
	December 31, 2021
	SJG		ETG		Total SJI
Environmental Remediation Costs:
Expended - Net	$	151,630	$	13,972	$	165,602
Liability for Future Expenditures	97,964		77,830		175,794
Deferred ARO Costs	47,784		33,872		81,656
Deferred Pension Costs - Unrecognized Prior Service Cost	—		30,881		30,881
Deferred Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs	47,504		813		48,317
Deferred Gas Costs - Net	38,234		—		38,234
CIP Receivable	17,776		2,955		20,731
SBC Receivable (excluding RAC)	7,519		—		7,519
Deferred Interest Rate Contracts	8,002		—		8,002
EET/EEP	20,632		5,199		25,831
AFUDC - Equity Related Deferrals	12,199		—		12,199
WNC	—		4,269		4,269
Deferred COVID-19 Costs	7,687		10,225		17,912
Other Regulatory Assets	25,814		9,655		35,469
Total Regulatory Assets	$	482,745	$	189,671	$	672,416


	December 31, 2020
	SJG		ETG		Total SJI
Environmental Remediation Costs:
Expended - Net	$	157,340	$	5,196	$	162,536
Liability for Future Expenditures	101,243		91,837		193,080
Insurance Recovery Receivables	—		(6,807)		(6,807)
Deferred ARO Costs	42,365		25,453		67,818
Deferred Pension Costs - Unrecognized Prior Service Cost	—		33,898		33,898
Deferred Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs	77,426		8,466		85,892
Deferred Gas Costs - Net	19,178		—		19,178
CIP Receivable	21,013		—		21,013
SBC Receivable (excluding RAC)	3,453		—		3,453
Deferred Interest Rate Contracts	9,938		—		9,938
EET/EEP	18,725		3,062		21,787
AFUDC - Equity Related Deferrals	11,822		—		11,822
WNC	—		7,444		7,444
Deferred COVID-19 Costs	4,737		5,818		10,555
Other Regulatory Assets	27,844		4,541		32,385
Total Regulatory Assets	$	495,084	$	178,908	$	673,992

Except where noted below, all regulatory assets are or are expected to be recovered through utility rate charges, as detailed in the following discussion. The Utilities are currently permitted to recover interest on Environmental Remediation Costs, SBC Receivable, EET/EEP and Pipeline Integrity Costs, while the other assets are being recovered without a return on investment.

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION COSTS - SJG and ETG have regulatory assets associated with environmental costs related to the cleanup of environmental sites as discussed in Note 15. "Environmental Remediation Cost: Liability for Future Expenditures," relates to estimated future expenditures required to complete the remediation of these sites. SJG and ETG recorded this estimated amount as a regulatory asset with the corresponding current and noncurrent liabilities on the

consolidated balance sheets under the captions "Current Liabilities" (SJI and SJG) and "Deferred Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities" (SJI) and "Regulatory and Other Noncurrent Liabilities" (SJG). These costs meet the deferral requirements of ASC 980, as the BPU allows SJG and ETG to recover such expenditures through the RAC mechanism. "Environmental Remediation Cost: Expended - Net," represents what has been spent to clean up the sites, less recoveries through the RAC and insurance carriers. The BPU allows SJG and ETG to recover the deferred costs not recovered from insurance carriers through their RAC mechanisms over seven-year periods after the costs are incurred. "Insurance Recovery Receivables" represents the balance of an insurance settlement executed in the fourth quarter of 2019 with a third party. This settlement was to be received in installments, and was returned to ETG's customers through the RAC. Of the original total of $20.4 million, $13.6 million was received by ETG in 2020. The remaining $6.8 million was not collected in 2021 per the settlement as the insurance company was placed in liquidation. The Company has fully reserved for this receivable within "Environmental Remediation Cost: Expended - Net," as the probability of recovery is remote.

DEFERRED ARO COSTS - The Utilities record AROs primarily related to the legal obligation to cut and cap gas distribution pipelines when taking those pipelines out of service. Deferred ARO costs represent the period to period passage of time (accretion) and depreciation of the underlying ARO asset. The Deferred ARO Costs regulatory asset increased year over year due to both accretion and depreciation. There is no impact on earnings as a result of these changes.

DEFERRED PENSION COSTS - UNRECOGNIZED PRIOR SERVICE COST - The BPU approved ETG to recover costs related to ETG's unrecognized prior service cost and actuarial gains/losses for pension and postretirement benefits. This ETG deferred asset is being amortized over 15.0 years for pension and over 9.2 years for postretirement benefits.

DEFERRED PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS - The BPU authorized SJG and ETG to recover costs related to postretirement benefits under the accrual method of accounting consistent with GAAP. SJI's regulatory asset represents the recognition of the underfunded positions of SJI's and ETG's pension and other postretirement benefit plans. Subsequent adjustments to this balance occur annually to reflect changes in the funded positions of these benefit plans caused by changes in actual plan experience as well as assumptions of future experience (see Note 12).

DEFERRED GAS COSTS - NET - Over/under collections of gas costs are monitored through SJG's and ETG's BGSS clause. Net undercollected gas costs are classified as a regulatory asset and net overcollected gas costs are classified as a regulatory liability (see Note 10). Realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivative contracts used to hedge natural gas purchases are also included in the BGSS, subject to BPU approval (see Note 16). Included in SJG's balance as of both December 31, 2021 and 2020 is $21.3 million and $22.9 million, respectively, of costs related to a previous pricing dispute on a long-term gas supply contract. As of June 1, 2021, SJG has begun to recover these costs from its customers through the BGSS clause. SJG’s deferred gas costs-net are in an under-recovered position, resulting in a regulatory asset as of December 31, 2021. The BGSS regulatory assets of SJG increased year over year primarily due to the actual gas commodity costs exceeding the recoveries from customers and overall higher commodity costs due to higher market prices, partially offset by changes in valuations of hedged natural gas positions from prior periods. ETG's deferred gas costs-net are in an over-recovered position, resulting in a regulatory liability as of December 31, 2021, see the Regulatory Liabilities table below.

CIP RECEIVABLE - The CIP tracking mechanism at the Utilities adjusts earnings when the actual usage per customer experienced during the period varies from an established baseline usage per customer. For SJG, actual usage per customer was more than the established baseline during 2021, resulting in a reduction of the regulatory asset at December 31, 2021 as compared to 2020. This is primarily the result of colder than normal weather experienced in the region in 2021 compared to 2020. For ETG, actual usage per customer was less than the established baseline during 2021, resulting in the establishment of the regulatory asset during 2021 as CIP was effective for ETG July 1, 2021.

SBC RECEIVABLE - This regulatory asset primarily represents the deferred expenses incurred under SBC programs, which include the CEP/CLEP, USF and LL mechanisms (see Note 10). Under recoveries are presented as a regulatory asset and over recoveries are presented as a regulatory liability. The increase in SJG's SBC receivable is primarily due to CLEP expenditures in excess of recoveries during the period. ETG's SBC mechanisms are in a regulatory liability position and presented within other regulatory liabilities.

AFUDC EQUITY RELATED DEFERRALS - This regulatory asset represents the future revenue to recover the future income taxes related to the deferred tax liability for the equity component of AFUDC. The deferred amount is being amortized over the life of the associated utility plant.

WNC - The tariffs for ETG include a weather normalization clause that reduces customer bills when weather is colder than normal and increases customer bills when weather is warmer than normal. The overall change in ETG's weather normalization from 2020 to 2021 was due to colder than normal weather during the winter months. The WNC deferral ended May 31, 2021 and was replaced by the CIP effective July 1, 2021. Amounts recorded as a regulatory asset will continue to be collected from customers until the WNC balance is fully recovered.

DEFERRED COVID-19 COSTS - On July 2, 2020, the BPU issued an Order authorizing New Jersey's regulated utilities to create a COVID-19-related regulatory asset by deferring on their books and records the prudently incurred incremental costs related to COVID-19 beginning on March 9, 2020 and continuing through September 30, 2021, or 60 days after the termination of the public health emergency, whichever is later. On September 14, 2021, the BPU extended this period to December 31, 2022. The Company is required to file quarterly reports with the BPU, along with a petition of recovery of such incremental costs with the BPU by December 31, 2022 or within 60 days of the close of the tracking period, whichever is later. The deferred balance is principally related to expected credit losses from uncollectibles as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically related to changes in payment patterns observed to date and consideration of macroeconomic factors. We have deemed these costs to be probable of recovery.

OTHER REGULATORY ASSETS - Some of the assets included in Other Regulatory Assets are currently being recovered from ratepayers as approved by the BPU. Management believes the remaining deferred costs are probable of recovery from ratepayers through future utility rates.


	December 31, 2021
	SJG		ETG		Total SJI
Excess Plant Removal Costs	$	12,125	$	33,988	$	46,113
Excess Deferred Taxes	206,902		111,003		317,905
Deferred Gas Costs - Net	—		28,842		28,842


Other Regulatory Liabilities	3,384		2,707		6,091

Total Regulatory Liabilities	$	222,411	$	176,540	$	398,951


	December 31, 2020
	SJG		ETG		Total SJI
Excess Plant Removal Costs	$	12,666	$	37,953	$	50,619
Excess Deferred Taxes	232,694		113,888		346,582
Deferred Gas Costs - Net	—		22,291		22,291
Other Regulatory Liabilities	—		1,085		1,085

Total Regulatory Liabilities	$	245,360	$	175,217	$	420,577

EXCESS PLANT REMOVAL COSTS - The Utilities accrue and collect for cost of removal of utility property. This regulatory liability represents customer collections in excess of actual expenditures, which will be returned to customers as a reduction to depreciation expense. The Excess Plant Removal Costs Liability decreased year over year primarily due to the actual removal costs exceeding the collections in 2021.

EXCESS DEFERRED TAXES - This liability is recognized as a result of Tax Reform enacted into law on December 22, 2017. The decrease in this regulatory liability year over year is related to excess tax amounts returned to customers through customer billings. See Note 10.

DEFERRED GAS COSTS - NET - Over/under collections of gas costs are monitored through ETG's BGSS mechanism. Net under collected gas costs are classified as a regulatory asset and net over-collected gas costs are classified as a regulatory liability. Derivative contracts used to hedge natural gas purchases are also included in the BGSS, subject to BPU approval, along with amounts to be returned to customers under the AMA as discussed in Note 1. The increase year over year is primarily driven by the change in the value of the energy-related derivative contracts.