1
                                                                    Exhibit 24.3


                               KINDER MORGAN, INC.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of (1) the exchange right
offered by the Company to exchange shares representing limited liability company
interests issued by Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (the "LLC") for common units
of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. owned by the Company, and (2) the
redemption obligation offered by the Company with respect to the Company's
mandatory or optional redemption in limited circumstances of the limited
liability company interests issued by the LLC, hereby constitutes and appoints
Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each
of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments
thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with
respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 4th day of April, 2001.

                                                 /s/ EDWARD H. AUSTIN
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Edward H. Austin



   2


                               KINDER MORGAN, INC.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of (1) the exchange right
offered by the Company to exchange shares representing limited liability company
interests issued by Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (the "LLC") for common units
of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. owned by the Company, and (2) the
redemption obligation offered by the Company with respect to the Company's
mandatory or optional redemption in limited circumstances of the limited
liability company interests issued by the LLC, hereby constitutes and appoints
Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each
of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments
thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with
respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 4th day of April, 2001.

                                                 /s/ STEWART B. BLISS
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Stewart B. Bliss



   3


                               KINDER MORGAN, INC.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of (1) the exchange right
offered by the Company to exchange shares representing limited liability company
interests issued by Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (the "LLC") for common units
of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. owned by the Company, and (2) the
redemption obligation offered by the Company with respect to the Company's
mandatory or optional redemption in limited circumstances of the limited
liability company interests issued by the LLC, hereby constitutes and appoints
Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each
of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments
thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with
respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 4th day of April, 2001.

                                                 /s/ EDWARD RANDALL, III
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Edward Randall, III



   4


                               KINDER MORGAN, INC.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of (1) the exchange right
offered by the Company to exchange shares representing limited liability company
interests issued by Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (the "LLC") for common units
of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. owned by the Company, and (2) the
redemption obligation offered by the Company with respect to the Company's
mandatory or optional redemption in limited circumstances of the limited
liability company interests issued by the LLC, hereby constitutes and appoints
Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each
of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments
thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with
respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 4th day of April, 2001.

                                                 /s/ H.A. TRUE, III
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 H.A. True, III



   5


                               KINDER MORGAN, INC.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or
director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration by the Company of (1) the exchange right
offered by the Company to exchange shares representing limited liability company
interests issued by Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (the "LLC") for common units
of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. owned by the Company, and (2) the
redemption obligation offered by the Company with respect to the Company's
mandatory or optional redemption in limited circumstances of the limited
liability company interests issued by the LLC, hereby constitutes and appoints
Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each
of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments
thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with
respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of
attorney this 4th day of April, 2001.

                                                 /s/ WILLIAM V. MORGAN
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 William V. Morgan