Certain Provisions of the Partnership Agreement (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Partners' Capital [Abstract]

Distributions Made to Limited Partner, by Distribution

A summary of ENLK’s distribution activity relating to the common units for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, is provided below:

Declaration period	Distribution/unit		Date paid/payable
2017
Fourth Quarter of 2016	$	0.39	February 13, 2017
First Quarter of 2017	$	0.39	May 12, 2017
2016
Fourth Quarter of 2015	$	0.39	February 11, 2016
First Quarter of 2016	$	0.39	May 12, 2016

Schedule of Incentive Distributions Made to Managing Members or General Partners by Distribution

Net income is allocated to the General Partner in an amount equal to its incentive distribution rights as described in (b) above. The General Partner’s share of net income consists of incentive distribution rights to the extent earned, a deduction for unit-based compensation attributable to ENLC’s restricted units, the percentage interest of ENLK’s net income adjusted for ENLC’s unit-based compensation specifically allocated to our General Partner. The net income allocated to the General Partner is as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
	2017			2016
Income allocation for incentive distributions	$	14.7		$	13.8
Unit-based compensation attributable to ENLC’s restricted units	(8.8		)	(4.0		)
General Partner share of net income (loss)	—			(2.4		)
General Partner interest in net income	$	5.9		$	7.4