CPK

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.chpk.com
Employees: 448
Employee growth: 0.7%

Chesapeake Utilities gasses up the Chesapeake Bay, and then some. The company, through its subsidiaries, serves about 34,100 retail propane customers in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, and Virginia. Another subsidiary, Xeron, sells propane at wholesale to distributors, industrial users, and resellers throughout the US. Chesapeake's three natural gas distribution divisions serve 62,900 customers. Chesapeake's interstate pipeline company, Eastern Shore Natural Gas, transmits gas to its parent and other utilities. Through BravePoint, the company also offers data services, consulting, and software development. Other operations include real estate investment.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $291.4M
One year growth: 12.8%
Net income: $13.6M
Income growth: 3.1%

Officers:
Chairman: Ralph J. Adkins
President, CEO, and Director; President and CEO, Florida Public Utilities: John R. Schimkaitis
EVP and COO: Michael P. (Mike) McMasters

Competitors:
Allegheny Energy
Energy Transfer
Suburban Propane

Creatine phosphokinase.

CPK may refer to:

• C_pk, a measure of process capability
• CPK, an abbreviation for the enzyme "creatine phosphokinase", or alternatively a blood test for that enzyme
• CPK coloring, a way to color atoms when visualizing molecular models
• "C.P.K." (Crazy Poway Kids), a 1995 song by Unwritten Law from their album Blue Room
• Cabbage Patch Kids
• California Pizza Kitchen
• Carpenders Park railway station, England (National Rail station code)
• Central Park in New York City
• Chesapeake Utilities (New York Stock Exchange symbol)
• Church of the Province of Kenya, a former name for the Anglican Church of Kenya
• Clyde Parkour, Scottish parkour team
• Communist Party of Kampuchea, commonly known as the Khmer Rouge

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