SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Welch Jamie

(Last) (First) (Middle)
3738 OAK LAWN AVE.

(Street)
DALLAS TX 75219

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/24/2013
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. [ ETE ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Group Financial Officer
5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Units 750,000(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. These restricted common units were issued under the terms of the Energy Transfer Equity Long-Term Incentive Plan and will vest 30% on 4/29/2015, 35% on 4/29/2018 and 35% on 4/29/2020, subject to Mr. Welch's continued employment.
/s/ Peggy J. Harrison, Attorney-in-Fact 06/25/2013
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
      THAT	I, Jamie Welch, do hereby appoint Sonia Aube, William J. Healy, and
Peggy J. Harrison, signing singly, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	1.	Execute the following items (each a "Report" and, collectively,
"Reports"), on my behalf and in my capacity as a reporting person of LE GP, LLC
("Company"), which Company is the general partner of Energy Transfer Equity,
L.P. ("Partnership"):
a.	U.S. Security and Exchange Commission EDGAR filer Management Form ID
Application Acknowledgement; and
b.	Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other report required pursuant to Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;
and
c.	Form 144 and any other similar report required under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended; and

2.	Perform any and all acts on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable
 to complete and execute any Reports and timely file such Reports with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

3.	Take any other action 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, it being understood that any
document executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf 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 their discretion.

	I grant to each such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any act 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 I
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation.  I ratify and confirm all that such attorney-in-fact, or any
substitute of such attorney-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by the rights and powers granted by this Power of Attorney.

	I acknowledge that each such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at my request, is not assuming, nor is the Company, or the
Partnership, assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 144 under the Securities
Act of 1933, or applicable federal or state securities laws generally.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am
no longer required to file any Reports with respect to my holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, and/or the Partnership,
unless I earlier revoke it in a signed writing delivered to the Secretary
of the Company.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed this 12th day of June, 2013.



						/s/Jamie Welch
						Jamie Welch



STATE OF TEXAS		)
			) ss.
COUNTY OF DALLAS	)

	Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County and
State, on this 12th day of June, 2013, personally appeared Jamie Welch, to me
known to be the identical person who subscribed his name to the foregoing
Limited Power of Attorney, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the
same as his free and voluntary act and deed, and as the free and voluntary act
and deed, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

Given under my hand and seal of office the day and year last above written.


						Jana Elyse Kilishek
						Notary Public
[SEAL]


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