director Common Unit Compensation Agreement.<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;5*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Opinion of Bracewell &amp; Patterson, L.L.P.
    as to the validity of the Common Units registered hereunder. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;23.1*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;23.2*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Consent of Bracewell&nbsp;&amp; Patterson,
    L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto). <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;24*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Powers of Attorney.</font></td>
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    <td VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">____________________________<br>
    * Filed herewith</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Item 9.</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="92%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><u>Undertakings.</u></font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="92%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">A<font face="Times New Roman">.</font></font><font
    FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">The undersigned
    registrant hereby undertakes:</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font
    SIZE="3">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
    made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="77%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font
    SIZE="3">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
    Securities Act of 1933;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="77%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="77%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font
    SIZE="3">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
    the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
    amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
    in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
    any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
    securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
    low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a
    prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
    changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
    offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation of Registration Fee&quot; table in the
    effective registration statement.</font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font
    SIZE="3">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
    distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
    to such information in the registration statement;</font></td>
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</table>

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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><i>Provided, however, </i>that paragraphs
    (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
    included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
    reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13
    or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
    in the registration statement.</font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font
    SIZE="3">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
    Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
    registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
    such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>
    </font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font
    SIZE="3">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
    any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
    offering.</font></td>
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<font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">B.</font><font FACE="Courier New"
SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>
</font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">C.</font><font FACE="Courier New"
SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to
a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</p>
</font>

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<font FACE="Times New Roman Bold" SIZE="3"><b>

<p ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</p>
</b></font><i><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">The Registrant.&nbsp;&nbsp;</i>Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement or amendment thereto to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Houston, State of Texas, on the 19th day of January, 2005.</p>
</font>

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    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="54%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><b>KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.<br>
    </b>(A Delaware Limited Partnership)</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
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    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">By:</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.,<br>
    its general partner</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>

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    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">By:</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Kinder Morgan Management, LLC,<br>
    its delegate</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP"><br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
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    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP">By:</td>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="top" style="border-bottom: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
    Joseph Listengart</td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="41%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Joseph Listengart<br>
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement or amendment thereto has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 19th day of
January, 2005.</p>
</font>

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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><u><p ALIGN="CENTER">Signature</u></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><u><p ALIGN="left"></u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Title</u></font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER"></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><p
    align="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;<font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Richard D. Kinder</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief
    Executive </font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">Richard D. Kinder</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">Officer of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">(principal executive officer)</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><p
    align="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;<font SIZE="3">/s/ C. Park Shaper</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">Director, Executive Vice President and
    Chief Financial</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">C. Park Shaper</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">Officer of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">(principal financial and accounting
    officer)</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><font SIZE="3"><p
    ALIGN="CENTER">*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">Director of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">Edward O. Gaylord</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><font SIZE="3"><p
    ALIGN="CENTER">*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">Director of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">Gary L. Hultquist</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><font SIZE="3"><p
    ALIGN="CENTER">*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3">Director of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="CENTER">Perry M. Waughtal</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
    <td WIDTH="60%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"></td>
  </tr>
</table>
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<p>(Constituting all of the Board of Directors)</p>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">*By:</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="top" style="border-bottom: 1 solid rgb(0,0,0)"><font SIZE="3"><p
    ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Joseph Listengart</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font
    SIZE="3">Joseph Listengart<br>
    </font><font FACE="Courier New" SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font SIZE="3">Attorney-in-fact</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
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<b>

<p ALIGN="CENTER">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</p>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="bottom"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibit<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Number</u></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="bottom"><font SIZE="3"><u>Description</u></font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of
    Limited Partnership of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference to
    Exhibit 3.1 to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
    30, 2001).<br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Specimen certificate evidencing Common Units
    Representing Limited Partner Interests (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
    Amendment No. 1 to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Registration Statement on Form
    S-4, Registration No. 333-44519, filed on February 4, 1998). <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Common
    Unit Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Form of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
    Non-Employee Director Common Unit Compensation Agreement. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;5*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Opinion of Bracewell &amp; Patterson, L.L.P.
    as to the validity of the Common Units registered hereunder. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;23.1*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;23.2*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Consent of Bracewell&nbsp;&amp; Patterson,
    L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto). <br>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;24*</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">Powers of Attorney.</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>

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    <td VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">____________________________<br>
    *&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed herewith</font></td>
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KMP Form S-8 Common Unit Compensation Plan / Non-Employee Directors
Registration No.333-_________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________
KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
76-0380342
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas  77002
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Common Unit
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
(Full title of Plan)
Joseph Listengart
500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas  77002
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 369-9000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Gary W. Orloff
Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.
711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2900
Houston, Texas 77002-2781
Telephone: (713) 221-1306
Fax: (713) 221-2166
____________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit(1)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Units Representing
Limited Partner Interests
100,000 common units
$45.26
$4,526,000
$533
(1)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for
    the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low
    prices for the common units of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. on The New York Stock
    Exchange on January 14, 2005.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
1.
The Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K
    for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003;
2.
The Partnership's Quarterly Reports on Form
    10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004 and September 30,
    2004;
3.
The Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K
    filed on November 22, 2004; and
4.
The description of the common units
    representing limited partner interests contained in the Partnership's Registration
    Statement on Form 8-A, as amended.
All documents filed by the
Partnership pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, after this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such
documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC
Section 18-108 of the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions,
if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability
company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or
manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. The
limited liability company agreement of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (the
"Company") provides that the Company will, to the extent deemed advisable by the
Company's board of directors, indemnify any person who is or was an officer or director of
the Company, the record holder of the Company's voting shares, and any person who is or
was an officer, director or affiliate of the record holder of the Company's voting shares,
from liabilities arising by reason of such persons' status, provided that the indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner which such indemnitee believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such indemnitee's conduct was unlawful.
Such liabilities include any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (joint or
several), expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses), judgments,
fines, penalties, interest, settlements and other amounts. Officers and directors of the
Company are also indemnified by the Partnership, as described below. Officers and
directors of the Company who are also
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officers and directors of Kinder Morgan, Inc. are also entitled to indemnification from
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
Section 17-108 of the Delaware
Limited Partnership Act provides that, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any,
as are set forth in its partnership agreement, a limited partnership may, and shall have
the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against any
and all claims and demands whatsoever. The Partnership Agreement for the Partnership
provides that the Partnership will indemnify Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. (the "KM
General Partner"), any Departing Partner (as defined in that Partnership Agreement)
and any person who is or was an officer or director of the KM General Partner or any
Departing Partner, to the fullest extent permitted by the law. The Partnership will also
indemnify the Company and any person who is or was a manager, officer or director of the
Company to the same extent as such provisions apply to the KM General Partner and any of
the KM General Partner's officers and directors. In addition, the Partnership may
indemnify, to the extent deemed advisable by the KM General Partner and to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any person who is or was an officer or director of the KM General
Partner or any Departing Partner or an affiliate of the KM General Partner or any
Departing Partner or who is or was serving at the request of the KM General Partner or any
Departing Partner or any affiliate of the KM General Partner or any Departing Partner as
an officer, director, employee, partner, agent or trustee of another person. These
indemnitees will be indemnified from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities (joint or several), expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and
expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements and other amounts arising
from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, in which any indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened
to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its status as an officer, director,
employee, partner, agent or trustee of the KM General Partner, any Departing Partner or
any of their affiliates or a person serving at the request of the Partnership in another
entity in a similar capacity, provided that in each case the indemnitee acted in good
faith and in a manner which such indemnitee believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Partnership, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. Any indemnification under these
provisions will be only out of the assets of the Partnership and the KM General Partner
shall not be personally liable for, or have any obligation to contribute or loan funds or
assets to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate such indemnification. The Partnership
is authorized to purchase (or to reimburse the KM General Partner or its affiliates for
the cost of) insurance against any liability asserted against or expense incurred by such
person in connection with the Partnership's activities.
Article XII(c) of the Certificate
of Incorporation of the KM General Partner (the "corporation'' therein), contains the
following provisions relating to indemnification of directors and officers:
"(c) Each director and each officer of the corporation (and his heirs,
    executors and administrators) shall be indemnified by the corporation against expenses
    reasonably incurred by him in connection with any claim made against him or any action,
    suit or proceeding to which he may be made a party, by reason of his being or having been
    a director or officer of the corporation (whether or not he continues to be a director or
    officer of the corporation at the time of incurring such expenses), except in cases where
    the claim made against him shall be admitted by him to be just, and except in cases where
    such action, suit or proceeding shall be settled prior to adjudication by payment of all
    or a substantial portion of the amount claimed, and except in cases in which he shall be
    adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to be liable or to have been derelict in the
    performance of his duty as such director or officer. Such right of indemnification shall
    not be exclusive of other rights to which he may be entitled as a matter of law.''
Officers and directors of the KM
General Partner who are also officers and directors of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and/or the
Company are also entitled to indemnification from Kinder Morgan, Inc. pursuant
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to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s articles of incorporation and/or the Company's limited
liability company agreement, as the case may be.
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC and
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
The Company, the Partnership and the KM General Partner maintain liability
insurance policies covering their officers and directors against some liabilities,
including certain liabilities under the Securities Act, that may be incurred by them.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
    applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of
    Limited Partnership of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference to
    Exhibit 3.1 to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
    30, 2001).
4.2
Specimen certificate evidencing Common Units
    Representing Limited Partner Interests (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
    Amendment No. 1 to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Registration Statement on Form
    S-4, Registration No. 333-44519, filed on February 4, 1998).
4.3*
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Common
    Unit Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
4.4*
Form of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
    Non-Employee Director Common Unit Compensation Agreement.
5*
Opinion of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.
    as to the validity of the Common Units registered hereunder.
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Bracewell & Patterson,
    L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
24*
Powers of Attorney.
____________________________
* Filed herewith
Item 9.
Undertakings.
A
.
The undersigned
    registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
    made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)  To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
    Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
    the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
    amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
    in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
    any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
    securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
    low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a
    prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
    changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
    offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
    effective registration statement.
(iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of
    distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
    to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however,
that paragraphs
    (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
    included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
    reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13
    or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
    in the registration statement.
(2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
    Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
    registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
    such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
    any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
    offering.
B.
The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.
Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to
a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement or amendment thereto to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Houston, State of Texas, on the 19th day of January, 2005.
KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(A Delaware Limited Partnership)
By:
Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.,
its general partner
By:
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC,
its delegate
By:
/s/
    Joseph Listengart
Joseph Listengart
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement or amendment thereto has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 19th day of
January, 2005.
Signature
Title
/s/ Richard D. Kinder
Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief
    Executive
Richard D. Kinder
Officer of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC
(principal executive officer)
/s/ C. Park Shaper
Director, Executive Vice President and
    Chief Financial
C. Park Shaper
Officer of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC
(principal financial and accounting
    officer)
*
Director of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC
Edward O. Gaylord
*
Director of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC
Gary L. Hultquist
*
Director of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC
Perry M. Waughtal
(Constituting all of the Board of Directors)
*By:
/s/ Joseph Listengart
Joseph Listengart
Attorney-in-fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of
    Limited Partnership of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference to
    Exhibit 3.1 to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
    30, 2001).
4.2
Specimen certificate evidencing Common Units
    Representing Limited Partner Interests (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
    Amendment No. 1 to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Registration Statement on Form
    S-4, Registration No. 333-44519, filed on February 4, 1998).
4.3*
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Common
    Unit Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
4.4*
Form of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
    Non-Employee Director Common Unit Compensation Agreement.
5*
Opinion of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.
    as to the validity of the Common Units registered hereunder.
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Bracewell & Patterson,
    L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
24*
Powers of Attorney.
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*  Filed herewith