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Public Utilities Budget

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Public Utilities, Net Plant Additions Not Reflected in Current Rates

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Amount of public utility's approved rate increase (decrease) by regulatory agency.

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Amount of public utility's requested rate increase (decrease) with regulatory agency.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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RATES AND REGULATORY ACTIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2019	Apr. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Jan. 31, 2019	Jul. 01, 2018
Elizabethtown Gas
Schedule of Capitalization [Line Items]
Public utilities budget					$ 3.0
Elkton Gas
Schedule of Capitalization [Line Items]
Credits due to customers under conditions of approval						$ 0.3
Elizabethtown Gas
Schedule of Capitalization [Line Items]
Credits due to customers under conditions of approval						$ 15.0
Energy Efficiency Tracker \| SJG Utility Operations
Schedule of Capitalization [Line Items]
Approved rate increase (decrease)	$ (1.6)
Annual BGSS Filing \| SJG Utility Operations
Schedule of Capitalization [Line Items]
Approved rate increase (decrease)				$ (65.5)
Annual SBC Filing \| SJG Utility Operations
Schedule of Capitalization [Line Items]
Approved rate increase (decrease)			$ (2.2)
Subsequent event \| Elizabethtown Gas
Schedule of Capitalization [Line Items]
Public Utilities, Net Plant Additions Not Reflected in Current Rates		$ 346.0
Subsequent event \| New Jersey Board of Public Utilities \| Elizabethtown Gas
Schedule of Capitalization [Line Items]
Requested revenue increase		65.0
Subsequent event \| Stipulation of Settlement \| SJG Utility Operations
Schedule of Capitalization [Line Items]
Approved rate increase (decrease)		$ (65.5)
Regulatory Costs, Original Recovery Period of Expenditures		2 years
Public Utilities, Bill Credit		$ 24.0