e3withdrawal.htm
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Washington,
D.C. 20549
_______________________________
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 20, 2007
Chesapeake
Utilities Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-11590
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51-0064146
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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909
Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware 19904
(Address
of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(302)
734-6799
(Registrant's
Telephone Number, including Area Code)
_______________________________________________________________
(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report.)
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Item
8.01. Other Events.
On
December 20, 2007, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (“the Company”) issued a
press release announcing that the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Eastern
Shore Natural Gas Company (“ESNG”) will be withdrawing its proposed EasternShore
Energylink Expansion (“E3”) Project from the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s pre-filing process. The decision to withdraw from the
pre-filing process was reached by ESNG’s Board of Directors and management as a
result of projected capital cost increases and insufficient customer commitments
for capacity to make the Project economical in light of the capital cost
increases. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1
hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item
9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 – Press Release of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation dated December 20,
2007.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Chesapeake
Utilities Corporation
/s/
Michael P. McMasters
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Michael
P. McMasters
Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date:
December 21, 2007