Subsidiary & Community News

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) recognized Chris Bonney, Gas Control Manager for Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company, as the Company’s exemplary manager for 2009.

The Board of the Chesapeake Utilities’ SHARING Fund is proud to announce that it has distributed over $100,000 in grants to more than 400 customers in need on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Sharp Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, announced today its purchase of the operating assets of Virginia LP Gas, Inc., a propane distributor serving Northampton and Accomack Counties in Virginia.

Sharp Energy, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, is excited to announce that we have joined with Ocean Atlantic Associates to bring clean burning, environmentally friendly, propane gas service to their newest development, The Vineyards at Nassau Valley, located in Lewes, Delaware.

Natural gas prices for Chesapeake Utilities’ residential customers could decrease by 18 percent if the Delaware Public Service Commission approves the request. The Company filed an application to reduce its Gas Sales Service Rates for Delaware customers on September 4, 2009, and has requested the rate change to be effective for service rendered on or after November 1, 2009.

BravePoint®, Inc. a leading IT Services company that specializes in applying technology expertise to improve customers’ profitability, announced today the release of Pro2TM – Oracle Edition – a utility for easy, real-time replication of Progress OpenEdge® data to an Oracle® database.

Chesapeake Utilities today announced the introduction of natural gas to Georgetown, Delaware. A ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this afternoon on the Owens Campus of Delaware Technical & Community College (Delaware Tech) celebrated the much anticipated arrival of natural gas in the Georgetown area.

BravePoint®, Inc., a leading provider of technology consulting solutions in the Progress Software market, today announced that they will host a virtual conference for the Progress Community, in partnership with Progress Software and White Star Software.