KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        EXHIBIT 32.2 - CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
         AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF
                                      2002


In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kinder Morgan Energy
Partners, L.P. (the "Company") for the yearly period ending December 31, 2005,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), the undersigned, in the capacity and on the date indicated below,
hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


Dated:  March 14, 2006
                                /s/ Kimberly A. Dang
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                                Kimberly A. Dang
                                Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
                                Kinder Morgan Management, LLC, the delegate of
                                Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., the General Partner of
                                Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.