AFFILIATIONS, DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Summary of operating results of discontinued operations

As a result, SJI has recorded the following in Assets Held for Sale and Liabilities Held for Sale on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets Held for Sale:
Current Assets	$	—	$	5,365
Net Utility Plant	19,293		18,692
Net Nonutility Property, Plant & Equipment	19,993		110,400
Goodwill	59		59
Regulatory Assets	455		415
Other Noncurrent Assets	29		8,509
Total Assets Held for Sale	$	39,829	$	143,440
Liabilities Held for Sale:
Current Liabilities	$	—	$	916
Asset Retirement Obligations	2,609		2,515
Regulatory Liabilities	3,025		2,583
Other Noncurrent Liabilities	170		29
Total Liabilities Held for Sale	$	5,804	$	6,043

Summarized operating results of the discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, were (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Loss before Income Taxes:
Sand Mining	$	(19)	$	(21)
Fuel Oil	(56)		(57)
Income Tax Benefits	16		16
Loss from Discontinued Operations — Net	$	(59)	$	(62)
Earnings Per Common Share from
Discontinued Operations — Net:
Basic and Diluted	$	—	$	—

Summary of related-party transactions

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

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Operating Revenues/Affiliates:
SJRG	$	1,029	$	1,284
Marina	60		116
Other	20		20
Total Operating Revenue/Affiliates	$	1,109	$	1,420

Related-party transactions involving SJG, excluding pass-through items, included in SJG's Cost of Sales and Operating Expenses were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Costs of Sales/Affiliates (Excluding depreciation and amortization)
SJRG*	$	126	$	3,427
Operations Expense/Affiliates:
SJI	$	5,610	$	4,726
SJIU	955		—
Millennium	827		763
Other	443		535
Total Operations Expense/Affiliates	$	7,835	$	6,024

*These costs are included in either SJG's Cost of Sales on the condensed statements of income, or Regulatory Assets on the condensed balance sheets. As discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of SJI’s and SJG's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, revenues and expenses related to the energy trading activities of the wholesale energy operations at SJRG are presented on a net basis in Operating Revenues – Nonutility on the condensed consolidated income statement.