HOUSTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EPB) will ring The Opening Bell(SM) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday, January 9. Participating will be Doug Foshee, a director of its general partner El Paso Pipeline GP Company, L.L.C., and president and chief executive officer of El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) and Jim Yardley, president and chief executive officer of El Paso Pipeline GP Company, L.L.C.

A live webcast can be viewed beginning at 9:25 a.m. EST at http://www.nyse.com. The webcast will be archived by the Exchange and available for re-play several hours after the event. A re-play will also be available at http://www.eppipelinepartners.com.

El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. is a Delaware master limited partnership formed by El Paso Corporation in 2007 to own and operate natural gas transportation pipelines and storage assets. El Paso Corporation owns 56.2 million limited partner units. El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. owns Wyoming Interstate Company (WIC), an interstate pipeline system serving the Rocky Mountain region, and a 10 percent interest in each of the Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG) and Southern Natural Gas Company (SNG) interstate pipelines, which operate in the Rocky Mountain and southeastern regions of the United States, respectively. For more information about El Paso Pipeline Partners, visit http://www.eppipelinepartners.com.

SOURCE El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.
01/08/2008

CONTACT: Investor-Media Relations, Bruce L. Connery, Vice President, +1-713-420-5855, Fax, +1-713-420-4417, or Media Relations, Richard Wheatley, Manager, +1-713-420-6828, Fax, +1-713-420-6341, both for El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.

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