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LINES OF CREDIT
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]  
LINES OF CREDIT
LINES OF CREDIT:

Credit facilities and available liquidity as of September 30, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Total Facility
 
Usage
 
Available Liquidity
 
Expiration Date
 
Commercial Paper Program/ Revolving Credit Facility
$
200,000

 
$
81,800

(A)
$
118,200

 
May 2018
 
Uncommitted Bank Lines
10,000

 

 
10,000

 
August 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
210,000

 
$
81,800

(A)
$
128,200

 
 
 


(A) Includes letters of credit outstanding in the amount of $0.8 million.


The SJG revolving credit facility is provided by a syndicate of banks and contains one financial covenant limiting the ratio of indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in the credit agreement) to not more than 0.65 to 1 measured at the end of each fiscal quarter. SJG was in compliance with this covenant as of September 30, 2016.

SJG manages a commercial paper program under which SJG may issue short-term, unsecured promissory notes to qualified investors up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding at any time of $200.0 million. The notes  have fixed maturities which vary by note, but may not exceed 270 days from the date of issue. Proceeds from the notes are used for general corporate purposes.  SJG uses the commercial paper program in tandem with the $200.0 million revolving credit facility and does not expect the principal amount of borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program and the credit facility at any time to exceed an aggregate of $200.0 million.

Average borrowings outstanding under these credit facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $64.5 million and $117.9 million, respectively. The maximum amount outstanding under these credit facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were $141.7 million and $162.3 million, respectively.

Borrowings under these credit facilities are at market rates. The weighted average interest rate on these borrowings, which changes daily, was 0.76% and 0.40% at September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.