Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of James F. Moriarty, Beth W. Cooper, and Michael P. McMasters, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead and in the capacities indicated below, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-3 relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 725,262 shares of common stock of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (the “Company”) to be issued under the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan, to execute any and all amendments and supplements thereto, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with the Commission. This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Power of Attorney has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

SIGNATURES		TITLE		DATE
/s/ John R. Schimkaitis John R. Schimkaitis		Chairman of the Board and Director		November 8, 2017
/s/ Michael P. McMasters Michael P. McMasters		President, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Director		November 8, 2017
/s/ Beth W. Cooper Beth W. Cooper		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)		November 8, 2017
/s/ James F. Moriarty James F. Moriarty		Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel		November 8, 2017
/s/ Eugene H. Bayard Eugene H. Bayard, Esq.		Director		November 8, 2017
/s/ Thomas J. Bresnan Thomas J. Bresnan		Director		November 8, 2017
/s/ Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr. Ronald G. Forsythe, Jr.		Director		November 8, 2017
/s/ Thomas P. Hill, Jr. Thomas P. Hill, Jr.		Director		November 8, 2017
/s/ Dennis S. Hudson, III Dennis S. Hudson, III		Director		November 8, 2017
/s/ Paul L. Maddock, Jr. Paul L. Maddock, Jr.		Director		November 8, 2017
/s/ Dianna F. Morgan Dianna F. Morgan		Director		November 8, 2017
/s/ Calvert A. Morgan, Jr. Calvert A. Morgan, Jr.		Director		November 8, 2017