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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 2 to this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated March 27, 2000 relating
to the financial statements of Trailblazer Pipeline Company and Kinder Morgan
Interstate Gas Transmission LLC, which appear in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners,
L.P.'s Current Report on Form 8-K/A (Amendment No. 3) dated April 27, 2001. We
also consent to the incorporation by reference of (1) our report dated February
14, 2001 relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule,
which appears in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Amendment No. 2 on Form
10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2000 and (2) our report dated February
14, 2001 relating to the balance sheet of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., which
appears in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.'s Current Report on Form 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 2) dated April 27, 2001. We also consent to the references to us
under the heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas
April 27, 2001