SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
KRAUSE ARTHUR B

(Last) (First) (Middle)
TWO BRUSH CREEK BLVD.
SUITE 200

(Street)
KANSAS CITY 64112

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
INERGY L P [ NRGY ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/08/2007
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Units 10,000 I As Trustee of the Meljay C. Krause Trust(2)
Common Units 05/08/2007 M 10,000 A $16.87 14,194 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Long Term Incentive Plan Options (Right to Buy) $16.87 05/08/2007 M 10,000 05/08/2007(1) 05/07/2013 Common Units 10,000 $0 20,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The option vests in three installments as follows: 25% of the option vests on May 8, 2006; 25% of the option vests on May 8, 2007; and the remaining 50% of the option vests on May 8, 2008.
2. Mr. Krause is the Trustee of the Meljay C. Krause Trust U/A 12/3/04.
Remarks:
On January 12, 2004, the Common, Senior Subordinated and Junior Subordinated Units of Inergy, L.P. underwent a two-for-one split.
Judy Riddle (attorney-in-fact) for Arthur B. Krause 05/10/2007
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5)

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Laura L. Ozenberger, Michael K. Post and/or Judy Riddle the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any and all reports on Forms 3, 4, and 5 that may be required from time to time with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Inergy, L.P. (the "Company"), all in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such reports on Forms 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, including without limitation, completing and executing for and on behalf of the undersigned a Uniform Applications For Access Codes To File On Edgar, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.  A photocopy or facsimile copy of this Power of Attorney may be relied upon to the same extent as an original copy of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney this 9th day of February, 2006.

/s/  Arthur B. Krause