0001140361-12-034221.txt : 20120727 0001140361-12-034221.hdr.sgml : 20120727 20120727170516 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-12-034221 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120726 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120727 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120727 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SCHULTE DAVID J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001107140 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22690 FILM NUMBER: 12991283 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 233 WEST 47TH ST. CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64112 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001547158 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11550 ASH STREET, SUITE 300 CITY: LEAWOOD STATE: KS ZIP: 66211 BUSINESS PHONE: 913-981-1020 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11550 ASH STREET, SUITE 300 CITY: LEAWOOD STATE: KS ZIP: 66211 3 1 doc1.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2012-07-26 0 0001547158 TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC. NDP 0001107140 SCHULTE DAVID J 11550 ASH STREET, SUITE 300 LEAWOOD KS 66211 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Shares 0 D /s/ David J. Schulte 2012-07-27 EX-24 2 poa1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Unassociated Document
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Terry C. Matlack, Zachary A. Hamel and P. Bradley Adams, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc.  (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever 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 the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned 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 such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, 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 the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day of July 2012

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/s/ David J. Schulte                                                                  Senior Vice President
Printed Name: David J. Schulte