October 12, 2010
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Attention: Catherine Brown
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 Staffs
review of the Companys 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 Staffs 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