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 811-21507


Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


1415 Vantage Park Drive, Charlotte, NC 28203
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Andrew Owen
Allspring Funds Management, LLC
1415 Vantage Park Drive
Charlotte, NC 28203
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(Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 800-222-8222

Date of fiscal year-end: 8/31

Date of reporting period: 07/01/22 - 06/30/23


Item 1. Proxy Voting Record


============ Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund (Closed End) =============


ALLIANT ENERGY CORPORATION

Ticker:       LNT            Security ID:  018802108
Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 22, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Stephanie L. Cox         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Patrick E. Allen         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Michael D. Garcia        For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Susan D. Whiting         For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors


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AMEREN CORPORATION

Ticker:       AEE            Security ID:  023608102
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 13, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Warner L. Baxter         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Cynthia J. Brinkley      For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Catherine S. Brune       For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director J. Edward Coleman        For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Ward H. Dickson          For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Noelle K. Eder           For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Ellen M. Fitzsimmons     For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Rafael Flores            For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Richard J. Harshman      For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Craig S. Ivey            For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director James C. Johnson         For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Martin J. Lyons, Jr.     For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director Steven H. Lipstein       For       For          Management
1n    Elect Director Leo S. Mackay, Jr.       For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
5     Disclose GHG Emissions Reductions       Against   Against      Shareholder
      Targets


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AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.

Ticker:       AEP            Security ID:  025537101
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 28, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Nicholas K. Akins        For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director J. Barnie Beasley, Jr.   For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Ben Fowke                For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Art A. Garcia            For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Linda A. Goodspeed       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Donna A. James           For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Sandra Beach Lin         For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Margaret M. McCarthy     For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Oliver G. 'Rick'         For       For          Management
      Richard, III
1.10  Elect Director Daryl Roberts            For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Julia A. Sloat           For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Sara Martinez Tucker     For       For          Management
1.13  Elect Director Lewis Von Thaer          For       For          Management
2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement   For       For          Management
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
5     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management


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AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.

Ticker:       AWK            Security ID:  030420103
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 17, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Jeffrey N. Edwards       For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Martha Clark Goss        For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director M. Susan Hardwick        For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Kimberly J. Harris       For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Laurie P. Havanec        For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Julia L. Johnson         For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Patricia L. Kampling     For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Karl F. Kurz             For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Michael L. Marberry      For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director James G. Stavridis       For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
5     Oversee and Report a Racial Equity      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Audit


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ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION

Ticker:       ATO            Security ID:  049560105
Meeting Date: FEB 08, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  DEC 12, 2022

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director John C. Ale              For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director J. Kevin Akers           For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Kim R. Cocklin           For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Kelly H. Compton         For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Sean Donohue             For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Rafael G. Garza          For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Richard K. Gordon        For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Nancy K. Quinn           For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Richard A. Sampson       For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Diana J. Walters         For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Frank Yoho               For       For          Management
2     Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors    For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation


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BRISTOW GROUP INC.

Ticker:       VTOL           Security ID:  11040G103
Meeting Date: AUG 02, 2022   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  JUN 06, 2022

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Christopher S. Bradshaw  For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Lorin L. Brass           For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Wesley E. Kern           For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Robert J. Manzo          For       Withhold     Management
1.5   Elect Director G. Mark Mickelson        For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Maryanne Miller          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Christopher Pucillo      For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Brian D. Truelove        For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management
A     Please Mark FOR if the Stock Owned of   None      For          Management
      Record or Beneficially by You is Owned
      and Controlled ONLY by U.S. Citizens
      or Mark Against if Such Stock is Owned
      or Controlled by Any Person Who is NOT
      a U.S. Citizen


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BRISTOW GROUP INC.

Ticker:       VTOL           Security ID:  11040G103
Meeting Date: JUN 07, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 10, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Christopher S. Bradshaw  For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Lorin L. Brass           For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Wesley E. Kern           For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Robert J. Manzo          For       Withhold     Management
1.5   Elect Director G. Mark Mickelson        For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Maryanne Miller          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Christopher Pucillo      For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Brian D. Truelove        For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
4     Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors             For       For          Management
A     Please Mark FOR if the Stock Owned of   None      For          Management
      Record or Beneficially by You is Owned
      and Controlled ONLY by U.S. Citizens
      or Mark Against if Such Stock is Owned
      or Controlled by Any Person Who is NOT
      a U.S. Citizen.


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CENTERPOINT ENERGY, INC.

Ticker:       CNP            Security ID:  15189T107
Meeting Date: APR 21, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 24, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Wendy Montoya Cloonan    For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Earl M. Cummings         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Christopher H. Franklin  For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director David J. Lesar           For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Raquelle W. Lewis        For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Martin H. Nesbitt        For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Theodore F. Pound        For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Phillip R. Smith         For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Barry T. Smitherman      For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
5     Disclose Scope 3 Emissions and Setting  Against   Against      Shareholder
      Scope 3 Emission Targets


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CMS ENERGY CORPORATION

Ticker:       CMS            Security ID:  125896100
Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 07, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Jon E. Barfield          For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Deborah H. Butler        For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Kurt L. Darrow           For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director William D. Harvey        For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Garrick J. Rochow        For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director John G. Russell          For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Suzanne F. Shank         For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Myrna M. Soto            For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director John G. Sznewajs         For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Ronald J. Tanski         For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Laura H. Wright          For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors


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CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION

Ticker:       CEG            Security ID:  21037T109
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 01, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Joseph Dominguez         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Julie Holzrichter        For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Ashish Khandpur          For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors


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DENBURY INC.

Ticker:       DEN            Security ID:  24790A101
Meeting Date: JUN 01, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 03, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Kevin O. Meyers          For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Anthony M. Abate         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Caroline G. Angoorly     For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director James N. Chapman         For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Christian S. Kendall     For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Lynn A. Peterson         For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Brett R. Wiggs           For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Cindy A. Yeilding        For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors


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DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

Ticker:       D              Security ID:  25746U109
Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 03, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1A    Elect Director James A. Bennett         For       For          Management
1B    Elect Director Robert M. Blue           For       For          Management
1C    Elect Director D. Maybank Hagood        For       For          Management
1D    Elect Director Ronald W. Jibson         For       For          Management
1E    Elect Director Mark J. Kington          For       For          Management
1F    Elect Director Kristin G. Lovejoy       For       For          Management
1G    Elect Director Joseph M. Rigby          For       For          Management
1H    Elect Director Pamela J. Royal          For       For          Management
1I    Elect Director Robert H. Spilman, Jr.   For       For          Management
1J    Elect Director Susan N. Story           For       For          Management
1K    Elect Director Michael E. Szymanczyk    For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
5     Amend Right to Call Special Meeting     For       For          Management
6     Amend Advance Notice Provisions for     For       For          Management
      Director Nominations
7     Require Independent Board Chair         Against   For          Shareholder


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DTE ENERGY COMPANY

Ticker:       DTE            Security ID:  233331107
Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 07, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director David A. Brandon         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Charles G. McClure, Jr.  For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Gail J. McGovern         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Mark A. Murray           For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Gerardo Norcia           For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Robert C. Skaggs, Jr.    For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director David A. Thomas          For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Gary H. Torgow           For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director James H. Vandenberghe    For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Valerie M. Williams      For       For          Management
2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
5     Amend Right to Call Special Meeting     For       For          Management
6     Reduce Ownership Threshold for          Against   Against      Shareholder
      Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
7     Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy  Against   For          Shareholder


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DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION

Ticker:       DUK            Security ID:  26441C204
Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 06, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Derrick Burks            For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Annette K. Clayton       For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Theodore F. Craver, Jr.  For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Robert M. Davis          For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Caroline Dorsa           For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director W. Roy Dunbar            For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Nicholas C. Fanandakis   For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Lynn J. Good             For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director John T. Herron           For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Idalene F. Kesner        For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director E. Marie McKee           For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Michael J. Pacilio       For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director Thomas E. Skains         For       For          Management
1n    Elect Director William E. Webster, Jr.  For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
5     Approve Omnibus Stock Plan              For       For          Management
6     Adopt Simple Majority Vote              None      For          Shareholder
7     Create a Committee to Evaluate          Against   Against      Shareholder
      Decarbonization Risk


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ENTERGY CORPORATION

Ticker:       ETR            Security ID:  29364G103
Meeting Date: MAY 05, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 07, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Gina F. Adams            For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director John H. Black            For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director John R. Burbank          For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Patrick J. Condon        For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Kirkland H. Donald       For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Brian W. Ellis           For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Philip L. Frederickson   For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director M. Elise Hyland          For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Stuart L. Levenick       For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Blanche Lambert Lincoln  For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Andrew S. Marsh          For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Karen A. Puckett         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
5     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
6     Amend Certificate of Incorporation to   For       For          Management
      Allow Exculpation of Officers


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EVERGY, INC.

Ticker:       EVRG           Security ID:  30034W106
Meeting Date: MAY 02, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 01, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director David A. Campbell        For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Thomas D. Hyde           For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director B. Anthony Isaac         For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Paul M. Keglevic         For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Mary L. Landrieu         For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Sandra A.J. Lawrence     For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Ann D. Murtlow           For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Sandra J. Price          For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Mark A. Ruelle           For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director James Scarola            For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director C. John Wilder           For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors


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EVERSOURCE ENERGY

Ticker:       ES             Security ID:  30040W108
Meeting Date: MAY 03, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 07, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Cotton M. Cleveland      For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Francis A. Doyle         For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Linda Dorcena Forry      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Gregory M. Jones         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Loretta D. Keane         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director John Y. Kim              For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Kenneth R. Leibler       For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director David H. Long            For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director  Joseph R. Nolan, Jr.    For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director William C. Van Faasen    For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Frederica M. Williams    For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       For          Management
5     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management
6     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors


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EXELON CORPORATION

Ticker:       EXC            Security ID:  30161N101
Meeting Date: APR 25, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 01, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Anthony Anderson         For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director W. Paul Bowers           For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Calvin G. Butler, Jr.    For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Marjorie Rodgers         For       For          Management
      Cheshire
1e    Elect Director Linda Jojo               For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Charisse Lillie          For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Matthew Rogers           For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director John Young               For       For          Management
2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management


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FIRSTENERGY CORPORATION

Ticker:       FE             Security ID:  337932107
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 27, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Jana T. Croom            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Steven J. Demetriou      For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Lisa Winston Hicks       For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Paul Kaleta              For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Sean T. Klimczak         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Jesse A. Lynn            For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director James F. O'Neil, III     For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director John W. Somerhalder, II  For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Andrew Teno              For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Leslie M. Turner         For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Melvin Williams          For       For          Management
2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
5     Reduce Ownership Threshold for          For       For          Management
      Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
      to 20%
6     Submit Severance Agreement              Against   Against      Shareholder
      (Change-in-Control) to Shareholder Vote
7     Establish a New Board Committee on      Against   Against      Shareholder
      Decarbonization Risk


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NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.

Ticker:       NEE            Security ID:  65339F101
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 22, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Nicole S. Arnaboldi      For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Sherry S. Barrat         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director James L. Camaren         For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Kenneth B. Dunn          For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Naren K. Gursahaney      For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Kirk S. Hachigian        For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director John W. Ketchum          For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Amy B. Lane              For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director David L. Porges          For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director Deborah "Dev" Stahlkopf  For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director John A. Stall            For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Darryl L. Wilson         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche as Auditors    For       For          Management
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
5     Disclose Board Skills and Diversity     Against   For          Shareholder
      Matrix


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ONE GAS, INC.

Ticker:       OGS            Security ID:  68235P108
Meeting Date: MAY 25, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 27, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Robert B. Evans          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director John W. Gibson           For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Tracy E. Hart            For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Michael G. Hutchinson    For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Robert S. McAnnally      For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Pattye L. Moore          For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Eduardo L. Rodriguez     For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Douglas H. Yaeger        For       For          Management
2     Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as    For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation


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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED

Ticker:       PEG            Security ID:  744573106
Meeting Date: APR 18, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 17, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Ralph A. LaRossa         For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Susan Tomasky            For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Willie A. Deese          For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Jamie M. Gentoso         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Barry H. Ostrowsky       For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Valerie A. Smith         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Scott G. Stephenson      For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Laura A. Sugg            For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director John P. Surma            For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Alfred W. Zollar         For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4a    Eliminate Supermajority Vote            For       For          Management
      Requirements for Certain Business
      Combinations
4b    Eliminate Supermajority Vote            For       For          Management
      Requirements to Remove a Director
      Without Cause
4c    Eliminate Supermajority Vote            For       For          Management
      Requirement to Make Certain Amendments
      to By-Laws
5     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors


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SEMPRA ENERGY

Ticker:       SRE            Security ID:  816851109
Meeting Date: MAY 12, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 17, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Andres Conesa            For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Pablo A. Ferrero         For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Jeffrey W. Martin        For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Bethany J. Mayer         For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Michael N. Mears         For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Jack T. Taylor           For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Cynthia L. Walker        For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Cynthia J. Warner        For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director James C. Yardley         For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
4     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
5     Increase Authorized Common Stock        For       For          Management
6     Change Company Name to Sempra           For       For          Management
7     Amend Articles of Incorporation         For       For          Management
8     Require Independent Board Chair         Against   Against      Shareholder


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STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST, INC.

Ticker:       STWD           Security ID:  85571B105
Meeting Date: MAY 18, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 28, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Richard D. Bronson       For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Jeffrey G. Dishner       For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Camille J. Douglas       For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Deborah L. Harmon        For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Solomon J. Kumin         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Fred Perpall             For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Fred S. Ridley           For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Barry S. Sternlicht      For       Withhold     Management
1.9   Elect Director Strauss Zelnick          For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors


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THE SOUTHERN COMPANY

Ticker:       SO             Security ID:  842587107
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 27, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Janaki Akella            For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Henry A. "Hal" Clark,    For       For          Management
      III
1c    Elect Director Anthony F. "Tony"        For       For          Management
      Earley, Jr.
1d    Elect Director Thomas A. Fanning        For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director David J. Grain           For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director Colette D. Honorable     For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Donald M. James          For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director John D. Johns            For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Dale E. Klein            For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director David E. Meador          For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Ernest J. Moniz          For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director William G. Smith, Jr.    For       For          Management
1m    Elect Director Kristine L. Svinicki     For       For          Management
1n    Elect Director Lizanne Thomas           For       For          Management
1o    Elect Director Christopher C. Womack    For       For          Management
1p    Elect Director E. Jenner Wood, III      For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
5     Eliminate Supermajority Vote            For       For          Management
      Requirement
6     Adopt Simple Majority Vote              Against   For          Shareholder
7     Adopt Scope 3 GHG Emissions Reduction   Against   For          Shareholder
      Targets Aligned with Paris Agreement
      Goal
8     Report on Feasibility of Net-Zero GHG   Against   Against      Shareholder
      Emissions


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WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.

Ticker:       WEC            Security ID:  92939U106
Meeting Date: MAY 04, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  FEB 23, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Ave M. Bie               For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Curt S. Culver           For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Danny L. Cunningham      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director William M. Farrow, III   For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Cristina A.              For       For          Management
      Garcia-Thomas
1.6   Elect Director Maria C. Green           For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Gale E. Klappa           For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Thomas K. Lane           For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director Scott J. Lauber          For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director Ulice Payne, Jr.         For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Mary Ellen Stanek        For       For          Management
1.12  Elect Director Glen E. Tellock          For       For          Management
2     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation


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XCEL ENERGY INC.

Ticker:       XEL            Security ID:  98389B100
Meeting Date: MAY 24, 2023   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 27, 2023

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1a    Elect Director Megan Burkhart           For       For          Management
1b    Elect Director Lynn Casey               For       For          Management
1c    Elect Director Bob Frenzel              For       For          Management
1d    Elect Director Netha Johnson            For       For          Management
1e    Elect Director Patricia Kampling        For       For          Management
1f    Elect Director George Kehl              For       For          Management
1g    Elect Director Richard O'Brien          For       For          Management
1h    Elect Director Charles Pardee           For       For          Management
1i    Elect Director Christopher Policinski   For       For          Management
1j    Elect Director James Prokopanko         For       For          Management
1k    Elect Director Kim Williams             For       For          Management
1l    Elect Director Daniel Yohannes          For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       For          Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation
3     Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency   One Year  One Year     Management
4     Ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as         For       For          Management
      Auditors


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ALLSPRING UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND

BY: /S/ ANDREW OWEN
NAME: ANDREW OWEN
TITLE: PRESIDENT
DATE: August 24, 2023