Despite setbacks and cancellations to some high-profile natural gas pipelines, a project on the Delmarva Peninsula has overcome strong resistance to gain the go-ahead from Maryland officials.
The proposed Del-Mar Energy Pathway pipeline project will mostly follow U.S. Route 13 and the railroad to its east on Marylandâs Lower Shore. Dave Harp
The Board of Public Works, presided over by Gov. Larry Hogan, on Jan. 27 unanimously approved a permit allowing Delaware-based Chesapeake Utilities to bore under three waterways. The company is extending an 8-inch-diameter pipeline 11 miles into Somerset County from existing lines in Wicomico County and southern Delaware.
The state signed a contract with the company in 2019 to supply natural gas to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, which currently relies on fuel oil and propane, and the Eastern Correctional Institution, which uses wood chips. The change in fuel source is expected to reduce carbon emissions nearly 40% at the his
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation Named Winner of Inaugural 2021 Top Workplaces USA Award
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DOVER, Del., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) (Chesapeake Utilities) today announced it has earned the inaugural 2021 Top Workplaces USA award for mid-size companies. In the Top Workplace program s 14-year history, more than 20 million employees across 54 markets have been surveyed for the regional Top Workplaces awards. In August 2020, Chesapeake Utilities was recognized as a Top Workplace in Delaware for the ninth consecutive year, and in November 2020, Florida Public Utilities Company (FPUC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chesapeake Utilities, was recognized as a Top Workplace in Central Florida.