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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Williams Partners L.P. [WPZ] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE WILLIAMS CENTER 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/09/2008 (Street) TULSA, OK 74172 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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 representing limited partner interests 01/09/2008   D   800,000 (1) (2) D $ 36.24 (3) 4,613,527 (4) (5) (6) (7) I See footnotes. (4) (5) (6) (7)

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC ONE WILLIAMS CENTER TULSA, OK 74172		X
Williams Energy Services, LLC ONE WILLIAMS CENTER TULSA, OK 74172				Pecuniary interest
Williams Partners GP LLC ONE WILLIAMS CENTER TULSA, OK 74172				Pecuniary interest

Signatures

/s/ Brian K. Shore, Corporate Secretary, The Williams Companies, Inc.		01/11/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Brian K. Shore, Corporate Secretary, Williams Energy Services, LLC		01/11/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Brian K. Shore, Corporate Secretary, Williams Partners GP LLC		01/11/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated December 5, 2007 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between Williams Partners L.P. (the "Partnership") and Lehman Brothers Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co, as representatives of the underwriters listed on schedule 1 of the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the "Underwriters"), the Partnership offered and sold in a firm commitment underwritten offering 9,250,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the "Common Units"). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Partnership granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,387,500 common units (the "Option") on the same terms as the Common Units sold by the Partnership. On January 9, 2008, the Underwriters purchased 800,000 additional common units from the Partnership after partially exercising the Option.
(2)	Pursuant to the Common Unit Redemption Agreement, dated December 11, 2007 (the "Redemption Agreement"), by and between the Partnership and Williams Partners GP LLC (the "General Partner"), the General Partner agreed to transfer to the Partnership, and the Partnership agreed to redeem from the General Partner, a number of common units (the "Redemption Units") equal to the number of common units purchased from the Partnership by the Underwriters upon exercising the Option. As a result of the exercise of the Option by the Underwriters, the Partnership redeemed 800,000 common units from the General Partner on January 9, 2008 in accordance with the Redemption Agreement.
(3)	The Partnership redeemed the Redemption Units from the General Partner at a price per common unit of $36.24, the net proceeds per common unit (after underwriting discounts and commissions, but before expenses) in the public offering conducted pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
(4)	The Williams Companies, Inc. ("TWC") directly or indirectly owns 100% of each of the General Partner, Williams Partners Holdings LLC ("Holdings"), Williams Energy Services, LLC ("WES"), Williams Energy, L.L.C. ("WE"), Williams Discovery Pipeline LLC ("Williams Pipeline") and MAPCO Inc. ("MAPCO"). MAPCO is the sole member of WE. WES is the sole stockholder of MAPCO and the sole member of Williams Pipeline and the General Partner. The General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership, holding a 2% general partner interest, the incentive distribution rights and unregistered common units.
(5)	TWC indirectly beneficially owns (a) the common units that each of WE, Holdings, WES, Williams Pipeline and the General Partner directly beneficially own and (b) the incentive distribution rights and the 2% general partner interest held by the General Partner. WES directly beneficially owns 158,473 common units and indirectly beneficially owns (a) the common units that each of WE, Williams Pipeline and the General Partner directly beneficially own and (b) the incentive distribution rights in the Partnership and the 2% general partner interest in the Partnership held by the General Partner.
(6)	After the disposition of the Redemption Units pursuant to the Redemption Agreement, (a) the General Partner directly held 3,363,527 common units, (b) Holdings directly held 428,239 common units, (c) WES directly held 158,473 common units, (d) WE directly held 447,308 common units and (e) Williams Pipeline directly held 215,980 common units.
(7)	The reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interests therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting persons are beneficial owners of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

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