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UNUSED LINES OF CREDIT
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract] 
UNUSED LINES OF CREDIT
UNUSED LINES OF CREDIT:
 
Credit facilities and available liquidity as of September 30, 2011 were as follows (in thousands):

Company

Total Facility

Usage

Available Liquidity

Expiration Date
SJG:

 

 

 

 
Commercial Paper Program/Revolving Credit Facility

$
200,000


$
106,500


$
93,500


May 2015
Uncommitted Bank Lines

20,000




20,000


Various












Total SJG

220,000


106,500


113,500


 












SJI:

 

 

 

 









Revolving Credit Facility

$
300,000


$
208,908


$
91,092


April 2015 (A)
Term Line of Credit

30,437


30,437




November 2013












Total SJI

330,437


239,345


91,092


 












Total
 
$
550,437

 
$
345,845

 
$
204,592

 
 


(A) Includes letters of credit outstanding in the amount of $83.0 million.

The SJG facilities are restricted as to use and availability specifically to SJG; however, if necessary, the SJI facilities can also be used to support SJG’s liquidity needs. Borrowings under these credit facilities are at market rates. The weighted average interest rate on these borrowings, which changes daily, was 1.08% and 0.79% at September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Average borrowings outstanding under these credit facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were $209.2 million and $179.6 million, respectively. The maximum amounts outstanding under these credit facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were $271.4 million and $264.2 million, respectively.

New revolving credit facilities were established by SJI and SJG in April 2011 and May 2011, respectively. The SJI facility is a $300.0 million four-year facility provided by a syndicate of banks. The SJG facility is a $200.0 million, four-year facility, provided by the same syndicate of banks. Each facility contains one financial covenant limiting the ratio of indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in the respective credit agreements) to not more than 0.65 to 1, measured at the end of each fiscal quarter. SJI and SJG were in compliance with these covenants as of September 30, 2011. These facilities replaced SJI’s $200.0 million revolving credit facility and SJG’s $100.0 million revolving credit facility and $40.0 million committed line of credit, all of which would otherwise have expired in August of 2011. The letters of credit that provide liquidity support for the variable-rate revenue bonds issued by Marina are now issued under SJI’s new revolving credit facility that expires in 2015. Consequently, these bonds, which were included in the current portion of long-term debt as of December 31, 2010, are now included in long-term debt as of September 30, 2011.

During the third quarter of 2011, SJG began a commercial paper program under which SJG may issue short-term, unsecured promissory notes to qualified investors up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding at any time of $200.0 million.  The notes  have fixed maturities which vary by note, but may not exceed 270 days from the date of issue. Proceeds from the notes are used for general corporate purposes.  SJG uses the commercial paper program in tandem with the new $200.0 million revolving credit facility and does not expect the principal amount of borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program and the credit facility at any time to exceed an aggregate of $200.0 million.