Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Increases Quarterly Distribution to $1.36 Per Unit, up 5%

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) today increased its quarterly cash distribution per common unit to $1.36 ($5.44 annualized) payable on Feb. 14, 2014, to unitholders of record as of Jan. 31, 2014. This represents a 5 percent increase over the fourth quarter 2012 cash distribution per unit of $1.29 ($5.16 annualized) and is up from $1.35 per unit ($5.40 annualized) for the third quarter of 2013. KMP has increased the distribution 50 times since current management took over in February 1997.