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Employee Benefit Plans - Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/Loss and Regulatory Asset (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Tax Effect $ 3,700,000cpk_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTaxEffect    
Prior service cost (credit) (68,000)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit    
Net loss 993,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeNetGainsLossesAfterTax    
Amortization of pre-merger regulatory asset 769,000cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset    
Chesapeake Pension Plan      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Prior service cost (credit) 0us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePensionPlanMember
   
Net loss 364,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeNetGainsLossesAfterTax
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePensionPlanMember
   
Amortization of pre-merger regulatory asset 0cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePensionPlanMember
0cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePensionPlanMember
0cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePensionPlanMember
FPU Pension Plan      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Prior service cost (credit) 0us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyPensionPlanMember
   
Net loss 454,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeNetGainsLossesAfterTax
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyPensionPlanMember
   
Amortization of pre-merger regulatory asset 761,000cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyPensionPlanMember
761,000cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyPensionPlanMember
761,000cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyPensionPlanMember
Chesapeake SERP      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Prior service cost (credit) 9,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePensionSerpMember
   
Net loss 99,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeNetGainsLossesAfterTax
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePensionSerpMember
   
Amortization of pre-merger regulatory asset 0cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePensionSerpMember
   
Chesapeake Postretirement Plan      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Prior service cost (credit) (77,000)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePostretirementPlanMember
   
Net loss 70,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeNetGainsLossesAfterTax
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePostretirementPlanMember
   
Amortization of pre-merger regulatory asset 0cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_ChesapeakePostretirementPlanMember
   
FPU Medical Plan      
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]      
Prior service cost (credit) 0us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanFutureAmortizationOfPriorServiceCostCredit
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyMedicalPlanMember
   
Net loss 6,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeNetGainsLossesAfterTax
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyMedicalPlanMember
   
Amortization of pre-merger regulatory asset $ 8,000cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyMedicalPlanMember
$ 8,000cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyMedicalPlanMember
$ 8,000cpk_AmortizationOfPreMergerRegulatoryAsset
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= cpk_FloridaPublicUtilitiesCompanyMedicalPlanMember