GOODWILL AND IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

GOODWILL AND IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS

GOODWILL AND IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS:

GOODWILL - See Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of SJI's and SJG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for a description of the Company's goodwill accounting policies and annual impairment test.

The Company determined that, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, there were not indicators of impairment of the goodwill associated with its reporting units, and as such did not perform a quantitative analysis. The qualitative factors analyzed also included macroeconomic conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. There were no impairments recorded for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. Should economic conditions deteriorate in future periods or become depressed for a prolonged period of time, estimates of future cash flows and market valuation assumptions may not be sufficient to support the carrying value, requiring impairment charges in the future.

As of both September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, SJI had $707.0 million of goodwill, including $700.2 million in the ETG Utility Operations segment and $6.8 million included in the Retail Services segment.

IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS - The primary identifiable intangible assets of the Company are customer relationships within the Retail Services segment, interconnection and power purchase agreements at Annadale (collectively "Annadale intangible assets"), and an AMA within the ETG Utility Operations segment which expired on March 31, 2022.

Total SJI amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets was $0.2 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $2.0 million and $4.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. No impairment charges were recorded on identifiable intangible assets during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 or 2021.

Other than amortization, there were no significant changes to the identifiable intangible assets since December 31, 2021. For more information, see Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of SJI's and SJG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.