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, 2010
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
| Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
| Williams Pipeline Partners L.P. | 8/31/2010 | 96950K103 | WMZ |
| Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
| For | For | 1. To approve and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 24, 2010 by and among Williams Partners L.P., Williams Partners GP LLC, Williams Partners Operating LLC, WPZ Operating Company Merger Sub LLC (the "Merger Sub"), Williams Pipeline Partners, L.P. and Williams Pipeline GP LLC, as it may be amended from time to time (the "Merger Agreement") and the merger of the Merger Sub with and into Williams Pipeline Partners L.P. contemplated by the Merger Agreement. | Issuer |
| Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
| MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. | 6/2/2010 | 570759100 | MWE |
| Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
| For | For | 1. To elect Frank M. Semple, Donald D. Wolf, Keith E. Bailey, Michael L. Beatty, Charles K. Dempster, Donald C. Heppermann, William A. Kellstrom, Anne E. Fox Mounsey and William P. Nicoletti as Directors of the general partner of MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. for a one-year term to expire at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Unitholders. | Issuer |
| For | For | 2. To ratify the general partner's Audit Committee's appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.'s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2010 fiscal year. | Issuer |
| Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
| Copano Energy, L.L.C. | 5/11/2010 | 217202100 | CPNO |
| Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
| For | For | 1. To elect James G. Crump, Ernie L. Danner, Scott A. Griffiths, Michael L. Johnson, R. Bruce Northcutt, T. William Porter, and William L. Thacker to Copano's Board of Directors to serve until the 2011 Annual Meeting of Unitholders. | Issuer |
| For | For | 2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Copano's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. | Issuer |
| Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
| Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | 4/21/2010 | 559080106 | MMP |
| Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
| For | For | 1. To elect one Class I director (Barry R. Pearl) and two Class II directors (Walter R. Arnheim and Patrick C. Eilers) to the general partner's board of directors to serve until the 2012 and 2013 annual meeting of limited partners, respectively. | Issuer |
| Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
| TEPPCO Partners, L.P. | 10/23/2009 | 872384102 | TPP |
| Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
| For | For | 1. A proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 28, 2009 by and among Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Sub B LLC, TEPPCO Partners, L.P. and Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, as it may be amended from time to time (the "Merger Agreement"), and the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreemeent ("Merger"). | Issuer |
| Company Name | Meeting Date | CUSIP | Ticker |
| Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | 9/25/2009 | 559080106 | MMP |
| Vote | For/Against Management | Proposal | Proposed by Issuer or Security Holder |
| For | For | 1. Approval of the Agreement relating to simplication of capital structure, dated as of March 3, 2009, by and among Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. ("MMP"), Magellan GP, LLC, MMP's General Partner, Magellan Midstream Holdings, L.P. ("MGG") and Magellan Midstream Holdings GP, LLC, MGG's General Partner, as such Agreement may be amended from time to time. | Issuer |
| For | For | 2. Approval of the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of MMP. | Issuer |
| For | For | 3. Approval of the adjournment of the MMP Special Meeting to a later date, if necessary, to solicitor additional proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes in favor of any of the foregoing proposals. | 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 16, 2010 | By: | /s/ David J. Schulte | |
| David J. Schulte | |||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | |||