POWER OF ATTORNEY
WITH RESPECT TO FORMS ID, 3, 4, 5 AND 144, AND SCHEDULE 13D AND
SCHEDULE 13G
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Robert E. Smith
and Samuel K. Lee, signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, a Form ID or any
other forms prescribed by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, that may be necessary to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission of the forms referenced in
Clause (2) below;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder, Form 144 in accordance with
Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, and Schedule 13D and
Schedule 13G in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but only to the extent each
form or schedule relates to the undersigned's beneficial
ownership of securities of Columbia Pipeline Partners LP, a
Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"), or any of its
subsidiaries;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form ID, 3, 4, 5 or 144, and any such Schedule
13D or Schedule 13G, and timely file such Form or Schedule with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, either
manually or through the use of EDGAR, the Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, and with any stock
exchange or similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in- fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Partnership assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.
This Power of Attorney revokes any previous powers of attorney for the
subject matter described above and shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file a Form ID, 3, 4, 5 and 144 and
Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Partnership, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 23rd day of December, 2014 and effective as of December
23, 2014.
COLUMBIA ENERGY GROUP
By:
/s/ Samuel K. Lee
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Signature
Name: Samuel K. Lee
Title: Assistant Secretary