UNUSED LINES OF CREDIT (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]

Schedule of lines of credit

Credit facilities and available liquidity as of June 30, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):

	Total Facility		Usage		Available Liquidity		Expiration Date
Commercial Paper Program/ Revolving Credit Facility	$	200,000	$	153,500	$	46,500	May 2015
Uncommitted Bank Lines	10,000		—		10,000		August 2012 (A)
Total	$	210,000	$	153,500	$	56,500

(A) SJG reduced the uncommitted bank lines by $10.0 million during 2012. SJG anticipates renewing the remaining line of credit during the third quarter of 2012.