XML 77 R49.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.1.9
FAIR VALUE - DEBT (Details) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Capital leases $ 52,600,000njr_CapitalLeasedAssetsFairValueDisclosure $ 49,900,000njr_CapitalLeasedAssetsFairValueDisclosure
Level 2 [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Long-term debt, fair value 682,845,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
[1] 557,845,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis
= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
[1]
Level 2 [Member] | Fair Market Value [Member]    
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Long-term debt, fair value $ 728,283,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
$ 586,909,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis
= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
[1] Excludes capital leases of $52.6 million and $49.9 million as of March 31, 2015 and September 30, 2014, respectively.