RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

There have been no significant changes in the nature of SJG’s related party transactions since December 31, 2012. See Note 5 to the Financial Statements in Item 8 of SJG’s Form 10-K as of December 31, 2012 for a detailed description of such transactions.

A summary of related party transactions, excluding pass-through items, included in Operating Revenues were as follows, (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Operating Revenues/Affiliates:
SJRG	$	387	$	183
Other	322		102
Total Operating Revenue/Affiliates	$	709	$	285

Related party transactions, excluding pass-through items, included in Operating Expenses were as follows, (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Costs of Sales/Affiliates (Excluding depreciation):
SJRG	$	911	$	1,495
Energy-Related Derivative Losses *
SJRG	$	1,457	$	4,967

* Contracts used to hedge natural gas purchases. Included in Cost of Sales on the Condensed Statement of Income.

Operations Expense/Affiliates
SJI	$	2,922		$	2,677
SJIS	1,555			1,338
Millennium	674			787
Other	(128		)	(136		)
Total Operations Expense/Affiliates	$	5,023		$	4,666