0000950123-10-092750.txt : 20110324 0000950123-10-092750.hdr.sgml : 20110324 20101012160237 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-092750 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101012 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000019745 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923] IRS NUMBER: 510064146 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 SILVER LAKE BLVD STREET 2: PO BOX 615 CITY: DOVER STATE: DE ZIP: 19903-0615 BUSINESS PHONE: 3027346799 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 SILVER LAKE BLVD CITY: DOVER STATE: DE ZIP: 19904 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm corresp
(CHESAPEAKE LOGO)
October 12, 2010
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Attention: Catherine Brown
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE:   Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (the “Company”)
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
Filed March 31, 2010
File No. 001-11590
Dear Ms. Brown:
This letter is to acknowledge receipt of the comment letter from the staff (the “Staff”) of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission dated September 17, 2010, regarding the Staff’s review of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed March 31, 2010.
We respectfully request an extension of the time period in which to respond to the Staff’s comment letter until Friday, October 15, 2010.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the foregoing, please contact our counsel, Jeffrey Decker of Baker & Hostetler LLP at (407) 649-4017.
Sincerely,
/s/ Beth W. Cooper
Beth W. Cooper
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
909 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware 19904, 302.734.6799, 302.734.6750/fax

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