Kinder Morgan 10-Q 2021-09-30

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

F O R M 10-Q

☑ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021

or

☐ 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: 001-35081

KINDER MORGAN, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices)(zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 713-369-9000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the 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 ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes þ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “non-accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer þ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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

As of October 21, 2021, the registrant had 2,267,425,507 Class P shares outstanding.

KINDER MORGAN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KINDER MORGAN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

GLOSSARY

Company Abbreviations

Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This report includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are identified as any statement that does not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “projection,” “forecast,” “strategy,” “outlook,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “shall,” or the negative of those terms or other variations of them or comparable terminology. In particular, expressed or implied statements concerning future actions, conditions or events, future operating results or the ability to generate sales, income or cash flow, service debt or pay dividends, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this report include, among others, express or implied statements pertaining to: the long-term demand for our assets and services, our anticipated dividends, our proposed acquisition of Kinetrex Energy and our capital projects, including expected completion timing and benefits of the acquisition and those projects.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements in this report include: the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pace and extent of economic recovery; the timing and extent of changes in the supply of and demand for the products we transport and handle; commodity prices; and the other risks and uncertainties described in Part I, Item 2. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition of Operations” and Part I, Item 3. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in this report, as well as “Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (except to the extent such information is modified or superseded by information in subsequent reports).

You should keep these risk factors in mind when considering forward-looking statements. These risk factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Because of these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. We disclaim any obligation, other than as required by applicable law, to publicly update or revise any of our forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

KINDER MORGAN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions, except per share amounts, unaudited)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

KINDER MORGAN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(In millions, unaudited)

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General and Basis of Presentation

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our accompanying interim consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report, and in conjunction with (i) our consolidated financial statements and related notes in our 2020 Form 10-K; (ii) our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations included in our 2020 Form 10-K; (iii) “Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of this report and in our 2020 Form 10-K; and (iv) “Risk Factors” in our 2020 Form 10-K.

Long-lived Asset Impairment

During the second quarter 2021 we recognized a non-cash, long-lived asset impairment of $1,600 million related to our South Texas gathering and processing assets within our Natural Gas Pipeline business segment, which was driven by lower expectations regarding the volumes and rates associated with the re-contracting of contracts expiring through 2024.

Stagecoach Acquisition

On July 9, 2021, we completed the acquisition of subsidiaries of Stagecoach Gas Services LLC (Stagecoach), a natural gas pipeline and storage joint venture between Consolidated Edison, Inc. and Crestwood Equity Partners, LP, for approximately $1,228 million, including a preliminary purchase price adjustment for working capital. The Stagecoach assets include 4 natural gas storage facilities with a total FERC-certificated working capacity of 41 Bcf and a network of FERC-regulated natural gas transportation pipelines with multiple interconnects to major interstate natural gas pipelines in the northeast region of the U.S., including TGP. The acquired assets are included in our Natural Gas Pipelines business segment.

Kinetrex Energy Acquisition

On August 20, 2021, we completed the acquisition of Indianapolis-based Kinetrex Energy (Kinetrex) from an affiliate of Parallel49 Equity for $318 million, including a preliminary purchase price adjustment for working capital. Kinetrex is a supplier of liquefied natural gas in the Midwest and a producer and supplier of renewable natural gas (RNG) under long-term contracts to transportation service providers. Kinetrex has a 50% interest in the largest RNG facility in Indiana and we commenced construction on three additional landfill-based RNG facilities in September 2021. The acquired assets are included as part of our new Energy Transition Ventures group within our CO2 business segment.

Sale of an Interest in NGPL Holdings LLC

On March 8, 2021, we and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (Brookfield) completed the sale of a combined 25% interest in our joint venture, NGPL Holdings LLC (NGPL Holdings), to a fund controlled by ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC (ArcLight). We received net proceeds of $412 million for our proportionate share of the interests sold which included the transfer of $125 million of our $500 million related party promissory note receivable from NGPL Holdings to ArcLight with quarterly interest payments at 6.75%. We recognized a pre-tax gain of $206 million for our proportionate share, which is included within “Other, net” in our accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. We and Brookfield now each hold a 37.5% interest in NGPL Holdings.

February 2021 Winter Storm

Our year-to-date earnings reflect impacts of the February 2021 winter storm that affected Texas, which are largely nonrecurring. See “—Segment Earnings Results” below. Some of the transactions executed during the winter storm remain subject to risks, including counterparty financial risk, potential disputed purchases and sales and potential legislative or regulatory action in response to, or litigation arising out of, the unprecedented circumstances of the winter storm, which could adversely affect our future earnings, cash flows and financial condition.

2021 Dividends and Discretionary Capital

We expect to declare dividends of $1.08 per share for 2021, a 3% increase from the 2020 declared dividends of $1.05 per share. Excluding the recent acquisitions, we expect to invest $0.8 billion in expansion projects and contributions to joint ventures during 2021.

The expectations for 2021 discussed above involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and are not guarantees of performance. Many of the factors that will determine these expectations are beyond our ability to control or predict, and because of these uncertainties, it is advisable not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statement.

Results of Operations

Overview

As described in further detail below, our management evaluates our performance primarily using the GAAP financial measures of Segment EBDA (as presented in Note 8, “Reportable Segments”) and Net income (loss) attributable to Kinder Morgan, Inc., along with the non-GAAP financial measures of Adjusted Earnings and DCF, both in the aggregate and per share for each, Adjusted Segment EBDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Net Debt.

GAAP Financial Measures

The Consolidated Earnings Results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 present Segment EBDA and Net income (loss) attributable to Kinder Morgan, Inc. which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Segment EBDA is a useful measure of our operating performance because it measures the operating results of our segments before DD&A and certain expenses that are generally not controllable by our business segment operating managers, such as general and administrative expenses and corporate charges, interest expense, net, and income taxes. Our general and administrative expenses and corporate charges include such items as unallocated employee benefits, insurance, rentals, unallocated litigation and environmental expenses, and shared corporate services including accounting, information technology, human resources and legal services.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Our non-GAAP financial measures described below should not be considered alternatives to GAAP Net income (loss) attributable to Kinder Morgan, Inc. or other GAAP measures and have important limitations as analytical tools. Our computations of these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similarly titled measures used by others. You should not consider these non-GAAP financial measures in isolation or as substitutes for an analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Management compensates for the limitations of these non-GAAP financial measures by reviewing our comparable GAAP measures, understanding the differences between the measures and taking this information into account in its analysis and its decision making processes.

Certain Items

Certain Items, as adjustments used to calculate our non-GAAP financial measures, are items that are required by GAAP to be reflected in Net income (loss) attributable to Kinder Morgan, Inc., but typically either (i) do not have a cash impact (for example, asset impairments), or (ii) by their nature are separately identifiable from our normal business operations and in our view are likely to occur only sporadically (for example, certain legal settlements, enactment of new tax legislation and casualty losses). We also include adjustments related to joint ventures (see “Amounts from Joint Ventures” below and the tables included in “—Consolidated Earnings Results (GAAP)—Certain Items Affecting Consolidated Earnings Results,” “—Non-GAAP Financial Measures—Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Kinder Morgan, Inc. (GAAP) to Adjusted EBITDA” and “—Non-GAAP Financial Measures—Supplemental Information” below). In addition, Certain Items are described in more detail in the footnotes to tables included in “—Segment Earnings Results” and “—DD&A, General and Administrative and Corporate Charges, Interest, net, and Noncontrolling Interests” below.

Adjusted Earnings

Adjusted Earnings is calculated by adjusting Net income (l

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There have been no material changes in market risk exposures that would affect the quantitative and qualitative disclosures presented as of December 31, 2020, in Item 7A in our 2020 Form 10-K. For more information on our risk management activities, refer to Item 1, Note 6 “Risk Management” to our consolidated financial statements.

As of September 30, 2021, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon and as of the date of the evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2021 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

See Part I, Item 1, Note 10 to our consolidated financial statements entitled “Litigation and Environmental” which is incorporated in this item by reference.

There have been no material changes in the risk factors disclosed in Part I, Item 1A in our 2020 Form 10-K. For more information on our risk management activities, refer to Item 1, Note 6 “Risk Management” to our consolidated financial statements.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

The Company does not own or operate mines for which reporting requirements apply under the mine safety disclosure requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), except for one terminal that is in temporary idle status with the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The Company has not received any specified health and safety violations, orders or citations, related assessments or legal actions, mining-related fatalities, or similar events requiring disclosure pursuant to the mine safety disclosure requirements of Dodd-Frank for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.

Effective October 20, 2021, our board of directors approved the Kinder Morgan, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Amended Director Plan”), which amends and restates the previous Kinder Morgan, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors dated January 1, 2015, as

amended (the “Previous Plan”). The Amended Director Plan amends and restates the Previous Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the Amended Director Plan.

The Amended Director Plan is administered by our Compensation Committee, and our board of directors has sole discretion to terminate the plan at any time. The Amended Director Plan recognizes that the compensation to be paid to each non-employee director is fixed by our board of directors, and that the compensation is payable in cash. Under the plan, in lieu of receiving some or all of the compensation in cash, non-employee directors, referred to as “eligible directors,” may elect to receive shares of our common stock. Each election generally will be at or around the first board of directors meeting in January of each year and will be effective for the entire calendar year. An eligible director may make a new election each year. The total number of shares of common stock authorized under the plan is 1,190,000.

Each annual election to receive shares of common stock will be evidenced by an agreement between us and the electing director that will contain the terms and conditions of such election. Shares issued under the plan pursuant to an election may be subject to forfeiture restrictions that lapse on the earlier of the director’s death or the date set forth in the agreement, which will be no later than the end of the calendar year to which the cash compensation relates. Until the forfeiture restrictions lapse, shares issued under the plan may not be sold, assigned, transferred, exchanged or pledged by an eligible director. In the event a director’s service as a director is terminated prior to the lapse of the forfeiture restrictions for any reason other than death or the director’s failure to be elected as a director at a stockholders meeting at which the director is considered for election, the director will, for no consideration, forfeit to us all shares then subject to the restrictions. If, prior to the lapse of the restrictions, the director is not elected as a director at a stockholders meeting at which the director is considered for election, the restrictions will lapse with respect to 50% of the director’s shares then subject to such restrictions, and the director will, for no consideration, forfeit to us the remaining shares.

The number of shares to be issued to an eligible director electing to receive any portion of annual compensation in the form of shares will equal the dollar amount elected to be received in the form of shares, divided by the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on the day the cash compensation is awarded or, if the NYSE is not open for trading on such day, the most recent trading day (the fair market value), rounded up to the nearest ten shares. An eligible director electing to receive any portion of annual compensation in the form of shares will receive cash equal to the difference between:

• the total cash compensation awarded to such director and

• the number of shares to be issued to such director with respect to the amount determined by the director, multiplied by the fair market value of a share.

This cash payment will be payable in four equal installments, on or before March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of the calendar year in which such cash compensation is awarded; provided that the installment payments will be adjusted to include dividend equivalent payments with respect to the shares during the period in which the shares are subject to forfeiture restrictions.

The foregoing is a summary of the principal provisions of the Amended Director Plan. The summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended Director Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.4.

Exhibit

Number Description

*Asterisk indicates exhibits incorporated by reference as indicated; all other exhibits are filed herewith, except as noted otherwise.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements 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.