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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 

 
 
FORM N-PX
 
 
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
 


Investment Company Act file number 811-21725


Tortoise Energy Capital Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in charter)


11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, KS 66211
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)


David J. Schulte, 11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, KS 66211
 (Name and Address of Agent For Service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 913-981-1020


Date of fiscal year end: November 30


Date of reporting period: June 30, 2008



 
Item 1.  Proxy Voting Record
 
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
MarkWest Energy Partners,  L.P.
2/21/2008
570759100
MWE
       
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
1.  Approval and adoption of the agreement and plan of redemption and merger by and among MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P., MWEP, L.L.C., and MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc. dated as of September 5, 2007, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.
Issuer
For
For
2.  Approval of the issuance of common units of the partnership as provided in the redemption and merger agreement.
Issuer
For
For
3.  Approval of the issuance of Class A units in the partnership in exchange for the incentive distribution rights and the 2% economic interest of the General Partner interest in the partnership owned by MarkWest Energy Partners GP, L.L.C. and the common units of the partnership owned by MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc.
Issuer
For
For
4.  Approval and adoption of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.
Issuer
For
For
5.  Approval of the adoption of the 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan of the partnership.
Issuer
For
For
6.  Approval of the adjournment or postponement of the special meeting of unitholders, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the meeting to approve any of the foregoing proposals.  *Note
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Copano Energy, L.L.C.
3/13/2008
217202100
CPNO
       
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
1.  Approval of a proposed change to the terms of the Class E units , providing for their conversion into common units upon payment of Copano's cash distribution attributable to the third quarter of 2008.
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.
4/23/2008
559080106
MMP
       
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
1.  Election of Directors--James R. Montague and Don R. Wellendorf
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
NuStar GP Holdings, LLC
4/24/2008
67059L102
NSH
       
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
1.  Election of Directors--Curtis V. Anastasio and William B. Burnett
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as Nustar's independent registered public accounting firm for 2008.
Issuer
       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
Copano Energy, LLC
5/15/2008
217202100
CPNO
       
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
1.  Election of Directors--James G. Crump, Ernie L. Danner, John R. Eckel, Jr., Scott A. Griffiths, Michael L. Johnson, T. William Porter, and William L. Thacker
Issuer
       
For
For
2.  Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2008.
Issuer

       
Company Name
Meeting Date
CUSIP
Ticker
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.
6/4/2008
570759100
MWE
       
Vote
For/Against Management
Proposal
Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder
For
For
1.  Election of Directors--John M. Fox, Keith E. Bailey, Michael L. Beatty, Charles K, Dempster, Donald C. Heppermann, William A. Kellstrom, Anne E. Fox Mounsey, William P. Nicoletti, Frank M. Semple, Donald D. Wolf
Issuer
     
For
For
2.  Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the partnership's independent registered public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2008.
Issuer



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


  TORTOISE ENERGY CAPITAL CORPORATION  
       
Date:  August 27, 2008
By:
/s/ David J. Schulte  
    David J. Schulte  
    President and Chief Executive Officer