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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
Elaine B. Bittner     hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Michael P. McMasters and Beth W. Cooper signing singly, and
with full power of substitution, as the true and lawful
attorney-in-fact of the undersigned:
	(1)  prepare, execute in the name of the
undersigned and on behalf of the undersigned, and
submit to the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or
regulation of the SEC;

	(2) complete and execute for and on behalf of
the undersigned, in the capacity of the
undersigned as an officer and/or director of
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (the Company),
Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any amendments thereto,
required to be filed by the undersigned in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder;

	(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4 or 5, and any amendments thereto, and file such
forms and reports with the SEC and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

	(4) take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-
fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms, conditions, provisions and
statements as such attorney-in-fact may determine
or approve in the discretion of such attorney-in-
fact.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such substitute
or substitutes to the attorney-in-fact, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any responsibilities of
the undersigned to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the holdings of the
undersigned and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 10th day of May 2011.
      /s/Elaine B. Bittner
      Elaine B. Bittner

      Notary Public
      /s/Patty L. Connors
      Patty L. Connors
      My Commission Expires:  February 19, 2012

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