Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Increases Quarterly Distribution to $1.40 Per Unit, up 4%

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) today increased its quarterly cash distribution per common unit to $1.40 ($5.60 annualized) payable on Nov. 14, 2014, to unitholders of record as of Oct. 31, 2014. This represents a 4 percent increase over the third quarter 2013 cash distribution per unit of $1.35 ($5.40 annualized) and is up from $1.39 per unit ($5.56 annualized) for the second quarter of 2014.