UNUSED LINES OF CREDIT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]

Schedule of lines of credit

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

	Total Facility		Usage		Available Liquidity		Expiration Date
Commercial Paper Program/ Revolving Credit Facility	$	200,000	$	137,900	$	62,100	May 2015
Uncommitted Bank Lines	10,000		—		10,000		August 2013 (A)
Total	$	210,000	$	137,900	$	72,100

(A) SJG reduced the uncommitted bank lines by $10.0 million during 2012.