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INCOME TAXES (Details) (USD $)
6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]        
Effective income tax rate 24.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 28.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations    
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]        
Forecasted annual ITC for effective tax rate calculation     $ 18,700,000njr_ForecastedAnnualITCforEffectiveTaxRateCalculation  
Forecasted annual PTC for effective tax rate calculation     187,000njr_ForecastedAnnualPTCforEffectiveTaxRateCalculation  
ITC carryforward, expiration period     20 years  
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]        
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards 181,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
  153,200,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration term 20 years      
Deferred tax assets, operating loss carryforwards 10,600,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
  9,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
Valuation allowance 213,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
  212,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]        
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]        
ITC carryforward     7,500,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
 
Forecast [Member]        
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]        
Forecasted annual ITC for effective tax rate calculation       24,500,000njr_ForecastedAnnualITCforEffectiveTaxRateCalculation
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
Forecasted annual PTC for effective tax rate calculation       $ 2,200,000njr_ForecastedAnnualPTCforEffectiveTaxRateCalculation
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember