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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-134803
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211105
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20211105

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KINDER MORGAN, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001506307
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922]
		IRS NUMBER:				260238387
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-260806
		FILM NUMBER:		211382890

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1001 LOUISIANA STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-369-9000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1001 LOUISIANA STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Kinder Morgan Holdco LLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20101122
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on November 5, 2021</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S&#45;8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kinder Morgan, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Delaware</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
    organization)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Houston, Texas 77002</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of registrant&#8217;s principal executive
    offices)</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>80-0682103</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kinder Morgan, Inc. Second Amended and Restated
Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of Plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Catherine Callaway James</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Vice President and General Counsel</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kinder Morgan, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Houston, Texas 77002</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(713) 369-9000</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>Copies to:</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Troy L. Harder</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Bracewell LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Houston, Texas 77002-2770</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Telephone: (713) 221-1456</B></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;non-accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller
reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company &nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 20%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>Title of Securities<BR>
 </B> <B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 20%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>Proposed Maximum <BR>
Offering Price</B> <B><BR>
Per Share(2)</B></TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 20%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
 Aggregate </B> <B><BR>
Offering Price(2)</B></TD>
<TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 20%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>Amount of </B> <B><BR>
Registration Fee(3)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 4.5pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -4.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Class P Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">940,000</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$16.94</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$15,923,600</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$1,476.12</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), there are also being registered
such additional shares of Common Stock (defined below) as may become issuable pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Kinder Morgan,
Inc. Second Amended and Restated Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</TD></TR></TABLE>




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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share and the Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price are estimated, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on a price of $16.94, which is the average
of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on November 2, 2021.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a registration fee is only being paid with respect to the registration of an additional
940,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;), is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;)
pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 to register the offer and sale of an additional 940,000 shares of its Class P common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), that may be issued under the Plan. Except as otherwise set forth below, the
contents of the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan, which was previously filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on March 3, 2011 (File No. 333-172584), are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement as permitted by General Instruction E of Form S-8.<B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 8.</B></TD><TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each of the following exhibits
is filed herewith:&nbsp;</P>

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    Number</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001506307/000150630721000106/kmi-09302021exh104.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001506307/000150630721000106/kmi-09302021exh104.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Kinder Morgan, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.&#8217;s Form <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 (File No. </FONT>001-35081)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001506307/000150630721000106/kmi-09302021exh105.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001506307/000150630721000106/kmi-09302021exh105.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.&#8217;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 (File No. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">001-35081<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">)).</FONT></FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000104746911000168/a2201564zex-4_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000104746911000168/a2201564zex-4_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Form of certificate representing Class P common shares of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on January 18, 2011 (File No. 333-170773)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630711000057/kmiex4_2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630711000057/kmiex4_2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Shareholders Agreement among Kinder Morgan, Inc. and certain holders of common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 (File No. 001-35081)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000119312512253766/d361051dex43.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000119312512253766/d361051dex43.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amendment No. 1 to the Shareholders Agreement among Kinder Morgan, Inc. and certain holders of common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2012 (File No. 001-35081)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000110465914084673/a14-25356_2ex4d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.6</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000110465914084673/a14-25356_2ex4d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amendment No. 2 to the Shareholders Agreement among Kinder Morgan, Inc. and certain holders of common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 3, 2014 (File No. 001-35081)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630720000022/kmi-2019x10kxexh437.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.7</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630720000022/kmi-2019x10kxexh437.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Description of Capital Stock of Kinder Morgan, Inc. Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (filed as Exhibit 4.35 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 5, 2021 (File No. 001-35081)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2131830d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1 *</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2131830d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Bracewell LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2131830d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1 *</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2131830d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Bracewell LLP (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2131830d1_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2 *</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2131830d1_ex23-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2131830d1_ex24-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1 *</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="tm2131830d1_ex24-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Powers of Attorney.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* Filed herewith.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas, on November 5,&nbsp;2021.</P>

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<TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">KINDER MORGAN, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp; &nbsp;</TD>
<TD>By:</TD>
<TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps">/s/ David P. Michels</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="width: 42%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">David P. Michels</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
on November 5,&nbsp;2021.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 2%; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 48%; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    David P. Michels</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">David
    P. Michels</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">financial officer and principal accounting officer)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    Steven J. Kean</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer); Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Steven
    J. Kean</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    Richard D. Kinder*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Executive Chairman</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Richard
    D. Kinder</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    Kimberly A. Dang</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">President; Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kimberly
    A. Dang</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    Ted A. Gardner*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ted
    A. Gardner</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    Anthony W. Hall, Jr.*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Anthony
    W. Hall, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    Gary L. Hultquist*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Gary
    L. Hultquist</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ronald
    L. Kuehn, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    Deborah A. Macdonald*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Deborah
    A. Macdonald</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/
    Michael C. Morgan*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael
    C. Morgan</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    C. Park Shaper*</FONT></TD>
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    William A. Smith*</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    Joel V. Staff*</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    Robert F. Vagt*</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    Perry M. Waughtal*</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    M. Waughtal</FONT></TD>
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    Catherine C. James</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 1.75pt; padding-left: 1.75pt; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Catherine C. James</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B>Exhibit 5.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">November 5, 2021</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Kinder Morgan, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Houston, Texas 77002</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We have acted as counsel to
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration of the sale of up to
940,000 shares (the &ldquo;Shares&rdquo;) of Class P Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation to participants in the
Kinder Morgan, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). The Corporation
is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
 &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), on November 5, 2021 a registration statement on Form S-8 (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) with
respect to the Shares. We have been asked by the Corporation to render this opinion.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We have examined copies of
the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation, each as amended to the date hereof, the Plan, the Registration Statement,
certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary and
relevant for the purposes hereof. In addition, we have relied on certificates of officers of the Corporation and of public officials and
others as to certain matters of fact relating to this opinion and have made such investigations of law as we have deemed necessary and
relevant as a basis hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In the course of such examinations
and investigations, we have assumed the authority of all persons signing all documents submitted to us on behalf of the parties to such
documents, the genuineness of all signatures on, and the authenticity of, all documents and records submitted to us as originals, the
conformity to authentic original documents and records of all documents and records submitted to us as copies, and the truthfulness of
all statements of fact contained therein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Based on the foregoing and
subject to the limitations, assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, and having due regard for such legal considerations as we
deem relevant, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued to the Plan participants in accordance
with the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing opinion is based on and limited to
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (including the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported
judicial decisions interpreting those laws currently in effect) and the relevant federal law of the United States of America, and we render
no opinion with respect to the law of any other jurisdiction.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion
with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. By giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission
thereunder.</P>




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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Bracewell LLP</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 23.2</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. of our report dated February 5, 2021 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Kinder Morgan, Inc.&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2020.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<BR>
Houston, Texas <B><BR>
</B>November 5, 2021</P>



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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Richard D. Kinder</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Richard D. Kinder</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ted A. Gardner</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Ted A. Gardner</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Anthony W. Hall, Jr.</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Anthony W. Hall, Jr.</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Gary L. Hultquist</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Gary L. Hultquist</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>




<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Deborah A. MacDonald</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Deborah A. MacDonald</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Michael C. Morgan</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Michael C. Morgan</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Arthur C. Reichstetter</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Arthur C. Reichstetter</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.25in">&nbsp;</P>




<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">/s/ C. Park Shaper</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has hereto signed this power of attorney effective as of the 5th day of November 2021.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that the undersigned director of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the registration
by the Corporation of its Class P common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the Corporation&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, hereby constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang, Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for
the undersigned and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf and in the undersigned&#8217;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
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