March 3, 1994
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Prudential Utility Fund, Inc.
(File No. 2-72097)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that
its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would
have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed
from the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 and (ii) that the
text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 was filed electronically
on March 2, 1994.
Prudential Utility Fund, Inc.
By:__________________________________
Susan Cote'
Treasurer
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