Crosstex Energy 10-Q 2007 Q1 Quarterly report

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

þ	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007
OR
o	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the transition period from          to

Commission file number:000-50067

CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State of organization)	52-2235832 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2501 CEDAR SPRINGS DALLAS, TEXAS (Address of principal executive offices)	75201 (Zip Code)

(214) 953-9500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes þ     No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer þ          Accelerated filer o          Non-accelerated filer o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined inRule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes o     No þ

As of April 30, 2007, the Registrant had 45,976,423 shares of common stock outstanding.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item		Description	Page
		PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
	1.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		3
	2.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS		23
	3.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK		30
	4.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES		32
		PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
	1A.	RISK FACTORS		33
	6.	EXHIBITS		33
Certification of the Principal Executive Officer
Certification of the Principal Financial Officer
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

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CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

	March 31,		December 31,
	2007		2006
	(Unaudited)
	(In thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	9,393	$	10,635
Accounts and notes receivable, net:
Trade, accrued revenue and other		399,633		375,972
Fair value of derivative assets		11,356		23,048
Natural gas and natural gas liquids, prepaid expenses and other		10,768		10,574
Total current assets		431,150		420,229
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $155,017 and $136,562, respectively		1,191,040		1,107,242
Fair value of derivative assets		1,576		3,812
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $37,835 and $31,673, respectively		632,364		638,602
Goodwill		25,441		25,396
Other assets, net		11,071		11,417
Total assets	$	2,292,642	$	2,206,698
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable, drafts payable and accrued gas purchases	$	372,952	$	407,718
Fair value of derivative liabilities		7,542		12,141
Current portion of long-term debt		10,012		10,012
Other current liabilities		54,914		60,449
Total current liabilities		445,420		490,320
Fair value of derivative liabilities		1,465		2,558
Deferred tax liability		65,035		66,186
Long-term debt		1,039,765		977,118
Interest of non-controlling partners in the Partnership		473,220		391,103
Commitments and contingencies		—		—
Stockholders’ equity		267,737		279,413
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	2,292,642	$	2,206,698

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007			2006
	(Unaudited)
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenues:
Midstream	$	809,798		$	802,130
Treating		16,351			14,566
Profit on energy trading activities		603			423
Total revenues		826,752			817,119
Operating costs and expenses:
Midstream purchased gas		751,882			755,568
Treating purchased gas		2,334			2,433
Operating expenses		27,364			21,970
General and administrative		12,651			11,831
(Gain) loss on sale of property		(850	)		52
Gain on derivatives		(3,214	)		(2,159	)
Depreciation and amortization		24,997			17,069
Total operating costs and expenses		815,164			806,764
Operating income		11,588			10,355
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net		(17,189	)		(8,403	)
Other income		49			2
Total other income (expense)		(17,140	)		(8,401	)
Income (loss) before income taxes and interest of non-controlling partners in the Partnership’s net income		(5,552	)		1,954
Gain on issuance of Partnership units		—			18,955
Income tax provision		(255	)		(9,335	)
Interest of non-controlling partners in the Partnership’s net loss		5,881			1,088
Net income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		74			12,662
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—			170
Net income	$	74		$	12,832
Net income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle per common share:
Basic	$	0.00		$	0.33
Diluted	$	0.00		$	0.33
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle per common share:
Basic		—		$	0.00
Diluted		—		$	0.00
Net income per common share:
Basic	$	0.00		$	0.34
Diluted	$	0.00		$	0.33
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		45,962			38,288
Diluted		46,555			38,591

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

												Accumulated
						Additional						Other			Total
	Common Stock					Paid-In			Retained			Comprehensive			Stockholders’
	Shares			Amt		Capital			Earnings			Income			Equity
	(Unaudited)
	(In thousands, except share data)
Balance, December 31, 2006		45,941,187		$	463	$	263,264		$	13,535		$	2,151		$	279,413
Dividends paid		—			—		—			(10,272	)		—			(10,272	)
Stock-based compensation		—			—		1,095			—			—			1,095
Net income		—			—		—			74			—			74
Conversion of restricted stock to common stock		48,750			—		—			—			—			—
Common stock repurchased and cancelled		(13,514	)		—		(452	)		—			—			(452	)
Hedging gains or losses reclassified to earnings		—			—		—			—			(693	)		(693	)
Adjustment in fair value of derivatives		—			—		—			—			(1,428	)		(1,428	)
Balance, March 31, 2007		45,976,423		$	463	$	263,907		$	3,337		$	30		$	267,737

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007			2006
	(Unaudited)
	(In thousands)
Net income	$	74		$	12,832
Hedging gains (losses) reclassified to earnings		(693	)		555
Adjustment in fair value of derivatives		(1,428	)		1,335
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	(2,047	)	$	14,722

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007			2006
	(Unaudited)
	(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	74		$	12,832
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		24,997			17,069
(Gain) loss on sale of property		(850	)		52
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—			(170	)
Gain on issuance of units of the Partnership		—			(18,955	)
Interest of non-controlling partners in the Partnership’s net loss		(5,881	)		(1,088	)
Deferred tax expense		95			9,355
Non-cash stock-based compensation		2,194			1,658
Amortization of debt issue costs		644			501
Non-cash derivatives (gain) loss		(477	)		(995	)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition effects:
Accounts receivable and accrued revenue		(23,660	)		95,497
Prepaid expenses, natural gas and natural gas liquids in storage		(195	)		4,314
Accounts payable, accrued gas purchases, and other accrued liabilities		(760	)		(128,292	)
Fair value of derivatives		835			—
Other		—			1,025
Net cash used in operating activities		(2,984	)		(7,197	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property and equipment		(108,148	)		(55,598	)
Assets acquired		—			(51,633	)
Proceeds from sale of property		1,593			36
Net cash used in investing activities		(106,555	)		(107,195	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings		441,500			511,354
Payments on borrowings		(378,853	)		(386,353	)
Increase (decrease) in drafts payable		(34,738	)		3,046
Distributions to non-controlling partners in the Partnership		(9,319	)		(7,652	)
Dividends paid		(10,272	)		(7,262	)
Debt refinancing costs		(298	)		(203	)
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options		—			125
Purchase and cancellation of common stock		(452	)		—
Net proceeds from issuance of units of the Partnership		99,900			—
Proceeds from exercise of Partnership unit options		829			2,525
Net cash provided by financing activities		108,297			115,580
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(1,242	)		1,188
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		10,635			12,904
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	9,393		$	14,092
Cash paid for interest	$	18,507		$	9,349

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2007
(Unaudited)

(1)  General

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we”,“us”,“our”, “CEI” or the “Company” mean Crosstex Energy, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

CEI, a Delaware corporation formed on April 28, 2000, is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the gathering, transmission, treating, processing and marketing of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The Company connects the wells of natural gas producers to its gathering systems in the geographic areas of its gathering systems in order to purchase the gas production, treats natural gas to remove impurities to ensure that it meets pipeline quality specifications, processes natural gas for the removal of NGLs, transports natural gas and NGLs and ultimately provides an aggregated supply of natural gas and NGLs to a variety of markets. In addition, the Company purchases natural gas from producers not connected to its gathering systems for resale and sells natural gas on behalf of producers for a fee.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Company, its majority owned subsidiaries and Crosstex Energy, L.P. (herein referred to as the Partnership or CELP), a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership. The Partnership is included because CEI controls the general partner of the partnership.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with the instructions toForm 10-Q, are unaudited and do not include all the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. All adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods have been made and are of a recurring nature unless otherwise disclosed herein. The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results of operations for a full year. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report onForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

  (a)   Management’s Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America required management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

  (b)   Long-Term Incentive Plans

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123R,“Share-Based Compensation”(FAS No. 123R) which requires compensation related to all stock-based awards, including stock options, be recognized in the consolidated financial statements. The Company applied the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”(APB No. 25) for periods prior to January 1, 2006.

The Company elected to use the modified-prospective transition method. Under the modified-prospective method, awards that are granted, modified, repurchased, or canceled after the date of adoption are measured and accounted for under FAS No. 123R. The unvested portion of awards that were granted prior to the effective date are also accounted for in accordance with FAS No. 123R. The Company adjusted compensation cost for actual forfeitures as they occurred under APB No. 25 for periods prior to January 1, 2006. Under FAS No. 123R, the Company is required to estimate forfeitures in determining periodic compensation cost. The cumulative effect of

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

the adoption of FAS No. 123R recognized on January 1, 2006 was an increase in net income, net of taxes and minority interest, of $0.2 million due to the reduction in previously recognized compensation costs associated with the estimation of forfeitures in determining the periodic compensation cost.

The Company and the Partnership each have similar share-based payment plans for employees, which are described below. Amounts recognized in the consolidated financial statements with respect to these plans are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2007		2006
Cost of share-based compensation charged to general and administrative expense	$	1,983	$	1,492
Cost of share-based compensation charged to operating expense		211		166
Total amount charged to income before cumulative effect of accounting change	$	2,194	$	1,658
Interest of non-controlling partners in share-based compensation	$	664	$	862
Amount of related income tax benefit recognized in income	$	567	$	295

CELP Restricted Units

The restricted units are valued at their fair value at the date of grant which is equal to the market value of common units on such date. A summary of the restricted unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2007 is provided below:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
				Weighted
				Average
	Number			Grant-Date
	of Units			Fair Value
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Restricted Units:
Non-vested, beginning of period		336,504		$	31.97
Granted		33,136			35.98
Vested		—			—
Forfeited		(2,200	)		34.58
Non-vested, end of period		367,440		$	32.32
Aggregate intrinsic value, end of period (in 000’s)	$	13,232

As of March 31, 2007, there was $6.0 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted units. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

CELP Unit Options

The following weighted average assumptions were used for the Black-Scholes option pricing model for grants during the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007	2006
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Unit Options Granted:
Weighted average distribution yield	5.75%	5.5%
Weighted average expected volatility	32%	33%
Weighted average risk free interest rate	4.44%	4.78%
Weighted average expected life	6.0 years	6.0 years
Weighted average contractual life	10.0 years	10.0 years
Weighted average of fair value of unit options granted	$6.76	$7.44

A summary of the unit option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2007 is provided below:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2007
				Weighted
	Number of			Average
	Units			Exercise Price
Crosstex Energy, L.P. Unit Options:
Outstanding, beginning of period		926,156		$	25.70
Granted		345,279			37.31
Exercised		(33,170	)		24.86
Forfeited		(13,797	)		23.55
Expired		(1,080	)		33.59
Outstanding, end of period		1,223,388		$	29.01
Options exercisable at end of period		284,429		$	27.47
Weighted average contractual term (years) end of period:
Options outstanding		8.3
Options exercisable		7.8
Aggregate intrinsic value end of period (in 000’s):
Options outstanding	$	9,021
Options exercisable	$	2,431

The total intrinsic value of unit options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2007 was $6.6 million and $0.5 million, respectively. The total fair value of unit options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2007 was $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2007, there was $4.1 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested unit options. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

CEI Restricted Shares

The Company’s restricted shares are included at their fair value at the date of grant which is equal to the market value of common stock on such date. A summary of restricted share activity for the three months ended March 31, 2007 is provided below:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
				Weighted
				Average
	Number of			Grant-Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Crosstex Energy, Inc. Restricted Shares:
Non-vested, beginning of period		751,749		$	17.03
Granted		38,272			29.05
Vested		(48,750	)		9.70
Forfeited		(3,051	)		25.05
Non-vested, end of period		738,220		$	18.10
Aggregate intrinsic value, end of period (in 000’s)	$	21,224

As of March 31, 2007, there was $6.8 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested CEI restricted stock. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.7 years.

CEI Stock Options

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2007 is provided below:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
			Weighted
	Number of		Average
	Units		Exercise Price
Crosstex Energy, Inc. Stock Options:
Outstanding, beginning of period		120,000	$	8.21
Granted		—		—
Exercised		—		—
Outstanding, end of period		120,000	$	8.21
Options exercisable at end of period		22,500
Weighted average contractual term (years) end of period		7.7
Aggregate intrinsic value end of period (in 000’s)	$	2,465

The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2006 was $0.1 million. No options were exercised in the three months ended March 31, 2007. The total fair value of stock options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2006 was $30,000.

As of March 31, 2007, there was $0.1 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested CEI stock options. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.2 years.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

  (d)   Earnings per Share and Anti-Dilutive Computations

Basic earnings per share was computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006. The computation of diluted earnings per share further assumes the dilutive effect of common share options.

The following are the common share amounts used to compute the basic and diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2007		2006
Basic earnings per share:
Weighted average common shares outstanding		45,962		38,288
Diluted earnings per share:
Weighted average common shares outstanding		45,962		38,288
Dilutive effect of restricted shares		508		246
Dilutive effect of exercise of options outstanding		85		57
Diluted shares		46,555		38,591

All outstanding common shares were included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share and 2006 shares have been adjusted to reflect athree-for-one stock split in December 2006.

  (e)   Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48),“Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”. FIN 48 is an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109,“Accounting for Income Taxes”. FIN 48 prescribes a comprehensive model for recognizing, measuring, presenting and disclosing in the financial statements uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken. The Company adopted FIN 48 effective January 1, 2007. There was no material impact to the Company’s financial statements as a result of FIN 48.

On September 13, 2006, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (SAB 108), which establishes an approach that requires quantification of financial statement errors based on the effects of the error on each of the company’s financial statements and the related disclosures. SAB 108 requires the use of a balance sheet and an income statement approach to evaluate whether either of these approaches results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, is material. The Company adopted SAB 108 effective October 1, 2006 with no material impact on its financial statements.

(2)  Issuance of Units by CELP and Certain Provisions of the Partnership Agreement

  (a)   Issuance of Senior Subordinated Series D Units

On March 23, 2007, the Partnership issued an aggregate of 3,875,340 senior subordinated series D units representing limited partner interests of the Partnership in a private equity offering for net proceeds of approximately $99.9 million. The senior subordinated series D units were issued at $25.80 per unit, which represented a discount of approximately 25% to the market value of common units on such date. The discount represented an underwriting discount plus the fact that the units will not receive a distribution nor be readily transferable for two years. Crosstex Energy GP, L.P., which is 100% owned by us, made a general partner contribution of $2.7 million in connection with this issuance to maintain its 2% general partner interest.

The senior subordinated series D units will automatically convert into common units representing limited partner interests of the Partnership on the first date on or after March 23, 2009 that conversion is permitted by its

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

partnership agreement at a ratio of one common unit for each senior subordinated series D unit, subject to adjustment depending on the achievement of financial metrics in the fourth quarter of 2008. The Partnership’s partnership agreement will permit the conversion of the senior subordinated series D units to common units once the subordination period ends or if the issuance is in connection with an acquisition that increases cash flow from operations per unit on a pro forma basis. If not able to convert on March 23, 2009, then the holders of such units will have the right to receive, after payment of the minimum quarterly distribution on the Partnership’s common units but prior to any payment on the Partnership’s subordinated units, distributions equal to 110% of the quarterly cash distribution amount payable on common units. The senior subordinated series D units are not entitled to distributions of available cash or allocations of net income/loss from the Partnership until March 23, 2009.

  (b)   Cash Distributions from the Partnership

In accordance with the partnership agreement, the Partnership must make distributions of 100% of available cash, as defined in the partnership agreement, within 45 days following the end of each quarter. Distributions will generally be made 98% to the common and subordinated unitholders and 2% to the general partner, subject to the payment of incentive distributions to the extent that certain target levels of cash distributions are achieved. Under the quarterly incentive distribution provisions, generally the Partnership’s general partner is entitled to 13% of amounts the Partnership distribute in excess of $0.25 per unit, 23% of the amounts it distributes in excess of $0.3125 per unit and 48% of amounts it distributes in excess of $0.375 per unit. Incentive distributions totaling $5.5 million and $4.7 million were earned by the Company as general partner for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. To the extent there is sufficient available cash, the holders of common units are entitled to receive the minimum quarterly distribution of $0.25 per unit, plus arrearages, prior to any distribution of available cash to the holders of subordinated units. Subordinated units will not accrue any arrearages with respect to distributions for any quarter.

  (c)   Allocation of Partnership Income

Net income is allocated to the general partner in an amount equal to its incentive distributions as described in Note (b) above. The general partner’s share of net income is reduced by stock-based compensation expense attributed to CEI stock options and restricted stock. The remaining net income after incentive distributions and CEI-related stock-based compensation is allocated pro rata between the 2% general partner interest, the subordinated units (excluding senior subordinated units), and the common units. The following table reflects the Company’s general partner share of the Partnership’s net income:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2007			2006
Income allocation for incentive distributions	$	5,497		$	4,713
Stock-based compensation attributable to CEI’s stock options and restricted shares		(1,135	)		(523	)
2% general partner interest in net income		(193	)		(25	)
General Partner Share of Net Income	$	4,169		$	4,165

The Company also owns limited partner common units and limited partner subordinated units in the Partnership. The Company’s share of the Partnership’s net income attributable to its limited partner common and subordinated units was a net loss of $0.5 million and a loss of $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

(3)  Significant Asset Purchases and Acquisitions

On June 29, 2006, the Partnership acquired certain natural gas gathering pipeline systems and related facilities in the Barnett Shale (the North Texas Gathering (NTG) assets) from Chief Holdings LLC (Chief) for a purchase price of approximately $475.3 million (the Chief Acquisition). The NTG assets include five gathering systems, located in parts of Parker, Tarrant, Denton, Palo Pinto, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Hill and Johnson counties in Texas. The NTG assets also included a 125 million cubic feet per day carbon dioxide treating plant and compression facilities with 26,000 horsepower. The gas gathering systems consisted of approximately 250 miles of existing gathering pipelines, ranging from four inches to twelve inches in diameter. The Partnership plans to build up to an additional 400 miles of pipelines as production in the area is drilled and developed. The gathering systems had the capacity to deliver approximately 250,000 MMBtu per day at the date of acquisition.

Simultaneously with the Chief Acquisition, the Partnership entered into a gas gathering agreement with Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) whereby the Partnership has agreed to gather, and Devon has agreed to dedicate and deliver, the future production on acreage that Devon acquired from Chief (approximately 160,000 net acres). Under the agreement, Devon has committed to deliver all of the production from the dedicated acreage into the gathering system, including production from current wells and wells that it drills in the future. The Partnership will expand the gathering system to reach the new wells as they are drilled. The agreement has a15-year term and provides for fixed gathering fee over the term. In addition to the Devon agreement, approximately 60,000 additional net acres are dedicated to the Midstream Assets under agreements with other producers.

The Partnership utilized the purchase method of accounting for the acquisition of the Midstream Assets with an acquisition date of June 29, 2006. The Partnership will recognize the gathering fee income received from Devon and other producers who deliver gas into the Midstream Assets as revenue at the time the natural gas is delivered. The purchase price and the preliminary allocation thereof are as follows (in thousands):

Cash paid to Chief	$	474,858
Direct acquisition costs		429
Total purchase price	$	475,287
Assets acquired:
Current assets	$	18,833
Property, plant and equipment		115,728
Intangible assets		395,604
Liabilities assumed:
Current liabilities		(54,878	)
Total purchase price	$	475,287

Intangibles relate primarily to the value of the dedicated and non-dedicated acreage attributable to the system, including the agreement with Devon, and are being amortized using the units of throughput method of amortization. The preliminary purchase price allocation has not been finalized because the Partnership is still in the process of determining the allocation of costs between tangible and intangible assets and finalizing working capital settlements.

The Partnership financed the Chief Acquisition with borrowings of approximately $105.0 million under its bank credit facility, net proceeds of approximately $368.3 million from the private placement of senior subordinated series C units, including approximately $9.0 million of equity contributions from Crosstex Energy GP, L.P., the general partner of the Partnership and an indirect subsidiary of CEI, and $6.0 million of cash.

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Operating results for the Chief Acquisition have been included in the consolidated statements of operations since June 29, 2006. The following unaudited pro forma results of operations assume that the Chief Acquisition occurred on January 1, 2006 (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Pro Forma
	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2006
	(Unaudited)
Revenue	$	822,825
Net income	$	12,267
Net income per common share:
Basic	$	0.27
Diluted	$	0.27
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		45,939
Diluted		46,241

There are substantial differences in the way Chief operated the Midstream Assets during pre-acquisition periods and the way the Partnership operates these assets post-acquisition. Although the unaudited pro forma results of operations include adjustments to reflect the significant effects of the acquisition, these pro forma results do not purport to present the results of operations had the acquisition actually been completed as of January 1, 2006.

(4)  Long-Term Debt

As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, long-term debt consisted of the following (in thousands):

	March 31,			December 31,
	2007			2006
Bank credit facility, interest based on Primeand/or LIBOR plus an applicable margin, interest rates (per the facility) at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 were 7.24% and 7.20%, respectively	$	553,000		$	488,000
Senior secured notes, weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was 6.76%		496,177			498,530
Note payable to Florida Gas Transmission Company		600			600
		1,049,777			987,130
Less current portion		(10,012	)		(10,012	)
Debt classified as long-term	$	1,039,765		$	977,118

Credit Facility.  As of March 31, 2007, the Partnership has a bank credit facility with a borrowing capacity of $1.0 billion that matures in June 2011. As of March 31, 2007, $632.6 million was outstanding under the bank credit facility, including $79.6 million of letters of credit, leaving approximately $367.4 million available for future borrowing.

In April 2007, the Partnership amended its bank credit facility to increase the maximum permitted leverage ratio for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2007 and each fiscal quarter thereafter. The maximum leverage ratio (total funded debt to consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is as follows (provided, however, that during an acquisition period, the maximum leverage ratio shall be increased by 0.50 to 1.00 from the otherwise applicable ratio set forth below):

•  5.25 to 1.00 for fiscal quarters through December 31, 2007;

•  5.00 to 1.00 for any fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2008 through September 2008;

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•  4.75 to 1.00 for fiscal quarters ending December 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009; and

•  4.50 to 1.00 for any fiscal quarter ending thereafter.

Additionally, the credit facility now provides (i) if the Partnership or its subsidiaries incur unsecured note indebtedness, the leverage ratio will shift to a two-tiered structure and (ii) during periods where the Partnership has outstanding unsecured note indebtedness, the Partnership’s leverage ratio cannot exceed 5.50 to 1.00 and the Partnership’s senior leverage ratio cannot exceed 4.50 to 1.00. The other material terms and conditions of the credit facility remained unchanged.

The Partnership is subject to interest rate risk on its credit facility and has entered into interest rate swaps to reduce this risk. See Note 5 below for a discussion of interest rate swaps.

Senior Secured Notes.  In April 2007, the Partnership amended the senior note agreement, effective as of March 30, 2007, to (i) provide that if the Partnership’s leverage ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter exceeds certain limitations, the Partnership will pay the holders of the note an excess leverage fee based on the daily average outstanding principal balance of the notes during such fiscal quarter multiplied by certain percentages set forth in the senior note agreement; (ii) increase the rate of interest on each note by 0.25% if, at any given time during an acquisition period (as defined in the senior note agreement), the leverage ratio exceeds 5.25 to 1.00; (iii) cause the leverage ratio to shift to a two-tiered structure if the Partnership or its subsidiaries incur unsecured note indebtedness; and (iv) limit the Partnership’s leverage ratio to 5.25 to 1.00 and the Partnership’s senior leverage ratio to 4.25 to 1.00 during periods where the Partnership has outstanding unsecured note indebtedness. The other material items and conditions of the senior note agreement remained unchanged.

The Partnership was in compliance with all debt covenants as of March 31, 2007 and expects to be in compliance with debt covenants for the next twelve months.

(5)  Derivatives

  Interest Rate Swaps

The Partnership is subject to interest rate risk on its credit facility and has entered into interest rate swaps to reduce this risk. In March 2007, the Partnership entered into an interest rate swap covering a principal amount of $50.0 million under the credit facility for a period of three years. In November 2006, the Partnership also entered into an interest rate swap covering a principal amount of $50.0 million. The March 2007 interest rate swap fixes the three month LIBOR rate, prior to credit margin, at 4.875% on $50.0 million of related debt outstanding over the term of the swap agreement which expires on March 31, 2010. The November 2006 interest rate swap fixes the three month LIBOR rate, prior to credit margin, at 4.95% on $50.0 million of related debt outstanding over the term of the swap agreement which expires on November 30, 2009. The Partnership has elected to designate the March 2007 interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge for FAS 133 accounting treatment but has not yet designated the November 2006 interest rate swap as a cash flow hedge. Accordingly, unrealized gains and losses relating to the March 2007 interest rate swap are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income until the related interest rate expense is recognized in earnings and unrealized gains and losses relating to the November 2006 interest rate swap are recorded through the consolidated statement of operations in gain on derivatives over the period hedged. At March 31, 2007, the total fair value of the interest rate swaps was a $0.1 million liability and an unrealized loss of less than $0.1 million was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income. During the three months ended March 31, 2007, an unrealized gain of less than $0.1 million was recorded in earnings and a realized gain of $0.1 million was recorded in earnings relating to the interest rate swaps.

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Commodity Swaps

The components of gain/loss on derivatives in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, relating to interest rate swaps are (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2007		2006
Change in fair value of derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting	$	17	$	—
Realized gains (losses) on derivatives		52		—
Ineffective portion of derivatives qualifying for hedge accounting		—		—
	$	69	$	—

The fair value of derivative assets and liabilities, relating to interest rate swaps are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31,			December 31,
	2007			2006
Fair value of derivative assets — current	$	17		$	89
Fair value of derivative liabilities — current		(143	)		—
Net fair value of derivatives	$	(126	)	$	89

  Commodity Swaps

The Partnership manages its exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices by hedging the impact of market fluctuations. Swaps are used to manage and hedge prices and location risk related to these market exposures. Swaps are also used to manage margins on offsetting fixed-price purchase or sale commitments for physical quantities of natural gas and NGLs.

The Partnership commonly enters into various derivative financial transactions which it does not designate as hedges. These transactions include “swing swaps”, “third party on-system financial swaps”, “marketing financial swaps”, “storage swaps”, “basis swaps” and “processing margin swaps”. Swing swaps are generally short-term in nature (one month), and are usually entered into to protect against changes in the volume of daily versusfirst-of-month index priced gas supplies or markets. Third party on-system financial swaps are hedges that the Partnership enters into on behalf of its customers who are connected to its systems, wherein the Partnership fixes a supply or market price for a period of time for its customers, and simultaneously enters into the derivative transaction. Marketing financial swaps are similar to on-system financial swaps, but are entered into for customers not connected to the Partnership’s systems. Storage swaps transactions protect against changes in the value of gas that the Partnership has stored to serve various operational requirements. Basis swaps are used to hedge basis location price risk due to buying gas into one of our systems on one index and selling gas off that same system on a different index. Processing margin financial swaps are used to hedge frac spread risk at our processing plants relating to the option to process versus bypassing our equity gas.

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The components of gain/loss on derivatives in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, excluding interest rate swaps, are (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2007			2006
Change in fair value of derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting	$	683		$	920
Realized gains (losses) on derivatives		2,685			1,164
Ineffective portion of derivatives qualifying for hedge accounting		(29	)		75
	$	3,339		$	2,159

The fair value of derivative assets and liabilities, excluding interest rate swaps, are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31,			December 31,
	2007			2006
Fair value of derivative assets — current	$	11,339		$	22,959
Fair value of derivative assets — long term		1,576			3,812
Fair value of derivative liabilities — current		(7,399	)		(12,141	)
Fair value of derivative liabilities — long term		(1,465	)		(2,558	)
Net fair value of derivatives	$	4,051		$	12,072

Set forth below is the summarized notional amount and terms of all instruments held for price risk management purposes at March 31, 2007 (all gas quantities are expressed in British Thermal Units and all liquid quantities are expressed in gallons). The remaining term of the contracts extend no later than December 2008 for derivatives, excluding third-party on-system financial swaps, and extend to June 2010 for third-party on-system financial swaps. The Partnership’s counterparties to hedging contracts include BP Corporation, Total Gas & Power, Fortis, UBS Energy, Morgan Stanley and J. Aron & Co., a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. Changes in the fair value of the Partnership’s derivatives related to third-party producers’ and customers’ gas marketing activities are recorded in earnings in the period the transaction is entered into. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income until the related anticipated future cash flow is recognized in earnings and the ineffective portion is recorded in earnings.

March 31, 2007
					Remaining Term
Transaction Type	Total Volume			Pricing Terms	of Contracts	Fair Value
						(In thousands)
Cash Flow Hedges:
Natural gas swaps		310,500		NYMEX less a basis of $0.785 to NYMEX less a basis of $0.575 or fixed prices ranging from $6.885 to $10.855 settling against various Inside FERC Index prices	April 2007 — December 2007	$	8
Natural gas swaps		(2,824,500	)		April 2007 — December 2008		2,246
Total natural gas swaps designated as cash flow hedges						$	2,254
Liquids swaps		(27,063,652	)	Fixed prices ranging from $0.61 to $1.6275 settling against Mt. Belvieu Average of daily postings (non-TET)	April 2007 — March 2008	$	(2,107	)
Total liquids swaps designated as cash flow hedges						$	(2,107	)

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March 31, 2007
					Remaining Term
Transaction Type	Total Volume			Pricing Terms	of Contracts	Fair Value
						(In thousands)
Mark to Market Derivatives:
Swing swaps		771,000		Prices ranging from Inside FERC Index less $0.0025 to Inside FERC Index plus $0.05 settling against various Gas Daily Index prices	April 2007	$	(12	)
Swing swaps		(294,000	)		April 2007		(1	)
Total swing swaps						$	(13	)
Physical offset to swing swap
transactions		294,000		Prices of various Inside FERC Index prices settling against various Gas Daily Index prices	April 2007		—
Physical offset to swing swap
transactions		(771,000	)		April 2007		—
Total physical offset to swing swaps						$	—
Basis swaps		29,881,520		NYMEX less a basis of $0.69 to NYMEX plus a basis of $0.465 or prices ranging from $9.52 to $10.505 settling against various Inside FERC Index prices.	April 2007 — March 2008	$	646
Basis swaps		(30,684,500	)		April 2007 — March 2008		(448	)
Total basis swaps						$	198
Physical offset to basis swap
transactions		15,900,500		Prices ranging from Inside FERC Index less $0.38 to Inside FERC Index plus $0.30 settling against various Inside FERC Index prices	April 2007 — October 2007	$	(126,505	)
Physical offset to basis swap
transactions		(16,297,340	)		April 2007 — October 2007		129,573
Total physical offset to basis swap transactions						$	3,068
Third party on-system
financial swaps		7,354,800		Fixed prices ranging from $5.659 to $11.57 settling against various Inside FERC Index prices	April 2007 — June 2010	$	1,300
Total third party on-system financial swaps						$	1,300
Physical offset to third party
on-system transactions		(7,354,800	)	Fixed prices ranging from $5.71 to $11.62 settling against various Inside FERC Index prices	April 2007 — June 2010	$	(804	)
Total physical offset to third party on-system swaps						$	(804	)
Natural gas liquid puts:
Liquid put options (purchased)		60,649,050		Fixed prices ranging from $0.565 to $1.26 settling against Mount Belvieu Average Daily Index	April 2007 — December 2007	$	590
Liquid put options (sold)		(40,519,179	)		April 2007 — December 2007		(435	)
Total natural gas liquid puts						$	155

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On all transactions where the Partnership is exposed to counterparty risk, the Partnership analyzes the counterparty’s financial condition prior to entering into an agreement, establishes limits, and monitors the appropriateness of these limits on an ongoing basis.

Impact of Cash Flow Hedges

Natural Gas

For the three months ended March 31, 2007, net gains on cash flow hedge contracts of natural gas increased gas revenue by $1.6 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2006, net losses on cash flow hedge contracts of natural gas decreased gas revenue by $0.5 million. As of March 31, 2007, an unrealized derivative fair value net gain of $2.2 million, related to cash flow hedges of gas price risk, was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Of this net amount, a $2.4 million gain is expected to be reclassified into earnings through March 2008. The actual reclassification to earnings will be based onmark-to-market prices at the contract settlement date, along with the realization of the gain or loss on the related physical volume, which amount is not reflected above.

The settlement of cash flow hedge contracts related to April 2007 gas production increased gas revenue by approximately $0.4 million.

Liquids

For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, net gains on liquids swap hedge contracts increased liquids revenue by approximately $0.5 million and $1.1 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, an unrealized derivative fair value loss of $2.1 million related to cash flow hedges of liquids price risk was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and the $2.1 million loss is expected to be reclassified into earnings through March 2008. The actual reclassification to earnings will be based onmark-to-market prices at the contract settlement date, along with the realization of the gain or loss on the related physical volume, which amount is not reflected above.

Derivatives Other Than Cash Flow Hedges

Assets and liabilities related to third party derivative contracts, puts, swing swaps, basis swaps and storage swaps are included in the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities and the profit and loss on the mark to market value of these contracts are recorded net as gain (loss) on derivatives in the consolidated statement of operations. The Partnership estimates the fair value of all of its energy trading contracts using prices actively quoted. The estimated fair value of energy trading contracts by maturity date was as follows (in thousands):

	Maturity Periods
	Less Than		One to		More Than		Total
	One Year		Two Years		Two Years		Fair Value
March 31, 2007	$	3,637	$	171	$	96	$	3,904

(6)  Transactions with Related Parties

The Partnership treats gas for, and purchases gas from, Camden Resources, Inc. (Camden) and treats gas for Erskine Energy Corporation (Erskine) and Approach Resources, Inc. (Approach). All three entities are affiliates of the Partnership by way of equity investments made by Yorktown Energy Partners IV, L.P. and Yorktown Energy Partners V, L.P., in Camden, Erskine and Approach. A director of both the Company and the Partnership is a founder and senior manager of Yorktown Partners LLC, the manager of the Yorktown group of investment partnerships. During the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Partnership purchased natural gas from Camden in the amount of approximately $7.7 million and $10.9 million, respectively, and received approximately $0.6 and $0.7 million, respectively, in treating fees from Camden. During the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006,

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respectively, the Partnership received treating fees from Erskine of $0.3 million and $0.4 million. Treating fees of $0.1 million were received from Approach in 2006, but the relationship was not continued in 2007.

(7)  Commitments and Contingencies

  (a)   Employment Agreements

Each member of executive management of the Company is a party to an employment contract with the general partner. The employment agreements provide each member of senior management with severance payments in certain circumstances and prohibit each such person from competing with the general partner or its affiliates for a certain period of time following the termination of such person’s employment.

  (b)   Environmental Issues

The Partnership’s Cow Island Gas Processing Facility, which was acquired in November 2005, has a known active remediation project for benzene contaminated groundwater. The cause of contamination was attributed to a leaking natural gas condensate storage tank. The site investigation and active remediation being conducted at this location is under the guidance of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) based on the Risk-Evaluation and Corrective Action Plan Program (RECAP) rules. In addition, the Partnership is working with both the LDEQ and the Louisiana State University, Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute, on the development and implementation of a new remediation technology that will drastically reduce the remediation time as well as the costs associated with such remediation projects. The estimated remediation costs are expected to be approximately $0.5 million. Since this remediation project is a result of previous owners’ operation and the actual contamination occurred prior to our ownership, these costs were accrued as part of the purchase price.

  (c)   Other

The Partnership is involved in various litigation and administrative proceedings arising in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, any liabilities that may result from these claims would not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations.

(8)  Segment Information

Identification of operating segments is based principally upon differences in the types and distribution channel of products. The Partnership’s reportable segments consist of Midstream and Treating. The Midstream division consists of the Partnership’s natural gas gathering and transmission operations and includes the south Louisiana processing and liquids assets, the processing and transmission assets located in north and south Texas, the LIG pipelines and processing plants located in Louisiana, the Mississippi System, the Arkoma system located in Oklahoma and various other small systems. Also included in the Midstream division are the Partnership’s energy trading operations. The operations in the Midstream segment are similar in the nature of the products and services, the nature of the production processes, the type of customer, the methods used for distribution of products and services and the nature of the regulatory environment. The Treating division generates fees from its plants either through volume-based treating contracts or though fixed monthly payments. The Seminole carbon dioxide processing plant located in Gaines County, Texas is included in the Treating division.

The Partnership evaluates the performance of its operating segments based on operating revenues and segment profits. Corporate expenses include general partnership expenses associated with managing all reportable operating segments. Corporate assets consist principally of property and equipment, including software, for general corporate support, working capital and debt financing costs.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

Summarized financial information concerning the Partnership’s reportable segments is shown in the following table.

	Midstream			Treating			Corporate			Totals
	(In thousands)
Three months ended March 31, 2007:
Sales to external customers	$	809,798		$	16,351		$	—		$	826,149
Profit on energy trading activities		603			—			—			603
Purchased gas		(751,882	)		(2,334	)		—			(754,216	)
Operating expenses		(22,113	)		(5,251	)		—			(27,364	)
Segment profit	$	36,406		$	8,766		$			$	45,172
Intersegment sales	$	2,646		$	(2,646	)	$	—		$	—
Gain (loss) on derivatives	$	3,349		$	(10	)	$	(125	)	$	3,214
Depreciation and amortization	$	(19,790	)	$	(3,926	)	$	(1,281	)	$	(24,997	)
Capital expenditures (excluding acquisitions)	$	91,370		$	10,424		$	1,552		$	103,346
Identifiable assets	$	2,050,695		$	205,602		$	36,345		$	2,292,642
Three months ended March 31, 2006:
Sales to external customers	$	802,130		$	14,566		$	—		$	816,696
Profit on energy trading activities		423			—			—			423
Purchased gas		(755,568	)		(2,433	)		—			(758,001	)
Operating expenses		(17,484	)		(4,486	)		—			(21,970	)
Segment profit	$	29,501		$	7,647		$	—		$	37,148
Intersegment sales	$	2,601		$	(2,601	)	$	—		$	—
Gain (loss) on derivatives	$	2,159		$	—		$	—		$	2,159
Depreciation and amortization	$	(14,308	)	$	(2,637	)	$	(124	)	$	(17,069	)
Capital expenditures (excluding acquisitions)	$	53,139		$	6,462		$	1,219		$	60,820
Identifiable assets	$	1,226,016		$	176,120		$	37,598		$	1,439,734

The following table reconciles the segment profits reported above to the operating income as reported in the consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007			2006
Segment profits	$	45,172		$	37,148
General and administrative expenses		(12,651	)		(11,831	)
Gain (loss) on derivatives		3,214			2,159
Gain (loss) on sale of property		850			(52	)
Depreciation and amortization		(24,997	)		(17,069	)
Operating income	$	11,588		$	10,355

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Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

Overview

Crosstex Energy, Inc. is a Delaware corporation formed on April 28, 2000 to engage in the gathering, transmission, treating, processing and marketing of natural gas and NGLs through its subsidiaries. On July 12, 2002, we formed Crosstex Energy, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), to acquire indirectly substantially all of the assets, liabilities and operations of its predecessor, Crosstex Energy Services, Ltd. Our assets consist almost exclusively of partnership interests in the partnership, a publicly traded limited partnership engaged in the gathering, transmission, treating, processing and marketing of natural gas and NGLs. These partnership interests consist of (i) 5,332,000 common units, 4,668,000 subordinated units and 6,414,830 senior subordinated series C units, representing approximately 38% of the limited partner interests in the partnership, and (ii) 100% ownership interest in Crosstex Energy GP, L.P., the general partner of the partnership, which owns a 2.0% general partner interest and all of the incentive distribution rights in the partnership.

Since we control the general partner interest in the Partnership, we reflect our ownership interest in the Partnership on a consolidated basis, which means that our financial results are combined with the Partnership’s financial results and the results of our other subsidiaries. The interest owned by non-controlling partners’ share of income is reflected as an expense in our results of operations. We have no separate operating activities apart from those conducted by the Partnership, and our cash flows consist almost exclusively of distributions from the Partnership on the partnership interests we own. Our consolidated results of operations are derived from the results of operations of the Partnership and also include our gains on the issuance of units in the Partnership, deferred taxes, interest of non-controlling partners in the Partnership’s net income, interest income (expense) and general and administrative expenses not reflected in the Partnership’s results of operation. Accordingly, the discussion of our financial position and results of operations in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” primarily reflects the operating activities and results of operations of the Partnership.

The Partnership has two industry segments, Midstream and Treating, with a geographic focus along the Texas gulf coast, in the north Texas Barnett Shale area and in Mississippi and Louisiana. The Partnership’s Midstream division focuses on the gathering, processing, transmission and marketing of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), as well as providing certain producer services, while the Treating division focuses on the removal of contaminants from natural gas and NGLs to meet pipeline quality specifications. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, 81% of the Partnership’s gross margin was generated in the Midstream division, with the balance in the Treating division. The Partnership focuses on gross margin to manage its business because its business is generally to purchase and resell natural gas for a margin, or to gather, process, transport, market or treat natural gas or NGLs for a fee. The Partnership buys and sells most of its natural gas at a fixed relationship to the relevant index price so margins are not significantly affected by changes in natural gas prices. As explained under “Commodity Price Risk” below, it enters into financial instruments to reduce volatility in gross margin due to price fluctuations.

During the past five years, the Partnership has grown significantly as a result of construction and acquisition of gathering and transmission pipelines and treating and processing plants. From January 1, 2002 through March 31, 2007, it has invested over $1.8 billion to develop or acquire new assets. The purchased assets were acquired from numerous sellers at different periods and were accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Accordingly, the results of operations for such acquisitions are included in our financial statements only from the applicable date of the acquisition. As a consequence, the historical results of operations for the periods presented may not be comparable.

The Partnership’s Midstream segment margins are determined primarily by the volumes of natural gas gathered, transported, purchased and sold through its pipeline systems, processed at its processing facilities and the volumes of natural gas liquids handled at its fractionation facilities. Treating segment margins are largely a function

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of the number and size of treating plants as well as fees earned for removing impurities at a non-operated processing plant. The Partnership generates revenues from five primary sources:

•  purchasing and reselling or transporting natural gas on the pipeline systems it owns;

•  processing natural gas at its processing plants and fractionating and marketing the recovered NGLs;

•  treating natural gas at its treating plants;

•  recovering carbon dioxide and natural gas liquids at a non-operated processing plant; and

•  providing off-system marketing services for producers.

The bulk of the Partnership’s operating profits are derived from the margins it realizes for purchasing and reselling natural gas through its pipeline systems. Generally, the Partnership buys gas from a producer, plant tailgate, or transporter at either a fixed discount to a market index or a percentage of the market index. The Partnership then transports and resells the gas. The resale price is generally based on the same index price at which the gas was purchased, and, if the Partnership is to be profitable, at a smaller discount or larger premium to the index than it was purchased. The Partnership attempts to execute all purchases and sales substantially concurrently, or it enters into a future delivery obligation, thereby establishing the basis for the margin it will receive for each natural gas transaction. The Partnership’s gathering and transportation margins related to a percentage of the index price can be adversely affected by declines in the price of natural gas. See “Commodity Price Risk” below for a discussion of how it manages its business to reduce the impact of price volatility.

Processing and fractionation revenues are largely fee based. Processing fees are largely based on either a percentage of the liquids volume recovered, or a fixed fee per unit processed. Fractionation and marketing fees are generally fixed per unit of product.

The Partnership generates treating revenues under three arrangements:

•  a volumetric fee based on the amount of gas treated, which accounted for approximately 27% and 41%, including the Seminole plant, of the operating income in the Treating division for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively;

•  a fixed fee for operating the plant for a certain period, which accounted for approximately 49% and 41% of the operating income in the Treating division for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively; or

•  a fee arrangement in which the producer operates the plant, which accounted for approximately 24% and 18% of the operating income in the Treating division for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Operating expenses are costs directly associated with the operations of a particular asset. Among the most significant of these costs are those associated with direct labor and supervision and associated transportation and communication costs, property insurance, ad valorem taxes, repair and maintenance expenses, measurement and utilities. These costs are normally fairly stable across broad volume ranges, and therefore, do not normally decrease or increase significantly in the short term with decreases or increases in the volume of gas moved through the asset.

Acquisitions

The Partnership has grown significantly through asset purchases in recent years, which creates many of the major differences when comparing operating results from one period to another. The most significant asset purchases since January 2006 were the acquisition of midstream assets from Chief Holdings LLC (Chief) in June 2006, the acquisition of the Hanover Compression Company treating assets in February 2006 and the acquisition of the amine-treating business of Cardinal Gas Solutions Limited Partnership in October 2006.

On June 29, 2006, the Partnership acquired the natural gas gathering pipeline systems and related facilities of Chief in the Barnett Shale for $475.3 million. The acquired systems consist of approximately 210 miles of existing pipeline with up to an additional 380 miles of planned pipelines in the core system build out, located in Parker, Tarrant, Denton, Palo Pinto, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Hill and Johnson counties, all of which are located in Texas.

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The acquired assets also include a 125 MMcf/d carbon dioxide treating plant and compression facilities with 26,000 horsepower. At closing, approximately 160,000 net acres previously owned by Chief and acquired by Devon simultaneously with our acquisition, as well as 60,000 net acres owned by other producers, were dedicated to the systems. Immediately following the closing of the Chief acquisition, the Partnership began expanding its north Texas pipeline gathering system. Since acquisition through March 31, 2007, the Partnership had installed approximately 100 additional miles of gathering pipeline and connected 120 new wells to its gathering system. In addition to expanding the Partnership’s gathering system, it had installed 14,400 horsepower of additional compression to handle the increased volumes. The Partnership also added a 55,000 Mcf/d cryogenic processing plant, two 30,000 Mcf/d dew point control plants (JT plants) and added inlet refrigeration to an existing 30,000 Mcf/d plant in order to remove hydrocarbon liquids from growing gas streams. The Partnership has also installed a 40 gallons per minute amine treating facility to provide CO₂ removal capability. The Partnership has increased total throughput on this gathering system from approximately 115 MMcf/d at the time of acquisition to 265 MMcf/d for the month of March 2007.

On February 1, 2006, the Partnership acquired 48 amine treating plants from a subsidiary of Hanover Compression Company for $51.7 million.

On October 3, 2006, the Partnership acquired the amine-treating business of Cardinal Gas Solutions Limited Partnership for $6.3 million. The acquisition added 10 dew point control plants and 50% of seven amine-treating plants to its plant portfolio. As of March 28, 2007 we acquired the remaining 50% interest in the amine-treating plants for approximately $1.5 million.

Results of Operations

Set forth in the table below is certain financial and operating data for the Midstream and Treating divisions for the periods indicated.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2007			2006
	(Dollars in millions)
Midstream revenues	$	809.8		$	802.1
Midstream purchased gas		(751.9	)		(755.6	)
Profit on energy trading activities		0.6			0.4
Midstream gross margin		58.5			46.9
Treating revenues		16.3			14.6
Treating purchased gas		(2.3	)		(2.4	)
Treating gross margin		14.0			12.2
Total gross margin	$	72.5		$	59.1
Midstream Volumes (MMBtu/d):
Gathering and transportation		1,628,000			1,182,000
Processing		1,908,000			1,792,000
Producer services		90,000			192,000
Treating Plants, Dew Point Control and Related Equipment		198			176

Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2006

Gross Margin and Profit (Loss) on Energy Trading Activity.  Midstream gross margin was $58.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $46.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, an increase of $11.5 million, or 24.5%. This increase was primarily due to acquisitions, increased system throughput, and a favorable processing environment for natural gas liquids. Profit on energy trading activities showed only a slight increase for the comparative period.

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The Partnership acquired the North Texas Gathering (NTG) assets from Chief in June 2006. These assets combined with the North Texas Pipeline (NTPL) and related facilities contributed $13.9 million of gross margin growth during the three months ended March 31, 2007 over the same period in 2006. The NTPL and NTG assets accounted for $11.5 million of this increase. The processing facilities in the region contributed the additional $2.4 million in margin growth. Operational improvements, system expansion and volume increase on the LIG system contributed margin growth of $1.4 million during the first quarter of 2007 over the same period in 2006. The south Louisiana natural gas processing and liquids business had a gross margin decline of approximately $3.3 million between comparative three-month periods due to lower volumes at the Eunice plant.

Treating gross margin was $14.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $12.2 million in the same period in 2006, an increase of $1.8 million, or 15%. Treating plants, dew point control plants, and related equipment in service increased from 176 plants at March 31, 2006 to 198 plants at March 31, 2007. Expansion projects at existing plants and plant additions from inventory contributed gross margin growth of $1.0 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Field services provided to producers contributed $0.3 million in gross margin growth between comparative three month periods.

Operating Expenses.  Operating expenses were $27.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007, compared to $22.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, an increase of $5.4 million, or 24.6%. A substantial part of the increase, $4.7 million, resulted from the NTPL which commenced operation in April 2006 and the acquired Chief assets. Growth in the number of treating plants in service accounted for most of the remaining $0.6 million increase in operating expenses. Operating expenses included stock-based compensation expense of $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.

General and Administrative Expenses.  General and administrative expenses were $12.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $11.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, an increase of $0.8 million, or 7%. The increase was attributable to stock-based compensation expense which was $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007, up from $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006.

Gain/Loss on Derivatives.  The Partnership had a gain on derivatives of $3.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to a gain of $2.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006. The gain in 2007 includes a gain of $3.7 million associated with its basis swaps (including $0.8 million of realized gains) and a gain of $0.5 million associated with its processing margin hedges (all realized). These were partially offset by a loss of $0.7 million on puts acquired in 2005 related to the acquisition of the south Louisiana assets and by a net loss of $0.2 million associated with derivatives for third-party on-system financial transactions and storage financial transactions (including $1.4 million of realized gains). The gain in 2006 includes a gain of $2.3 million associated with derivatives for third-party on-system financial transactions and storage financial transactions (including $1.2 million of realized gains) and a gain of $1.0 million associated with basis swaps partially offset by a $1.1 million loss on puts acquired in 2005 related to the acquisition of the south Louisiana assets. As of March 31, 2007 the fair value of the puts was $0.2 million.

Depreciation and Amortization.  Depreciation and amortization expenses were $25.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $17.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, an increase of $7.9 million, or 46.4%. The increase in depreciation and amortization expenses related to the north Texas assets was $5.9 million. The new treating plants acquired from Hanover, together with new treating plants placed in service, resulted in an increase of $0.5 million. The remaining $1.5 million increase in depreciation and amortization expenses is a result of additional assets placed in service, including our new information systems.

Interest Expense.  Interest expense was $17.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $8.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, an increase of $8.8 million, or 105%. The increase relates primarily to an increase in debt outstanding and to higher interest rates between three-month periods (weighted average rate of 7.0% in the 2007 period compared to 6.6% in the 2006 period).

Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change.  The Company recorded a $0.2 million cumulative adjustment to recognize the required change in reporting stock-based compensation under FASB Statement No. 123R which was effective January 1, 2006. The cumulative effect of this change is reported in our income net of taxes and non-controlling partners’ interest for the three month period ending March 31, 2006.

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Income Taxes.  Income tax expense was $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $9.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006. Income tax expense in the first quarter 2006 related primarily to the $19.0 million gain on issuance of units of the Partnership during such period.

Interest of Non-Controlling Partners in the Partnership’s Net Income.  The interest of non-controlling partners in the Partnership’s net income decreased by $4.8 million to a loss of $5.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to a loss of $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 due to the changes shown in the following summary (in thousands):

	For the Three
	Months Ended
	March 31,
	2007			2006
Net income (loss) for the Partnership	$	(5,277	)	$	2,923
(Income) allocation to CEI for the general partner incentive distributions		(5,497	)		(4,713	)
Stock-based compensation costs allocated to CEI for its stock options and restricted stock granted to Partnership officers, employees and directors		1,135			523
(Income)/loss allocation to CEI for its 2% general partner share of Partnership (income) loss		193			25
Net income (loss) allocable to limited partners		(9,446	)		(1,242	)
Less: CEI’s share of net (income) loss allocable to limited partners		3,546			74
Plus: Non-controlling partners’ share of net income (loss) in Denton County Joint Venture		19			80
Non-controlling partners’ share of Partnership net income (loss)	$	(5,881	)	$	(1,088	)

Critical Accounting Policies

Information regarding the Company’s Critical Accounting Policies is included in Item 7 of the Company’s Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows.  Net cash used in operating activities was $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to cash used by operations of $7.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006. Income before non-cash income and expenses was $20.8 million in 2007 and $20.3 million in 2006. Changes in working capital used $23.8 million in cash flows from operating activities in 2007 and used $27.5 million in cash flows from operating activities in 2006. Changes in working capital used $23.8 million in cash flows in 2007 primarily due to payments on various accrued obligations during the first quarter of 2007.

Net cash used in investing activities was $106.6 million and $107.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Net cash used in investing for the three months ended March 31, 2007 consisted of $38.0 million for expansion in north Louisiana, $44.5 million for north Texas transmission and gathering systems, $10.3 million for Treating assets, $9.0 million for various other capital projects and $4.8 million to pay liabilities accrued for property and equipment expenditures as of December 31, 2006. Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2006 consisted of $51.6 million for the Hanover acquisition, $28.8 million for the NTPL, $10.7 million for the Parker County gathering project and $13.2 million for various other capital projects.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $108.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $115.6 million provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2006. Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2007 included $99.9 million from net proceeds from the Partnership’s issuance of senior subordinated D units and net bank borrowings of $62.6 million. Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2006 included net bank borrowings of $125.0 million. Dividends paid totaled $10.3 million for the first quarter of 2007 as compared to $7.3 million for the first quarter of 2006. Distributions to non-controlling partners totaled $9.3 million in the first quarter of 2007

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compared to $7.7 million in the first quarter of 2006. Drafts payable decreased by $34.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 as compared to an increase in drafts payable of $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006. In order to reduce interest costs, the Partnership does not borrow money to fund outstanding checks until they are presented to the bank. Fluctuations in drafts payable are caused by timing of disbursements, cash receipts and draws on the Partnership’s revolving credit facility.

Working Capital Deficit.  We had a working capital deficit of $14.3 million as of March 31, 2007, primarily due to drafts payable of $13.2 million and accrued liabilities of $54.9 million, including $24.4 million attributable to accrued property development costs. As discussed in “Cash Flows” above, we do not borrow money to fund outstanding checks until they are presented to the bank. We borrow money under our $1.0 billion credit facility to fund checks as they are presented. As of March 31, 2007, we had approximately $367.4 million of available borrowing capacity under this facility.

Capital Requirements of the Partnership.  The natural gas gathering, transmission, treating and processing businesses are capital-intensive, requiring significant investment to maintain and upgrade existing operations. The Partnership’s capital requirements have consisted primarily of, and it anticipates will continue to be:

•  Maintenance capital expenditures, which are capital expenditures made to replace partially or fully depreciated assets in order to maintain existing operating capacity of the Partnership’s assets and to extend their useful lives, or other capital expenditures which do not increase the Partnership’s cash flows; and

•  Growth capital expenditures such as those to acquire additional assets to grow the Partnership’s business, to expand and upgrade gathering systems, transmission capacity, processing plants or treating plants, and to construct or acquire new pipelines, processing plants or treating plants, and expenditures made in support of that growth.

Given the Partnership’s objective of growth through acquisitions, it anticipates that it will continue to invest significant amounts of capital to grow and acquire assets. The Partnership actively considers a variety of assets for potential acquisitions.

The Partnership believes that cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet its present quarterly distribution level of $0.56 per quarter and to fund a portion of its anticipated capital expenditures through March 31, 2008. Total capital expenditures for the remainder of 2007 are budgeted to be approximately $150.0 million. The Partnership expects to fund the remaining capital expenditures from the proceeds of borrowings under the revolving credit facility discussed below. The Partnership’s ability to pay distributions to its unit holders and to fund planned capital expenditures and to make acquisitions will depend upon its future operating performance, which will be affected by prevailing economic conditions in its industry and financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond its control.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.  We had no off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2006 and 2007.

March 2007 Sale of Senior Subordinated Series D Units.  On March 23, 2007, the Partnership issued an aggregate of 3,875,340 senior subordinated series D units representing limited partner interests in a private offering for net proceeds of approximately $99.9 million. The senior subordinated series D units were issued at $25.80 per unit, which represented a discount of approximately 25% to the market value of common units on such date. The discount represented an underwriting discount plus the fact that the units will not receive a distribution nor be readily transferable for two years. Crosstex Energy GP, L.P. made a general partner contribution of $2.7 million in connection with this issuance to maintain its 2% general partner interest. The senior subordinated series D units will automatically convert into common units representing limited partner interests on the first date on or after March 23, 2009 that conversion is permitted by the partnership agreement of the Partnership at a ratio of one common unit for each senior subordinated series D unit, subject to adjustment depending on the achievement of financial metrics in the fourth quarter of 2008. The senior subordinated series D units are not entitled to distributions of available cash or allocations of net income/loss from us until March 23, 2009.

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Indebtedness

As of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, long-term debt consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

	March 31,			December 31,
	2007			2006
Bank credit facility, interest based on Primeand/or LIBOR plus an applicable margin, interest rates (per the facility) at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 were 7.24% and 7.20%, respectively	$	553,000		$	488,000
Senior secured notes, weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was 6.76%		496,177			498,530
Note payable to Florida Gas Transmission Company		600			600
		1,049,777			987,130
Less current portion		(10,012	)		(10,012	)
Debt classified as long-term	$	1,039,765		$	977,118

Credit Facility.

As of March 31, 2007, the Partnership had a bank credit facility with a borrowing capacity of $1.0 billion that matures in June 2011. As of March 31, 2007, $632.6 million was outstanding under the bank credit facility, including $79.6 million of letters of credit, leaving approximately $367.4 million available for future borrowing.

In April 2007, the Partnership amended its bank credit facility to increase the maximum permitted leverage ratio for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2007 and each fiscal quarter thereafter. The maximum leverage ratio (total funded debt to consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is as follows (provided, however, that during an acquisition period, the maximum leverage ratio shall be increased by 0.50 to 1.00 from the otherwise applicable ratio set forth below):

•  5.25 to 1.00 for fiscal quarters through December 31, 2007;

•  5.00 to 1.00 for any fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2008 through September 2008;

•  4.75 to 1.00 for fiscal quarters ending December 31, 2008 and March 31, 2009; and

•  4.50 to 1.00 for any fiscal quarter ending thereafter.

Additionally, the credit facility now provides (i) if the Partnership or its subsidiaries incur unsecured note indebtedness, the leverage ratio will shift to a two-tiered structure and (ii) during periods where we have outstanding unsecured note indebtedness, our leverage ratio cannot exceed 5.50 to 1.00 and our senior leverage ratio cannot exceed 4.50 to 1.00. The other material terms and conditions of the credit facility remain unchanged.

Senior Secured Notes.  In April 2007, the Partnership amended the senior note agreement, effective as of March 30, 2007, to (i) provide that if the Partnership leverage ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter exceeds certain limitations, the Partnership will pay the holders of the note an excess leverage fee based on the daily average outstanding principal balance of the notes during such fiscal quarter multiplied by certain percentages set forth in the senior note agreement; (ii) increase the rate of interest on each note by 0.25% if, at any given time during an acquisition period (as defined in the senior note agreement), the leverage ratio exceeds 5.25 to 1.00; (iii) cause the leverage ratio to shift to a two-tiered structure if the Partnership or its subsidiaries incur unsecured note indebtedness; and (iv) limit the Partnership leverage ratio to 5.25 to 1.00 and the Partnership senior leverage ratio to 4.25 to 1.00 during periods where the Partnership has outstanding unsecured note indebtedness. The other material items and conditions of the senior note agreement remained unchanged.

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Total Contractual Cash Obligations.  A summary of our total contractual cash obligations as of March 31, 2007, is as follows:

	Payments Due by Period
	Total		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		Thereafter
	(In millions)
Long-term debt	$	1,049.8	$	7.7	$	9.4	$	9.4	$	20.3	$	585.0	$	418.0
Capital lease obligations
Operating leases		99.2		14.3		18.0		17.2		16.1		16.0		17.6
Unconditional purchase obligations		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other long-term obligations		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Total contractual obligations	$	1,149.0	$	22.0	$	27.4	$	26.6	$	36.4	$	601.0	$	435.6

The above table does not include any physical or financial contract purchase commitments for natural gas.

The Partnership was in compliance with all debt covenants at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 and expects to be in compliance with debt covenants for the next twelve months.

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that are based on information currently available to management as well as management’s assumptions and beliefs. Statements included in this report which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology including “forecast,” “may,” “believe,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue” or other similar words. These statements discuss future expectations, contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition or state other “forward-looking” information. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events based on what we believe are reasonable assumptions; however, such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. In addition to specific uncertainties discussed elsewhere in thisForm 10-Q, the risk factors set forth in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and those set forth in Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of this report may affect our performance and results of operations. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or review any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. Our primary market risk is the risk related to changes in the prices of natural gas and NGLs. In addition, we are also exposed to the risk of changes in interest rates on the Partnership’s floating rate debt.

Interest Rate Risk

The Partnership is exposed to interest rate risk on short-term and long-term debt carrying variable interest rates. At March 31, 2007, its variable rate debt had a carrying value of $553.6 million which approximated its fair value, and our fixed rate debt had a carrying value of $496.2 million with an approximate fair value of $501.3 million. The Partnership attempts to balance variable rate debt, fixed rate debt and debt maturities to manage interest cost, interest rate volatility and financing risk. This is accomplished through a mix of bank debt with short-term variable rates and fixed rate senior and subordinated debt. In addition, the Partnership has entered into two separate interest rate swaps covering principal amounts of $50.0 million each under the credit facility for periods of three years each. The interest rate swaps reduce risk by fixing the three month LIBOR rate over the term of the swap agreement.

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In November 2006, the Partnership entered into an interest rate swap that fixed the three month LIBOR rate, prior to credit margin, at 4.95% on $50.0 million of related debt outstanding over the term of the swap agreement which expires on November 30, 2009. The fair value of the interest rate swap at March 31, 2007 was a $0.1 million liability.

In March 2007, the Partnership entered into an interest rate swap that fixed the three month LIBOR rate, prior to credit margin, at 4.875% on $50.0 million of related debt outstanding over the term of the swap agreement which expires on March 31, 2010. The fair value of the interest rate swap at March 31, 2007 was a liability of less than $0.1 million.

The following table shows the carrying amount and fair value of long-term debt and the hypothetical change in fair value that would result from a 100-basis point change in interest rates. Unless otherwise noted, the hypothetical change in fair value could be a gain or a loss depending on whether interest rates increase or decrease.

					Hypothetical
	Carrying				Change in
	Amount		Fair Value(a)		Fair Value
	(In millions)
March 31, 2007	$	1,049.8	$	1,059.4	$	9.6

(a) Fair value is based upon current market quotes and is the estimated amount required to purchase our long-term debt on the open market. This estimated value does not include any redemption premium.

Commodity Price Risk

Approximately 4% of the natural gas the Partnership markets is purchased at a percentage of the relevant natural gas index price, as opposed to a fixed discount to that price. As a result of purchasing the natural gas at a percentage of the index price, its resale margins are higher during periods of high natural gas prices and lower during periods of lower natural gas prices. As of March 31, 2007, the Partnership has hedged approximately 81% of its exposure to natural gas price fluctuations through March 2008 and approximately 20% of its exposure to natural gas price fluctuations for April 2008 — December 2008. The Partnership also has hedges in place covering at least 79% of the minimum liquid volumes it expects to receive at its south Louisiana assets through the end of 2007 and approximately 80% for the first quarter of 2008; and 74% of the liquids at its other assets through 2007 and 80% for the first quarter of 2008.

Another price risk the Partnership faces is the risk of mismatching volumes of gas bought or sold on a monthly price versus volumes bought or sold on a daily price. The Partnership enters each month with a balanced book of gas bought and sold substantially on the same basis. However, it is normal to experience fluctuations in the volumes of gas bought or sold under either basis, which leaves the Partnership with short or long positions that must be covered. The Partnership uses financial swaps to mitigate the exposure at the time it is created to maintain a balanced position.

The Partnership has commodity price risk associated with its processed volumes of natural gas. It currently processes gas under four main types of contractual arrangements:

1. Keep-whole contracts: Under this type of contract, it pays the producer for the full amount of inlet gas to the plant, and makes a margin based on the difference between the value of liquids recovered from the processed natural gas as compared to the value of the natural gas volumes lost (shrink) in processing. The margins from these contracts are high during periods of high liquids prices relative to natural gas prices, and can be negative during periods of high natural gas prices relative to liquids prices. The Partnership controls its risk on current keep-whole contracts primarily through its ability to bypass processing when it is not profitable.

2. Percent of proceeds contracts: Under these contracts, the Partnership receives a fee in the form of a percentage of the liquids recovered, and the producer bears all the cost of the natural gas shrink. Therefore, margins from these contracts are greater during periods of high liquids prices. The Partnership’s margins from processing cannot become negative under percent of proceeds contracts, but decline during periods of low NGL prices.

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3. Theoretical processing contracts: Under these contracts, the Partnership stipulates with the producer the assumptions under which it will assume processing economics for settlement purposes, independent of actual processing results or whether the stream was actually processed. These contracts tend to have an inverse result to the keep-whole contracts, with better margins as processing economics worsen.

4. Fee based contracts: Under these contracts the Partnership has no commodity price exposure and is paid a fixed fee per unit of volume that is treated or conditioned.

The Partnership’s primary commodity risk management objective is to reduce volatility in Partnership cash flows. The Partnership maintains a Risk Management Committee, including members of senior management, which oversees all hedging activity. It enters into hedges for natural gas and NGLs using NYMEX futures orover-the-counter derivative financial instruments with only certain well-capitalized counterparties which have been approved by the Risk Management Committee.

The use of financial instruments may expose the Partnership to the risk of financial loss in certain circumstances, including instances when (1) sales volumes are less than expected requiring market purchases to meet commitments or (2) counterparties fail to purchase the contracted quantities of natural gas or otherwise fail to perform. To the extent that the Partnership engages in hedging activities its may be prevented from realizing the benefits of favorable price changes in the physical market. However, the Partnership is similarly insulated against unfavorable changes in such prices.

The Partnership manages its price risk related to future physical purchase or sale commitments for its commercial services activities by entering into either corresponding physical delivery contracts or financial instruments with an objective to balance our future commitments and significantly reduce our risk to the movement in natural gas prices. However, it is subject to counterparty credit risk for both the physical and financial contracts. The Partnership accounts for certain of its commercial services natural gas marketing activities as energy trading contracts or derivatives. These energy-trading contracts are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value reported in earnings. Accordingly, any gain or loss arising from changes to the fair market value of the derivative and physical delivery contract related to the Partnership’s commercial services natural gas marketing activities are recognized in earnings as profit or loss from energy trading contracts immediately.

For each reporting period, the Partnership records the fair value of open energy trading contracts based on the difference between the quoted market price and the contract price. Accordingly, the change in fair value from the previous period is reported as a gain or loss on derivatives in the statement of operations. Realized gains and losses from settled contracts accounted for as cash flow hedges are recorded in Midstream Revenue. As of March 31, 2007, outstanding natural gas swap agreements, NGL swap agreements, swing swap agreements and other derivative instruments were a net fair value asset of $3.9 million, excluding the fair value asset of $0.2 million associated with the natural gas liquids puts. The aggregate effect of a hypothetical 10% increase in gas and NGLs prices would result in a decrease of approximately $4.7 million in the net fair value asset of these contracts as of March 31, 2007. The value of the natural gas liquids puts would also decrease as a result of an increase in NGLs prices but the Partnership is unable to determine the impact of a 10% price change. The maximum loss on these puts is the remaining $0.2 million recorded fair value for the puts.

Item 4.   Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the design and operating effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2007 in alerting them in a timely manner to material information required to be disclosed in our reports field with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred in the three months ended March 31, 2007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A.   Risk Factors

Information about risk factors for the three months ended March 31, 2007, does not differ materially from that set forth in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Item 6.   Exhibits

The exhibits filed as part of this report are as follows (exhibits incorporated by reference are set forth with the name of the registrant, the type of report and registration number or last date of the period for which it was filed, and the exhibit number in such filing):

Number				Description
	3	.1	—	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Crosstex Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s Current Report onForm 8-K dated October 26, 2006, filed with the Commission on October 31, 2006).
	3	.2	—	Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Crosstex Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s Current Report onForm 8-K dated March 22, 2006, filed with the Commission on March 28, 2006).
	3	.3	—	Certificate of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-977779).
	3	.4	—	Sixth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy, L.P., dated as of March 23, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s current report onForm 8-K dated March 23, 2007, filed with the Commission on March 27, 2007).
	3	.5	—	Certificate of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy Services, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-97779).
	3	.6	—	Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy Services, L.P., dated as of April 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2004).
	3	.7	—	Certificate of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy GP, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-97779).
	3	.8	—	Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy GP, L.P., dated as of July 12, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-97779).
	3	.9	—	Certificate of Formation of Crosstex Energy GP, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-97779).
	3	.10	—	Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crosstex Energy GP, LLC, dated as of December 17, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-97779).
	3	.11	—	Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Crosstex Holdings GP, LLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.11 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-110095).
	3	.12	—	Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crosstex Holdings GP, LLC, dated as of October 27, 2003 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.12 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-110095).
	3	.13	—	Certificate of Formation of Crosstex Holdings LP, LLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.13 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-110095).

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Number				Description
	3	.14	—	Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crosstex Holdings LP, LLC, dated as of November 4, 2003 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.14 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-110095).
	3	.15	—	Amended and Restated Certificate of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Holdings, L.P. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.15 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-110095).
	3	.16	—	Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Holdings, L.P., dated as of November 4, 2003 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.16 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, fileNo. 333-110095).
	10	.1	—	Third Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, effective March 30, 2007, among Crosstex Energy, L.P., Bank of America, N.A. and certain other parties (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Current Report onForm 8-K dated April 3, 2007, filed with the Commission on April 5, 2007).
	10	.2	—	Letter Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, effective March 30, 2007, among Crosstex Energy, L.P., Prudential Investment Management, Inc. and certain other parties (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Current Report onForm 8-K dated April 3, 2007, filed with the Commission on April 5, 2007).
	10	.3	—	Senior Subordinated Series D Unit Purchase Agreement dated as of March 30, 2007, by and among Crosstex Energy, L.P. and each of the Purchasers set forth on Schedule A thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Current Report onForm 8-K dated March 27, 2007, filed with the Commission on April 5, 2007).
	10	.4	—	Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2007, by and among Crosstex Energy, L.P. and each of the Purchasers set forth on Schedule A thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.’s Current Report onForm 8-K dated March 23, 2007, filed with the Commission on March 27, 2007).
	31	.1*	—	Certification of the principal executive officer.
	31	.2*	—	Certification of the principal financial officer.
	32	.1*	—	Certification of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

* Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 9^th day of May 2007.

CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.

By:  /s/  WILLIAM W. DAVIS

William W. Davis,

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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