May 22, 2008
For Release: Immediately
Contact: Denise D. VanBuren, (845) 471-8323

CH Energy Group, Inc. Declares Common Stock Dividend

(Poughkeepsie, NY) The Board of Directors of CH Energy Group, Inc., (NYSE: CHG) at its regularly scheduled meeting today, declared a quarterly dividend of 54 cents per share of its Common Stock, payable August 1 2008, to holders of record July 10, 2008.

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