Exhibit 24.1

              LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY - SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE

        The undersigned, as an officer, director, and/or employee of Tallgrass
MLP GP, LLC, the general partner of Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP ("TEP"), or
subsidiaries or affiliates of TEP (collectively, the "Company"), hereby
constitutes Christopher R. Jones and Jason Nonnemaker or any one of them the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to complete and execute
such Forms 144, Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G and other forms and
schedules as either attorney shall in his discretion determine to be required or
advisable pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (as
amended), Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended)
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and
regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or
disposition of securities of TEP, and to do all acts necessary in order to file
such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange
or national association, the Company and such other person or agency as the
attorney shall deem appropriate. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

        This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to make filings pursuant to Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended), Sections 13 and 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

        This Limited Power of Attorney is executed at Leawood, Kansas as of the
date set forth below.

                                         /s/ Richard L. Bullock
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                                       Signature

                                       Richard L. Bullock
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                                       Type or Print Name

                                       Date:  November 2, 2016
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