Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
909 Silver Lake Blvd., Dover, DE 19904-2409, United States
(888)742-5275, (302)734-6799, (302)734-6750 fax, http://www.chpk.com

Primary SIC: Gas Transmission And Distribution, Primary NAICS: Natural Gas Distribution
Description: Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is a Delaware corporation that was formed in 1947. The company engages in natural gas distribution, transmission and marketing; propane distribution and wholesale marketing; advanced information services and other related businesses. Chesapeake Utilities is composed of four operating segments: the natural gas segment includes regulated natural gas distribution and transmission operations and also a non-regulated natural gas marketing operation, the propane segment includes non-regulated propane distribution and wholesale marketing operations, the advanced information services segment provides domestic and international clients with information-technology-related business services and solutions for both enterprise and e-business applications, the other segment consists primarily of non-regulated operations that own real estate leased to company subsidiaries. The natural gas segment, which accounts for approximately 91 percent of Chesapeake's consolidated operating income, provides natural gas distribution, transmission and marketing services under three divisions: Delaware, Maryland and Florida. These three divisions serve approximately 65,190 residential, commercial and industrial customers in central and southern Delaware, Maryland's Eastern Shore and parts of Florida. The company's natural gas transmission subsidiary, ESNG, operates a 379-mile interstate pipeline system that transports gas from various points in Pennsylvania to the company's Delaware and Maryland distribution divisions as well as to other utilities and industrial customers. More

Utilities: Natural gas transmission and distribution.