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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-Q

        QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
                               INVESTMENT COMPANY

        Investment Company Act file number   811-21507


                    Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund

               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

                               200 Berkeley Street
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02116
             (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip code)

                             Michael H. Koonce, Esq.
                               200 Berkeley Street
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02116

                     (Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (617) 210-3200


Date of fiscal year end: Registrant is making a quarterly filing for one of its
series, Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund, for the quarter ended November
30, 2006. This one series has an August 31 fiscal year end.

Date of reporting period: November 30, 2006




Item 1 - Schedule of Investments

EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

November 30, 2006 (unaudited)

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS      42.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY       9.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Components       0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., 5.25%, 02/11/2014

 

$

500,000

 

$

425,000

 

Lear Corp., 8.75%, 12/01/2016 144A

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

990,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,415,000

 

Diversified Consumer Services       0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Corporation International, 7.00%, 06/15/2017

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure       1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 8.125%, 05/15/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,038,750

 

Festival Fun Parks, LLC, 10.875%, 04/15/2014

 

 

475,000

 

 

473,813

 

Seneca Gaming Corp., 7.25%, 05/01/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,005,000

 

Town Sports International, Inc., 9.625%, 04/15/2011

 

 

642,000

 

 

680,520

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,198,083

 

Media       3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSC Holdings, Inc., 7.625%, 04/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,023,750

 

Lamar Media Corp., 6.625%, 08/15/2015

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

976,250

 

LIN TV Corp., 6.50%, 05/15/2013

 

 

835,000

 

 

797,425

 

Mediacom Broadband, LLC, 8.50%, 10/15/2015 144A

 

 

500,000

 

 

503,125

 

Mediacom Communications Corp., 9.50%, 01/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,032,500

 

MediaNews Group, Inc., 6.375%, 04/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

875,000

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp., 10.875%, 12/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,095,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,303,050

 

Multi-line Retail       0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.C. Penney Co., Inc., 7.375%, 08/15/2008

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,031,077

 

Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., 9.00%, 10/15/2015

 

 

100,000

 

 

108,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,139,952

 

Specialty Retail       1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central Garden & Pet Co., 9.125%, 02/01/2013

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,567,500

 

Payless ShoeSource, Inc., 8.25%, 08/01/2013

 

 

300,000

 

 

311,250

 

United Auto Group, Inc., 9.625%, 03/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,058,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,937,500

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods       1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Levi Strauss & Co., 9.75%, 01/15/2015

 

 

800,000

 

 

859,000

 

Oxford Industries, Inc., 8.875%, 06/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,030,000

 

Warnaco Group, Inc., 8.875%, 06/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,067,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,956,500

 

CONSUMER STAPLES       2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing       1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingles Markets, Inc., 8.875%, 12/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,047,500

 

Rite Aid Corp., 8.125%, 05/01/2010

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,047,500

 

SUPERVALU, Inc., 7.50%, 11/15/2014

 

 

750,000

 

 

773,509

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,868,509

 

Food Products       1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B&G Foods Holdings Corp., 8.00%, 10/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,015,000

 

Dean Foods Co., 8.15%, 08/01/2007

 

 

500,000

 

 

510,000

 

Del Monte Foods Co., 6.75%, 02/15/2015

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,485,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,010,000

 

ENERGY       5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services       0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., Ser. B, 6.125%, 12/01/2014

 

 

150,000

 

 

141,750

 

Parker Drilling Co., 9.625%, 10/01/2013

 

 

815,000

 

 

896,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,038,250

 

 

 

 

1

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS     continued

November 30, 2006 (unaudited)

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS       continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY       continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels       4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.875%, 01/15/2016

 

$

1,000,000

 

$

1,006,250

 

El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 06/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,041,250

 

Exco Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 01/15/2011

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,492,500

 

Ferrellgas Partners, LP, 6.75%, 05/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

982,500

 

Forest Oil Corp., 7.75%, 05/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,015,000

 

Frontier Oil Corp., 6.625%, 10/01/2011

 

 

125,000

 

 

124,688

 

Peabody Energy Corp., 6.875%, 03/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,017,500

 

Sabine Pass LNG, LP, 7.25%, 11/30/2013 144A

 

 

750,000

 

 

750,938

 

Targa Resources, Inc., 8.50%, 11/01/2013 144A

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,015,000

 

Tesoro Corp., Ser. B, 6.625%, 11/01/2015

 

 

500,000

 

 

497,500

 

Williams Cos., 7.125%, 09/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,040,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,983,126

 

FINANCIALS       3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Finance       1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., 5.70%, 01/15/2010

 

 

745,000

 

 

709,903

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp., 5.625%, 05/15/2009

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

994,277

 

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.50%, 11/15/2018

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

920,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,624,180

 

Insurance       0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 06/15/2013

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,616,250

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts      1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 04/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,007,500

 

7.00%, 01/15/2016

 

 

250,000

 

 

250,313

 

Thornburg Mortgage, Inc., 8.00%, 05/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

995,000

 

Ventas, Inc., 7.125%, 06/01/2015

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,045,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,297,813

 

Real Estate Management & Development       0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc., 9.75%, 05/15/2010

 

 

650,000

 

 

692,673

 

HEALTH CARE       1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services       1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCA, Inc., 9.25%, 11/15/2016 144A

 

 

915,000

 

 

959,606

 

Triad Hospitals, Inc., 7.00%, 11/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,007,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,967,106

 

Pharmaceuticals       0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mylan Laboratories, Inc., 6.375%, 08/15/2015

 

 

500,000

 

 

495,000

 

INDUSTRIALS       4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics       0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHI, Inc., 7.125%, 04/15/2013 144A

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

965,000

 

Commercial Services & Supplies       1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adesa, Inc., 7.625%, 06/15/2012 o

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

997,500

 

Allied Waste Industries, Inc., 6.375%, 04/15/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

995,000

 

Corrections Corporation of America, 6.25%, 03/15/2013

 

 

1,050,000

 

 

1,039,500

 

Geo Group, Inc., 8.25%, 07/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,025,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,057,000

 

Machinery       1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manitowoc Co., Inc., 7.125%, 11/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,010,000

 

Terex Corp., 7.375%, 01/15/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,020,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,030,000

 

 

 

2

 

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS      continued

November 30, 2006 (unaudited)

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Road & Rail       0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, 7.625%, 05/15/2014 144A

 

$

1,250,000

 

$

1,214,063

 

Trading Companies & Distributors      0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashtead Group plc, 9.00%, 08/15/2016 144A

 

 

300,000

 

 

322,500

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY       1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services       1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Mountain, Inc., 8.625%, 04/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,037,500

 

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 4.875%, 01/15/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

880,000

 

Unisys Corp., 8.00%, 10/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

980,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,897,500

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment       0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., 8.875%, 12/15/2014 144A

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,007,500

 

MATERIALS       5.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals       2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equistar Chemicals, LP, 10.625%, 05/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,072,500

 

Lyondell Chemical Co., 10.50%, 06/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,105,000

 

Scotts Co., 6.625%, 11/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,002,500

 

Tronox Worldwide, LLC, 9.50%, 12/01/2012

 

 

600,000

 

 

627,000

 

Westlake Chemical Corp., 6.625%, 01/15/2016

 

 

600,000

 

 

588,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,395,000

 

Containers & Packaging       1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crown Americas, Inc., 7.75%, 11/15/2015

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,032,500

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Containers, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/2014

 

 

1,010,000

 

 

979,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,012,200

 

Metals & Mining       1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 6.875%, 02/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,025,000

 

United States Steel Corp., 10.75%, 08/01/2008

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,090,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,115,000

 

Paper & Forest Products       1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boise Cascade, LLC, 7.125%, 10/15/2014

 

 

1,250,000

 

 

1,206,250

 

Bowater, Inc., 6.50%, 06/15/2013

 

 

500,000

 

 

448,750

 

Glatfelter, 7.125%, 05/01/2016 144A

 

 

800,000

 

 

804,000

 

Verso Paper Holdings, LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.125%, 08/01/2014 144A

 

 

650,000

 

 

679,250

 

11.375%, 08/01/2016 144A

 

 

300,000

 

 

313,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,451,750

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES       2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services       1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citizens Communications Co., 6.25%, 01/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

983,750

 

Embarq Corp., 7.08%, 06/01/2016

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,037,504

 

Level 3 Communications, Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/2015

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

997,500

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc., 7.875%, 09/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,072,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,091,254

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services       0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rural Cellular Corp., 8.25%, 03/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,042,500

 

UTILITIES       5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities       3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aquila, Inc., 14.875%, 07/01/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,312,500

 

DPL, Inc., 6.875%, 09/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,066,653

 

Edison International, 7.73%, 06/15/2009

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,042,500

 

El Paso Electric Co., 7.80%, 08/01/2031

 

 

875,000

 

 

931,875

 

 

 

 

3

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS      continued

November 30, 2006 (unaudited)

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mirant North America, LLC, 7.375%, 12/31/2013

 

$

975,000

 

$

992,063

 

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 02/01/2014

 

 

700,000

 

 

701,750

 

Reliant Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

977,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,024,841

 

Gas Utilities       0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEMCO Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 05/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,019,557

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders       1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES Corp., 7.75%, 03/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,065,000

 

Dynegy, Inc., 8.375%, 05/01/2016

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,045,000

 

Tenaska, Inc., 7.00%, 06/30/2021 144A

 

 

969,199

 

 

967,217

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,077,217

 

Multi-Utilities       0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMS Energy Corp., 7.50%, 01/15/2009

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,037,500

 

Total Corporate Bonds      (cost $89,445,512)

 

 

 

 

 

88,303,374

 

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CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS       4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY       0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels       0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

El Paso Corp., 4.99%, 12/31/2049

 

1,500

 

 

1,943,063

 

UTILITIES       3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities       3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

PNM Resources, Inc., 6.75%, 05/16/2049

 

140,000

 

 

7,385,000

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks       (cost $8,152,400)

 

 

 

 

9,328,063

 

COMMON STOCKS       79.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY       0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media       0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idearc, Inc. *

 

15,000

 

 

413,100

 

ENERGY       6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels       6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crosstex Energy, Inc.

 

85,000

 

 

8,250,100

 

Southwestern Energy Co. *

 

25,000

 

 

1,053,250

 

Valero GP Holdings, LLC

 

200,000

 

 

4,218,000

 

 

 

 

 

13,521,350

 

FINANCIALS       6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts       6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Signal, Inc.

 

240,700

 

 

13,366,071

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES       29.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services       19.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

205,000

 

 

6,951,550

 

BellSouth Corp.

 

205,000

 

 

9,140,950

 

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. +

 

170,000

 

 

8,139,600

 

TELUS Corp.

 

75,000

 

 

3,682,458

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

300,000

 

 

10,482,000

 

Windstream Corp.

 

100,000

 

 

1,394,000

 

 

 

 

 

39,790,558

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services       10.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alltel Corp.

 

160,000

 

 

9,078,400

 

American Tower Corp., Class A *

 

125,000

 

 

4,733,750

 

 

 

4

 

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS      continued

November 30, 2006 (unaudited)

   

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COMMON STOCKS      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bouygues SA

 

50,000

 

$

2,969,205

 

Rogers Communications, Inc. µ

 

75,000

 

 

4,590,750

 

 

 

 

 

21,372,105

 

UTILITIES       37.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities       25.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegheny Energy, Inc. *

 

50,000

 

 

2,218,000

 

Cleco Corp.

 

50,000

 

 

1,281,500

 

DPL, Inc.

 

375,000

 

 

10,485,000

 

E.ON AG, ADR

 

100,000

 

 

4,290,000

 

Enel SpA

 

300,000

 

 

3,063,910

 

Entergy Corp.

 

50,000

 

 

4,566,000

 

Exelon Corp.

 

75,000

 

 

4,554,750

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

 

150,000

 

 

8,976,000

 

Fortum Oyj

 

100,000

 

 

2,923,504

 

ITC Holdings Corp.

 

36,000

 

 

1,413,000

 

MGE Energy, Inc.

 

15,000

 

 

515,400

 

Mirant Corp.

 

75,072

 

 

2,283,690

 

Northeast Utilities

 

200

 

 

5,606

 

Scottish and Southern Energy plc

 

250,000

 

 

7,151,691

 

 

 

 

 

53,728,051

 

Gas Utilities       0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snam Rete Gas SpA

 

50,000

 

 

276,521

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders       5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

 

100,000

 

 

6,861,000

 

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

 

25,000

 

 

921,000

 

TXU Corp.

 

50,000

 

 

2,869,500

 

 

 

 

 

10,651,500

 

Multi-Utilities       3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

75,000

 

 

2,379,000

 

NSTAR

 

50,000

 

 

1,759,000

 

RWE AG

 

25,000

 

 

2,835,084

 

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

 

1,500

 

 

70,170

 

 

 

 

 

7,043,254

 

Water Utilities       3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aqua America, Inc.

 

25,000

 

 

597,750

 

California Water Service Group

 

36,000

 

 

1,457,280

 

Kelda Group plc

 

100,000

 

 

1,813,728

 

Pennichuck Corp.

 

150,000

 

 

2,887,500

 

 

 

 

 

6,756,258

 

Total Common Stocks       (cost $126,782,014)

 

 

 

 

166,918,768

 

PREFERRED STOCKS       7.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES       7.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities       6.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carolina Power & Light Co.

 

9,217

 

 

860,350

 

Connecticut Light & Power Co., Ser. 1947

 

22,000

 

 

820,189

 

Connecticut Light & Power Co., Ser. 1949

 

9,600

 

 

352,200

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

15,120

 

 

1,366,470

 

Dayton Power & Light Co., Ser. A

 

9,416

 

 

665,594

 

Dayton Power & Light Co., Ser. B

 

5,120

 

 

381,120

 

Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

 

644

 

 

63,957

 

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., Ser. K

 

27,000

 

 

469,125

 

Louisville Gas & Electric Co.

 

40,592

 

 

1,067,570

 

 

 

 

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EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS      continued

November 30, 2006 (unaudited)

   

Shares

   

Value

 

PREFERRED STOCKS       continued

 

 

  

 

 

 

UTILITIES       continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities       continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Ser. D

 

30,600

 

$

679,320

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Ser. H

 

33,800

 

 

718,250

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Ser. I

 

34,800

 

 

680,340

 

PECO Energy Co., Ser. C

 

29,590

 

 

2,529,945

 

Southern California Edison Co., Ser. B

 

45,900

 

 

895,050

 

Southern California Edison Co., Ser. D

 

54,000

 

 

1,088,100

 

Union Electric Co.

 

14,600

 

 

1,237,350

 

Union Electric Co., Ser. 1969

 

4,200

 

 

322,875

 

 

 

 

 

14,197,805

 

Water Utilities       0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hackensack Water Co. o

 

10,469

 

 

837,520

 

Total Preferred Stocks       (cost $14,598,495)

 

 

 

 

15,035,325

 

ESCROW SHARES       0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mirant Corp. Escrow * o +       (cost $0)

 

5,000,000

 

 

0

 

UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST       0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Co.       (cost $375,000)

 

15,000

 

 

470,850

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS       2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTUAL FUND SHARES       2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund, Class I, 5.22% q ø µ      (cost $5,202,438)

 

5,202,438

 

 

5,202,438

 

Total Investments       (cost $244,555,859)       136.3%

 

 

 

 

285,258,818

 

Other Assets and Liabilities and Preferred Shares       (36.3%)

 

 

 

 

(75,980,377

)

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders       100.0%

 

 

 

$

209,278,441

 

 

144A

Security that may be sold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security has been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees, unless otherwise noted.

o

Security is valued at fair value as determined by the investment advisor in good faith, according to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.

*

Non-income producing security

+

Security is deemed illiquid and is valued using market quotations when readily available.

q

Rate shown is the annualized 7-day yield at period end.

ø

Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC is the investment advisor to both the Fund and the money market fund.

µ

All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements.

 

 

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EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

November 30, 2006 (unaudited)

   

Shares

 

Value

 

Summary of Abbreviations

ADR

 

American Depository Receipt

The following table shows the percent of total long-term investments by geographic location as of November 30, 2006:

United States

 

88.0

%

United Kingdom

 

3.2

%

Canada

 

3.0

%

Germany

 

2.5

%

Italy

 

1.2

%

France

 

1.1

%

Finland

 

1.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

At November 30, 2006, the Fund had the following open interest rate swap agreement:

 

Expiration

 

Notional Amount

 

Counterparty

 

Cash Flows Paid
by
  the Fund

 

Cash Flows Received by
the Fund

 

Unrealized
Gain

11/16/2007

 

$43,000,000

 

Royal Bank of
Scotland Greenwich Capital

 

Fixed-3.525%

 

Floating-5.32%

 

$719,485

At November 30, 2006, reverse repurchase agreements outstanding were as follows:

 

Principal
Amount

 

Counterparty

 

Interest
Rate

 

Maturity
Date

$9,268,512

 

Lehman Brothers

 

5.87%

 

01/12/2007

On November 30, 2006, the aggregate cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $245,117,831. The gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on securities based on tax cost was $42,108,488 and $1,967,501, respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation of $40,140,987.

 

 

 

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Item 2 - Controls and Procedures

(a)   The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial
      officer have evaluated the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures
      (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940)
      within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant's
      disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in
      ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in
      this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

(b)   There has been no change in the registrant's internal control over
      financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment
      Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal
      quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely to
      materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
      reporting.

Item 3 - Exhibits

File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the
exhibits in the sequence indicated.

(a)   Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer
      and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the
      Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as EX-99.CERT.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 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.

Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund

By:  /s/ Dennis H. Ferro
     ---------------------------
     Dennis H. Ferro,
     Principal Executive Officer

Date: January 26, 2007


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.

By:  /s/ Dennis H. Ferro
     ---------------------------
     Dennis H. Ferro,
     Principal Executive Officer

Date: January 26, 2007

By:  /s/ Kasey Phillips
     ---------------------------
     Kasey Phillips
     Principal Financial Officer

Date: January 26, 2007