POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, ERNEST R.
VEREBELYI, a Director of CH Energy Group, Inc. (Corporation), have
made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and
appoint DONNA S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true
and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my office
and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual Report, on
Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, together with any and all amendments and supplements to
said Annual Report and any and all other documents to be signed and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting
to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in
the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that
said attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008. /s/ Ernest R. Verebelyi
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS ) On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came ERNEST R. VEREBELYI to me known and known
to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/
 Donna M. GiamettaNotary
 Public    POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, JEFFREY
D. TRANEN, a Director of CH Energy Group, Inc. (Corporation), have
made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and
appoint DONNA S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true
and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my office
and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual Report, on
Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, together with any and all amendments and supplements to
said Annual Report and any and all other documents to be signed and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting
to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in
the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that
said attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/ Jeffrey D. Tranen
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came JEFFERY D. TRANEN to me known and known to
me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument,
and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, MARGARITA
K. DILLEY, a Director of CH Energy Group, Inc. (Corporation), have
made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and
appoint DONNA S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true
and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my office
and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual Report, on
Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, together with any and all amendments and supplements to
said Annual Report and any and all other documents to be signed and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting
to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in
the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that
said attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/ Margarita K. Dilley
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came MARGARITA K. DILLEY to me known and known
to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that she executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, MANUEL J.
IRAOLA, a Director of CH Energy Group, Inc. (Corporation), have
made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and
appoint DONNA S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true
and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my office
and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual Report, on
Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, together with any and all amendments and supplements to
said Annual Report and any and all other documents to be signed and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting
to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in
the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that
said attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this ­­12th day of February 2008.

/s/ Manuel J. Iraola
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came MANUEL J. IRAOLA to me known and known to
me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument,
and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, STANLEY
J. GRUBEL, a Director of CH Energy Group, Inc. (Corporation), have
made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and
appoint DONNA S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true
and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my office
and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual Report, on
Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, together with any and all amendments and supplements to
said Annual Report and any and all other documents to be signed and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting
to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in
the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that
said attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/ Stanley J. Grubel
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came STANLEY J. GRUBEL to me known and known to
me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument,
and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, STEVEN M. FETTER, a Director of CH Energy
Group, Inc. (Corporation), have made, constituted and appointed, and by these
presents do make, constitute and appoint DONNA S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and
JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys, for me and in my
name, place and stead, and in my office and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and
file the Corporations Annual Report, on Form 10-K, for the year ended December
31, 2007, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, together with any
and all amendments and supplements to said Annual Report and any and all other
documents to be signed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection therewith, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in the premises as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming in all respects all that said attorneys or any of them may or shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/ Steven M. Fetter
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came STEVEN M. FETTER to
me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the
foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, E. MICHEL KRUSE, a Director of CH Energy
Group, Inc. (Corporation), have made, constituted and appointed, and by these
presents do make, constitute and appoint DONNA S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and
JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys, for me and in my
name, place and stead, and in my office and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and
file the Corporations Annual Report, on Form 10-K, for the year ended December
31, 2007, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, together with any
and all amendments and supplements to said Annual Report and any and all other
documents to be signed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection therewith, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in the premises as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming in all respects all that said attorneys or any of them may or shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/ E. Michel Kruse
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came E. MICHEL KRUSE to me
known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the
foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, DONNA S. DOYLE, Vice President - Accounting
and Controller, Principal Accounting Officer, and an Officer of CH Energy
Group, Inc. (Corporation), have made, constituted and appointed, and by these
presents do make, constitute and appoint STEVEN V. LANT, CHRISTOPHER M. CAPONE,
and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys, for me and
in my name, place and stead, and in my office and capacity as aforesaid, to
sign and file the Corporations Annual Report, on Form 10-K, for the year ended
December 31, 2007, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, together with any
and all amendments and supplements to said Annual Report and any and all other
documents to be signed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection therewith, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in the premises as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming in all respects all that said attorneys or any of them may or shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/ Donna S. Doyle
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came DONNA S. DOYLE to me
known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the
foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that she executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, STEVEN V. LANT, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer, Principal Executive Officer, and a Director of CH
Energy Group, Inc. (Corporation), have made, constituted and appointed, and
by these presents do make, constitute and appoint DONNA S. DOYLE, CHRISTOPHER
M. CAPONE, and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys,
for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my office and capacity as
aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual Report, on Form 10-K, for
the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
together with any and all amendments and supplements to said Annual Report and
any and all other documents to be signed and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting to said attorneys,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in the premises as
fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that said
attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/ s/ Steven V. Lant
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came STEVEN V. LANT to me
known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the
foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, CHRISTOPHER M. CAPONE, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, and an Officer of CH Energy Group, Inc.
(Corporation), have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do
make, constitute and appoint DONNA S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and JOHN E. GOULD,
and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place
and stead, and in my office and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the
Corporations Annual Report, on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31,
2007, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, together with any and all
amendments and supplements to said Annual Report and any and all other
documents to be signed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection therewith, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in the premises as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming in all respects all that said attorneys or any of them may or shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/ Christopher M. Capone
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came CHRISTOPHER M. CAPONE to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the
same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, STEVEN V.
LANT, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, a Principal
Executive Officer, and a Director of Central Hudson Gas & Electric
Corporation (Corporation), have made, constituted and appointed, and by these
presents do make, constitute and appoint, CHRISTOPHER
M. CAPONE, DONNA S. DOYLE, and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my
true and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my
office and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as combined with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2007, of CH Energy Group, Inc., the Corporations
parent corporation, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, together with any and all amendments and supplements to
said Annual Report and any and all other documents to be signed and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting
to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in
the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that
said attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/
 Steven V. Lant
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came STEVEN V. LANT to me
known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the
foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary
 PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, CARL E.
MEYER, President and Chief Operating Officer, a Principal Executive
Officer, and a Director of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
(Corporation), have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do
make, constitute and appoint, CHRISTOPHER M.
CAPONE, DONNA S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true
and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my office
and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, as combined with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2007, of CH Energy Group, Inc., the Corporations parent
corporation, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, together with any and all amendments and supplements to said
Annual Report and any and all other documents to be signed and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting to
said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in
the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that
said attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/ Carl
 E. Meyer
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came CARL E. MEYER to me
known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the
foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary
 PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN
BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, DONNA S. DOYLE,
Vice President  Accounting and Principal Accounting Officer of Central Hudson
Gas & Electric Corporation (Corporation), have made, constituted and
appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint, CHRISTOPHER M. CAPONE, STEVEN V. LANT, and
JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them,
my true and lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my
office and capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as combined with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2007, of CH Energy Group, Inc., the Corporations
parent corporation, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, together with any and all amendments and supplements to
said Annual Report and any and all other documents to be signed and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting
to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in
the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that
said attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/ Donna
 S. Doyle
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came DONNA S. DOYLE to me
known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the
foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that she executed the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary
 PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, CHRISTOPHER
M. CAPONE, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Principal
Financial Officer, and a Director of Central Hudson Gas & Electric
Corporation (Corporation), have made, constituted and appointed, and by these
presents do make, constitute and appoint, DONNA
S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and JOHN
E. GOULD, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys, for me and
in my name, place and stead, and in my office and capacity as aforesaid, to
sign and file the Corporations Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as combined
with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, of CH
Energy Group, Inc., the Corporations parent corporation, pursuant to the
applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, together with any
and all amendments and supplements to said Annual Report and any and all other
documents to be signed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection therewith, hereby granting to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in the premises as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming in all respects all that said attorneys or any of them may or shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of
February 2008.

/s/
 Christopher M. Capone
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came CHRISTOPHER M. CAPONE
to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed the
same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary
 PublicPOWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, JOSEPH J. DEVIRGILIO, JR., Executive Vice
President  Corporate Services & Administration, an Officer, and a Director
of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Corporation), have made,
constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and
appoint, DONNA
S. DOYLE, STEVEN V. LANT, and JOHN E. GOULD, and each of them, my true and
lawful attorneys, for me and in my name, place and stead, and in my office and
capacity as aforesaid, to sign and file the Corporations Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as combined with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007, of CH Energy Group, Inc., the Corporations parent
corporation, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, together with any and all amendments and supplements to said
Annual Report and any and all other documents to be signed and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection therewith, hereby granting to
said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in the
premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if
personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming in all respects all that
said attorneys or any of them may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal this 12th day of February 2008.

/s/
 Joseph J. DeVirgilio, Jr.
L.S.STATE OF NEW
 YORK    ): ss.:COUNTY OF
 DUTCHESS )On
this 12th day of February 2008, before me personally came JOSEPH J. DEVIRGILIO,
JR. to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and duly acknowledged to me that he executed
the same.

/s/ Donna M. GiamettaNotary
 Public