General (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Income for Shareholders and Participating Securities [Table Text Block]

The following tables set forth the allocation of net income available to shareholders of Class P shares and participating securities and the reconciliation of Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding to Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Class P	$	182	$	327	$	938	$	892
Participating securities(a)	4		2		10		8
Net Income Attributable to Kinder Morgan, Inc.	$	186	$	329	$	948	$	900

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015	2014	2015	2014
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	2,203	1,028	2,173	1,028
Effect of dilutive securities:
Warrants(b)	—	—	8	—
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	2,203	1,028	2,181	1,028

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(a) Participating securities are unvested restricted stock awards, which may be stock or stock units issued to management employees and include non-forfeitable dividend equivalent payments. As of September 30, 2015, there were approximately 8 million such restricted stock awards.

(b) Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of our common stock for an exercise price of $40 per share, payable in cash or by cashless exercise, at any time until May 25, 2017.

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Table Text Block]

The following potential common stock equivalents are antidilutive and, accordingly, are excluded from the determination of diluted earnings per share (in millions on a weighted-average basis):

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015	2014	2015	2014
Unvested restricted stock awards	8	7	7	7
Warrants to purchase our Class P shares	296	298	290	316
Convertible trust preferred securities	8	10	8	10