Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. Announces Appointment of William H. Shea Jr. to Its Board of Directors

HOUSTON, TX, Mar 31 (MARKET WIRE) --
(NYSE: KYE) Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
announced today that William H. Shea Jr. has been appointed to its Board of
Directors.

Mr. Shea was the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the
general partner of Buckeye GP Holdings, L.P. (NYSE: BGH) until June 2007. BGH
is the publicly traded general partner of Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE:
BPL), which owns and operates petroleum products pipelines and terminals. Mr.
Shea
served as President of the general partner of BPL since 1998 and CEO since
2000. Mr. Shea also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Franklin
Institute. He earned a B.A. from Boston College and an M.B.A. from the
University of Virginia. Mr. Shea also serves on the board of Penn Virginia
Corporation (NYSE: PVA).

"We are extremely excited to have Bill join our board given his extensive
experience leading a large and successful midstream energy company," said
Kevin McCarthy, CEO and President of the Fund.

Mr. Shea fills the independent board member vacancy created by the departure
of Michael Morgan, who is resigning from the board effective immediately. Mr.
Morgan recently decided to form a new private equity fund that will invest in
the energy sector, including MLPs, and is stepping down from the board to
avoid any potential conflicts of interest. "We are grateful for the insight
and experience that Mike contributed to the board during his tenure as an
independent board member," said Mr. McCarthy.

The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund's
investmentobjective is to obtain a high total return with an emphasis on current
income by
investing primarily in securities of companies engaged in the energy
industry, principally including publicly-traded energy-related master limited
partnerships and limited liability companies taxed as partnerships and their
affiliates, energy-related U.S. and Canadian royalty trusts and income trusts
and
other companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues from operating
assets used in, or providing energy-related services for, the exploration,
development,
production, gathering, transportation, processing, storing, refining,
distribution,
mining or marketing of natural gas, natural gas liquids (including propane),
crudeoil, refined petroleum products or coal.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: This press release
contains
"forward-looking statements" as defined under the U.S. federal securities laws.
Generally, the words "believe," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate,"
"project," "will" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements,
which
generally are not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
materially differ from the Fund's historical experience and its present
expectations or projections indicated in any forward-looking statement. These
risks
include, but are not limited to, changes in economic and political
conditions; regulatory and legal changes; energy industry risk; commodity
pricing
risk; leverage risk; valuation risk; non-diversification risk; interest rate
risk;
taxrisk; and other risks discussed in the Fund's filings with the SEC. You
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date they are made. The Fund undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein. There is no
assurance that the Fund's investment objectives will be attained.

CONTACT:

KA Fund Advisors, LLC
Monique Vo
877-657-3863
http://www.kaynefunds.com

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