• Company Profile
  • Letter from our CEO
  • Our Operations
• the Place to Work
  • Employees
    • Learning & Development
    • Culture of Health
    • Compensation Programs
    • Workforce Development
  • Safety
  • Ethics
• The Neighbor to Have
  • Community
    • Giving Strategy
    • Charitable Contributions
    • Volunteer Outreach
  • Political Accountability
    • Political Action Committee
    • Corp. Political Contributions
    • Trade Assoc. Memberships
  • Environment
    • Leadership Oversight
    • Our Environmental Impacts
    • Operations & the Environment
    • Environmental Remediation
• The Company to Own
  • Shareholders
    • Operational & Financial Results
  • Governance
    • Commitment to Governance
    • Board of Directors
    • Management Team
• Resources
  • GRI References
  • End Notes
  • Cautionary Statement

¹In 2010, 12 employees were terminated for violations of our Code of Conduct following investigations of allegations or complaints made through our process. Other cases were addressed through oral and written reprimands.

²In 2008, we selected a vendor to track and document employee volunteer hours. A new system was launched on January 1, 2009, and allows us to report a more accurate accounting of employee volunteer hours for the current year.

³2010 values were calculated based on a rate of $21.36 per hour, published by independentsector.org.

⁴The Web site for the El Paso Corporation PAC 2010 end-of-year filing with the Federal Election Commission for contributions to federal candidates is: http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_11930019377+0h//query.nictusa.com/cgi-bdcdev/forms/C00093948/447902/.

⁵This represents the total given for state elections excluding 501(c)(4) and 527 organizations.

⁶ In 2008, we partnered with the Center for Political Accountability (CPA) to enhance disclosures about El Paso’s participation in the political process. In our work with CPA, we agreed to provide more detail on individual corporate contributions in any state election campaign where such corporate contributions are permitted by applicable state law that are (a) in excess of $1,000 in any states in which there is no legal or regulatory obligation by El Paso to report such individual corporate contributions or (b) in excess of $200 in any states in which there is a legal or regulatory obligation by El Paso to report such individual corporate contributions.

⁷We believe these to be 527 or 501(c)(4) organizations, but have been unable to confirm that in all cases.

⁸Our peer group for 2010 included: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; CenterPoint Energy Inc.; Dominion Resources, Inc.; Enbridge, Inc.; Energen Corp.; EQT Corporation; National Fuel Gas Co.; Newfield Exploration Co.; NiSource, Inc.; Noble Energy Inc.; ONEOK, Inc.; Pioneer Natural Resources Co.; Questar Corp.; Sempra Energy; Southern Union Co.; Spectra Energy Corp.; TransCanada Corp.; and Williams Companies. Our peer group for 2009 included: Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; Apache Corp.; CenterPoint Energy Inc.; Chesapeake Energy Corp.; Devon Energy Corp.; Dominion Resources, Inc.; Enbridge, Inc.; EOG Resources Inc.; EQT Corporation; National Fuel Gas Co.; Newfield Exploration Co.; NiSource, Inc.; Noble Energy Inc.; ONEOK, Inc.; Pioneer Natural Resources Co.; Questar Corp.; Sempra Energy; Southern Union Co.; Spectra Energy Corp.; TransCanada Corp.; Williams Companies, Inc.; and XTO Energy Inc.

⁹As reported by RiskMetrics Group in May 2011.