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

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Summary of operating results of discontinued operations

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES HELD FOR SALE - As discussed above, SJI is involved in the sale and/or potential sale of solar assets, MTF & ACB, and ELK and has recorded the following in Assets Held for Sale and Liabilities Held for Sale on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2020 (ELK and two solar projects) and December 31, 2019 (ELK, MTF & ACB, and three solar projects):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets Held for Sale:
Current Assets	$	—	$	5,365
Net Utility Plant	19,335		18,692
Net Nonutility Property, Plant & Equipment	19,993		110,400
Goodwill	59		59
Regulatory Assets	638		415
Other Noncurrent Assets	19		8,509
Total Assets Held for Sale	$	40,044	$	143,440
Liabilities Held for Sale:
Current Liabilities	$	—	$	916
Asset Retirement Obligations	2,609		2,515
Regulatory Liabilities	3,246		2,583
Other Noncurrent Liabilities	7		29
Total Liabilities Held for Sale	$	5,862	$	6,043

Summarized operating results of the discontinued operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, were (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Loss before Income Taxes:
Sand Mining	$	(17)	$	(23)	$	(36)	$	(44)
Fuel Oil	(60)		(96)		(116)		(153)
Income Tax Benefits	16		24		32		40
Loss from Discontinued Operations — Net	$	(61)	$	(95)	$	(120)	$	(157)
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 June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Operating Revenues/Affiliates:
SJRG	$	568	$	1,142	$	1,597	$	2,426
Marina	—		105		60		221
Other	20		20		40		40
Total Operating Revenue/Affiliates	$	588	$	1,267	$	1,697	$	2,687

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 June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Costs of Sales/Affiliates (Excluding depreciation and amortization)
SJRG*	$	1,470	$	3,335	$	1,596	$	6,582
Operations Expense/Affiliates:
SJI	$	5,944	$	5,694	$	11,554	$	10,420
SJIU	917		578		1,873		578
Millennium	821		789		1,647		1,552
Other	439		426		882		961
Total Operations Expense/Affiliates	$	8,121	$	7,487	$	15,956	$	13,511

*These costs are included in either SJG's Cost of Sales on the condensed statements of income (loss). 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.