REGULATORY ASSETS & REGULATORY LIABILITIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Related Party Transaction [Line Items]

Schedule of Regulatory Assets

The Utilities Regulatory Assets consisted of the following items (in thousands):

	December 31, 2018								December 31, 2017
	SJG		ETG		ELK		Total SJI		Total SJI and SJG
Environmental Remediation Costs:
Expended - Net	$	136,227	$	10,875	$	—	$	147,102	$	100,327
Liability for Future Expenditures	148,071		104,594		—		252,665		171,696
Deferred Asset Retirement Obligation Costs	31,096		—		—		31,096		42,368
Deferred Pension Costs - Unrecognized Prior Service Cost	—		40,612		14		40,626		—
Deferred Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs	80,121		2,607		30		82,758		78,211
Deferred Gas Costs - Net	57,889		—		289		58,178		16,838
CIP Receivable	—		—		—		—		26,652
Societal Benefit Costs Receivable	2,173		—		—		2,173		2,484
Deferred Interest Rate Contracts	5,867		—		—		5,867		7,028
Energy Efficiency Tracker	2,319		—		—		2,319		2,094
Pipeline Supplier Service Charges	617		—		—		617		708
Pipeline Integrity Cost	5,140		—		—		5,140		5,280
AFUDC - Equity Related Deferrals	13,914		—		—		13,914		12,785
Weather Normalization	—		3,210		139		3,349		—
Other Regulatory Assets	8,931		8,023		211		17,165		2,753
Total Regulatory Assets	$	492,365	$	169,921	$	683	$	662,969	$	469,224

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities

Regulatory Liabilities consisted of the following items (in thousands):

	December 31, 2018								December 31, 2017
	SJG		ETG		ELK		Total SJI		Total SJI and SJG
Excess Plant Removal Costs	20,805		47,909		1,393		$	70,107	$	23,295
Excess Deferred Taxes	259,863		118,757		1,231		379,851		263,810
Deferred Revenues - Net	—		3,188		—		3,188		—
CIP Payable	5,871		—		—		5,871		—
Amounts to be Refunded to Customers	—		17,039		—		17,039		—
Other Regulatory Liabilities	—		2,443		—		2,443		—
Total Regulatory Liabilities	$	286,539	$	189,336	$	2,624	$	478,499	$	287,105

South Jersey Gas Company

Related Party Transaction [Line Items]

Schedule of Regulatory Assets

The Utilities Regulatory Assets consisted of the following items (in thousands):

	December 31, 2018								December 31, 2017
	SJG		ETG		ELK		Total SJI		Total SJI and SJG
Environmental Remediation Costs:
Expended - Net	$	136,227	$	10,875	$	—	$	147,102	$	100,327
Liability for Future Expenditures	148,071		104,594		—		252,665		171,696
Deferred Asset Retirement Obligation Costs	31,096		—		—		31,096		42,368
Deferred Pension Costs - Unrecognized Prior Service Cost	—		40,612		14		40,626		—
Deferred Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs	80,121		2,607		30		82,758		78,211
Deferred Gas Costs - Net	57,889		—		289		58,178		16,838
CIP Receivable	—		—		—		—		26,652
Societal Benefit Costs Receivable	2,173		—		—		2,173		2,484
Deferred Interest Rate Contracts	5,867		—		—		5,867		7,028
Energy Efficiency Tracker	2,319		—		—		2,319		2,094
Pipeline Supplier Service Charges	617		—		—		617		708
Pipeline Integrity Cost	5,140		—		—		5,140		5,280
AFUDC - Equity Related Deferrals	13,914		—		—		13,914		12,785
Weather Normalization	—		3,210		139		3,349		—
Other Regulatory Assets	8,931		8,023		211		17,165		2,753
Total Regulatory Assets	$	492,365	$	169,921	$	683	$	662,969	$	469,224