EXHIBIT 24.3


                               KINDER MORGAN, INC.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of the purchase obligation
offered by the Company with respect to the Company's mandatory or optional
purchase in limited circumstances of the limited liability company interests
issued by the LLC, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park
Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for the undersigned
and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or other
appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and
any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any
regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney on June 27, 2002.


                                       /s/ Stewart A. Bliss
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                                       Stewart A. Bliss