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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001410368-25-021523
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250831
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251107
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251107
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20251107

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALLSPRING UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001279014
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		EIN:				364548459
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
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		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21507
		FILM NUMBER:		251462929

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1415 VANTAGE PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		3RD FLOOR
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28203
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8335684255

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 SEAPORT BLVD
		STREET 2:		FLOOR 11
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WELLS FARGO UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20151216

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100719

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EVERGREEN UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040209
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Firm</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:5.9pt;margin-right:281.85pt;margin-top:7.9pt;"><font face=Arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:103%;">To the
Shareholders and Board of Trustees Allspring Utilities and High Income Fund:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:5.9pt;margin-right:3.55pt;margin-top:0in;"><font face=Arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:103%;">In planning and
performing our audit of the financial statements of Allspring Utilities and
High Income Fund (the Fund) as of and for the year ended August 31, 2025, in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a
basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of
the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express
no such opinion.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-top:.05pt;"><font face=Arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:5.9pt;margin-right:5.8pt;margin-top:0in;"><font face=Arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:103%;">Management of the
Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control
over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and
related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial
reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes
those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records
that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance
that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles,
and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and
(3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that
could have a material effect on the financial statements.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-left:5.9pt;"><font face=Arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:103%;">Because of its
inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent
or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness
to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-top:.35pt;"><font face=Arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.5pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:5.9pt;margin-right:5.8pt;margin-top:0in;"><font face=Arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:103%;">A deficiency in
internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation
of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a
timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is
a reasonable possibility that a material</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:5.9pt;margin-right:20.25pt;margin-top:.2pt;"><font face=Arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:103%;">misstatement of
the company&#8217;s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:5.9pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-top:0in;"><font face=Arial,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:103%;">Our consideration
of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited
purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all
deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the
Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including
controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material
weakness as defined above as of August 31, 2025.</font></p>

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