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Related Party Transactions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions | Related Party Transactions Affiliated Balances The following table summarizes our balance sheet affiliate balances (in millions):
|  | March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Balance sheet location |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable, net of allowance |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 25 |
Assets held for sale (a) |  | — |  |  | 114 |
Other current assets |  | 5 |  |  | 14 |
Deferred charges and other assets |  | 48 |  |  | 48 |
|  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 201 |
Current portion of debt – KMP and EPB (b) |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 5 |
Accounts payable |  | 7 |  |  | 11 |
Long-term debt - Outstanding - KMP and EPB (b) |  | 172 |  |  | 173 |
|  | $ | 184 |  |  | $ | 189 |
_______ (a)2012 amount related to KMP’s equity investment in the Express system (see Note 2). (b)EPB has financing obligations payable to WYCO of which $5 million is included in “Current portion of debt – KMP and EPB” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at each period end. Notes Receivable Plantation Pipe Line Company KMP and ExxonMobil have a term loan agreement covering a note receivable due from Plantation Pipe Line Company. KMP owns a 51.17% equity interest in Plantation and its proportionate share of the outstanding principal amount of the note receivable was $49 million as of both March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The note bears interest at the rate of 4.25% per annum and provides for semiannual payments of principal and interest on December 31 and June 30 each year, with a final principal payment of $45 million (for KMP’s portion of the note) due on July 20, 2016. We included $1 million of this note receivable balance within “Other current assets,” on our accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of both March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and we included the remaining outstanding balance within “Deferred charges and other assets.” Gulf LNG Holdings Group, LLC In conjunction with the acquisition of EP, KMI acquired a long-term note receivable, bearing interest at 12% per annum, that was due from Gulf LNG Holdings Group, LLC, a 50% equity investee, with a remaining principal amount of $85 million. Subsequent to the EP acquisition and through the end of 2012, we received payments on this note totaling $75 million. We received payments for the remaining note balance of $10 million during the first quarter of 2013. The balance of $10 million at December 31, 2012 was included in our accompanying consolidated balance sheet within “Other current assets.”

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39691-107864 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39622-107864 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 57 -Paragraph 1-4 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39603-107864 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39678-107864 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Paragraph b -Article 3A Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Paragraph k -Article 4 + Details
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