(Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) Paul E. Haering has been appointed Vice President of Engineering and Environmental Services for Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., a subsidiary of CH Energy Group (NYSE: CHG). With more than 20 years experience in engineering at the utility, Haering will assume executive responsibility for gas and electric engineering, environmental and special services, and the operation and maintenance of Central Hudson’s substations and peaking generation facilities.

“Paul’s dedication to adding shareholder value while meeting the service requirements of customers is exemplary,” said Carl E. Meyer, President and Chief Operating Officer of Central Hudson. “He has been instrumental in upgrading and improving our gas and electric infrastructure to ensure customers are receiving the level of service that meets their needs, and his leadership will be key in assuring Central Hudson’s achieves its electric service reliability goals during the next five years.”

  Haering joined the Company as a Junior Engineer in Substation Design in 1986. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College; earned a master's degree, also in Electrical Engineering, from Polytechnic University; is a graduate of the GE Power System Engineering Program; and earned an Executive Master's in Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He and his wife Lisa reside in Pleasant Valley with their two children, Matthew and Michelle.

About CH Energy Group, Inc.
With nearly 475,000 customers, CH Energy Group, Inc. is a family of companies seizing new opportunities in the energy marketplace through two primary subsidiaries:  Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation is a regulated transmission and distribution utility serving approximately 371,000 customers in eight counties of New York State’s Mid-Hudson River Valley, and delivering natural gas and electricity in a 2,600-square-mile service territory that extends north from the suburbs of metropolitan New York City to the Capital District at Albany.  Central Hudson Enterprises Corporation, a non-regulated subsidiary, is the umbrella for a family of energy-related companies and investments focused primarily on fuel distribution and renewable energy.  Griffith Energy Service’s fuel distribution business supplies energy products and services to approximately 102,000 customers in nine states, stretching from Rhode Island to the Washington, D.C. area.  CHEC also has interests in a Lexington, Neb., ethanol plant, two wind power projects, a biomass plant and participation in a planned landfill gas renewable energy plant in upstate New York.

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