EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Thomas F. Karam and David J. Kvapil, or any of
them, acting individually or together, as such person's true and lawful
attorney(s)-in-fact and agent(s), with full power of substitution and
revocation, to act in any capacity for such person and in such person's name,
place, and stead in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line
Company, LP, a Delaware limited partnership and any amendments thereto, and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock
Exchange.

Dated: March 16, 2005

                                      /s/ GEORGE L. LINDEMANN
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                                      George L. Lindemann

                                      /s/ JOHN E. BRENNAN
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                                      John E. Brennan

                                      /s/ THOMAS F. KARAM
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                                      Thomas F. Karam