RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

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, 2011. See Note 5 to the Financial Statements in Item 8 of SJG’s Form 10-K as of December 31, 2011 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,
	2012		2011
Operating Revenues/Affiliates:
SJRG	$	183	$	5,875
Other	102		317
Total Operating Revenue/Affiliates	$	285	$	6,192

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

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
Costs of Sales/Affiliates (Excluding depreciation):
SJRG	$	1,495	$	5,244
Energy-Related Derivative Losses *
SJRG	$	4,967	$	4,601

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

Operations Expense/Affiliates
SJI	$	2,677		$	2,496
SJIS	1,338			1,142
Millennium	787			731
Other	(136		)	(97		)
Total Operations Expense/Affiliates	$	4,666		$	4,272