UNUSED LINES OF CREDIT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]

Schedule of 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.