LINES OF CREDIT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]

Schedule of lines of credit

Credit facilities and available liquidity as of September 30, 2017 were as follows (in thousands):

Company	Total Facility		Usage			Available Liquidity		Expiration Date
SJI:
Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility	$	400,000	$	240,100	(A)	$	159,900	August 2022	(C)
Revolving Credit Facility	50,000		50,000			—		September 2019	(D)
Total SJI	450,000		290,100			159,900
SJG:
Commercial Paper Program/Revolving Credit Facility	200,000		800		(B)	199,200		August 2022	(E)
Uncommitted Bank Line	10,000		—			10,000		August 2018
Total SJG	210,000		800			209,200
Total	$	660,000	$	290,900		$	369,100

(A) Includes letters of credit outstanding in the amount of $10.0 million.

(B) Includes letters of credit outstanding in the amount of $0.8 million.

(C) In August 2017, SJI entered into a five year, unsecured $400.0 million revolving credit agreement which is syndicated among several banks. In connection with this agreement, SJI terminated its previous $400.0 million revolving credit agreement.

(D) In September 2017, SJI amended an unsecured revolving credit facility for two years. The facility now terminates in September 2019.

(E) In August 2017, SJG entered into a five year, unsecured $200.0 million revolving credit agreement which is syndicated among several banks. In connection with this agreement, SJG terminated its previous $200.0 million revolving credit agreement.