EX-23.A 40 h53583exv23wa.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP exv23wa
 

Exhibit 23A
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-134406) and related Prospectus of El Paso Corporation, and in the following Registration Statements on Form S-8:
     
Form S-8 No.   Pertaining to:
333-127951
  El Paso Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
 
    
333-126599
  El Paso Corporation 2005 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
 
    
333-126597
  El Paso Corporation 2005 Compensation Plan for Non-employee Directors
 
    
333-96959
  El Paso Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
    
333-26813
  El Paso Energy Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
 
    
333-26831
  El Paso Natural Gas Company Omnibus Plan for Management Employees
 
    
333-26823 and
333-94717
  El Paso Energy Corporation Strategic Stock Plan
 
    
033-46519
  Omnibus Compensation Plan and Stock Option Plan for Non-employee Directors
 
    
033-49956
  El Paso Natural Gas Company Retirement Savings Plan
 
    
033-51851
  El Paso Natural Gas Company Stock Option Plan for Management Employees
 
    
033-57553
  1995 Omnibus Compensation Plan, 1995 Incentive Compensation Plan and 1995 Compensation Plan for Non-employee Directors
 
    
033-51853
  El Paso Natural Gas Company Incentive Compensation Plan
 
    
333-75781
  El Paso Energy Corporation Sonat Savings Plan
 
    
333-78949
  El Paso Energy Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
    
333-78951
  El Paso Energy Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
 
    
333-78979
  El Paso Corporation 1999 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan and El Paso Energy Corporation Omnibus Plan for Management Employees
 
    
333-94719
  El Paso Energy Corporation Omnibus Plan for Management Employees
 
    
333-64240
  El Paso Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan for Non-employee Directors
 
    
333-31060
  El Paso Corporation Coastal Aruba Refining Company N.V. Thrift Plan (formerly Coastal Aruba Refining Company N. V. Thrift Plan)
of our reports dated February 25, 2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of El Paso Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of El Paso Corporation, included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2007.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Houston, Texas
February 25, 2008