UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~Pursuant~~Date toof ~~Section~~Report ~~13 or 15~~(d)Date of ~~the~~earliest ~~Securities~~event ~~Exchange~~reported): November 25, ~~Act~~2024 of(November ~~1934~~25, 2024)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 29, 2024

Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in ~~Its~~its ~~Charter~~charter)

Maryland	~~811-22690~~	45811-~~5176345~~22690	45-5176345
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6363 College Boulevard, Suite 100A
6363 College Boulevard, Suite 100A Overland Park, Kansas		66211
Overland Park, KS		66211
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s ~~Telephone~~telephone ~~Number~~number, ~~Including~~including area ~~Area Code~~code: 913 981-1020

(Former ~~Name~~name or ~~Former~~former ~~Address~~address, if ~~Changed~~changed ~~Since~~since last ~~Last Report~~report): N/A

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading ~~Symbol~~symbol(s)		Name of ~~each~~ exchange onof which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		NDP		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 58.0201. ~~Departure~~Other ~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Events.

~~(b)~~ On ~~May 29~~November 25, 2024, ~~Jennifer~~at 10:00 ~~Paquette,~~ a.m. ~~director~~Central ofTime, Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. (the “~~Company~~Fund”), ~~notified~~commenced ~~the~~a ~~Company~~Special Meeting of ~~her~~Stockholders (the ~~decision~~“Special ~~not~~Meeting”), ~~to stand~~as ~~for~~previously ~~reelection~~scheduled, ~~when~~and ~~her~~adjourned ~~current~~the ~~term~~Special ~~expires~~Meeting atuntil ~~the~~Thursday, ~~Company’s~~December 5, 2024 at ~~Annual~~10:00 ~~Meeting~~a.m. Central Time due to a lack of ~~Stockholders~~quorum. ~~Ms.~~ ~~Paquette~~The ~~advised~~record date for the ~~Company~~Special ~~that~~Meeting ~~her~~will ~~decision~~remain ~~was~~August 27, ~~not~~2024. This allows the ~~result~~Fund’s ofstockholders ~~any~~additional ~~disagreement~~time ~~with~~to vote on the ~~Company~~proposal ondescribed ~~any~~in ~~matter~~the ~~relating~~Joint toProxy Statement/Prospectus for the Special ~~Company’s~~Meeting ~~operations~~dated November 5, ~~policies~~2024. orDuring ~~practices~~the orperiod ~~with~~of ~~other~~the ~~members~~adjournment, ofthe Fund will continue to solicit votes from its stockholders with respect to the ~~Company’s~~proposal ~~Board~~set offorth ~~Directors~~in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

~~Additionally,~~The ~~effective~~reconvened ~~June~~Special 3,Meeting will ~~2024,~~be ~~the~~held ~~Board~~at ~~of Directors of~~ the ~~Company~~same ~~appointed Matthew Sallee to succeed Courtney Gengler as Chief Executive Officer of the Company~~location, ~~effective~~6363 asCollege ~~of the close of business on June 7~~Boulevard, ~~2024. The~~Suite ~~appointment was made in connection with the departure of Ms. Gengler~~100A, ~~who~~Overland ~~is leaving Tortoise Capital Advisors~~Park, ~~L.L.C.~~Kansas ~~(the “Adviser”) to pursue other opportunities effective as of the close of business on June 7, 2024~~66211.

Mr. Sallee, age 45, will continue in his current position as Managing Director of the Adviser. As discussed in greater detail in the proxy statement for the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Sallee served in a number of other roles for the Adviser since 2005.1

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

			Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc.
	TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC.
Date:	June 3, 2024	By:	/s/ Courtney Gengler
Date: November 25, 2024	By:	/s/ Matthew G.P. Sallee
			Courtney Gengler Chief Executive Officer
		Matthew G.P. Sallee
		Chief Executive Officer

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