0000950123-10-107189.txt : 20110324 0000950123-10-107189.hdr.sgml : 20110324 20101119060042 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-107189 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101119 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 UTILITIES CORPORATION LOGO)
November 19, 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 November 8, 2010, regarding the Staff’s review of our response dated October 15, 2010 to the Staff’s comment letter dated September 17, 2010 with respect to 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, December 3, 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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