Title: President & CEO
Workplace: Chesapeake Utilities
Boards: American Gas Association, The Edison Electric Institute, The Southern Gas Association, The Delaware Business Roundtable
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is an energy company with natural gas transmission and distribution lines as well as electricity generation and distribution, propane gas distribution and more. The company owns 3,330 miles of mains and serves about 220,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers through seven states. Since 2019, Jeff Householder has been at the helm of the company, leading several acquisitions such as Elkton Gas, Boulden Brothers Propane, Hernado Gas. The most recent acquisition of Florida City Gas is the largest acquisition in Chesapeake Utilities’ history, and more than doubled the company’s customer base and natural gas infrastructure in Florida. Householder has more than 40 years of experience in the energy sector, holding leadership positions in TECO Energy Peoples Gas, West Florida Gas Company, Florida City Gas, and Tallahassee Utilities.