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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Organization | Organization Kinder Morgan, Inc. is the largest midstream and the third largest energy company in North America with a combined enterprise value of approximately $115 billion and unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” or “KMI” are intended to mean Kinder Morgan, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. We own an interest in or operate approximately 73,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals. Our pipelines transport natural gas, refined petroleum products, crude oil, CO 2 and other products, and our terminals store petroleum products and chemicals and handle such products as ethanol, coal, petroleum coke and steel. Effective on May 25, 2012, we completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of El Paso Corporation, referred to as “EP.” As a result, we own a 41% limited partner interest and the 2% general partner interest in El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P., referred to as “EPB,” as well as certain natural gas pipeline assets. We also own the general partner and approximately 11% of the limited partner interests of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., referred to as “KMP,” one of the largest publicly-traded pipeline limited partnerships in America. Our common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “KMI.” Kinder Morgan Management, LLC, referred to as “KMR,” is a publicly-traded Delaware limited liability company. Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., the general partner of KMP and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ours, owns all of KMR’s voting shares. KMR, pursuant to a delegation of control agreement, has been delegated, to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law, all of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.’s power and authority to manage and control the business and affairs of KMP, subject to Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.’s right to approve certain transactions.
Basis of Presentation | Basis of Presentation We have prepared our accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements under the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These rules and regulations conform to the accounting principles contained in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification. Under such rules and regulations, we have condensed or omitted certain information and notes normally included in financial statements prepared in conformity with the Codification. We believe, however, that our disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. Our accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect normal adjustments, and also recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of our management, necessary for a fair statement of our financial results for the interim periods, and certain amounts from prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year; accordingly, you should read these consolidated financial statements in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (2012 Form 10-K). Our accounting records are maintained in United States dollars, and all references to dollars are United States dollars, except where stated otherwise. Canadian dollars are designated as C$. Our consolidated financial statements include our accounts and those of our majority-owned subsidiaries as well as the accounts of KMP, EPB and KMR. Investments in jointly-owned operations in which we hold a 50% or less interest (other than KMP, EPB and KMR, because we have the ability to exercise significant control over their operating and financial policies) are accounted for under the equity method. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. Notwithstanding the consolidation of KMP and EPB, and their respective subsidiaries, into our financial statements, we are not liable for, and our assets are not available to satisfy, the obligations of KMP and EPB, and/or their respective subsidiaries, and vice versa, except as discussed in the following paragraph. Responsibility for payments of obligations reflected in our, KMP’s or EPB’s financial statements is a legal determination based on the entity that incurs the liability. KMP’s FTC Natural Gas Pipelines Disposal Group - Discontinued operations Effective November 1, 2012, we sold KMP’s (i) Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline system; (ii) Trailblazer natural gas pipeline system; (iii) Casper and Douglas natural gas processing operations; and (iv) 50% equity investment in the Rockies Express natural gas pipeline system to Tallgrass Development, L.P. (now known as Tallgrass Energy Partners, L.P. (Tallgrass) for approximately $1.8 billion in cash (before selling costs), or $3.3 billion including KMP’s share of joint venture debt. In this report, we refer to this combined group of assets as KMP’s FTC Natural Gas Pipelines disposal group. For more information about the presentation of KMP’s FTC Natural Gas Pipelines disposal group as discontinued operations, see Note 2 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies-Basis of Presentation” to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2012 Form 10-K.
Earnings Per Share | Earnings per Share On March 31, 2013, basic earnings per common share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per common share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period, increased by the assumed conversion of securities (restricted stock is currently the only such security outstanding) convertible into common stock, for which the effect of conversion using the treasury stock method would be dilutive. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, our warrants and convertible trust preferred securities are antidilutive and, accordingly, are excluded from the determination of diluted earnings per share. On December 26, 2012, the remaining series of the Class A, Class B and Class C shares were fully converted and as a result, only our Class P common stock was outstanding as of December 31, 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, earnings per share was calculated using the two-class method. Earnings were allocated to each class of common stock based on the amount of dividends declared in the current period for each class of stock plus an allocation of the undistributed earnings or excess distributions over earnings to the extent that each security shares in earnings or excess distributions over earnings. For the investor retained stock, the allocation of undistributed earnings or excess distributions over earnings was in direct proportion to the maximum number of Class P shares into which it could convert. For the Class P diluted per share computations, total net income attributable to Kinder Morgan, Inc. was divided by the adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding during the period, including all dilutive potential shares. This included the Class P shares into which the investor retained stock was convertible. The number of Class P shares on a fully-converted basis was the same before and after any conversion of our investor retained stock. Each time one Class P share was issued upon conversion of investor retained stock, the number of Class P shares went up by one, and the number of Class P shares into which the investor retained stock was convertible went down by one. Accordingly, there was no difference between Class P basic and diluted earnings per share because the conversion of Class A, Class B, and Class C shares into Class P shares did not impact the number of Class P shares on a fully-converted basis. Commencing with the acquisition of EP, dilutive potential shares also included the Class P shares issuable in connection with the warrants and the trust preferred securities (see Note 4). As no securities were convertible into Class A shares, the basic and diluted earnings per share computations for Class A shares were the same. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our warrants and convertible trust preferred securities were antidilutive and, accordingly, were excluded from the determination of diluted earnings per share. The following table sets forth the computation of total basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 (in millions, except per share amounts):
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
| Income from Continuing Operations Available to Shareholders
| Class P |  | Class A |  | Participating Securities (a) |  | Total
Income from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 305 |
Less: income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  |  |  |  |  | (144 | )
Income from continuing operations attributable to KMI |  |  |  |  |  |  | 161 |
Dividends declared during period | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 154 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | (220 | )
Excess distributions over earnings | (14 | ) |  | (45 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | (59 | )
Income from continuing operations attributable to shareholders | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 109 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 161 |
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic weighted-average number of shares outstanding | 171 |  |  | 536 |  |  | N/A |  |  |
Basic earnings per common share from continuing operations(b) | $ | 0.23 |  |  | $ | 0.21 |  |  | N/A |  |  |
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations attributable to shareholders and assumed conversions(c) | $ | 161 |  |  | $ | 109 |  |  | N/A |  |  |
Diluted weighted-average number of shares | 708 |  |  | 536 |  |  | N/A |  |  |
Diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations(b) | $ | 0.23 |  |  | $ | 0.21 |  |  | N/A |  |  |
The following table sets forth the computation of total basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2012 (in millions, except per share amounts):
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
| Net Income Available to Shareholders
| Class P |  | Class A |  | Participating Securities (a) |  | Total
Net income attributable to KMI |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 21 |
Dividends declared during period | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 154 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | (220 | )
Excess distributions over earnings | (48 | ) |  | (151 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | (199 | )
Net income attributable to shareholders | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 21 |
Basic earnings per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic weighted-average number of shares outstanding | 171 |  |  | 536 |  |  | N/A |  |  |
Basic earnings per common share(b) | $ | 0.03 |  |  | $ | 0.01 |  |  | N/A |  |  |  |
Diluted earnings per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to shareholders and assumed conversions(c) | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | N/A |  |  |  |
Diluted weighted-average number of shares | 708 |  |  | 536 |  |  | N/A |  |  |  |
Diluted earnings per common share(b) | $ | 0.03 |  |  | $ | 0.01 |  |  | N/A |  |  |  |
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(a) | Participating securities included Class B shares, Class C shares, and unvested restricted stock awards issued to non-senior management employees that contained rights to dividends. Our Class B and Class C shares were entitled to participate in our earnings, only to the extent of cash distributions made to them. As a result, no earnings in excess of dividends received were allocated to the Class B and Class C shares in our determination of basic and diluted earnings per share.
(b) | The Class A shares earnings per share as compared to the Class P shares earnings per share were reduced due to the sharing of economic benefits (including dividends) amongst the Class A, B, and C shares. Class A, B and C shares owned by Richard Kinder, the sponsor investors, the original shareholders, and other management were referred to as “investor retained stock,” and were convertible into a fixed number of Class P shares. In the aggregate, our investor retained stock was entitled to receive a dividend per share on a fully-converted basis equal to the dividend per share on our common stock. The conversion of shares of investor retained stock into Class P shares did not increase our total fully-converted shares outstanding, impact the aggregate dividends we paid or the dividends we paid per share on our Class P common stock.
(c) | For the diluted earnings per share calculation, total net income attributable to each class of common stock was divided by the adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding during the period, including all dilutive potential shares.

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