Public Awareness
Our customers and other residents who live near our gas facilities rely on us to operate safely. The protection of the public and the environment is a top priority. At the same time, our communities are integral to the safety of our gas distribution systems.
Keeping You Safe
and Informed
We communicate regularly within our communities to promote awareness of the work we are doing nearby and to educate our communities about working, living and playing in proximity of our gas facilities. Whenever we plan a new project, we work with landowners, community leaders and stakeholders, environmental groups and regulators to plan pipeline routes that minimize environmental impact and land disturbance.
Through public awareness and outreach, we regularly provide pipeline safety information to the people who live, work and play in communities along our pipeline routes. We also communicate with public officials, emergency responders, school officials, farmers and excavators. By educating and helping to train local first responders, we work to build a safety culture in the communities near our gas facilities.
Preventing Third-Party
Damage
Third-party damage is one of the leading causes of pipeline leaks. That is why we’re committed to communicating with our neighbors and customers about our gas distribution systems, projects and operations to ensure landowners, community members and first responders know how to stay safe and to prevent any accidental damage to our gas facilities, pipelines and distribution systems.
Call Before You Dig
Programs
Buried utility equipment delivers important services that we all rely on, including gas, electricity, water, cable television and data. To ensure public safety and protection of the utilities that deliver these key services, Call-Before-You-Dig programs exist across the country for anyone conducting landscaping activities including planting trees, digging a new garden, building fences, land excavations or construction work.
How You Can Help
If an incident occurs, your quick action could save lives and help to protect your home and your community.
- Know how to recognize a potential pipeline leak.
- Know what to do, and what not to do, in the case of a potential pipeline emergency.
- Make sure you and those around you are safe.
- Call 9-1-1 and the Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s 24-hour emergency hotline in your area.
500 Energy Lane
Dover, Delaware 19901
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (“Chesapeake Utilities”) is a diversified energy delivery company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CPK” (NYSE:CPK). Chesapeake Utilities is not, nor has it ever been, affiliated with Chesapeake Energy Corporation.