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      10-Q</strong></font></div>
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      QUARTERLY REPORT
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)&#160;OF</strong></font></div>
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      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</strong></font></div>
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      THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2007</strong></font></div>
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      TRANSITION REPORT
      PURSUANT TO SECTION&#160;13 OR 15(d)</strong></font></div>
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      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</strong></font></div>
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      THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
TO</strong></font></div>
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      file number 1-8359</strong></font></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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                Jersey</strong></font></div>
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                or other jurisdiction of</font></div>
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                or organization)</font></div>
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                Employer</font></div>
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                Number)</font></div>
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                Wyckoff Road, Wall, New Jersey - 07719</strong></font></div>
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                of principal</font></div>
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                offices)</font></div>
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                Stock - $2.50 Par Value</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Securities
      registered pursuant to Section&#160;12 (g)&#160;of the Act:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>None</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Indicate
      by check mark whether the Registrant (1)&#160;has filed all reports required to
      be filed by Section&#160;13 or 15 (d)&#160;of the Securities Exchange Act of
      1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
      Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)&#160;has been subject to
      such filing requirements for the past 90&#160;days.</font></div>
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      by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
      accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of &#8220;accelerated
      filer and large accelerated filer&#8221; in Rule&#160;12-b-2 of the Exchange Act.
      (Check one):</font></div>
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      filer:&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">o</font></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Indicate
      by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
      12b-2 of the Exchange Act).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>YES:&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">o</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;No:&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">x</font></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      number of shares outstanding of $2.50 par value Common Stock as of August 1,
      2007 was 28,063,442.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Certain
      statements contained in this report, including, without limitation, statements
      as to management expectations and beliefs presented in Part I, Item 2.
&#8220;Management&#8217;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
      Operations,&#8221; Part I, Item 3. &#8220;Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about
      Market Risk,&#8221; Part II, Item I. &#8220;Legal Proceedings&#8221; and in the notes to the
      financial statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
      Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
      can
      also be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as &#8220;may,&#8221;
&#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;believe&#8221; or &#8220;continue&#8221; or comparable terminology and are
      made based upon management&#8217;s expectations and beliefs concerning future
      developments and their potential effect upon New Jersey Resources Corporation
      (NJR or the Company). There can be no assurance that future developments will
      be
      in accordance with management&#8217;s expectations or that the effect of future
      developments on the Company will be those anticipated by
      management.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Company cautions readers that the assumptions that form the basis for
      forward-looking statements regarding customer growth, customer usage, financial
      condition, results of operations, cash flows, capital requirements, market
      risk
      and other matters for fiscal 2007 and thereafter include many factors that
      are
      beyond the Company&#8217;s ability to control or estimate precisely, such as estimates
      of future market conditions, the behavior of other market participants and
      changes in the debt and equity capital markets. The factors that could cause
      actual results to differ materially from NJR&#8217;s expectations include, but are not
      limited to the following:</font></div>
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                and economic conditions;</font></div>
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                changes in the New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) service
                territory;</font></div>
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                rate of NJNG customer growth;</font></div>
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                of natural gas commodity prices and its impact on customer usage,
                NJR
                Energy Services&#8217; (NJRES) operations and on the Company&#8217;s risk management
                efforts;</font></div>
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                in rating agency requirements and/or credit ratings and their effect
                on
                availability and cost of capital to the Company;</font></div>
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                and wholesale credit risks, including creditworthiness of customers
                and
                counterparties;</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">the
                ability to obtain governmental approvals and/or financing for the
                construction, development and operation of certain non-regulated
                energy
                investments;</font></div>
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                associated with the management of the Company&#8217;s joint ventures and
                partnerships;</font></div>
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                impact of governmental regulation (including the regulation of
                rates);</font></div>
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                in energy-related commodity prices;</font></div>
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                regulatory and pricing policies of federal and state regulatory
                agencies;</font></div>
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                in the
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                other
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                effects and impacts of inflation on NJR and its subsidiaries
                operations;</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="2%">
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                in accounting pronouncements issued by the appropriate standard setting
                bodies; and</font></div>
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                attacks or threatened attacks on energy facilities or unrelated energy
                companies.</font></div>
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      the
      Company periodically reassesses material trends and uncertainties affecting
      the
      Company&#8217;s results of operations and financial condition in connection with its
      preparation of management&#8217;s discussion and analysis of results of operations and
      financial condition contained in its Quarterly and Annual Reports, the Company
      does not, by including this statement, assume any obligation to review or revise
      any particular forward-looking statement referenced herein in light of future
      events.</font></div>
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          <tr>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%">
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                Statement</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                I&#160;&#160;Financial
                Information</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="middle" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                1</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="70%">
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                Statements</a></font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3-19</font></div>
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              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;&#160;&#160;
                &#160;<a href="#mda">Item 2</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="70%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><a href="#mda">Management&#8217;s
                Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
                and&#160;&#160;Results of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended
                June 30, 2007</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">20-33</font></div>
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          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="8%">
              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<a href="#qqdmr">Item
                3</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="70%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><a href="#qqdmr">Quantitative
                and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
                Risk</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">34-36</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="8%">
              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<a href="#controlpro">Item
                4</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="70%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><a href="#controlpro">Controls
                and Procedures</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">37</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="79%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><a href="#part2">Part
                II&#160;Other Information</a></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;&#160;&#160;<a href="#legalproced">Item
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<a href="#riskfactor">Item
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">13,354</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                noncurrent liabilities</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">468,389</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">547,779</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 40pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Total
                Capitalization and Liabilities</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,231,125</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,398,928</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">See
      Notes
      to Condensed Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;GENERAL</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared without audit,
      as
      of June 30, 2007 and for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2007 and
      2006,
      pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
      (SEC). The September 30, 2006 balance sheet data is derived from the audited
      financial statements of New Jersey Resources Corporation (NJR or the Company).
      These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction
      with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in NJR&#8217;s 2006
      Annual Report on Form 10-K.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NJR and its
      subsidiaries, New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), NJR Energy Services (NJRES), NJR
      Retail Holdings (Retail Holdings), NJR Capital Services (Capital) and NJR
      Service Company (NJR Service). Significant intercompany transactions and
      accounts have been eliminated. Retail Holdings principal subsidiary is NJR
      Home
      Services (NJRHS). Capital&#8217;s primary subsidiaries are NJNR Pipeline (Pipeline),
      which holds the Company&#8217;s 5.53 percent ownership interest in Iroquois Gas and
      Transmission System, L.P. (Iroquois), and NJR Steckman Ridge Storage Company,
      which holds the Company&#8217;s 50 percent combined interest in Steckman Ridge GP, LLC
      and Steckman Ridge, LP (collectively, Steckman Ridge), a natural gas storage
      facility that was acquired and is being developed with a partner in western
      Pennsylvania.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      the
      opinion of management, the information furnished reflects all adjustments
      necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods. Because
      of the seasonal nature of NJR&#8217;s utility and wholesale energy services
      operations, in addition to other factors, the financial results for the interim
      periods presented are not indicative of the results to be expected for the
      fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Recently
      Issued Accounting Standards</em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      July
      2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation
      No.
      48, <em>Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes</em> (FIN 48), which alters
      the framework for recognizing income tax contingencies. Previously, under
      Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 5, <em>Accounting for
      Contingencies</em>, the focus<a name="ResultsOfOperations_034354">
      was on the
      subsequent liability recognition for estimated losses from tax contingencies
      where such losses were probable and the related amounts could be reasonably
      estimated. Under this new interpretation, a contingent tax asset (i.e., an
      uncertain tax position) may only be recognized if it is more likely than not
      that it will ultimately be sustained upon audit. The Company will adopt FIN
      48
      effective October 1, 2007. The Company is evaluating its tax positions for
      all
      jurisdictions and all years for which the statute of limitations remains open,
      as well as evaluating the impact that the adoption will have on its financial
      condition and results of operations.</a></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, <em>Fair Value Measurements</em>
      (SFAS 157). SFAS 157 defines fair value as the amount that would be exchanged
      to
      sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market
      participants and establishes a fair value hierarchy of quotes and unobservable
      data that should be used to develop pricing assumptions. In addition, for assets
      and liabilities that are not actively traded, for example, certain kinds of
      derivatives, SFAS 157 requires that a fair value measurement include an
      adjustment for risks inherent in a valuation technique and/or inputs, such
      as
      those used in pricing models. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning
      after November 15, 2007; however, early adoption is permitted. The Company
      will
      adopt the provisions of the statement prospectively and is evaluating the
      adoption date and its effect on its financial condition.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158<em>, Employers&#8217; Accounting for
      Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postemployment Plans</em> (SFAS 158). The
      statement requires an employer to recognize the funded status, measured as
      the
      difference between the fair value of plan assets and the projected benefit
      obligation, of its benefit plans. SFAS 158 does not change how pensions and
      other postemployment benefits are accounted for and reported in the income
      statement. Certain economic events, which previously required disclosure only
      in
      the notes to the financial statements, will be recognized as assets and
      liabilities and offset in Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax,
      or
      as part of Regulatory assets, for those amounts related to NJNG that would
      be
      recoverable through allowed rates charged to customers, to the extent such
      amounts are not recognized in earnings as part of net periodic benefit costs.
      Amounts recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income, or in Regulatory
      assets as it may relate to NJNG, will be adjusted as they are subsequently
      recognized in earnings through net periodic benefit cost. The Company will
      adopt
      SFAS 158 on September 30, 2007 and will apply the provisions of the statement
      prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of adoption on
      its
      financial condition.</font></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
        February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The <em>Fair Value Option for
        Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities</em> (SFAS 159). SFAS 159 permits
        entities to elect to measure eligible items at fair value as an alternative
        to
        hedge accounting and to mitigate volatility in earnings. A company can either
        elect the fair value option according to a preexisting policy, when the asset
        or
        liability is first recognized or when it enters into an eligible firm
        commitment. Changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities that the
        Company
<font size="2">chooses to apply the fair value option to are reported in
        earnings
        at each reporting date. SFAS 159 also provides guidance on disclosures that
        are
        intended to provide comparability to other companies&#8217; assets and liabilities
        that have different measurement attributes and to other companies with similar
        financial assets and liabilities. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years
        beginning after November 15, 2007; however, early adoption is permitted provided
        the provisions of SFAS 157 are concurrently applied. The Company is evaluating
        SFAS 159 to determine its applicability to its current operations and effect,
        if
        any, on its balance sheet or income statement.&#160;&#160;&#160;
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      June
      2007, the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) reached consensus on EITF
      Issue
      No. 06-11, <em>Accounting for Income Tax Benefits of Dividends on Share-Based
      Payment Awards (EITF 06-11). </em>EITF 06-11 applies to share-based payment
      arrangements that entitle employees to receive dividends or dividend equivalents
      and provides that the tax benefit related to dividends on certain share based
      awards be recognized as an increase to additional paid in capital and should
      be
      included in the pool of excess tax benefits available to absorb future tax
      deficiencies on share-based payment awards. EITF 06-11 will be applied
      prospectively to the income tax benefits of applicable dividends declared by
      the
      Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company is
      currently evaluating the effect of adoption on its financial
      condition.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;REGULATION</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Basic
      Gas Supply Service (BGSS)</em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      October 25, 2006, NJNG filed supporting documentation with the Board of Public
      Utilities (BPU) for a self-implementing BGSS price reduction effective November
      1, 2006, which lowered residential and small commercial customers&#8217; bills by
      approximately 4 percent. This decrease was due to reduced demand charges, lower
      wholesale cost of natural gas and lower than expected pipeline fuel
      costs.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      December 1, 2006, NJNG filed notification with the BPU and the representative
      of
      the Public Advocate Division of Rate Counsel (Rate Counsel) to refund, in the
      form of a bill credit, approximately $51.5 million to residential and small
      commercial customers in December 2006. The refund was the result of a continued
      reduction in the wholesale cost of natural gas for NJNG relative to what it
      is
      allowed to charge in its rates to customers.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      March
      1, 2007, NJNG filed notification with the BPU and the representatives of Rate
      Counsel to refund, in the form of a bill credit, approximately $20 million
      to
      residential and small commercial customers in March 2007. The refund was the
      result of a continued reduction in the wholesale cost of natural
      gas.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      June
      1, 2007, NJNG filed its annual review and revision of its BGSS for fiscal 2008.
      NJNG has proposed to maintain its periodic BGSS factor at its expected levels
      as
      a result of the implementation of a pending self-implementing BGSS decrease
      in
      conjunction with a stipulation that NJNG entered into with the BPU in March
      2007
      (the March 2007 Stipulation) related to the Societal Benefits Clause (SBC)
      and
      Weather Normalization Clause (WNC), both of which are discussed below under
      <em>Societal Benefits Clause and Weather Normalization Clause</em>.&#160;NJNG
      expects to implement the June 1<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>st</sup></font> proposal
      for the
      BGSS factor in October 2007. The self-implementing decrease is designed to
      offset proposed increases to the SBC and WNC rates, as discussed
      below</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      of
      June 14, 2007, the BPU has determined that NJNG and parties to the SBC and
      WNC
      proceedings will be afforded the opportunity to submit legal briefs regarding
      the approval of a specific issue related to lost revenues to which NJNG has
      claimed for recovery from customers, which was included in the March 2007
      Stipulation. NJNG has filed its required legal brief supporting its position
      on
      the recovery of such lost revenue amounts on June 28, 2007. At a BPU meeting
      held on July 27, 2007, the issue of lost revenues was discussed with the BPU
      Commissioners and a vote on the recovery of the lost revenue resulted in no
      conclusive decision. At this time, the parties to the March 2007 Stipulation
      will continue discussions with the BPU staff to resolve the issue of lost
      revenue. Pending approval by the BPU and Rate Counsel, the March 2007
      Stipulation reached with respect to the SBC and WNC will be implemented upon
      receipt of a BPU decision and related order.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Conservation
        Incentive Program (CIP)</em></strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
        December 12, 2006, the BPU issued its Decision and Order and approved the
        CIP
        stipulation described below, reached on September 30, 2006, without
        modification.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        CIP
        is a three-year pilot program, designed to decouple the link between customer
        usage and NJNG&#8217;s utility gross margin to allow NJNG to encourage its customers
        to conserve energy. The initial term of the CIP is&#160;October 1, 2006 through
        September 30, 2009. Under certain conditions, the CIP may be extended one
        additional year beyond the initial term. For the term of the pilot, the WNC
        has
        been suspended and replaced with the CIP tracking mechanism, which addresses
        utility gross margin variations related to both weather <font size="2">and
        customer usage in comparison to established benchmarks. Recovery of such
        utility
        gross margin variations (filed for annually and recovered one year following
        the
        end of the CIP usage year) is subject to additional conditions including
        an
        earnings test and an evaluation of BGSS-related savings. If NJNG does not
        file
        for a base rate review with the BPU by October 1, 2008, the return on equity
        for
        the CIP earnings test will decline from 10.50 percent to 10.25
        percent.</font></font></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
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    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Based
        upon increases in NJNG&#8217;s operating, maintenance and capital costs, NJNG
        currently expects, subject to its continuing evaluation of all factors relevant
        to filing for a base rate increase, to&#160;petition the BPU, during fiscal
        2008, to increase base rates for delivery service. This evaluation process
        is
        consistent with NJNG&#8217;s objectives of providing safe and reliable service to its
        customers and earning a market based return. Based upon statutory time frames
        and potential regulatory lag it is unlikely that any modification to its
        delivery rates would become effective during fiscal 2008.</font></div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
      encourage energy efficiency, NJNG is obligated to initiate and fund programs
      to
      further customer conservation efforts over the term of the pilot. The minimum
      expected liability for funding these programs was recorded, at its present
      value
      of $1.8 million, as of September 30, 2006. As a result of the accretion of
      interest and the payment of obligations for this program, the balance of this
      liability is approximately $1.5 million as of June 30, 2007.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      commencement of the CIP does not have any impact on the collection of previously
      accrued amounts for utility gross margin recovery under the WNC.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      June
      1, 2007, NJNG filed its CIP Petition for the Annual Review of its CIP Program
      for recoverable CIP amounts for fiscal 2007 and to establish its CIP recovery
      rates effective October 1, 2007. As of June 30, 2007 NJNG has $15.6 million
      accrued to recover from residential and small commercial customers.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Societal
      Benefits Clause and Weather Normalization Clause </em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      October 25, 2006, NJNG filed its SBC and WNC requests for a price adjustment
      for
      all applicable service customers, which was expected to result in an approximate
      aggregate 1.6 percent increase in those customers&#8217; prices. On November 10, 2006,
      NJNG filed a separate petition with the BPU for its annual review and revision
      of the WNC recovery component relying on the information provided in the October
      25, 2006 filing. The SBC and WNC rate increases, currently pending before the
      BPU, were proposed to be effective on January 1, 2007.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      SBC
      portion of the filed increase had accounted for approximately 0.3 percent of
      the
      expected price increase. The aggregate increase is comprised of an increase
      in
      rates for the Transportation Initiation Clause (TIC) and an increase in the
      recovery related to the New Jersey Clean Energy Program (NJCEP) from $7.1
      million to $13.6 million for the calendar year 2007. This increase was partially
      offset by a decrease to the Remediation Adjustment Clause (RAC) recovery from
      $19.2 million to $15.9 million annually. The proposed RAC decrease reflected
      recovery of expenditures through June 30, 2006 related to NJNG&#8217;s remediation of
      its former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) sites, except for those expenditures
      associated with the Mass Tort Litigation related to the Long Branch MGP sites
      (see <em>Note 12. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities</em>). There was no
      change in the Universal Service Fund (USF) rate.</font></div>
    <div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        WNC
        portion of the filed rate increase, which had represented approximately 1.3
        percent of the expected price increase, was proposed to increase the WNC
        recovery component in order to recover accrued utility gross margin of
        approximately $8.1 million from October 2005 through May 2006.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
        signed a stipulation in March 2007 with the BPU and Rate Counsel regarding
        the
        resolution of the September 2005 and October 2006 SBC and WNC filings. The
        March
        2007 stipulation permits NJNG to include in its rates the current BPU approved
        SBC and WNC rates in effect until changed by the BPU. The March 2007
        stipulation&#160;provides&#160;for the recovery of lost revenues, as a result of
        previous customer conservation efforts, through a reduction in the liability
        associated with the Market Development Fund and will increase the SBC
        and&#160;WNC rates for all applicable service customers&#8217; rates by an approximate
        aggregate 3.1 percent. Pending review and approval by the BPU and Rate Counsel,
        as noted under&#160;<em>Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS)</em> above, the results
        of the March 2007 stipulation will be implemented upon receipt of a BPU
        order.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        increase in customer rates from an aggregate 1.6 percent in the original
        filing
        to an aggregate 3.1 percent in the March 2007 stipulation reflects the removal
        of the expenditures through June 30, 2006 related to NJNG&#8217;s remediation of its
        former MGP sites, as noted above, and also excludes costs in excess of those
        received by NJNG from insurers stemming from the operation and remediation
        of
        the former MGP site in Long Branch, New Jersey as recovery of all such costs
        and
        expenditures is being resolved separately before the BPU (see <em>Note 12</em>.
<em>Commitments and Contingent Liabilities&#8212;Legal Proceedings&#8212;Kemper Insurance
        Company Litigation).</em></font></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Other
      Incentive Programs</em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      is
      eligible to receive financial incentives for reducing BGSS costs through a
      series of utility gross margin-sharing programs that include off-system sales,
      capacity release, storage incentive and financial risk management programs.
      These incentive programs currently expire in October 2007. On December 15,
      2006,
      NJNG filed a petition with the BPU requesting that it approve an extension
      of
      the existing incentive mechanisms to coincide with the end of the CIP. The
      extension would preserve the status quo of the incentive programs to coincide
      with the initial three-year term of the CIP pilot program. NJNG is currently
      holding discussions with the BPU regarding the continuation of these incentive
      programs. There can be no assurance as to whether these incentive programs
      will
      be extended in their current form, for the proposed term, or whether they will
      be modified or terminated by the BPU.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Regulatory
        Assets and Liabilities</em></strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        Company had the following regulatory assets, all related to NJNG, on the
        Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>June
                  30,</strong></font></div>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2007</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Recovery
                  Period</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8,105</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8,105</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="17%">
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 16pt; TEXT-INDENT: -9pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CIP</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">13,702</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#8212;</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                  than one year (2)</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">21,807</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8,105</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Regulatory
                  assets&#8211;noncurrent</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="62%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Remediation
                  costs (Notes 2 and 12)</font></div>
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              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="62%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 32pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Expended,
                  net</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%">
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="16%">
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%">
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="16%">
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="62%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 16pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CIP</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%">
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#8212;</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="16%">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">(2)</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="62%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 16pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Deferred
                  income and other taxes</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">13,772</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">13,476</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="17%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Various</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="62%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 16pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Postemployment
                  benefit costs (Note 10)</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,891</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,117</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="17%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Through
                  Sept. 2014 (5)</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="62%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 16pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Derivatives
                  (Note 3)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">72,494</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">82,451</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="17%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Through
                  Oct.&#160;2011 (6)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="62%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 16pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">SBC</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">21,819</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">35,796</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="17%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Various
                  (7)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="62%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">304,377</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">322,986</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="16%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>

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            <tr>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="3%">
                <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;(1)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="74%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Recoverable
                  or refundable, subject to BPU approval, without interest. This
                  balance
                  relates to results from the winter 2005-2006 period. No new WNC
                  activity
                  is being recorded due to the existence of the CIP.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="3%">
                <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">(2)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="74%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Recoverable
                  or refundable, subject to BPU annual approval, without interest.
                  Balance
                  includes approximately $8.2 million relating to the weather component
                  of
                  the calculation and approximately $7.4 million relating to the
                  customer
                  usage component of the calculation. Recovery from customers is
                  designed to
                  be one year from date of rate approval by BPU.</font></div>
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            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="3%">
                <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">(3)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="74%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Recoverable,
                  subject to BPU approval, with interest over rolling 7-year periods.
                  As of
                  June 30, 2007, this amount is net of actual insurance proceeds
                  received of
                  $12.8 million, as the result of a settlement NJNG reached with
                  certain
                  parties for recovery of such amounts on January 24, 2007 (see <em>Note 12.
                  Commitments and Contingent Liabilities &#8211; Legal Proceedings</em>). As of
                  September 30, 2006 this amount is net of an estimated $10 million
                  in
                  expected insurance proceeds.</font></div>
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            <tr>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="3%">
                <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">(4)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="justify" valign="top" width="74%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Estimated
                  future expenditures. Recovery will be requested when actual expenditures
                  are incurred (see<em> Note 12. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities &#8211;
                  Legal Proceedings).</em></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="3%">
                <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">(5)</font></div>
              </td>
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      there are
      any changes in regulatory positions that indicate the recovery of any of the
      regulatory assets are not probable, the related cost would be charged to income
      in the period of such determination.</font></div>
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        JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
        TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
        (Continued)</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:&#160; </font></div>
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              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="11%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">14,823</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,710</font></div>
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
              <td valign="bottom" width="74%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                  liabilities&#8211;noncurrent</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%">
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                  of removal obligation (2)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%">
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              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">58,161</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Market
                  development fund (MDF) (3)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,162</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">6,059</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">61,625</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">64,220</font></div>
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                  subject to BPU approval, through BGSS, with interest.</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">NJNG
                  accrues and collects for cost of removal in rates. This liability
                  represents collections in excess of actual expenditures. Approximately
                  $17.8 million, including accretion of $984,000 for the nine-month
                  period
                  ended June 30, 2007, of regulatory assets relating to asset retirement
                  obligations have been netted against the cost of removal obligation
                  as of
                  June 30, 2007 (see <em>Note 11. Asset Retirement
                  Obligations</em>).</font></div>
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                  MDF, created with funds available as a result of the implementation
                  of the
                  Energy Tax Reform Act of 1997, provided financial incentives to
                  encourage
                  customers to switch to third party suppliers and has supported
                  other
                  unbundling related initiatives. Balance earns interest at prevailing
                  SBC
                  rate. The MDF funding obligations terminated as of October&#160;31, 2006.
                  $4.9 million of this fund was credited to the NJCEP, as a result
                  of the
                  CIP Decision and Order of the BPU on December&#160;12, 2006. The remaining
                  balance is being held until final resolution of NJNG&#8217;s fiscal 2005 SBC
                  filing. A stipulation was signed in March 2007 among NJNG, the
                  BPU and
                  Rate Counsel, to allow a recovery of lost revenues, through previous
                  customer conservation initiatives, through a reduction in this
                  liability
                  if approved by the BPU.</font></div>
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    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;FINANCIAL
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    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Company and its subsidiaries are subject to market risk due to fluctuations
      in
      the price of natural gas. To hedge against such fluctuations, the Company and
      its subsidiaries entered into futures contracts, option agreements and swap
      agreements to hedge purchases and sales of natural gas. These contracts are
      recorded at fair value on the Company&#8217;s Condensed Consolidated Balance
      Sheets.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Generally,
      all of the commodity contracts of NJRES meet the &#8220;normal purchase normal sale&#8221;
scope exception of SFAS No. 133, <em>Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
      Hedging Activities (as amended)</em> (SFAS 133) and are accounted for under
      accrual accounting, or are designated as a hedge for accounting purposes. If
      these commodity contracts do not meet the normal purchase normal sale scope
      exception, or if they do not qualify as a hedge, they are recorded at fair
      value
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      amounts included in Accumulated other comprehensive income related to natural
      gas instruments, which have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges,
      will reduce or increase Gas purchases as the underlying physical transaction
      occurs and is settled. Based on the amount recorded in Accumulated other
      comprehensive income as of June 30, 2007, $7.9 million is expected to be
      recorded as a decrease to Gas purchases during the remainder of fiscal 2007.
      For
      the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, $45.4 million was charged and
      $6.4 million was credited, respectively, to Gas purchases.&#160;For the nine
      months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, $137.2 million and $28.4 million,
      respectively, were charged to Gas purchases.</font></div>
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      hedges that are included as a benefit (cost) as part of Gas purchases in the
      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended
      June 30, 2007, and 2006, respectively.</font></div>
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                Months Ended</strong></font></div>
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            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2007</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2006</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2007</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2006</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">NJRES</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$
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            </td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">)</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="3%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">448</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8,323</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="65%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">NJR
                Energy</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">24</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">28</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">74</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">63</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="65%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total
                Consolidated</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">197</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">)</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">522</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8,386</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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    <div>&#160;</div>
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          of Contents</a></font></div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)</strong></font></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Generally,
      exchange-traded futures and swap contracts require a deposit of margin cash,
      the
      amount of which is subject to change based on market movements and in accordance
      with exchange rules. The Company maintains separate broker margin accounts
      for
      NJNG and NJRES. The balances as of June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2006 are
      as
      follows:</font></div>
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            </td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>June
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2007</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td colspan="4" valign="bottom" width="11%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>September
                30,</strong></font></div>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2006</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">NJNG
                broker margin deposit</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">30,833</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">NJRES
                broker margin liability</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;EQUITY
      INVESTMENTS</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      March
      2, 2007, NJR, through NJR Steckman Ridge Storage Company, a wholly-owned
      subsidiary of NJR Energy Holdings, entered into a series of joint venture
      agreements with subsidiaries of Spectra Energy Corporation (Spectra) and formed
      the Steckman Ridge partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to develop
      and
      operate a natural gas storage facility in western Pennsylvania, which will
      serve
      the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. NJR and Spectra
      each own 50 percent of the equity interests in Steckman Ridge and are required
      to fund 50 percent of total acquisition and development costs up to a maximum
      of
      $125 million each. As NJR has the ability to exert significant influence, but
      not control, it uses the equity method of accounting for its investment in
      Steckman Ridge.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJR&#8217;s
        equity investments at June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2006 include the following
        investments:</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><em>(Thousands)</em></font></div>
              </td>
              <td colspan="4" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>June
                  30,</strong></font></div>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2007</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="10%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>September
                  30,</strong></font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2006</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Steckman
                  Ridge</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">53,488</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#8212;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Iroquois</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">22,027</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">20,414</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Other</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8,016</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">6,794</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">83,531</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="7%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">27,208</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br>&#160;</div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;EARNINGS
      PER SHARE</strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      following table presents the calculation of the Company&#8217;s basic and diluted
      earnings per share:</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div align="left">
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td valign="bottom" width="67%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="7" valign="bottom" width="15%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Three
                Months </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Ended</strong></font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>June
                30,</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="7" valign="bottom" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Nine
                Months </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Ended</strong></font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>June
                30,</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><em>(Thousands,
                except per share amounts)</em></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2007</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2006</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2007</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2006</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="67%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                (loss) income, as reported</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">(4,952</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">)</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">)</font></td>
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        JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
        TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
        (Continued)</strong></font></div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;DEBT</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><em><u>NJNG</u></em></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      October 2005, under the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) Act,
      NJNG used proceeds from EDA Series 2005A and 2005B bonds to refinance NJNG&#8217;s
      $10.3 million, 5.38 percent Series&#160;W First </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Mortgage
      Bonds and its $10.5 million, 6.25 percent Series&#160;Y First Mortgage Bonds.
      Also in October 2005, the EDA issued its 4.9 percent (Series 2005C) Natural
      Gas
      Facilities Revenue Bonds. The net proceeds from the 2005C bonds were deposited
      into a construction fund. NJNG immediately drew down $2.5 million from the
      construction fund and issued its $15 million, 4.9 percent Series KK bonds to
      the
      EDA with a maturity date of October 1, 2040. NJNG drew down an additional $4
      million from the construction fund in the fourth quarter of fiscal
      2006.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      has
      renewed a $43.5 million letter of credit outstanding, which will expire on
      December 31, 2007, supporting a long-term natural gas swap agreement. The
      long-term natural gas swap agreement was entered into as a hedge related to
      an
      offsetting physical purchase of natural gas for the same period and volume.
      This
      letter of credit reduces the amount available under NJNG&#8217;s committed credit
      facility by the same amount. NJNG does not anticipate that this letter of credit
      will be drawn upon by the counterparty and it will be renewed as necessary.
      NJNG
      expects to renew this letter of credit agreement when it expires on December
      31,
      2007.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      April
      2007, NJNG entered into a 3-year, $30 million uncommitted credit facility with
      a
      multinational financial institution, of which $79,000 was outstanding as of
      June
      30, 2007.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
        December 2006 and 2005, NJNG received $5.5 million and $4.1 million in
        connection with the sale-leaseback of its vintage 2006 and 2005 meters,
        respectively. NJNG plans to continue the sale-leaseback meter program on
        an
        annual basis.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
        May
        2007, NJNG petitioned the BPU requesting authorization to issue and sell,
        in one
        or more series, an aggregate of $125 million in medium-term notes through
        July
        31, 2010. The notes may be issued on a secured or unsecured basis and maturities
        can range from one to forty years. The proceeds from the issuance of the
        notes
        will be used to refinance short-term debt, which has been incurred to fund
        capital expenditure requirements and pension and other post-employment benefit
        programs.&#160;As of June 30, 2007, issuance of the notes is pending BPU review
        and approval.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><em><u>NJRES</u></em></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
        October 2006, NJRES entered into a 3-year, $30 million committed credit facility
        with a multinational financial institution. Borrowings under this facility
        are
        guaranteed by NJR.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><em><u>NJR</u></em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJR
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      renewed a letter of credit outstanding for $8.0 million, which will expire
      on
      November 30, 2007, related to margin requirements for NJRES&#8217; natural gas
      transactions. Including this letter of credit, as of June 30, 2007, NJR had
      letters of credit outstanding on behalf of NJRES and Commercial Realty and
      Resources (CR&amp;R) totaling approximately $12.7 million, which expire on
      various dates through December 2007. These letters of credit reduce the amount
      available under NJR&#8217;s committed credit facility by the same amount. NJR does not
      anticipate that these letters of credit will be drawn upon by the counterparties
      and they will be renewed as necessary.</font></div>
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      NJR,
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Amount
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="81%">
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="81%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Weighted
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="81%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Notes
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="81%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="81%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Long
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Bank
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="81%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Amount
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="81%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Weighted
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#8212;</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Weighted
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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      activities.</font></div>
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          of Contents</a></font></div>
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    </div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NEW
          JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
          TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
          (Continued)</strong></font></div>
      </div><br></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Pursuant
      to a BPU order, NJNG is permitted to recover carrying costs on uncollected
      balances related to SBC program costs, which include NJCEP, RAC and USF
      expenditures (see <em>Note 2. Regulation</em>). Accordingly, Other income
      includes $712,000 and $811,000 of interest related to these SBC program costs
      for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $2.3
      million and $2.0 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006,
      respectively.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJR,
      through its subsidiary CR&amp;R, capitalizes interest associated with the
      development and construction of its commercial buildings. Interest is also
      capitalized associated with the acquisition, development and construction of
      a
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      (see <em>Note 4. Equity Investments</em>).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;STOCK
      BASED COMPENSATION</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Effective
      January 24, 2007, the shareholders of NJR approved the NJR 2007 Stock Award
      and
      Incentive Plan (2007 Plan), which replaced the 2002 Employee and Outside
      Director Long-Term Incentive Plan (Long-Term Plan). The Long-Term Plan had
      591,471 and 87,280 shares, respectively, reserved for employees and directors,
      which were rolled into the 2007 Plan. In addition to those shares, the 2007
      Plan
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      reserve of 1,341,471 and 87,280, respectively, for employees and directors,
      which provides for a broader range of equity awards.</font></div>
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      January 24, 2007, the Company issued 36,687 shares of Restricted Stock under
      the
      2007 Plan, which vest in equal annual installments over three years, subject
      to
      certain conditions, and 17,741 restricted shares that vested immediately. No
      shares were issued under the 2007 Plan to officers, employees or directors
      during the third quarter of fiscal 2007. As of June 30, 2007, 1,287,043 and
      79,227 shares, respectively, remain available for future awards to employees
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      expense is $923,000 related to stock based compensation. As of June 30, 2007
      there is approximately $2.2 million of deferred compensation related to unvested
      shares and options, which is expected to be recognized over the next two
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      Natural Gas Distribution segment consists of regulated natural gas delivery,
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      The Energy Services segment consists of the unregulated wholesale energy
      operations of NJRES. The Retail and Other segment consists of appliance and
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            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Ended</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%">
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          of Contents</a></font></div>
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    <div>&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NEW
        JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
        TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
        (Continued)</strong></font></div>
    </div>
    <div><br>&#160;</div>
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      following is an analysis of the change in the ARO liability for the nine months
      ended June 30, 2007, in thousands:</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                at October 1, 2006</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="justify" valign="bottom" width="87%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">(1,461</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">)</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Balance
                at June 30, 2007</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">22,816</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Accretion
      amounts are not reflected as an expense on NJR&#8217;s Condensed Consolidated
      Statements of Income, but rather are deferred as a regulatory asset and netted
      against NJNG&#8217;s regulatory liabilities, for presentation purposes, on the
      Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>12.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;COMMITMENTS
      AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Cash
      Commitments</em></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      has
      entered into long-term contracts, expiring at various dates through 2022, for
      the supply, storage and delivery of natural gas. These contracts include current
      annual fixed &#8220;demand&#8221; charges of approximately $80.1 million at current contract
      rates and volumes, which are recovered through the&#160;BGSS.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">For
      the
      purpose of securing adequate storage and pipeline capacity, NJRES enters into
      storage and pipeline capacity contracts, which require the payment of certain
      demand charges by NJRES, in order to maintain the ability to access such natural
      gas storage or pipeline capacity, during a fixed time period, which generally
      range from one to five years. Demand charges are based on established rates
      as
      regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). These demand
      charges represent commitments to pay storage providers or pipeline companies
      for
      the right to store and transport natural gas utilizing their respective assets.
      As of June 30, 2007, NJRES had contractual obligations for demand charges
      related to storage contracts and pipeline capacity contracts of $29.5 million
      and $55.7 million, respectively, for the next 12-month period.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Demand
      charges are recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income as incurred
      as
      part of Gas purchases as follows:</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="48%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Three
                Months Ended</strong></font></div>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>June
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            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Nine
                Months Ended</strong></font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>June
                30,</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><em>(Millions)</em></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2007</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2006</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2007</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2006</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="bottom" width="48%">
              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">NJRES</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="3%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">29.5</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">31.9</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">106.9</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">74.1</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">20.2</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">56.0</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">62.7</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="bottom" width="48%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      of
      June 30, 2007, there were NJR guarantees covering approximately $284 million
      of
      natural gas purchases, demand fee commitments and swap agreements of NJRES,
      NJNG
      and NJR Energy, not yet reflected in Accounts payable on the Condensed
      Consolidated Balance Sheet. These NJR guarantees are related to transactions
      with various expiration dates through October 2016. NJR would have to provide
      for payment in the event of default by NJRES, NJNG and NJR Energy.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
        capital expenditures are estimated at $33.4 million for the remainder of
        fiscal
        2007 and $80.9 million in fiscal 2008, consisting primarily of its construction
        program to support customer growth, maintenance of its distribution system
        and
        replacement needed under proposed pipeline safety rulemaking.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        Company&#8217;s future minimum lease payments under various operating leases are
        approximately $8.3 million over the next five years and $593,000 annually
        for
        all years thereafter.</font></div>
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        JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
        TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
        (Continued)</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Legal
      Proceedings</em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Manufactured
      Gas Plant Remediation</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      has
      identified eleven former MGP sites, dating back to the late 1800s and early
      1900s, which contain contaminated residues from the former gas manufacturing
      operations. Ten of the eleven sites in question were acquired by NJNG in 1952.
      Gas manufacturing operations ceased at these sites at least by the mid-1950s
      and, in some cases, had been discontinued many years earlier. Since October
      1989, NJNG has been operating under Administrative Consent Orders or Memoranda
      of Agreement with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
      covering all eleven sites. These orders and agreements establish the procedures
      to be followed in developing a final remedial cleanup plan for each site. NJNG
      is currently involved in administrative proceedings with the NJDEP with respect
      to the MGP sites in question, as well as participating in various studies and
      investigations by outside consultants to determine the nature and extent of
      any
      such contaminated residues and to develop appropriate programs of remedial
      action, where warranted. Until September&#160;2000, most of the cost of such
      studies and investigations had been shared under an agreement with the former
      owner and operator of ten of the MGP sites, Jersey Central Power&#160;&amp;
Light Company (JCP&amp;L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corporation
      (FirstEnergy).</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      September 2000, a revised agreement was executed pursuant to which NJNG is
      responsible for two of the sites&#8212; Long Branch and Toms River, New Jersey&#8212; while
      JCP&amp;L is responsible for the remaining eight sites. On September&#160;14,
      2004, the BPU approved a simultaneous transfer of properties whereby, upon
      closing of the transfer, NJNG will take ownership of two sites and JCP&amp;L
      will take ownership of eight sites. NJNG continues to participate in the
      investigation and remedial action and bears the cost related to the one MGP
      site
      that was not subject to the original cost-sharing agreement.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      June
      1992, the BPU approved the RAC through which NJNG may, subject to BPU approval,
      recover its remediation expenditures, including carrying costs, over rolling
      7-year periods. Currently, NJNG is recovering $19.2 million annually for MGP
      remediation expenditures incurred through June 30, 2004. The remediation
      expenditures for the 24-month period ended June 30, 2006, including expenditures
      related to the Mass Tort Litigation as discussed below in the <em>Kemper
      Insurance Company Litigation </em>section, are pending BPU approval and are part
      of an on-going discussion with the BPU (See <em>Note 2. Regulation</em>). As of
      June 30, 2007, $87.1 million of previously incurred remediation costs, net
      of
      recoveries from customers and insurance proceeds, are included in Regulatory
      assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      September 2006, with the assistance of an outside consulting firm, NJNG updated
      an environmental review of the MGP sites, including a review of potential
      liability for investigation and remedial action. Based on this review, NJNG
      estimated at the time of the review that, exclusive of any insurance recoveries,
      total future expenditures to remediate and monitor the three MGP sites for
      which
      it is responsible, will range from $105.4 million to $174.6 million. NJNG&#8217;s
      estimate of these liabilities is based upon known facts, existing technology
      and
      enacted laws and regulations in place when the review was completed. However,
      actual costs are expected to differ from these estimates. Where available
      information is sufficient to estimate the amount of the liability, it is NJNG&#8217;s
      policy to accrue the full amount of such estimate. Where the information is
      sufficient only to establish a range of probable liability, and no point within
      the range is more likely than any other, it is NJNG&#8217;s policy to accrue the lower
      end of the range. Accordingly, NJNG has recorded an MGP remediation liability
      and a corresponding Regulatory asset of $105.4 million on the Condensed
      Consolidated Balance Sheet. The actual costs to be incurred by NJNG are
      dependent upon several factors, including final determination of remedial
      action, changing technologies and governmental regulations, the ultimate ability
      of other responsible parties to pay and any insurance recoveries.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      will
      continue to seek recovery of such costs through the RAC. If any future
      regulatory position indicates that the recovery of such costs is not probable,
      the related cost would be charged to income in the period of such determination.
      However, because recovery of such costs is subject to BPU approval, there can
      be
      no assurance as to the ultimate recovery through the RAC or the impact on the
      Company&#8217;s results of operations, financial position or cash flows, which could
      be material.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      is
      presently investigating the potential settlement of alleged Natural Resource
      Damage (NRD) claims that might be brought by the NJDEP concerning the three
      MGP
      sites. NJDEP has not made any specific demands for compensation for alleged
      injury to groundwater or other natural resources. NJNG&#8217;s evaluation of these
      potential claims is in the early stages, and it is not yet possible to quantify
      the amount of compensation, if any, that NJDEP might seek to recover. NJNG
      anticipates any costs associated with this matter would be recoverable through
      the RAC.</font></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>NOTES
      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)</strong></font></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Kemper
        Insurance Company Litigation</u></strong></font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
        September&#160;2000, NJNG purchased two insurance policies from Kemper Insurance
        Company: (i) a 20-year Clean-Up Cost-Containment insurance policy (Cost-Cap)
        and
        (ii) an Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Insurance Policy
        (ERCLIP). The policies were intended to limit NJNG&#8217;s liability for remediation
        and third-party claims arising from environmental contamination at the former
        MGP sites in Long Branch and Toms River.</font></div>
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    </div>
    <div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Beginning
        in July&#160;2003, a series of complaints were filed in the New Jersey Superior
        Court against NJNG, NJR, JCP&amp;L and FirstEnergy alleging, among other things,
        personal injuries, wrongful death, survivorship actions, property damage
        and
        claims for medical monitoring stemming from the operation and remediation
        of the
        former MGP site in Long Branch, New Jersey (the Mass Tort Litigation). The
        relief sought included compensatory damages, the establishment of a medical
        monitoring fund, disgorgement of alleged profits, cost of cleanup and
        remediation, natural resource damages and punitive damages.</font></div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
        December 2005, a confidential settlement between NJNG and the plaintiffs
        in the
        Mass Tort Litigation was finalized and approved by the New Jersey Superior
        Court
        in Bergen County. Subsequent to the settlement, JCP&amp;L and FirstEnergy made a
        demand upon NJNG and NJR for indemnification pursuant to the September 2000
        agreement among these entities and NJNG, whereby NJNG assumed responsibility
        for
        the Long Branch site. NJNG agreed to honor the indemnification terms of the
        agreement.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      January 24, 2007, NJNG entered into a written Settlement Agreement and Mutual
      Release (the &#8220;Settlement Agreement&#8221;) with Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company and
      its subsidiaries and affiliates, including but not limited to, American
      Motorists Insurance Company, American Manufacturers Mutual Company and Kemper
      Indemnity Insurance Company (collectively, &#8220;Kemper&#8221;) pursuant to which the
      parties settled a lawsuit pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law
      Division, Ocean County arising out of Cost Cap and the ERCLIP (the
&#8220;Lawsuit&#8221;).</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Pursuant
      to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, NJNG received a payment in the amount
      of $12.8 million (the &#8220;Settlement Payment&#8221;). The Settlement Agreement provided
      for a mutual and global release of all claims, against the Company or Kemper
      that were or could have been made in the litigation, including all claims NJNG
      could have made under the ERCLIP and Cost-Cap. The Settlement Payment was made
      in exchange for a general release of all such claims asserted in the litigation;
      no portion of the Settlement Payment was allocated to any particular
      claim.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      RAC
      does not permit NJNG to recover costs, expenses or other liabilities incurred
      in
      connection with personal injury claims. Pursuant to the RAC, NJNG will seek
      recovery of costs in excess of those recovered from Kemper and other insurers.
      Management believes that, subject to BPU approval, these&#160;costs excluding
      any related to personal injury claims, net of all insurance proceeds,&#160;are
      recoverable pursuant to the RAC. However, because recovery of such costs is
      subject to BPU approval, there can be no assurance as to the ultimate recovery
      of outstanding costs through the RAC or the impact of these matters on the
      Company&#8217;s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, which could
      be material.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>General</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Company is a party to various other claims, legal actions, complaints and
      investigations arising in the ordinary course of business. In the Company&#8217;s
      opinion, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material
      adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations or cash
      flows.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">At
      June
      30, 2007, there were 28,025,348 shares of common stock outstanding and the
      book
      value per share was $23.96.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><a name="mda">IT</a>EM
      2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;MANAGEMENT&#8217;S
      DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND</strong></font></div>
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      <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">RESULTS
      OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
      2007</font></font></strong></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Management&#8217;s
      Overview</em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">New
      Jersey Resources Corporation (NJR or the Company) is an energy services holding
      company providing retail natural gas service in New Jersey and wholesale natural
      gas and related energy services to customers from states in the Gulf Coast
      and
      Mid-Continent to New England and Canada through its two principal subsidiaries,
      New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) and NJR Energy Services (NJRES).</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      is a
      natural gas utility which provides regulated retail natural gas service in
      central and northern New Jersey and also participates in the off-system sales
      and capacity release markets, and comprises the Natural Gas Distribution
      segment. NJNG is regulated by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
      (BPU).</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJRES
      maintains and trades around a portfolio of physical assets consisting of natural
      gas storage and natural gas pipeline transportation contracts. NJRES also
      provides wholesale energy services to non-affiliated utility and energy
      companies. NJRES comprises the Energy Services segment.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Retail and Other segment includes NJR Home Services (NJRHS), which provides
      service, sales and installation of appliances; NJR Energy (NJRE), an investor
      in
      energy-related ventures, most significantly, through NJNR Pipeline which holds
      the Company&#8217;s 5.53 percent interest in Iroquois Gas and Transmission System, LP
      (Iroquois), which is a 412-mile natural gas pipeline from the New York-Canadian
      border to Long Island, New York and NJR Steckman Ridge Storage Company, which,
      in March 2007, acquired a 50 percent equity ownership interest in Steckman
      Ridge
      GP, LLC and Steckman Ridge, LP (collectively, Steckman Ridge), a natural gas
      storage facility that is being constructed in western Pennsylvania; Commercial
      Realty and Resources (CR&amp;R), which holds and develops commercial real
      estate; and NJR Investment, which makes energy-related equity
      investments.</font></div>
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                Months Ended</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">%</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="48%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Energy
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="48%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Retail
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">%</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">100</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">%</font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Natural
      Gas Distribution Segment</em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Natural
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      growth:</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>
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            </td>
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                with the BPU and New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, Division
                of
                Rate Counsel (Rate Counsel), for the development of the decoupling
                of the
                impact of customer usage on utility gross margin, which has allowed
                for
                the implementation of the Customer Incentive Program (CIP). The CIP
                allows
                NJNG to promote conservation programs to its customers while maintaining
                protection of its utility gross margin associated with reduced customer
                usage. CIP usage differences are calculated annually and are recovered
                one
                year following the end of the CIP usage year;</font></div>
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          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="73%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: wingdings;">&#167;</font></div>
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                its customer growth, which is expected to total about 2.0 percent
                annually;</font></div>
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          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="73%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="2%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: wingdings;">&#167;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="73%">
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                earnings from various BPU-authorized gross margin-sharing incentive
                programs, which are currently approved through October&#160;31, 2007. An
                extension has been requested to link the expiration of these programs
                with
                the end of the initial three-year pilot program of the CIP. The initial
                term of the CIP is October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2009. Under
                certain conditions the CIP may be extended one additional year beyond
                the
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          </tr>
          <tr>
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                the volatility of wholesale natural gas prices through a hedging
                program
                designed to keep customers&#8217; prices as stable as possible;
                and</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Assessing
                the market and timing with respect to filing for a base rate increase,
                which takes into account many factors, including, but not limited
                to,
                earning a reasonable rate of return on the investments that have
                been made
                into the gas distribution system, as well as recovery of all prudently
                incurred costs in order to provide reliable service throughout NJNG&#8217;s
                service territory.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Based
      upon increases in NJNG&#8217;s operating, maintenance and capital costs, NJNG
      currently expects, subject to its continuing evaluation of all factors relevant
      to filing for a base rate increase, to&#160;petition the BPU, during fiscal
      2008, to increase base rates for delivery service. This evaluation process
      is
      consistent with NJNG&#8217;s objectives of providing safe and reliable service to its
      customers and earning a market based return. Based upon statutory time frames
      and potential regulatory lag it is unlikely that any modification to its
      delivery rates would become effective during fiscal 2008.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      conducting NJNG&#8217;s business, management focuses on factors it believes may have
      significant influence on its future financial results. NJNG&#8217;s policy is to work
      with all stakeholders, including customers, regulators and policymakers, to
      achieve favorable results. These factors include the rate of NJNG&#8217;s customer
      growth in its service territory, which can be influenced by general economic
      conditions as well as political and regulatory policies that may impact the
      new
      housing market. A portion of NJNG&#8217;s customer growth comes from the conversion
      market, which is influenced by the delivered cost of natural gas compared with
      competing fuels, interest rates and other economic conditions.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">For
      the
      reporting period through September 30, 2006, which includes the three and nine
      month periods ending June 30, 2006, the impact on weather was mitigated by
      a
      Weather Normalization Clause (WNC). The WNC did not, however, capture lower
      customer usage per degree day. To mitigate this, NJNG obtained approval of
      the
      CIP effective as of October 1, 2006. Therefore, for the three and nine months
      periods ended June 30, 2007, the impact of weather and usage on NJNG&#8217;s utility
      gross margin was significantly mitigated due to the CIP.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      CIP
      is a three-year pilot program, expiring October 1, 2009, designed to decouple
      the link between customer usage and NJNG&#8217;s utility gross margin to allow NJNG to
      encourage its customers to conserve energy. For the term of the pilot the
      existing WNC has been suspended and replaced with the CIP tracking mechanism,
      which addresses utility gross margin variations related to both weather and
      customer usage in comparison to established benchmarks. Under certain conditions
      the CIP may be extended one additional year beyond the initial term. Recovery
      of
      such utility gross margin variations, which are recovered in the year subsequent
      to the CIP usage year, is subject to additional conditions including an earnings
      test and an evaluation of Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS)-related savings
      achieved. Under the CIP agreement, if NJNG does not file for a base rate review
      with the BPU by October 1, 2008, the return on equity for the CIP earnings
      test
      will decline from 10.50 percent to 10.25 percent.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
      encourage energy efficiency, NJNG is also required to initiate programs to
      further customer conservation efforts over the term of the pilot. NJNG is
      required to provide a minimum of $2 million in funding for such programs and
      will continue to fund programs throughout the term of the pilot. As of September
      30, 2006, NJNG accrued $1.8 million for this obligation, representing its
      present value at that date, in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As
      of
      June 30, 2007, the obligation to fund these conservation programs has a present
      value of $1.5 million, including accrued interest costs and net of amounts
      expended on such conservation programs. An annual filing of the CIP results
      is
      made in June&#160;of each year coincident with NJNG&#8217;s annual BGSS filing. On
      June 1, 2007, NJNG filed its CIP Petition for the Annual Review of its CIP
      Program for recoverable CIP amounts for fiscal 2007 as projected as of &#160;May
      31, 2007&#160;and to establish its CIP recovery rates effective October 1, 2007.
      NJNG expects to amend the filing to reflect updated projections for fiscal
      2007.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
      operating expenses are heavily influenced by labor costs, large components
      of
      which are covered by a negotiated collective bargaining agreement that expires
      in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Labor-related fringe benefit costs may
      also
      influence NJNG&#8217;s results.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      a
      regulated company, NJNG is required to recognize the impact of regulatory
      decisions on its financial statements. As a result, significant costs are
      deferred and treated as regulatory assets, pending BPU decisions regarding
      their
      ultimate recovery from customers. The most significant costs incurred that
      are
      subject to this accounting treatment include manufactured gas plant (MGP)
      remediation costs and wholesale natural gas costs. Actual remediation costs
      may
      vary from management&#8217;s estimates due to the developing nature of remediation
      requirements, regulatory decisions by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
      Protection (NJDEP) and related litigation. If there are changes in the
      regulatory position on the recovery of these costs, such costs would be charged
      to income in the period of such determination.</font></div>
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        to
        the capital-intensive nature of NJNG&#8217;s operations and the seasonal nature of its
        working capital requirements, significant changes in interest rates can also
        impact NJNG&#8217;s results.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Energy
          Services Segment</em></strong></font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJRES
          provides unregulated wholesale energy services, including base load natural
          gas,
          peaking and balancing services, utilizing physical assets it controls,
          as well
          as providing asset management services to customers in states from the
          Gulf
          Coast and Mid-continent regions to the Appalachian and Northeast regions
          and
          Canada.</font></div>
        <div>&#160;</div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJRES&#8217;
      incorporates the following elements to provide for growth, while focusing on
      maintaining a low-risk operating and counterparty credit profile:</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Providing
                natural gas portfolio management services to nonaffiliated utilities
                and
                electric generation facilities;</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Leveraging
                transactions for the delivery of natural gas to customers by aggregating
                the natural gas commodity costs and transportation costs in order
                to
                minimize the costs required to provide and deliver natural gas to
                NJRES&#8217;
                customers by identifying the lowest cost alternative with the natural
                gas
                supply, transportation availability and markets to which NJRES is
                able to
                access through its business footprint and contractual asset
                portfolio;</font></div>
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            </td>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Identifying
                and benefiting from variations in pricing of natural gas transportation
                and storage assets due to location or timing differences of natural
                gas
                prices to generate gross margin; and</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Managing
                hedging programs that are designed to mitigate adverse market price
                fluctuations in natural gas transportation and storage commitments
                utilized to generate gross margin through the use of a cash-flow
                hedging
                strategy.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJRES
      has
      built a portfolio of customers including local distribution companies,
      industrial companies, electric generators and retail aggregators. Sales to
      these
      customers have allowed NJRES to leverage its transportation and storage capacity
      and manage sales to these customers in an aggregate fashion. This strategy
      allows NJRES to extract more value from its portfolio of natural gas storage
      and
      pipeline transportation capacity through the arbitrage of pricing differences
      as
      a result of locational differences or over different periods of
      time.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJRES
      also focuses on creating value from underutilized natural gas assets, which
      are
      typically amassed through contractual rights to natural gas transportation
      and
      storage capacity. NJRES has developed a portfolio of natural gas storage and
      transportation capacity in states in the Northeast, Gulf Coast, Mid-continent
      and Appalachian regions and eastern Canada. These assets become more valuable
      when prices change between these areas and across time periods. NJRES seeks
      to
      optimize this process on a daily basis as market conditions change by evaluating
      all the natural gas supplies, transportation and opportunities to which it
      has
      access, to find the most profitable alternative to serve its various
      commitments. This enables NJRES to capture geographic pricing differences across
      these various regions as delivered natural gas prices change. NJRES&#8217; focuses on
      earning a gross margin, which is defined as natural gas revenues and management
      fees less natural gas costs and fixed demand costs, on a single original
      transaction and then utilizing that transaction, and the changes in prices
      across the regions or across time periods, as the basis to further improve
      the
      initial gross margin result.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      a
      similar manner, NJRES participates in natural gas storage transactions where
      it
      seeks to identify pricing differences that occur over time, as prices for future
      delivery periods at many locations are readily available. For example, NJRES
      generates gross margin by locking in the differential between purchasing natural
      gas at a low current or future price and, in a related transaction, selling
      that
      natural gas at a high current or future price, all within the constraints of
      its
      credit and contracts policies. Through the use of transportation and storage
      services, NJRES is able to generate gross margin through pricing differences
      that occur over the duration of time the assets are held.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJRES&#8217;
      portfolio management customers include nonaffiliated utilities and electric
      generation plants. Services provided by NJRES include optimization of
      underutilized natural gas assets and basic gas supply functions. Revenue is
      customarily derived by a combination of a base service fee and incentive-based
      arrangements.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      conducting its business, NJRES mitigates risk by following formal risk
      management guidelines, including trading limits, approval processes, segregation
      of duties, and formal contract and credit review and approval procedures. NJRES
      continuously monitors and seeks to reduce the risk associated with various
      counterparties credit exposure. The Risk Management Committee (RMC) of NJR,
      oversees compliance with these established guidelines.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Critical
      Accounting Policies</em></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">A
      summary
      of NJR&#8217;s critical accounting policies is included in Item 7. &#8220;Management&#8217;s
      Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#8221; of our
      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2006. NJR&#8217;s
      critical accounting policies have not changed materially from those reported
      in
      the 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Recently
      Issued Accounting Standards</em></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Refer
      to
<em>Note 1. General</em>, for discussion of recently issued accounting
      standards.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Results
      of Operations</em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Net
      loss
      for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 increased by 24.6 percent to approximately
      $(5.0) million, compared with a net loss of approximately $(4.0) million for
      the
      same period last fiscal year. Basic and diluted loss per share increased by
      28.6
      percent to a loss of $(.18), compared with a loss of $(.14) for the same period
      last fiscal year.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Net
      income for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 increased 14.6
      percent<strong>&#160;</strong>to $103.7 million, compared with $90.5 million for
      the same period last fiscal year. Basic Earnings per Share (EPS) increased
      14.5
      percent to $3.72, compared with $3.25 for the same period last fiscal year
      and
      diluted EPS increased 14.9 percent to $3.70 compared with $3.22 for the same
      period last fiscal year.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      increase in the net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2007, as compared
      with the same period in the prior fiscal year, was due primarily to lower gross
      margin at NJRES due to fewer opportunities to arbitrage transportation and
      storage positions in order to extract additional gross margin from its existing
      portfolio of physical assets, partially offset by an increase in utility gross
      margin at NJNG due to continued customer growth and the impact of the
      CIP.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      increase in earnings for the nine months ended June 30, 2007, as compared with
      the same periods in the prior fiscal year, was due primarily to higher gross
      margin at NJRES&#160;as a result of&#160;to strategic natural gas storage
      withdrawals that captured favorable market pricing conditions during the quarter
      ended March 31, 2007 and increased storage and intra-month natural gas trading
      positions, primarily driven by the impact of colder weather in NJRES&#8217; market
      (delivery) areas, resulting in favorable market pricing movements during the
      second quarter of fiscal 2007. Although NJNG&#8217;s revenues declined as discussed
      below, earnings increased at NJNG due primarily to the impact of the CIP tariff
      and continued customer growth, partially offset by higher interest expense,
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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      compared with the same period of the prior fiscal year due
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                than the same period of the prior fiscal year;</font></div>
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                2007
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                sold
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      revenues decreased $333.6 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2007
      compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year due primarily
      to:</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
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                acquired
                wholesale natural gas prices being lower than the recovery component
                of
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                margin);</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="73%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                of decreased volatility across its business footprint due primarily
                to the
                lingering market price impact on natural gas in fiscal 2006 related
                to
                severe weather conditions that did not recur in fiscal
                2007.</font></div>
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      months ended June 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in the prior fiscal
      year.</font></div>
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      services to more than 477,000 residential and commercial customers in central
      and northern New Jersey and participates in the off-system sales and capacity
      release markets.</font></div>
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      volume of natural gas delivered. Specifically, customer demand substantially
      increases during the winter months when natural gas is used for heating
      purposes. As a result, NJNG receives most of its gas distribution revenues
      during the first and second fiscal quarters and is subject to variations in
      earnings and working capital during the year.</font></div>
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      Jersey, as opposed to solely being provided by the state&#8217;s natural gas
      utilities. NJNG earns no utility gross margin on the commodity portion of its
      natural gas sales. NJNG earns utility gross margin through the delivery of
      natural gas to its customers, or to customers that are supplied their BGSS
      by an
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      In the case where the customer does not choose a third-party provider NJNG
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,602</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            of Contents</a></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Utility
      Gross Margin</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
      utility gross margin is defined as natural gas revenues less natural gas
      purchases, sales tax, a Transitional Energy Facilities Assessment (TEFA) and
      regulatory rider expenses. Management believes that utility gross margin
      provides a more meaningful basis than revenue for evaluating utility operations
      since natural gas costs, sales tax, TEFA and regulatory rider expenses are
      included in operating revenue and passed through to customers and, therefore,
      have no effect on utility gross margin. This definition of utility gross margin
      may not be comparable to the definition of gross margin used by others in the
      natural gas distribution business and other industries.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Natural
      gas costs are charged to operating expenses on the basis of therm sales at
      the
      prices in NJNG&#8217;s BGSS tariff, approved by the BPU. The BGSS tariff includes
      projected natural gas costs, net of supplier refunds, the impact of hedging
      activities and credits from non-firm sales and transportation activities. Any
      underrecoveries or overrecoveries from the projected amounts are deferred and
      reflected in the BGSS tariff in subsequent periods.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Sales
      tax
      was calculated at 6 percent of revenue through June 30, 2006, and at 7 percent,
      throughout fiscal 2007. The sales tax calculation excludes sales to cogeneration
      facilities, other utilities, off-system sales and federal accounts.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">TEFA,
      which is included in Energy and other taxes on the Condensed Consolidated
      Statements of Income, is calculated on a per-therm basis and excludes sales
      to
      cogeneration facilities, other utilities and off-system sales. TEFA represents
      a
      regulatory allowed assessment imposed on all energy providers in the state
      of
      New Jersey, as TEFA has replaced the previously used utility gross receipts
      tax
      formula.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Regulatory
      rider expenses consist of recovery of state-mandated programs and the
      remediation adjustment clause costs. These expenses are offset by corresponding
      revenues and are calculated on a per-therm basis.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
      Operating revenues decreased by $158.5 million, or 15.4 percent, and gas
      purchases decreased by $181.1 million, or 23.5 percent, respectively, for the
      nine months ended June 30, 2007, compared with the same period in the prior
      fiscal year. These decreases were primarily the result of refunds of $51.5
      million and $20 million in December 2006 and March 2007, respectively, to
      residential and small commercial customers and a decrease in off-system sales
      of
      $90 million, partially offset by customer growth.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
      Operating revenues and Gas purchases for the three months ended June 30, 2007
      increased $17.1 million, and $6.8&#160;million, respectively, compared with same
      period in the prior fiscal year primarily as a result of increased sales due
      primarily to weather being 35 percent colder than the same period in the prior
      fiscal year, partially offset by a decrease in off-system sales of $6
      million.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Sales
      tax
      and TEFA, which are presented as both components of Revenues and Operating
      Expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, totaled
      $51.2&#160;million and $48.8 million for the nine months, and $10 million and $7
      million for the three months, ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The
      change in the sales tax rate from 6 percent to 7 percent, as applied to NJNG&#8217;s
      operating revenue, drove the increase for the three month period ended June
      30,
      2007 as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. For the nine
      month
      period ended June 30, 2007, as compared to the same period in the prior year,
      the sales tax increase was partially offset by reduced revenues, as a result
      of
      customer refunds.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Regulation
      rider expenses totaled $33.8 million and $25.9 million for the nine months
      ended
      June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and <a name="eolPage35">$6.2 million and
      $4.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
      The increase in regulatory rider expenses is due primarily to an increase in
      firm throughput sales as a result of customer growth.</a></font></div>
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        gross margin is comprised of three major categories:</font></div>
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                  Firm Gross Margin, which is derived from residential and commercial
                  customers who receive natural gas service from NJNG through either
                  sales
                  or transportation tariffs;</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Incentive
                  programs, where margins generated or savings achieved from BPU-approved
                  off-system sales, capacity release, Financial Risk Management (defined
                  in
                  Incentive Programs, below) or storage incentive programs are shared
                  between customers and NJNG; and</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Utility
                  gross margin from interruptible customers, which is generated from
                  large
                  commercial and industrial customers who receive non-firm natural
                  gas
                  service at lower rates, and is subject to BPU-approved
                  incentives.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Utility
      Firm Gross Margin</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Effective
      October 1, 2006, the BPU approved the CIP to encourage energy savings while
      allowing NJNG to recover the necessary costs of operations. The three-year
      pilot
      program eliminates the disincentive to promote conservation and energy
      efficiency, since utility gross margin is no longer directly linked to customer
      usage. The CIP tariff normalizes NJNG&#8217;s utility gross margin recoveries for
      variances not only in weather but also other factors affecting usage, including
      customer conservation. Recovery of utility gross margin through the CIP is
      limited to the amount of certain gas supply cost savings achieved.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">For
      the
      three and nine months ended June 30, 2006, utility gross margin from residential
      and commercial customers was impacted by the WNC, which provided for a revenue
      adjustment if the weather varied by more than one-half percent from normal
      weather (i.e., 20-year average). The accumulated adjustment from one heating
      season (i.e., October&#160;through May) was billed or credited to customers in
      subsequent periods. This mechanism reduced the variability of both customers&#8217;
bills and NJNG&#8217;s earnings due to weather fluctuations. The existing WNC has been
      suspended as of October 1, 2006 due to the implementation of the CIP pilot
      program.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Customers
      switching between sales service and transportation service affect the components
      of utility gross margin from firm customers. NJNG&#8217;s total utility gross margin
      is not negatively affected by customers who use its transportation service
      and
      purchase natural gas from another supplier because its tariff is designed so
      that no profit is earned on the natural gas commodity portion of sales to firm
      customers. All customers who purchase natural gas from another supplier continue
      to use NJNG for transportation service.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Total
      utility firm gross margin increased $3.5 million, or 10.2 percent, for the
      three
      months and $12.7 million, or 7.1 percent, for the nine months ended June 30,
      2007, respectively, compared with the same periods of the prior fiscal year.
      The
      changes were due primarily to:</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">The
                effect of the CIP in the current fiscal year, which captures the
                impact
                from both weather and customer usage, when compared to the same periods
                in
                the prior fiscal year when the WNC, which did not capture the impact
                of
                lower usage per degree day, was in effect;</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Residential
                and commercial transport customer growth of 8.3 percent and 25.5
                percent
                respectively; and</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Residential,
                commercial and industrial sales customer growth of 1.4
                percent.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Utility
      gross margin from residential and commercial customers is impacted by the CIP,
      which provides for a revenue adjustment if the weather and usage varies from
      the
      established baseline weather and usage factors. The accumulated adjustment
      from
      one year is billed or credited to customers in subsequent periods. This
      mechanism protects NJNG&#8217;s utility gross margin due to weather and customer usage
      fluctuations while allowing NJNG to promote conservation. The weather for the
      three months ended June 30, 2007 was 4.0 percent colder than normal, which
      resulted in a reduction of the accrual of utility gross margin under the CIP
      of
      $225,000. The weather for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 was 5.4 percent
      warmer than normal, which resulted in an accrual of utility gross margin under
      the CIP of $8.2 million. In addition, customer usage was lower than the
      established benchmark, which resulted in an additional accrual of utility gross
      margin under the CIP of $7.4 million.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Utility
      firm gross margin from transportation service increased $5.8 million, or 31.7
      percent, for the nine months ended June 30, 2007, and $369,000, or 6.7 percent,
      for the three months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, compared with the same
      periods in the prior fiscal year. NJNG transported 7.8 Bcf and 6.6 Bcf for
      the
      nine months ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006, respectively, and 1.5 Bcf
      and
      1.7 Bcf for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006,
      respectively. The increase in utility firm gross margin was due primarily to
      an
      increase in <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">the
      number of commercial customers switching from firm to transportation services,
      combined with the impact of the CIP program.</font></font>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
        had
        9,197 and 8,491 residential customers and 4,637 and 3,695 commercial customers
        using its transportation service at June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
        The
        increase in residential transportation customers was due primarily to a change
        in marketing efforts by third-party natural gas service providers in NJNG&#8217;s
        service territory to focus on the commercial sector.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">During
        the nine months ended June 30, 2007, NJNG added 5,645 new customers, 38.5
        percent of which converted from other fuels. In addition, 357 existing customers
        added natural gas heat to their existing service. In fiscal 2007, NJNG currently
        expects to add approximately 9,000 new customers and add natural gas heat
        to 700
        existing customers. Achieving these expectations would represent an estimated
        annual customer growth rate of approximately 1.9 percent.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">These
        growth expectations are based upon management&#8217;s review of local planning board
        data, recent market research performed by third parties, builder surveys
        and
        studies of population growth rates in NJNG&#8217;s service territory. However, future
        sales will be affected by the weather, actual energy usage patterns of NJNG&#8217;s
        customers, economic conditions in NJNG&#8217;s service territory, conversion and
        conservation activity, the impact of changing from a regulated to a competitive
        environment, changes in state regulation and other marketing efforts, as
        has
        been the case in prior years.&#160;&#160; </font><br></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Incentive
      Programs</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
      reduce
      the overall cost of its natural gas supply commitments, NJNG has entered into
      contracts to sell natural gas to wholesale customers outside its franchise
      territory when the natural gas is not needed for system requirements. These
      off-system sales enable NJNG to spread its fixed demand costs, which are charged
      by pipelines to access their supplies year round, over a larger and more diverse
      customer base. NJNG also participates in the capacity release market on the
      interstate pipeline network when the capacity is not needed for its firm system
      requirements. NJNG retains 15 percent of the utility gross margin from these
      sales, with 85 percent credited to firm customers through the BGSS.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Financial Risk Management (FRM) program is designed to provide price stability
      to NJNG&#8217;s natural gas supply portfolio. The FRM program includes an incentive
      mechanism designed to encourage the use of financial instruments to hedge NJNG&#8217;s
      natural gas costs, enabling NJNG customers to retain 80 percent, and
      NJNG&#160;to retain 20 percent, of these costs and results.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      storage incentive program shares gains and losses on an 80 percent and 20
      percent basis between customers and NJNG, respectively. This program measures
      the difference between the actual cost of natural gas injected into storage
      and
      a benchmark applicable to the April-through-October injection
      season.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
      incentive programs totaled 6.5 Bcf and generated $2.2 million of utility gross
      margin for the three months ended June 30, 2007, compared with 8.3 Bcf and
      $481,000 of utility gross margin in the same period in the prior fiscal year.
      NJNG&#8217;s incentive programs totaled 26.9 Bcf and generated $6.4 million of utility
      gross margin for the nine months ended June 30, 2007, compared with 30.0 Bcf
      and
      $6.5 million of utility gross margin, for the same period in the prior fiscal
      year. For the three month period ended June 30, 2007, the increase in utility
      gross margin was due primarily to timing differences in the storage incentive
      program as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. For the nine
      month period ended June 30, 2007, the slight decrease in utility gross margin
      was due primarily to lower off-system sales margin from lower volumes sold
      as
      driven by market opportunities, which was mostly offset with a higher margin
      from the storage incentive program.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">New
      York
      Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) settlement prices for natural gas are a general
      indication of the monthly market movements. NYMEX prices have decreased from
      an
      average of $9.580/dth for the nine months ending June 30, 2006 to $6.959/dth
      for
      the nine months ended June 30, 2007, which represents a 27.4 percent decrease,
      while the average off-system price decreased by 22.4 percent from an average
      of
      $9.986/dth for the nine months ended June 30, 2006 to $7.752/dth for the nine
      months ended June 30, 2007.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Interruptible</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      serves 45 customers through interruptible sales and/or transportation tariffs.
      Sales made under the interruptible sales tariff are priced on market-sensitive
      energy parity rates. Although therms sold and transported to interruptible
      customers represented approximately 4.1 percent and 4.8 percent of total
      throughput for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively,
      they
      accounted for less than 1 percent of the total utility </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">gross
      margin in both periods due to the sharing formulas that govern these sales.
      Under these formulas, NJNG retains 10 percent of the utility gross margin from
      interruptible sales and 5 percent of the utility gross margin from
      transportation sales, with 90 percent and 95 percent, respectively, credited
      to
      firm sales customers through the BGSS. Interruptible sales were .01 and .02
      Bcf
      for the nine months ended June 30, 2007, and 2006, respectively. In addition,
      NJNG transported 3.4 Bcf and 4.0 Bcf for the nine months ended June 30, 2007
      and
      2006, respectively, for its interruptible customers.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Operation
      and Maintenance Expense</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Operation
      and maintenance (O&amp;M) expense increased $2.5 million, or 12.5 percent, and
      $4.5 million, or 7.4 percent, for the three months and nine months ended June
      30, 2007, respectively, compared with the same periods in the prior fiscal year.
      The three-month increase was due primarily to higher labor and benefit costs
      of
      approximately $1.0 million and pipeline maintenance of $777,000.&#160;The
      increase during the first nine months of fiscal year 2007 was due primarily
      to
      higher compensation costs of $1.9 million, increase in insurance premiums of
      $892,000, a reserve associated with a BPU settlement relating to natural gas
      costs of $500,000, partially offset by lower bad debt expense of $280,000.
      Higher compensation costs are due primarily to an increase in the number of
      employees as well as annual wage increases, while lower bad debt expense is
      a
      direct result of decreased revenue, through customer refunds and lower sales,
      as
      noted above. The reserve for the BPU settlement is related to a settlement
      of a
      prior gas supply audit, performed by the BPU, related to natural gas purchased
      and used for NJNG&#8217;s own operational purposes.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Operating
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Operating
      income increased $2.2 million, or 41 percent, and $6.7 million, or 6.9 percent,
      for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, compared
      with the same periods in the prior fiscal year. The increase was due primarily
      to the implementation of the CIP tariff which became effective beginning in
      fiscal 2007. The implementation of the CIP allowed for the recovery of utility
      gross margin, as a result of the decrease in natural gas used due to the warmer
      than normal weather, as well as the reduction in customer usage per degree
      day,
      as noted in the discussion above. During the nine months ended June 30, 2006,
      the WNC did not capture reductions in customer usage, but only the variability
      experienced by NJNG&#8217;s utility gross margin as a result of weather
      fluctuations.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Interest
      Charges</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Interest
      charges increased $1 million and $3.8 million for the three months and nine
      months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods in
      the
      prior fiscal year, due primarily to an increase in short-term borrowings and
      higher interest rates, as well as interest due to customers on greater balances
      associated with overrecovered gas costs.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Net
      Income</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Net
      income increased $904,000, or 53 percent, and $1.8 million, or 3.4 percent,
      in
      the three and nine months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to
      the
      same periods in the prior fiscal year, due primarily to higher operating income
      as a result of the implementation of the CIP and a reduction in bad debt
      expense, partially offset by higher labor expense and the reserve for the BPU
      settlement described above, as well as higher interest expense.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Energy
      Services Operations</em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Management
      believes that NJRES&#8217; gross margin, which is defined as natural gas revenues and
      management fees less natural gas costs and fixed demand costs, is a better
      indicator of results, as revenues from the sale of natural gas to its customers,
      on a wholesale basis, is highly correlated to the wholesale price of natural
      gas. NJRES utilizes contractual assets that it controls for natural gas storage
      and pipeline transportation to meet its various sale and delivery commitments
      to
      its customers.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJRES
      purchases gas predominantly in the eastern United States and Canada, and
      transports that gas, through the use of pipeline contracts to which it has
      reserved capacity through the payment of a fixed demand charge, to either
      storage facilities that it has reserved, primarily in the Appalachian,
      Mid-Continent and Gulf regions of the United States and Canada or directly
      to
      customers in various market areas including the Northeastern region of the
      United States and eastern Canada. NJRES purchases physical natural gas and
      then
      sells financial contracts at advantageous prices to establish an initial gross
      profit margin for each transaction. Through the use of its contracts for natural
      gas storage and pipeline capacity, NJRES is able to take advantage of pricing
      differences between geographic locations, commonly referred to as &#8220;locational
      spreads,&#8221; as well as over different time periods, for the </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">delivery
      of natural gas to its customers, thereby improving the initially established
      gross margin result. NJRES utilizes financial futures, forwards and swap
      contracts to fix and protect the cash flows surrounding these
      transactions.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Predominantly
      all of NJRES&#8217; sales to customers result in the physical delivery of natural gas,
      and therefore, NJRES accounts for its sales using the accrual method of
      accounting by employing the &#8220;normal purchase normal sale&#8221; scope exception of
      SFAS No. 133, <em>Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
      Activities</em>, as amended (SFAS 133). NJRES&#8217; use of financial futures,
      forwards and swap contracts are designed to qualify as cash flow hedges under
      SFAS 133, whereby the underlying change in the fair value of these derivative
      instruments is deferred on the balance sheet and recognized in earnings, as
      a
      component of Gas purchases, when the underlying transaction is settled through
      the delivery of natural gas.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Demand
      charges of NJRES, which represent the right to use natural gas pipeline and
      storage capacity assets of a third-party for a fixed period of time, are
      expensed ratably over the term of the related natural gas pipeline or storage
      contract. Due to the seasonality of NJRES&#8217; revenue stream, and the fixed nature
      of the demand charges, NJRES normally incurs losses during the non-peak summer
      operating period.</font></div>
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                Three Months Ended</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
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                Months Ended</strong></font></div>
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                June 30,</strong></font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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        compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year, due primarily to fewer
        opportunities to arbitrage and extract additional margin from the existing
        portfolio of storage and transportation capacity assets. The moderate weather
        conditions during the period caused pricing spreads to become more narrow,
        which
        resulted in fewer prospects to optimize and generate incremental margin from
        portfolios of existing assets. The decrease in margin was partially offset
        by
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        SFAS
        133. These hedges, which concluded in October 2006, incurred losses that
        were
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      gross margin&#160;increased $19.8 million for the nine months ended June 30,
      2007, as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year, due primarily
      to
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      current fiscal year, larger gas volumes being sold, and a change in market
      prices between the cost to acquire and transport natural gas. The favorable
      pricing conditions enabled NJRES to significantly optimize its storage positions
      through an acceleration of withdrawal activity during the months of February
      and
      March 2007, as well as, capturing additional gross margin on existing basis
      positions that reflected wider pricing spreads. The margin increase was
      partially offset by higher demand costs as NJRES utilized more short-term
      transportation and storage contracts as part of its delivery and optimization
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      operation and maintenance expense increased by $2.5 million and $2.7 million
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      with the same periods&#160;in the prior fiscal year. The increases for the three
      and nine months ended June 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in the
      prior fiscal year, were due to increased compensation and incentive costs as
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      marketing activities and are contingent upon many other factors, including
      an
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      energy trading market and continued access to the capital markets. In addition,
      NJRES&#8217; gross margin from its portfolio of capacity assets is generally greater
      in the winter months, while the fixed costs of these assets are spread
      throughout the year. Accordingly, the results for the three and nine months
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      the
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Retail
      and Other Operations</em></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      financial results of Retail and Other consists primarily of NJRHS, which
      provides service, sales and installation of appliances to over 148,000
      customers; CR&amp;R, which holds and develops commercial real estate; NJR
      Energy, an investor in energy-related ventures through its operating
      subsidiaries; NJNR Pipeline, which consists of the Company&#8217;s equity investment
      in Iroquois; NJR Steckman Ridge Storage Company, which holds the Company&#8217;s
      equity investment in Steckman Ridge; and NJR Investment, which makes certain
      energy-related equity investments.</font></div>
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      Consolidated financial results of Retail and Other are summarized as
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                Months Ended</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">6,884</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">19,914</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">19,547</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="48%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Other
                income</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">758</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">376</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,397</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Net
                income</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1,361</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">724</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Retail
      and Other Operating revenue increased by $1.2 million, or 17.2 percent, and
      $400,000, or 1.9 percent, for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2007,
      respectively, compared with the same periods last year. The increases were
      due
      primarily to greater sales volumes associated with installations of cooling
      equipment during the three months ended June 30, 2007 at NJRHS.</font></div>
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      objective is to maintain a consolidated capital structure that reflects the
      different characteristics of each business segment and provides adequate
      financial flexibility for accessing capital markets as required.</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJR
      did
      not repurchase any shares of its common stock during the nine month period
      ending June 30, 2007.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJR
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      to
      provide liquidity to meet working capital and external debt-financing
      requirements.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      satisfies its debt needs by issuing short- and long-term debt based upon its
      own
      financial profile. NJNG does not guarantee or otherwise directly support the
      debt of NJR. The seasonal nature of NJNG&#8217;s operations creates large short-term
      cash requirements, primarily to finance natural gas purchases and customer
      accounts receivable. NJNG obtains working capital for these requirements, and
      for the temporary financing of construction and MGP remediation expenditures
      and
      energy tax payments, through the issuance of commercial paper and short-term
      bank loans.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      May
      2007, NJNG petitioned the BPU requesting authorization to issue and sell, in
      one
      or more series, an aggregate of $125 million in medium-term notes through July
      31, 2010. The notes may be issued on a secured or unsecured basis and maturities
      can range from one to forty years. The proceeds from the issuance of the notes
      will be used to refinance short-term debt, which has been incurred to fund
      capital expenditure requirements and pension and other post-employment benefit
      programs.</font></div>
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            of Contents</a></font></div>
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    <div><br></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      of
      June 30, 2007, NJR, NJRES and NJNG had committed credit facilities of $605
      million with approximately $322 million available under these facilities (see
      <em>Note 6. Debt).</em></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJR,
      NJNG
      and NJRES currently anticipate that their remaining financing requirements
      in
      fiscal 2007 will be met through the issuance of short-term and long-term debt
      and proceeds from the Company&#8217;s Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan. The
      aforementioned proposed issuance of medium-term debt to satisfy some of NJNG&#8217;s
      financing requirements is pending BPU review and approval.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      following table is a summary of NJR&#8217;s, NJNG&#8217;s and NJRES&#8217;s contractual cash
      obligations and their applicable payment due dates as of June 30,
      2007:</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                Up&#160;to</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>2-3</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: -17pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>After</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>5&#160;Years</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Long-term
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12,892</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">76,437</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">37,739</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">319,708</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                lease obligations <em>*</em></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">80,863</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">31,084</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12,918</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total
                NJR, NJNG and NJRES contractual cash</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Obligations</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2,436,747</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">978,612</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">796,761</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">201,376</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">459,998</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><em>*These
      obligations include an interest component.</em></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      of
      June 30, 2007, there were NJR guarantees covering approximately $284 million
      of
      natural gas purchases, demand fee commitments and swap agreements of NJRES,
      NJNG
      and NJR Energy, not yet reflected in Accounts payable on the Condensed
      Consolidated Balance Sheet. These NJR guarantees are related to transactions
      with various expiration dates through October 2016. NJR would have to provide
      for payment in the event of default by NJRES, NJNG or NJR Energy.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Not
      included in the table above is NJR&#8217;s obligation to fund up to $72.5 million, in
      addition to the $52.5 million invested during the second quarter of fiscal
      2007,
      for the development and construction of the natural gas storage facility to
      be
      owned and operated by Steckman Ridge. NJR believes that Steckman Ridge will
      be
      able to be financed on a project basis in order to fund these development and
      construction costs.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Company is not currently required to make minimum pension funding contributions
      during fiscal 2007. The Company&#8217;s funding level to its OPEB plans is expected to
      be approximately $600,000 annually over the next five years.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Off-Balance
      Sheet Arrangements</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Company does not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Cash
      Flows</em></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Operating
      Activities</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      presented in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, net cash
      provided by operating activities was $160.6 million for the nine months ended
      June 30, 2007, compared with $44.7 million in the same period in the prior
      fiscal year. Operating cash flows are primarily impacted by variations in
      working capital which are a function of the seasonality of NJR&#8217;s business and
      fluctuations in wholesale natural gas prices. In addition to higher net income
      and lower MGP expenditures, changes to the following components of working
      capital contributed to the increase in operating cash flows during fiscal 2007
      compared to fiscal 2006:</font></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">At
                NJNG, a decrease in the change in accounts receivable of $110.1 million,
                a
                decrease in customer credit balances of $37.0 million, and a decrease
                in
                overrecovered gas costs primarily as a result of credits issued to
                retail
                customers due to reductions in the wholesale cost of natural
                gas;</font></div>
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            of Contents</a></font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="73%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: wingdings;">&#167;</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">A
                decrease in gas inventory values at NJNG due to lower volumes held,
                largely as a result of the 2007 winter withdrawal season, partially
                offset
                by higher average inventory prices;</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="73%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: wingdings;">&#167;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="73%">
              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">An
                increase in NJNG&#8217;s gas purchases payable mostly as a result of larger
                storage injections at higher average prices during June
                2007;</font></div>
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          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="top" width="73%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" width="2%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: wingdings;">&#167;</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="73%">
              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">NJRES&#8217;
                gas inventory and gas purchases payable decreased during fiscal 2007
                as a
                result of lower average prices compared to fiscal 2006, during which
                inventory values increased as a result of limited withdrawals during
                the
                winter period coupled with a higher average cost of
                gas.</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
      MGP expenditures, exclusive of insurance recoveries, are currently expected
      to
      total $21.8 million in fiscal 2007 (see <em>Note 12. Commitments and Contingent
      Liabilities).</em> Operating cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2007
      include the receipt of $12.8 million in January, 2007 related to the settlement
      of certain claims against NJNG&#8217;s insurance company (see <em>Note 12. Commitments
      and Contingent Liabilities &#8211; Legal Proceedings &#8211; Kemper Insurance Company
      Litigation)</em>.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 24pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Financing
      Activities</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Cash
      flow
      used in financing activities totaled $65.7 million for the nine months ended
      June 30, 2007, compared with $19.9 million used in the same period in the prior
      fiscal year. The change was due primarily to a decrease in short-and long-term
      borrowings, compared with the same period in the prior fiscal year.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
      short-term debt primarily supports Gas inventory build-up during the summer
      months and Gas purchases. NJNG&#8217;s short-term debt decreased due primarily to
      seasonal cash flows during the winter heating season.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJR&#8217;s
      short-term borrowings decreased during the nine months ended June 30, 2007
      due
      primarily to the use of internally generated cash utilized to provide for
      payment of&#160;NJRES&#8217; natural gas storage inventory, which was offset by
      acquisition costs relating to NJR&#8217;s investment in the Steckman Ridge gas storage
      facility.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJRES&#8217;
      use of high-injection, high-withdrawal storage facilities and anticipated
      pipeline park-and-loan arrangements, combined with related hedging activities
      in
      the volatile wholesale natural gas market, create significant short-term cash
      requirements, which are funded by NJR or its committed credit facility
      guaranteed by NJR.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      October 2005, under the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) Act,
      NJNG used proceeds from EDA Series 2005A and 2005B bonds to refinance NJNG&#8217;s
      $10.3 million, 5.38 percent Series&#160;W First Mortgage Bonds and its $10.5
      million, 6.25 percent Series&#160;Y First Mortgage Bonds. Also in October 2005,
      the EDA issued its 4.9 percent (Series 2005C) Natural Gas Facilities Revenue
      Bonds. The net proceeds from the 2005C bonds were deposited into a construction
      fund. NJNG immediately drew down $2.5 million from the construction fund and
      issued its $15 million, 4.9 percent Series KK bonds to the EDA with a maturity
      date of October 1, 2040. NJNG drew down an additional $4 million from the
      construction fund in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      December 2006 and 2005, NJNG received $5.5 million and $4.1 million in
      connection with the sale-leaseback of its vintage 2006 and 2005 meters,
      respectively. NJNG plans to continue the sale-leaseback meter program on an
      annual basis.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Investing
      Activities</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Cash
      flow
      used in investing activities totaled $94.2 million for the nine months ended
      June 30, 2007, compared with $45.1 million for the same period in the prior
      fiscal year. The increase was due primarily to NJR&#8217;s investment of $52.5 million
      in the Steckman Ridge partnership and increased capital expenditures for utility
      plant additions at NJNG,&#160;partially offset by the absence of the net $12.5
      million deposit into a construction fund created under the EDA financing
      arrangement in fiscal 2006 described above.</font></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
        capital expenditures result primarily from the need for services, mains and
        meters to support its continued customer growth, pipeline safety rulemaking
        and
        general system improvements. NJNG&#8217;s capital expenditures are expected to
        increase in fiscal 2007 and 2008, compared with fiscal 2006, as a result
        of
        increased system integrity projects and expected replacement required under
        pipeline safety rulemaking.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJRES
      does not currently anticipate any significant capital expenditures in fiscal
      2007 and 2008.</font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Retail
      and Other capital expenditures each year have been primarily made in connection
      with investments made to preserve the value of real estate holdings. During
      the
      second quarter of fiscal 2007, NJR and Spectra Energy Corporation, through
      their
      respective subsidiaries, formed a partnership to develop and operate the
      Steckman Ridge gas storage facility. NJR will share 50 percent of the
      acquisition and development costs of the storage facility, up to a maximum
      of
      $125 million, of which $52.5 million was expended through June 2007, as noted
      above.</font></div>
    <div><br>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJR&#8217;s
        investment in Steckman Ridge is&#160;consistent with its strategy of seeking
        ownership opportunities in the mid-stream sector of the natural gas business,
        which compliments its existing operations in this sector, as NJR also has
        an
        ownership interest in Iroquois. &#160;NJR expects Steckman Ridge to seek
        non-recourse project financing for a majority of its capital requirements
        when a
        sufficient amount of contracts are in place to obtain such
        financing.</font></div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Credit
      Ratings</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      table
      below summarizes NJNG&#8217;s credit ratings issued by two rating entities, Standard
      and Poor&#8217;s (S&amp;P), and Moody&#8217;s Investors Service,&#160;Inc.
      (Moody&#8217;s).</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Standard&#160;&amp;
                </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Poor&#8217;s</font></div>
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                Rating</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">A+</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">N/A</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Commercial
                Paper</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">A-1</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">P-1</font></div>
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                Secured</font></div>
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                Outlook</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
      S&amp;P and Moody&#8217;s Senior Secured ratings are investment grade ratings and
      represent the ninth highest rating within the investment grade category. Moody&#8217;s
      and S&amp;P give NJNG&#8217;s commercial paper the highest rating within the
      Commercial Paper investment grade category. Investment grade ratings are
      generally divided into three groups: high, upper medium and medium. NJNG&#8217;s
      senior secured ratings and the commercial paper ratings fall into the high
      group. NJR is not a rated entity.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG
      is
      not party to any lending agreements that would accelerate the maturity date
      of
      any obligation caused by a failure to maintain any specific credit rating.
      A
      rating set forth above is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the
      Company&#8217;s or NJNG&#8217;s securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at
      any time. Each rating set forth above should be evaluated independently of
      any
      other rating.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      timing and mix of any external financings will target a common equity ratio
      that
      is consistent with maintaining the Company&#8217;s current short- and long-term credit
      ratings.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><a name="qqdmr">IT</a>EM
      3.&#160;&#160;QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT
      MARKET RISK</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><em>Financial
      Risk Management</em></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Commodity
      Market Risks</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Natural
      gas is a nationally traded commodity, and its prices are determined effectively
      by the New&#160;York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and over-the-counter markets.
      The prices on the NYMEX and over-the-counter markets generally reflect the
      notional balance of natural gas supply and demand, but are also influenced
      significantly from time to time by other events.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      regulated and unregulated natural gas businesses of the Company and its
      subsidiaries are subject to market risk due to fluctuations in the price of
      natural gas. To hedge against such fluctuations, the Company and its
      subsidiaries have entered into futures contracts, options agreements and swap
      agreements. To manage these instruments, the Company has well-defined risk
      management policies and procedures that include daily monitoring of volumetric
      limits and monetary guidelines. The Company&#8217;s natural gas businesses are
      conducted through three of its operating subsidiaries. First, NJNG is a
      regulated utility that uses futures, options and swaps to hedge against price
      fluctuations and its recovery of natural gas costs is governed by the BPU.
      Second, NJRES uses futures, options and swaps to hedge purchases and sales
      of
      natural gas. Finally, NJR Energy has entered into two swap transactions to
      hedge
      an 18-year fixed-price contract to sell remaining volumes of approximately
      7.9
      Bcf of natural gas (Gas Sales Contract) to an energy marketing company which
      expire on October 31, 2010.&#160;NJR Energy has hedged both the price and
      physical delivery risks associated with the Gas Sales Contract.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      following table reflects the changes in the fair market value of commodity
      derivatives from September 30, 2006 to June 30, 2007:</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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      30,
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="7%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$(3,699</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
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            <td valign="bottom" width="21%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="21%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="6%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="17%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="7%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="40%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="40%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="21%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Swaps</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="21%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">478</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="21%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="40%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="21%">
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%">
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" width="40%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="21%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Swaps</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">)</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">6.46
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">41,112</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="21%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#8212;</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">7.00
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">)</font></td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">NJRE</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="21%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="21%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Swaps</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">8.5</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3.07
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">32,700</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="40%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="21%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="3%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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      futures, options and swap positions. VaR represents the potential loss in value
      of NJRES&#8217; trading portfolio due to adverse market movements over a defined time
      horizon (NJRES utilizes holding periods of 1 day and 10 days) with a specified
      confidence level (NJRES utilizes either a 95 percent or 99 percent confidence
      level). As an example, utilizing a 1 day holding period with a 95 percent
      confidence level would indicate that there is a 5 percent chance that the
      liquidation value of the NJRES portfolio would fall below the expected trading
      value by an amount at least as large as the calculated VaR.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      VaR
      as of June 30, 2007, using the variance-covariance method with a 95 percent
      confidence level and a 1-day holding period, was $2.1 million. The VaR with
      a 99
      percent confidence level and a 10-day holding period was $9.3 million. These
      estimates may not be indicative of actual results because actual market
      fluctuations may differ from forecasted fluctuations.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Wholesale
      Credit Risk</u></strong></font></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG,
      NJRES and NJR Energy engage in wholesale marketing activities. NJR monitors
      and
      manages the credit risk of its wholesale marketing operations through credit
      policies and procedures that management believes reduce overall credit risk.
      These policies include a review and evaluation of prospective counterparties&#8217;
financial statements and/or credit ratings, daily monitoring of counterparties&#8217;
credit limits, daily communication with traders regarding credit status and
      the
      use of credit mitigation measures, such as minimum margin requirements,
      collateral requirements and netting agreements. Examples of collateral include
      letters of credit and cash received for either prepayment or margin
      deposit.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Company&#8217;s Risk Management Committee (RMC) continuously monitors NJR&#8217;s credit
      risk management policies and procedures. The RMC meets twice a month and, among
      other things, evaluates the effectiveness of existing credit policies and
      procedures, reviews material transactions and discusses emerging
      issues.</font></div>
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    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Following
        is a summary of gross and net credit exposures, grouped by investment and
        noninvestment grade counterparties, as of June 30, 2007. Gross credit exposure
        is defined as the unrealized fair value of derivative and energy trading
        contracts plus any outstanding receivable for the value of natural gas delivered
        for which payment has not yet been received. Net credit exposure is defined
        as
        gross credit exposure reduced by collateral received from counterparties
        and/or
        payables, where netting agreements exist. The amounts presented below exclude
        accounts receivable for retail natural gas sales and services.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Unregulated
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><em>(Thousands)</em></font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%">
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Internally
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#8212;</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Total</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="5%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJNG&#8217;s
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="74%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><em>(Thousands)</em></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Exposure</strong></font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Investment
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">$</font></div>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="2%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="5%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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          <tr>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Due
      to
      the inherent volatility in the prices of natural gas commodities and
      derivatives, the market value of contractual positions with individual
      counterparties could exceed established credit limits or collateral provided
      by
      those counterparties. If a counterparty failed to perform the obligations under
      its contract (for example, failed to deliver or pay for natural gas), then
      the
      Company could sustain a loss. This loss would comprise the loss on natural
      gas
      delivered but not paid for and/or the cost of replacing natural gas not
      delivered at a price higher than the price in the original contract. Any such
      loss could have a material impact on the Company&#8217;s financial condition, results
      of operations or cash flows.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Interest
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">At
      June
      30, 2007, the Company (excluding NJNG) had no variable-rate long-term
      debt.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">At
      June
      30, 2007, NJNG had total variable-rate, tax-exempt long-term debt of $97
      million, which is hedged by interest rate caps expiring in July&#160;2009 that
      limit NJNG&#8217;s variable-rate debt exposure from the tax-exempt EDA bonds at 4.5
      percent.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><a name="controlpro">IT</a>EM
      4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;CONTROLS AND
      PROCEDURES</strong></font></div>
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    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      of the
      end of the period reported on in this report, NJR has undertaken an evaluation
      under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the
      Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of
      the
      design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures, pursuant to
      Rule&#160;13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based upon that
      evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded
      that NJR&#8217;s disclosure controls and procedures were effective with regard to the
      recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, within the time periods
      specified in the SEC&#8217;s rules&#160;and forms, of information required to be
      disclosed by NJR in the reports that it files or submits under the
      Exchange&#160;Act.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">NJR&#160;continually
      reviews&#160;its disclosure controls and procedures and makes changes, as
      necessary, to ensure the quality of&#160;its financial reporting. There have
      been no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred
      during the third quarter of 2007 that have materially affected, or are
      reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial
      reporting.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><a name="part2">PA</a>RT
      II &#8211; OTHER INFORMATION</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><a name="legalproced">IT</a>EM
      1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;LEGAL
      PROCEEDINGS</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Information
      regarding reportable legal proceedings is contained in Part I, "Item 3. Legal
      Proceedings" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September
      30,
      2006, as updated in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
      quarters ended December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007, and is set forth in Part
      I,
      Item 1, Note 12, <em>Commitment and Contingent Liabilities&#8212;Legal
      Proceedings</em>. .No legal proceedings became reportable during the quarter
      ended June 30, 2007 and there have been no material developments during such
      quarter regarding any previously reported legal proceedings, which have not
      been
      previously disclosed.</font></div>
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      1A.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;RISK
      FACTORS</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Part
      I,
      Item 1A, "Risk Factors," of our 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Part II,
      Item 1A &#8220;Risk Factors,&#8221; of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
      ended March 31, 2007 include a detailed discussion of our risk factors. There
      have been no changes to those risk factors during the three-month period ended
      June 30, 2007.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><a name="unregisteredsaleofeq">IT</a>EM
      2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;UNREGISTERED SALE OF
      EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 24pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      1996,
      the NJR Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 1 million of
      the
      Company&#8217;s common shares. Since 1996, the repurchase plan has been expanded
      several times, most recently in January 2006, to permit the repurchase of up
      to
      3.5 million shares. As of June 30, 2007, the Company has repurchased 3.15
      million shares of its common stock.</font></div>
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      following table sets forth NJR&#8217;s repurchase activity for the quarter ended June
      30, 2007:</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
                thereunto duly authorized.</font></div>
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form_10-q.htm
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      10-Q
x
QUARTERLY REPORT
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF
THE
      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR
      THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2007
OR
o
TRANSITION REPORT
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR
      THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM
             
TO
Commission
      file number 1-8359
NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New
                Jersey
22-2376465
(State
                or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
                or organization)
(I.R.S.
                Employer
Identification
                Number)
1415
                Wyckoff Road, Wall, New Jersey - 07719
732-938-1489
(Address
                of principal
executive
                offices)
(Registrant's
                telephone number,
including
                area code)
Securities
      registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:
Common
                Stock - $2.50 Par Value
New
                York Stock Exchange
(Title
                of each class)
(Name
                of each exchange on which
                registered)
Securities
      registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:
None
Indicate
      by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
      be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
      1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
      Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
      such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES:
x
No:
o
Indicate
      by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
      accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated
      filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12-b-2 of the Exchange Act.
      (Check one):
Large
      accelerated filer:
x
Accelerated
      filer:
o
Non-accelerated
      filer:
o
Indicate
      by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
      12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
YES:
o
No:
x
The
      number of shares outstanding of $2.50 par value Common Stock as of August 1,
      2007 was 28,063,442.
FO
RWARD-LOOKING
      STATEMENTS
Certain
      statements contained in this report, including, without limitation, statements
      as to management expectations and beliefs presented in Part I, Item 2.
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
      Operations," Part I, Item 3. "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about
      Market Risk," Part II, Item I. "Legal Proceedings" and in the notes to the
      financial statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
      Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
      can
      also be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may,"
"intend," "expect," "believe" or "continue" or comparable terminology and are
      made based upon management's expectations and beliefs concerning future
      developments and their potential effect upon New Jersey Resources Corporation
      (NJR or the Company). There can be no assurance that future developments will
      be
      in accordance with management's expectations or that the effect of future
      developments on the Company will be those anticipated by
      management.
The
      Company cautions readers that the assumptions that form the basis for
      forward-looking statements regarding customer growth, customer usage, financial
      condition, results of operations, cash flows, capital requirements, market
      risk
      and other matters for fiscal 2007 and thereafter include many factors that
      are
      beyond the Company's ability to control or estimate precisely, such as estimates
      of future market conditions, the behavior of other market participants and
      changes in the debt and equity capital markets. The factors that could cause
      actual results to differ materially from NJR's expectations include, but are not
      limited to the following:
§
weather
                and economic conditions;
§
demographic
                changes in the New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) service
                territory;
§
the
                rate of NJNG customer growth;
§
volatility
                of natural gas commodity prices and its impact on customer usage,
                NJR
                Energy Services' (NJRES) operations and on the Company's risk management
                efforts;
§
changes
                in rating agency requirements and/or credit ratings and their effect
                on
                availability and cost of capital to the Company;
§
commercial
                and wholesale credit risks, including creditworthiness of customers
                and
                counterparties;
§
the
                ability to obtain governmental approvals and/or financing for the
                construction, development and operation of certain non-regulated
                energy
                investments;
§
risks
                associated with the management of the Company's joint ventures and
                partnerships;
§
the
                impact of governmental regulation (including the regulation of
                rates);
§
fluctuations
                in energy-related commodity prices;
§
conversion
                activity and other marketing efforts;
§
actual
                energy usage of NJNG's customers;
§
the
                pace of deregulation of retail gas markets;
§
access
                to adequate supplies of natural gas;
§
the
                regulatory and pricing policies of federal and state regulatory
                agencies;
§
changes
                due to legislation at the federal and state level;
§
the
                availability of an adequate number of appropriate counterparties
                in the
                wholesale energy trading market;
§
sufficient
                liquidity in the wholesale energy trading market and continued access
                to
                the capital markets;
§
the
                disallowance of recovery of environmental-related expenditures and
                other
                regulatory changes;
§
environmental-related
                and other litigation and other uncertainties;
§
the
                effects and impacts of inflation on NJR and its subsidiaries
                operations;
§
change
                in accounting pronouncements issued by the appropriate standard setting
                bodies; and
§
terrorist
                attacks or threatened attacks on energy facilities or unrelated energy
                companies.
While
      the
      Company periodically reassesses material trends and uncertainties affecting
      the
      Company's results of operations and financial condition in connection with its
      preparation of management's discussion and analysis of results of operations and
      financial condition contained in its Quarterly and Annual Reports, the Company
      does not, by including this statement, assume any obligation to review or revise
      any particular forward-looking statement referenced herein in light of future
      events.
1
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            of Contents
TA
BLE
      OF CONTENTS
Page
Forward-Looking
                Statement
Part
                I  Financial
                Information
Item
                1
Financial
                Statements
3-19
Item 2
Management's
                Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
                and  Results of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended
                June 30, 2007
20-33
Item
                3
Quantitative
                and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
                Risk
34-36
Item
                4
Controls
                and Procedures
37
Part
                II Other Information
Item
                1
Legal
                Proceedings
38
Item
                1a
Risk
                Factors
38
Item
                2
Unregistered
                Sale of Equity Securities and
                Use of Proceeds
39
Item
                6
Exhibits
39
Signatures
40
Certification
                of the CEO pursuant to section
                302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Certification
                of the CFO pursuant to section
                302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Certification
                of the CEO pursuant to section
                906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act*
Certification
                of the CFO pursuant to section
                906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act*
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PA
RT
      I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
IT
EM
      1.    FINANCIAL
      STATEMENTS
NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
Three
                Months Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months Ended
June
                30,
(Thousands, except per share data)
2007
2006
2007
2006
OPERATING
                REVENUES
$
665,358
$
536,103
$
2,431,459
$
2,765,101
OPERATING
                EXPENSES
Gas
                purchases
610,178
489,677
2,034,332
2,410,840
Operation
                and maintenance
33,969
28,828
94,622
87,585
Regulatory
                rider expenses
6,226
4,005
33,827
25,868
Depreciation
                and amortization
9,080
8,735
26,968
25,923
Energy
                and other taxes
11,478
8,428
55,698
53,098
Total
                operating expenses
670,931
539,673
2,245,447
2,603,314
OPERATING
                (LOSS) INCOME
(5,573
)
(3,570
)
186,012
161,787
Other
                income and expense
1,758
1,940
5,397
5,456
Interest
                charges, net
5,387
5,358
20,353
18,014
(LOSS)
                INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
(9,202
)
(6,988
)
171,056
149,229
Income
                tax (benefit) provision
(4,250
)
(3,013
)
67,357
58,739
NET
                (LOSS) INCOME
$
(4,952
)
$
(3,975
)
$
103,699
$
90,490
(LOSS)
                EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
BASIC
$(0.18
)
$(0.14
)
$3.72
$3.25
DILUTED
$(0.18
)
$(0.14
)
$3.70
$3.22
DIVIDENDS
                PER COMMON SHARE
$
                0.38
$
                0.36
$1.14
$1.08
WEIGHTED
                AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING
BASIC
28,010
28,055
27,872
27,809
DILUTED
28,215
28,396
28,056
28,139
See
      Notes
      to Condensed Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
3
NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Nine
                Months Ended
June
                30,
(Thousands)
2007
2006
CASH
                FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net
                income
$
103,699
$
90,490
ADJUSTMENTS
                TO RECONCILE NET INCOME TO CASH FLOWS
FROM
                OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Depreciation
                and amortization
26,968
25,923
Unrealized
                gain on derivatives
(309
)
(4,886
)
Amortization
                of deferred charges
226
226
Deferred
                income taxes
16,194
11,605
Manufactured
                gas plant remediation costs
(15,346
)
(17,991
)
Gain
                on asset sale
—
(617
)
Cost
                of removal – asset retirement obligations
(1,461
)
—
Contribution
                to employee benefit plans
(450
)
(450
)
Changes
                in:
Working
                capital
4,705
(64,307
)
Other
                noncurrent assets
39,347
18,996
Other
                noncurrent liabilities
(12,971
)
(14,296
)
Cash
                flows from operating activities
160,602
44,693
CASH
                FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds
                from common stock
13,947
15,215
Tax
                benefit from stock options exercised
2,565
4,700
Proceeds
                from long-term debt
—
35,800
Proceeds
                from sale-leaseback transaction
5,482
4,090
Purchases
                of treasury stock
—
(6,695
)
Payments
                of long-term debt
(2,822
)
(23,225
)
Payments
                of common stock dividends
(31,220
)
(29,381
)
Payments
                of  short-term debt, net of proceeds
(53,621
)
(20,400
)
Cash
                flows used in financing activities
(65,669
)
(19,896
)
CASH
                FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Expenditures
                for:
Utility
                plant
(37,325
)
(28,992
)
Real
                estate properties and other
(2,485
)
(3,062
)
Cost
                of removal
(3,685
)
(4,043
)
Equity
                investments
(52,500
)
—
Investment
                in restricted cash construction fund
—
(12,500
)
Proceeds
                from asset sales
1,792
3,531
Cash
                flows used in investing activities
(94,203
)
(45,066
)
Change
                in cash and temporary investments
730
(20,269
)
Cash
                and temporary investments at beginning of period
4,991
25,008
Cash
                and temporary investments at end of period
$
5,721
$
4,739
CHANGES
                IN COMPONENTS OF WORKING CAPITAL
Receivables
$
(65,769
)
$
44,324
Inventories
123,177
(169,037
)
Overrecovered
                gas costs
13,113
67,357
Gas
                purchases payable
(21,460
)
(417
)
Prepaid
                and accrued taxes, net
(235
)
(6,098
)
Accounts
                payable and other
4,610
(12,428
)
Restricted
                broker margin accounts
6,913
13,440
Customers'
                credit balances and deposits
(44,207
)
(7,175
)
Postemployment
                benefit liability
—
13,563
Other
                current assets
(11,437
)
(7,836
)
Total
$
4,705
$
(64,307
)
SUPPLEMENTAL
                DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION
Cash
                paid for
Interest
                (net of amounts capitalized)
$18,618
$14,595
Income
                taxes
$37,595
$35,970
See
      Notes
      to Condensed Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
4
NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
(Thousands)
June
                30,
2007
September
                30,
2006
PROPERTY,
                PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Utility
                plant, at cost
$
1,279,141
$1,243,586
Real
                estate properties and other, at cost
28,365
27,136
1,307,506
1,270,722
Accumulated
                depreciation and amortization
(354,222
)
(335,783
)
Property,
                plant and equipment, net
953,284
934,939
CURRENT
                ASSETS
Cash
                and temporary investments
5,721
4,991
Accounts
                receivable:
Billed
202,993
133,615
Unbilled
9,999
12,543
Allowance
                for doubtful accounts
(3,744
)
(2,679
)
Regulatory
                assets
21,807
8,105
Gas
                in storage, at average cost
387,447
512,942
Materials
                and supplies, at average cost
5,207
3,599
Prepaid
                state taxes
39,171
26,343
Derivatives,
                at fair value
121,360
223,559
Broker
                margin account
11,892
30,833
Other
9,470
11,665
Total
                current assets
811,323
965,516
NONCURRENT
                ASSETS
Equity
                investments
83,531
27,208
Regulatory
                assets
304,377
322,986
Derivatives,
                at fair value
39,123
94,638
Prepaid
                pension
19,226
21,045
Restricted
                cash construction fund
8,500
8,500
Deferred
                finance charges
8,627
8,876
Other
3,134
15,220
Total
                noncurrent assets
466,518
498,473
Total
                Assets
$
2,231,125
$2,398,928
See
      Notes
      to Condensed Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
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NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
CAPITALIZATION
      AND LIABILITIES
(Thousands)
June
                30,
2007
September
                30,
2006
CAPITALIZATION
Common
                stock equity
$
671,550
$
621,662
Long-term
                debt
334,465
332,332
Total
                capitalization
1,006,015
953,994
CURRENT
                LIABILITIES
Current
                maturities of long-term debt
4,266
3,739
Short-term
                debt
227,079
280,700
Gas
                purchases payable
276,419
297,879
Accounts
                payable and other
53,706
46,823
Dividends
                payable
10,649
10,056
Accrued
                taxes
36,093
9,267
Regulatory
                liabilities
14,823
1,710
Clean
                energy program
9,182
8,244
Derivatives,
                at fair value
105,559
163,557
Broker
                margin account
2,192
14,220
Customers'
                credit balances and deposits
16,753
60,960
Total
                current liabilities
756,721
897,155
NONCURRENT
                LIABILITIES
Deferred
                income taxes
202,386
227,100
Deferred
                investment tax credits
7,594
7,835
Deferred
                revenue
9,979
10,206
Derivatives,
                at fair value
42,558
85,036
Manufactured
                gas plant remediation
105,400
105,400
Regulatory
                liabilities
61,625
64,220
Clean
                energy program
3,341
11,335
Asset
                retirement obligation
22,816
23,293
Other
12,690
13,354
Total
                noncurrent liabilities
468,389
547,779
Total
                Capitalization and Liabilities
$
2,231,125
$
2,398,928
See
      Notes
      to Condensed Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
6
NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.       GENERAL
The
      condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared without audit,
      as
      of June 30, 2007 and for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2007 and
      2006,
      pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
      (SEC). The September 30, 2006 balance sheet data is derived from the audited
      financial statements of New Jersey Resources Corporation (NJR or the Company).
      These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction
      with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in NJR's 2006
      Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The
      consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NJR and its
      subsidiaries, New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), NJR Energy Services (NJRES), NJR
      Retail Holdings (Retail Holdings), NJR Capital Services (Capital) and NJR
      Service Company (NJR Service). Significant intercompany transactions and
      accounts have been eliminated. Retail Holdings principal subsidiary is NJR
      Home
      Services (NJRHS). Capital's primary subsidiaries are NJNR Pipeline (Pipeline),
      which holds the Company's 5.53 percent ownership interest in Iroquois Gas and
      Transmission System, L.P. (Iroquois), and NJR Steckman Ridge Storage Company,
      which holds the Company's 50 percent combined interest in Steckman Ridge GP, LLC
      and Steckman Ridge, LP (collectively, Steckman Ridge), a natural gas storage
      facility that was acquired and is being developed with a partner in western
      Pennsylvania.
In
      the
      opinion of management, the information furnished reflects all adjustments
      necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods. Because
      of the seasonal nature of NJR's utility and wholesale energy services
      operations, in addition to other factors, the financial results for the interim
      periods presented are not indicative of the results to be expected for the
      fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.
Recently
      Issued Accounting Standards
In
      July
      2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation
      No.
      48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
(FIN 48), which alters
      the framework for recognizing income tax contingencies. Previously, under
      Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 5,
Accounting for
      Contingencies
, the focus
was on the
      subsequent liability recognition for estimated losses from tax contingencies
      where such losses were probable and the related amounts could be reasonably
      estimated. Under this new interpretation, a contingent tax asset (i.e., an
      uncertain tax position) may only be recognized if it is more likely than not
      that it will ultimately be sustained upon audit. The Company will adopt FIN
      48
      effective October 1, 2007. The Company is evaluating its tax positions for
      all
      jurisdictions and all years for which the statute of limitations remains open,
      as well as evaluating the impact that the adoption will have on its financial
      condition and results of operations.
In
      September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157,
Fair Value Measurements
(SFAS 157). SFAS 157 defines fair value as the amount that would be exchanged
      to
      sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market
      participants and establishes a fair value hierarchy of quotes and unobservable
      data that should be used to develop pricing assumptions. In addition, for assets
      and liabilities that are not actively traded, for example, certain kinds of
      derivatives, SFAS 157 requires that a fair value measurement include an
      adjustment for risks inherent in a valuation technique and/or inputs, such
      as
      those used in pricing models. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning
      after November 15, 2007; however, early adoption is permitted. The Company
      will
      adopt the provisions of the statement prospectively and is evaluating the
      adoption date and its effect on its financial condition.
In
      September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158
, Employers' Accounting for
      Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postemployment Plans
(SFAS 158). The
      statement requires an employer to recognize the funded status, measured as
      the
      difference between the fair value of plan assets and the projected benefit
      obligation, of its benefit plans. SFAS 158 does not change how pensions and
      other postemployment benefits are accounted for and reported in the income
      statement. Certain economic events, which previously required disclosure only
      in
      the notes to the financial statements, will be recognized as assets and
      liabilities and offset in Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax,
      or
      as part of Regulatory assets, for those amounts related to NJNG that would
      be
      recoverable through allowed rates charged to customers, to the extent such
      amounts are not recognized in earnings as part of net periodic benefit costs.
      Amounts recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income, or in Regulatory
      assets as it may relate to NJNG, will be adjusted as they are subsequently
      recognized in earnings through net periodic benefit cost. The Company will
      adopt
      SFAS 158 on September 30, 2007 and will apply the provisions of the statement
      prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of adoption on
      its
      financial condition.
In
        February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The
Fair Value Option for
        Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
(SFAS 159). SFAS 159 permits
        entities to elect to measure eligible items at fair value as an alternative
        to
        hedge accounting and to mitigate volatility in earnings. A company can either
        elect the fair value option according to a preexisting policy, when the asset
        or
        liability is first recognized or when it enters into an eligible firm
        commitment. Changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities that the
        Company
chooses to apply the fair value option to are reported in
        earnings
        at each reporting date. SFAS 159 also provides guidance on disclosures that
        are
        intended to provide comparability to other companies' assets and liabilities
        that have different measurement attributes and to other companies with similar
        financial assets and liabilities. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years
        beginning after November 15, 2007; however, early adoption is permitted provided
        the provisions of SFAS 157 are concurrently applied. The Company is evaluating
        SFAS 159 to determine its applicability to its current operations and effect,
        if
        any, on its balance sheet or income statement.
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NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)
In
      June
      2007, the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) reached consensus on EITF
      Issue
      No. 06-11,
Accounting for Income Tax Benefits of Dividends on Share-Based
      Payment Awards (EITF 06-11).
EITF 06-11 applies to share-based payment
      arrangements that entitle employees to receive dividends or dividend equivalents
      and provides that the tax benefit related to dividends on certain share based
      awards be recognized as an increase to additional paid in capital and should
      be
      included in the pool of excess tax benefits available to absorb future tax
      deficiencies on share-based payment awards. EITF 06-11 will be applied
      prospectively to the income tax benefits of applicable dividends declared by
      the
      Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. The Company is
      currently evaluating the effect of adoption on its financial
      condition.
2.       REGULATION
Basic
      Gas Supply Service (BGSS)
On
      October 25, 2006, NJNG filed supporting documentation with the Board of Public
      Utilities (BPU) for a self-implementing BGSS price reduction effective November
      1, 2006, which lowered residential and small commercial customers' bills by
      approximately 4 percent. This decrease was due to reduced demand charges, lower
      wholesale cost of natural gas and lower than expected pipeline fuel
      costs.
On
      December 1, 2006, NJNG filed notification with the BPU and the representative
      of
      the Public Advocate Division of Rate Counsel (Rate Counsel) to refund, in the
      form of a bill credit, approximately $51.5 million to residential and small
      commercial customers in December 2006. The refund was the result of a continued
      reduction in the wholesale cost of natural gas for NJNG relative to what it
      is
      allowed to charge in its rates to customers.
On
      March
      1, 2007, NJNG filed notification with the BPU and the representatives of Rate
      Counsel to refund, in the form of a bill credit, approximately $20 million
      to
      residential and small commercial customers in March 2007. The refund was the
      result of a continued reduction in the wholesale cost of natural
      gas.
On
      June
      1, 2007, NJNG filed its annual review and revision of its BGSS for fiscal 2008.
      NJNG has proposed to maintain its periodic BGSS factor at its expected levels
      as
      a result of the implementation of a pending self-implementing BGSS decrease
      in
      conjunction with a stipulation that NJNG entered into with the BPU in March
      2007
      (the March 2007 Stipulation) related to the Societal Benefits Clause (SBC)
      and
      Weather Normalization Clause (WNC), both of which are discussed below under
Societal Benefits Clause and Weather Normalization Clause
. NJNG
      expects to implement the June 1
st
proposal
      for the
      BGSS factor in October 2007. The self-implementing decrease is designed to
      offset proposed increases to the SBC and WNC rates, as discussed
      below
As
      of
      June 14, 2007, the BPU has determined that NJNG and parties to the SBC and
      WNC
      proceedings will be afforded the opportunity to submit legal briefs regarding
      the approval of a specific issue related to lost revenues to which NJNG has
      claimed for recovery from customers, which was included in the March 2007
      Stipulation. NJNG has filed its required legal brief supporting its position
      on
      the recovery of such lost revenue amounts on June 28, 2007. At a BPU meeting
      held on July 27, 2007, the issue of lost revenues was discussed with the BPU
      Commissioners and a vote on the recovery of the lost revenue resulted in no
      conclusive decision. At this time, the parties to the March 2007 Stipulation
      will continue discussions with the BPU staff to resolve the issue of lost
      revenue. Pending approval by the BPU and Rate Counsel, the March 2007
      Stipulation reached with respect to the SBC and WNC will be implemented upon
      receipt of a BPU decision and related order.
Conservation
        Incentive Program (CIP)
On
        December 12, 2006, the BPU issued its Decision and Order and approved the
        CIP
        stipulation described below, reached on September 30, 2006, without
        modification.
The
        CIP
        is a three-year pilot program, designed to decouple the link between customer
        usage and NJNG's utility gross margin to allow NJNG to encourage its customers
        to conserve energy. The initial term of the CIP is October 1, 2006 through
        September 30, 2009. Under certain conditions, the CIP may be extended one
        additional year beyond the initial term. For the term of the pilot, the WNC
        has
        been suspended and replaced with the CIP tracking mechanism, which addresses
        utility gross margin variations related to both weather
and
        customer usage in comparison to established benchmarks. Recovery of such
        utility
        gross margin variations (filed for annually and recovered one year following
        the
        end of the CIP usage year) is subject to additional conditions including
        an
        earnings test and an evaluation of BGSS-related savings. If NJNG does not
        file
        for a base rate review with the BPU by October 1, 2008, the return on equity
        for
        the CIP earnings test will decline from 10.50 percent to 10.25
        percent.
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Based
        upon increases in NJNG's operating, maintenance and capital costs, NJNG
        currently expects, subject to its continuing evaluation of all factors relevant
        to filing for a base rate increase, to petition the BPU, during fiscal
        2008, to increase base rates for delivery service. This evaluation process
        is
        consistent with NJNG's objectives of providing safe and reliable service to its
        customers and earning a market based return. Based upon statutory time frames
        and potential regulatory lag it is unlikely that any modification to its
        delivery rates would become effective during fiscal 2008.
To
      encourage energy efficiency, NJNG is obligated to initiate and fund programs
      to
      further customer conservation efforts over the term of the pilot. The minimum
      expected liability for funding these programs was recorded, at its present
      value
      of $1.8 million, as of September 30, 2006. As a result of the accretion of
      interest and the payment of obligations for this program, the balance of this
      liability is approximately $1.5 million as of June 30, 2007.
The
      commencement of the CIP does not have any impact on the collection of previously
      accrued amounts for utility gross margin recovery under the WNC.
On
      June
      1, 2007, NJNG filed its CIP Petition for the Annual Review of its CIP Program
      for recoverable CIP amounts for fiscal 2007 and to establish its CIP recovery
      rates effective October 1, 2007. As of June 30, 2007 NJNG has $15.6 million
      accrued to recover from residential and small commercial customers.
Societal
      Benefits Clause and Weather Normalization Clause
On
      October 25, 2006, NJNG filed its SBC and WNC requests for a price adjustment
      for
      all applicable service customers, which was expected to result in an approximate
      aggregate 1.6 percent increase in those customers' prices. On November 10, 2006,
      NJNG filed a separate petition with the BPU for its annual review and revision
      of the WNC recovery component relying on the information provided in the October
      25, 2006 filing. The SBC and WNC rate increases, currently pending before the
      BPU, were proposed to be effective on January 1, 2007.
The
      SBC
      portion of the filed increase had accounted for approximately 0.3 percent of
      the
      expected price increase. The aggregate increase is comprised of an increase
      in
      rates for the Transportation Initiation Clause (TIC) and an increase in the
      recovery related to the New Jersey Clean Energy Program (NJCEP) from $7.1
      million to $13.6 million for the calendar year 2007. This increase was partially
      offset by a decrease to the Remediation Adjustment Clause (RAC) recovery from
      $19.2 million to $15.9 million annually. The proposed RAC decrease reflected
      recovery of expenditures through June 30, 2006 related to NJNG's remediation of
      its former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) sites, except for those expenditures
      associated with the Mass Tort Litigation related to the Long Branch MGP sites
      (see
Note 12. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
). There was no
      change in the Universal Service Fund (USF) rate.
The
        WNC
        portion of the filed rate increase, which had represented approximately 1.3
        percent of the expected price increase, was proposed to increase the WNC
        recovery component in order to recover accrued utility gross margin of
        approximately $8.1 million from October 2005 through May 2006.
NJNG
        signed a stipulation in March 2007 with the BPU and Rate Counsel regarding
        the
        resolution of the September 2005 and October 2006 SBC and WNC filings. The
        March
        2007 stipulation permits NJNG to include in its rates the current BPU approved
        SBC and WNC rates in effect until changed by the BPU. The March 2007
        stipulation provides for the recovery of lost revenues, as a result of
        previous customer conservation efforts, through a reduction in the liability
        associated with the Market Development Fund and will increase the SBC
        and WNC rates for all applicable service customers' rates by an approximate
        aggregate 3.1 percent. Pending review and approval by the BPU and Rate Counsel,
        as noted under
Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS)
above, the results
        of the March 2007 stipulation will be implemented upon receipt of a BPU
        order.
The
        increase in customer rates from an aggregate 1.6 percent in the original
        filing
        to an aggregate 3.1 percent in the March 2007 stipulation reflects the removal
        of the expenditures through June 30, 2006 related to NJNG's remediation of its
        former MGP sites, as noted above, and also excludes costs in excess of those
        received by NJNG from insurers stemming from the operation and remediation
        of
        the former MGP site in Long Branch, New Jersey as recovery of all such costs
        and
        expenditures is being resolved separately before the BPU (see
Note 12
.
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities—Legal Proceedings—Kemper Insurance
        Company Litigation).
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Other
      Incentive Programs
NJNG
      is
      eligible to receive financial incentives for reducing BGSS costs through a
      series of utility gross margin-sharing programs that include off-system sales,
      capacity release, storage incentive and financial risk management programs.
      These incentive programs currently expire in October 2007. On December 15,
      2006,
      NJNG filed a petition with the BPU requesting that it approve an extension
      of
      the existing incentive mechanisms to coincide with the end of the CIP. The
      extension would preserve the status quo of the incentive programs to coincide
      with the initial three-year term of the CIP pilot program. NJNG is currently
      holding discussions with the BPU regarding the continuation of these incentive
      programs. There can be no assurance as to whether these incentive programs
      will
      be extended in their current form, for the proposed term, or whether they will
      be modified or terminated by the BPU.
Regulatory
        Assets and Liabilities
The
        Company had the following regulatory assets, all related to NJNG, on the
        Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
(Thousands)
June
                  30,
2007
September
                  30,
2006
Recovery
                  Period
Regulatory
                  assets–current
WNC
$
8,105
$
8,105
Less
                  than one year (1)
CIP
13,702
—
Less
                  than one year (2)
Total
$
21,807
$
8,105
Regulatory
                  assets–noncurrent
Remediation
                  costs (Notes 2 and 12)
Expended,
                  net
$
87,095
$
83,746
(3)
Liability
                  for future expenditures
105,400
105,400
(4)
CIP
1,906
—
(2)
Deferred
                  income and other taxes
13,772
13,476
Various
Postemployment
                  benefit costs (Note 10)
1,891
2,117
Through
                  Sept. 2014 (5)
Derivatives
                  (Note 3)
72,494
82,451
Through
                  Oct. 2011 (6)
SBC
21,819
35,796
Various
                  (7)
Total
$
304,377
$
322,986
(1)
Recoverable
                  or refundable, subject to BPU approval, without interest. This
                  balance
                  relates to results from the winter 2005-2006 period. No new WNC
                  activity
                  is being recorded due to the existence of the CIP.
(2)
Recoverable
                  or refundable, subject to BPU annual approval, without interest.
                  Balance
                  includes approximately $8.2 million relating to the weather component
                  of
                  the calculation and approximately $7.4 million relating to the
                  customer
                  usage component of the calculation. Recovery from customers is
                  designed to
                  be one year from date of rate approval by BPU.
(3)
Recoverable,
                  subject to BPU approval, with interest over rolling 7-year periods.
                  As of
                  June 30, 2007, this amount is net of actual insurance proceeds
                  received of
                  $12.8 million, as the result of a settlement NJNG reached with
                  certain
                  parties for recovery of such amounts on January 24, 2007 (see
Note 12.
                  Commitments and Contingent Liabilities – Legal Proceedings
). As of
                  September 30, 2006 this amount is net of an estimated $10 million
                  in
                  expected insurance proceeds.
(4)
Estimated
                  future expenditures. Recovery will be requested when actual expenditures
                  are incurred (see
Note 12. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities –
                  Legal Proceedings).
(5)
Recoverable
                  or refundable, subject to BPU approval, without
                  interest.
(6)
Recoverable,
                  subject to BPU approval, through BGSS, without
                  interest.
(7)
Recoverable
                  with interest, subject to BPU
                  approval.
If
      there are
      any changes in regulatory positions that indicate the recovery of any of the
      regulatory assets are not probable, the related cost would be charged to income
      in the period of such determination.
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The
      Company had the following regulatory liabilities, all related to NJNG, on the
      Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
(
Thousands
)
June
                  30,
2007
September
                  30,
2006
Regulatory
                  liabilities–current
Overrecovered
                  gas costs (1)
$
14,823
$
1,710
Total
$
14,823
$
1,710
Regulatory
                  liabilities–noncurrent
Cost
                  of removal obligation (2)
$
60,463
$
58,161
Market
                  development fund (MDF) (3)
1,162
6,059
Total
$
61,625
$
64,220
(1)
Refundable,
                  subject to BPU approval, through BGSS, with interest.
(2)
NJNG
                  accrues and collects for cost of removal in rates. This liability
                  represents collections in excess of actual expenditures. Approximately
                  $17.8 million, including accretion of $984,000 for the nine-month
                  period
                  ended June 30, 2007, of regulatory assets relating to asset retirement
                  obligations have been netted against the cost of removal obligation
                  as of
                  June 30, 2007 (see
Note 11. Asset Retirement
                  Obligations
).
(3)
The
                  MDF, created with funds available as a result of the implementation
                  of the
                  Energy Tax Reform Act of 1997, provided financial incentives to
                  encourage
                  customers to switch to third party suppliers and has supported
                  other
                  unbundling related initiatives. Balance earns interest at prevailing
                  SBC
                  rate. The MDF funding obligations terminated as of October 31, 2006.
                  $4.9 million of this fund was credited to the NJCEP, as a result
                  of the
                  CIP Decision and Order of the BPU on December 12, 2006. The remaining
                  balance is being held until final resolution of NJNG's fiscal 2005 SBC
                  filing. A stipulation was signed in March 2007 among NJNG, the
                  BPU and
                  Rate Counsel, to allow a recovery of lost revenues, through previous
                  customer conservation initiatives, through a reduction in this
                  liability
                  if approved by the BPU.
3.       FINANCIAL
      INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
The
      Company and its subsidiaries are subject to market risk due to fluctuations
      in
      the price of natural gas. To hedge against such fluctuations, the Company and
      its subsidiaries entered into futures contracts, option agreements and swap
      agreements to hedge purchases and sales of natural gas. These contracts are
      recorded at fair value on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance
      Sheets.
Generally,
      all of the commodity contracts of NJRES meet the "normal purchase normal sale"
scope exception of SFAS No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
      Hedging Activities (as amended)
(SFAS 133) and are accounted for under
      accrual accounting, or are designated as a hedge for accounting purposes. If
      these commodity contracts do not meet the normal purchase normal sale scope
      exception, or if they do not qualify as a hedge, they are recorded at fair
      value
      as a component of Gas purchases.
The
      amounts included in Accumulated other comprehensive income related to natural
      gas instruments, which have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges,
      will reduce or increase Gas purchases as the underlying physical transaction
      occurs and is settled. Based on the amount recorded in Accumulated other
      comprehensive income as of June 30, 2007, $7.9 million is expected to be
      recorded as a decrease to Gas purchases during the remainder of fiscal 2007.
      For
      the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, $45.4 million was charged and
      $6.4 million was credited, respectively, to Gas purchases. For the nine
      months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, $137.2 million and $28.4 million,
      respectively, were charged to Gas purchases.
The
      following table summarizes the ineffective portions of the Company's cash flow
      hedges that are included as a benefit (cost) as part of Gas purchases in the
      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended
      June 30, 2007, and 2006, respectively.
Three
                Months Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months Ended
June
                30,
(Thousands)
2007
2006
2007
2006
NJRES
$
173
$
(444
)
$
448
$
8,323
NJR
                Energy
24
28
74
63
Total
                Consolidated
$
197
$
(416
)
$
522
$
8,386
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Generally,
      exchange-traded futures and swap contracts require a deposit of margin cash,
      the
      amount of which is subject to change based on market movements and in accordance
      with exchange rules. The Company maintains separate broker margin accounts
      for
      NJNG and NJRES. The balances as of June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2006 are
      as
      follows:
(Thousands)
June
                30,
2007
September
                30,
2006
NJNG
                broker margin deposit
$
11,892
$
30,833
NJRES
                broker margin liability
$
(2,192
)
$
(14,220
)
4.       EQUITY
      INVESTMENTS
On
      March
      2, 2007, NJR, through NJR Steckman Ridge Storage Company, a wholly-owned
      subsidiary of NJR Energy Holdings, entered into a series of joint venture
      agreements with subsidiaries of Spectra Energy Corporation (Spectra) and formed
      the Steckman Ridge partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to develop
      and
      operate a natural gas storage facility in western Pennsylvania, which will
      serve
      the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. NJR and Spectra
      each own 50 percent of the equity interests in Steckman Ridge and are required
      to fund 50 percent of total acquisition and development costs up to a maximum
      of
      $125 million each. As NJR has the ability to exert significant influence, but
      not control, it uses the equity method of accounting for its investment in
      Steckman Ridge.
NJR's
        equity investments at June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2006 include the following
        investments:
(Thousands)
June
                  30,
2007
September
                  30,
2006
Steckman
                  Ridge
$
53,488
$
—
Iroquois
22,027
20,414
Other
8,016
6,794
Total
$
83,531
$
27,208
5.       EARNINGS
      PER SHARE
The
      following table presents the calculation of the Company's basic and diluted
      earnings per share:
Three
                Months
Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months
Ended
June
                30,
(Thousands,
                except per share amounts)
2007
2006
2007
2006
Net
                (loss) income, as reported
$
(4,952
)
$
(3,975
)
$
103,699
$
90,490
Basic
                earnings per share:
Weighted
                average shares of common stock outstanding – basic
28,010
28,055
27,872
27,809
Basic
                (Loss) Earnings per Common Share
$(0.18
)
$(0.14
)
$3.72
$3.25
Diluted
                earnings per share:
Weighted
                average shares of common stock outstanding – basic
28,010
28,055
27,872
27,809
Incremental
                shares
(1)
205
341
184
330
Weighted
                average shares of common stock outstanding - diluted
28,215
28,396
28,056
28,139
Diluted
                (Loss) Earnings per Common Share
$(0.18
)
$(0.14
)
$3.70
$3.22
(1)   Incremental
      shares consist of stock options, stock awards and performance
      units.
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6.       DEBT
NJNG
In
      October 2005, under the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) Act,
      NJNG used proceeds from EDA Series 2005A and 2005B bonds to refinance NJNG's
      $10.3 million, 5.38 percent Series W First
Mortgage
      Bonds and its $10.5 million, 6.25 percent Series Y First Mortgage Bonds.
      Also in October 2005, the EDA issued its 4.9 percent (Series 2005C) Natural
      Gas
      Facilities Revenue Bonds. The net proceeds from the 2005C bonds were deposited
      into a construction fund. NJNG immediately drew down $2.5 million from the
      construction fund and issued its $15 million, 4.9 percent Series KK bonds to
      the
      EDA with a maturity date of October 1, 2040. NJNG drew down an additional $4
      million from the construction fund in the fourth quarter of fiscal
      2006.
NJNG
      has
      renewed a $43.5 million letter of credit outstanding, which will expire on
      December 31, 2007, supporting a long-term natural gas swap agreement. The
      long-term natural gas swap agreement was entered into as a hedge related to
      an
      offsetting physical purchase of natural gas for the same period and volume.
      This
      letter of credit reduces the amount available under NJNG's committed credit
      facility by the same amount. NJNG does not anticipate that this letter of credit
      will be drawn upon by the counterparty and it will be renewed as necessary.
      NJNG
      expects to renew this letter of credit agreement when it expires on December
      31,
      2007.
In
      April
      2007, NJNG entered into a 3-year, $30 million uncommitted credit facility with
      a
      multinational financial institution, of which $79,000 was outstanding as of
      June
      30, 2007.
In
        December 2006 and 2005, NJNG received $5.5 million and $4.1 million in
        connection with the sale-leaseback of its vintage 2006 and 2005 meters,
        respectively. NJNG plans to continue the sale-leaseback meter program on
        an
        annual basis.
In
        May
        2007, NJNG petitioned the BPU requesting authorization to issue and sell,
        in one
        or more series, an aggregate of $125 million in medium-term notes through
        July
        31, 2010. The notes may be issued on a secured or unsecured basis and maturities
        can range from one to forty years. The proceeds from the issuance of the
        notes
        will be used to refinance short-term debt, which has been incurred to fund
        capital expenditure requirements and pension and other post-employment benefit
        programs. As of June 30, 2007, issuance of the notes is pending BPU review
        and approval.
NJRES
In
        October 2006, NJRES entered into a 3-year, $30 million committed credit facility
        with a multinational financial institution. Borrowings under this facility
        are
        guaranteed by NJR.
NJR
NJR
      has
      renewed a letter of credit outstanding for $8.0 million, which will expire
      on
      November 30, 2007, related to margin requirements for NJRES' natural gas
      transactions. Including this letter of credit, as of June 30, 2007, NJR had
      letters of credit outstanding on behalf of NJRES and Commercial Realty and
      Resources (CR&R) totaling approximately $12.7 million, which expire on
      various dates through December 2007. These letters of credit reduce the amount
      available under NJR's committed credit facility by the same amount. NJR does not
      anticipate that these letters of credit will be drawn upon by the counterparties
      and they will be renewed as necessary.
There
      were no other new issuances or redemptions of long-term debt securities for
      NJR,
      NJNG or NJRES during the nine months ended June 30, 2007.
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        (Continued)
The
      following is a summary of debt and committed credit facilities outstanding
      as of
      June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2006:
(Thousands)
June
                30,
2007
September
                30,
2006
NJR
Long
                - term debt
(1)
$
25,000
$
25,000
Bank
                credit facilities
$
325,000
$
325,000
Amount
                outstanding at end of period
Notes
                payable to banks
$
85,400
$
129,200
Weighted
                average interest rate at end of period
Notes
                payable to banks
5.85
%
6.00
%
NJNG
Long
                - term debt
(1)
$
254,800
$
254,800
Bank
                credit facilities
$
250,000
$
250,000
Amount
                outstanding at end of period
Commercial
                paper
$
111,600
$
151,500
Weighted
                average interest rate at end of period
Commercial
                paper
5.30
%
4.70
%
NJRES
Bank
                credit facilities
$
30,000
$
—
Amount
                outstanding at end of period
Notes
                payable to banks
$
30,000
$
—
Weighted
                average interest rate at end of period
Notes
                payable to banks
5.78
%
—
%
(1)   Long
        - term debt excludes lease obligations of $54.7 million
and $52.5 million
at June 30,
        2007 and September 30, 2006, respectively
7.       CAPITALIZED
      AND DEFERRED INTEREST
Included
      in Utility plant, Real estate properties and other and Equity investments on
      the
      Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and reflected in the Condensed
      Consolidated Statements of Income as a reduction to interest charges, net,
      are
      the following amounts recorded for capitalized interest:
Three
                Months Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months Ended
June
                30,
($
                in Thousands)
2007
2006
2007
2006
Capitalized
                interest – Utility plant
$
321
$
214
$
1,058
$
774
Weighted
                average interest rates
5.37
%
4.93
%
5.36
%
4.46
%
Capitalized
                interest – Real estate properties and other
$
87
$
—
$
216
$
—
Weighted
                average interest rates
5.34
%
—
%
5.42
%
—
%
Capitalized
                interest – Equity investments
$
716
$
—
$
927
$
—
Weighted
                average interest rates
5.35
%
—
%
5.36
%
—
%
NJNG
      does
      not capitalize a cost of equity for its utility plant construction
      activities.
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          (Continued)
Pursuant
      to a BPU order, NJNG is permitted to recover carrying costs on uncollected
      balances related to SBC program costs, which include NJCEP, RAC and USF
      expenditures (see
Note 2. Regulation
). Accordingly, Other income
      includes $712,000 and $811,000 of interest related to these SBC program costs
      for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $2.3
      million and $2.0 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006,
      respectively.
NJR,
      through its subsidiary CR&R, capitalizes interest associated with the
      development and construction of its commercial buildings. Interest is also
      capitalized associated with the acquisition, development and construction of
      a
      natural gas storage facility through NJR's equity investment in Steckman Ridge
      (see
Note 4. Equity Investments
).
8.       STOCK
      BASED COMPENSATION
Effective
      January 24, 2007, the shareholders of NJR approved the NJR 2007 Stock Award
      and
      Incentive Plan (2007 Plan), which replaced the 2002 Employee and Outside
      Director Long-Term Incentive Plan (Long-Term Plan). The Long-Term Plan had
      591,471 and 87,280 shares, respectively, reserved for employees and directors,
      which were rolled into the 2007 Plan. In addition to those shares, the 2007
      Plan
      reserved an additional 750,000 shares for issuance to employees for a total
      reserve of 1,341,471 and 87,280, respectively, for employees and directors,
      which provides for a broader range of equity awards.
On
      January 24, 2007, the Company issued 36,687 shares of Restricted Stock under
      the
      2007 Plan, which vest in equal annual installments over three years, subject
      to
      certain conditions, and 17,741 restricted shares that vested immediately. No
      shares were issued under the 2007 Plan to officers, employees or directors
      during the third quarter of fiscal 2007. As of June 30, 2007, 1,287,043 and
      79,227 shares, respectively, remain available for future awards to employees
      and
      directors.
During
      the first nine months of fiscal 2007, included in operations and maintenance
      expense is $923,000 related to stock based compensation. As of June 30, 2007
      there is approximately $2.2 million of deferred compensation related to unvested
      shares and options, which is expected to be recognized over the next two
      years.
9.       BUSINESS
      SEGMENT DATA
Information
      related to the Company's various business segments, is detailed below. The
      Natural Gas Distribution segment consists of regulated natural gas delivery,
      as
      well as off-system, capacity and storage management operations related to NJNG.
      The Energy Services segment consists of the unregulated wholesale energy
      operations of NJRES. The Retail and Other segment consists of appliance and
      installation services, commercial real estate development, investments and
      other
      corporate activities.
Three
                Months Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months Ended
June
                30,
(Thousands)
2007
2006
2007
2006
Operating
                Revenues
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
180,980
$
163,914
$
871,198
$
1,029,666
Energy
                Services
476,383
365,373
1,540,558
1,716,093
Retail
                and Other
8,066
6,884
19,914
19,547
Subtotal
665,429
536,171
2,431,670
2,765,306
Intersegment
                revenues
(1)
(71
)
(68
)
(211
)
(205
)
Total
$
665,358
$
536,103
$
2,431,459
$
2,765,101
Operating
                Income
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
7,562
$
5,365
$
103,014
$
96,326
Energy
                Services
(15,103
)
(9,925
)
81,153
64,039
Retail
                and Other
1,968
990
1,845
1,422
Total
$
(5,573
)
$
(3,570
)
$
186,012
$
161,787
Net
                Income
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
2,602
$
1,698
$
55,736
$
53,890
Energy
                Services
(8,915
)
(6,397
)
46,084
35,499
Retail
                and Other
1,361
724
1,879
1,101
Total
$
(4,952
)
$
(3,975
)
$
103,699
$
90,490
(1)
      Consists of transactions between subsidiaries that are eliminated and
      reclassified in consolidation.
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        TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
        (Continued)
The
      Company's assets for the various business segments are detailed
      below:
(Thousands)
June
                30,
2007
September
                30,
2006
Assets
                at end of period
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
1,553,635
$
1,586,934
Energy
                Services
526,256
714,867
Retail
                and Other
168,780
107,213
Intersegment
                Assets
(1)
(17,546
)
(10,086
)
Total
$
2,231,125
$
2,398,928
(1)    Consists
      of transactions between subsidiaries that are eliminated and reclassified in
      consolidation.
10.           EMPLOYEE
      BENEFIT PLANS
Pension
      and Other Postemployment Benefit Plans (OPEB)
The
      components of the net periodic cost for pension benefits and OPEB costs
      (principally health care and life insurance) for employees and covered
      dependents were as follows:
Pension
OPEB
Three
                Months
Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months
Ended
June
                30,
Three
                Months
Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months
Ended
June
                30,
(Thousands)
2007
2006
2007
2006
2007
2006
2007
2006
Service
                cost
$
713
$
751
$
2,138
$
2,253
$
454
$
380
$
1,364
$
1,140
Interest
                cost
1,525
1,408
4,577
4,224
757
615
2,271
1,845
Expected
                return on plan assets
(2,052
)
(1,782
)
(6,156
)
(5,346
)
(541
)
(458
)
(1,622
)
(1,374
)
Prior
                service cost amortization
21
21
63
63
20
19
59
57
Transition
                obligation amortization
—
—
—
—
89
89
268
267
Recognized
                actuarial loss
399
433
1,197
1,299
266
206
797
618
Net
                initial obligation
—
(3
)
—
(9
)
—
—
—
—
Recognized
                net periodic cost
$
606
$
828
$
1,819
$
2,484
$
1,045
$
851
$
3,137
$
2,553
In
      fiscal
      2007, the Company has no minimum pension funding requirements. The Company's
      funding level to its OPEB plans is expected to be approximately $600,000
      annually over the next five years. Additional contributions may be made based
      on
      market conditions and various assumptions.
11.           ASSET
        RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (ARO)
Effective
        September 30, 2006, NJR adopted FASB Interpretation Number 47,
Accounting
        for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations
(FIN 47), which requires NJR
        to recognize a reasonably estimated liability for the fair value of an ARO.
        NJR
        has AROs related to the costs associated with cutting and capping its main
        and
        service gas distribution pipelines of NJNG, which is required by New Jersey
        law
        when taking such gas distribution pipeline out of service.
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        TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
        (Continued)
The
      following is an analysis of the change in the ARO liability for the nine months
      ended June 30, 2007, in thousands:
Balance
                at October 1, 2006
$
23,293
Accretion
984
Additions
—
Retirements
(1,461
)
Balance
                at June 30, 2007
$
22,816
Accretion
      amounts are not reflected as an expense on NJR's Condensed Consolidated
      Statements of Income, but rather are deferred as a regulatory asset and netted
      against NJNG's regulatory liabilities, for presentation purposes, on the
      Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
12.           COMMITMENTS
      AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Cash
      Commitments
NJNG
      has
      entered into long-term contracts, expiring at various dates through 2022, for
      the supply, storage and delivery of natural gas. These contracts include current
      annual fixed "demand" charges of approximately $80.1 million at current contract
      rates and volumes, which are recovered through the BGSS.
For
      the
      purpose of securing adequate storage and pipeline capacity, NJRES enters into
      storage and pipeline capacity contracts, which require the payment of certain
      demand charges by NJRES, in order to maintain the ability to access such natural
      gas storage or pipeline capacity, during a fixed time period, which generally
      range from one to five years. Demand charges are based on established rates
      as
      regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). These demand
      charges represent commitments to pay storage providers or pipeline companies
      for
      the right to store and transport natural gas utilizing their respective assets.
      As of June 30, 2007, NJRES had contractual obligations for demand charges
      related to storage contracts and pipeline capacity contracts of $29.5 million
      and $55.7 million, respectively, for the next 12-month period.
Demand
      charges are recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income as incurred
      as
      part of Gas purchases as follows:
Three
                Months Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months Ended
June
                30,
(Millions)
2007
2006
2007
2006
NJRES
$
29.5
$
31.9
$
106.9
$
74.1
NJNG
17.8
20.2
56.0
62.7
Total
$
47.3
$
52.1
$
162.9
$
136.8
As
      of
      June 30, 2007, there were NJR guarantees covering approximately $284 million
      of
      natural gas purchases, demand fee commitments and swap agreements of NJRES,
      NJNG
      and NJR Energy, not yet reflected in Accounts payable on the Condensed
      Consolidated Balance Sheet. These NJR guarantees are related to transactions
      with various expiration dates through October 2016. NJR would have to provide
      for payment in the event of default by NJRES, NJNG and NJR Energy.
NJNG's
        capital expenditures are estimated at $33.4 million for the remainder of
        fiscal
        2007 and $80.9 million in fiscal 2008, consisting primarily of its construction
        program to support customer growth, maintenance of its distribution system
        and
        replacement needed under proposed pipeline safety rulemaking.
The
        Company's future minimum lease payments under various operating leases are
        approximately $8.3 million over the next five years and $593,000 annually
        for
        all years thereafter.
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        (Continued)
Legal
      Proceedings
Manufactured
      Gas Plant Remediation
NJNG
      has
      identified eleven former MGP sites, dating back to the late 1800s and early
      1900s, which contain contaminated residues from the former gas manufacturing
      operations. Ten of the eleven sites in question were acquired by NJNG in 1952.
      Gas manufacturing operations ceased at these sites at least by the mid-1950s
      and, in some cases, had been discontinued many years earlier. Since October
      1989, NJNG has been operating under Administrative Consent Orders or Memoranda
      of Agreement with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
      covering all eleven sites. These orders and agreements establish the procedures
      to be followed in developing a final remedial cleanup plan for each site. NJNG
      is currently involved in administrative proceedings with the NJDEP with respect
      to the MGP sites in question, as well as participating in various studies and
      investigations by outside consultants to determine the nature and extent of
      any
      such contaminated residues and to develop appropriate programs of remedial
      action, where warranted. Until September 2000, most of the cost of such
      studies and investigations had been shared under an agreement with the former
      owner and operator of ten of the MGP sites, Jersey Central Power &
Light Company (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corporation
      (FirstEnergy).
In
      September 2000, a revised agreement was executed pursuant to which NJNG is
      responsible for two of the sites— Long Branch and Toms River, New Jersey— while
      JCP&L is responsible for the remaining eight sites. On September 14,
      2004, the BPU approved a simultaneous transfer of properties whereby, upon
      closing of the transfer, NJNG will take ownership of two sites and JCP&L
      will take ownership of eight sites. NJNG continues to participate in the
      investigation and remedial action and bears the cost related to the one MGP
      site
      that was not subject to the original cost-sharing agreement.
In
      June
      1992, the BPU approved the RAC through which NJNG may, subject to BPU approval,
      recover its remediation expenditures, including carrying costs, over rolling
      7-year periods. Currently, NJNG is recovering $19.2 million annually for MGP
      remediation expenditures incurred through June 30, 2004. The remediation
      expenditures for the 24-month period ended June 30, 2006, including expenditures
      related to the Mass Tort Litigation as discussed below in the
Kemper
      Insurance Company Litigation
section, are pending BPU approval and are part
      of an on-going discussion with the BPU (See
Note 2. Regulation
). As of
      June 30, 2007, $87.1 million of previously incurred remediation costs, net
      of
      recoveries from customers and insurance proceeds, are included in Regulatory
      assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
In
      September 2006, with the assistance of an outside consulting firm, NJNG updated
      an environmental review of the MGP sites, including a review of potential
      liability for investigation and remedial action. Based on this review, NJNG
      estimated at the time of the review that, exclusive of any insurance recoveries,
      total future expenditures to remediate and monitor the three MGP sites for
      which
      it is responsible, will range from $105.4 million to $174.6 million. NJNG's
      estimate of these liabilities is based upon known facts, existing technology
      and
      enacted laws and regulations in place when the review was completed. However,
      actual costs are expected to differ from these estimates. Where available
      information is sufficient to estimate the amount of the liability, it is NJNG's
      policy to accrue the full amount of such estimate. Where the information is
      sufficient only to establish a range of probable liability, and no point within
      the range is more likely than any other, it is NJNG's policy to accrue the lower
      end of the range. Accordingly, NJNG has recorded an MGP remediation liability
      and a corresponding Regulatory asset of $105.4 million on the Condensed
      Consolidated Balance Sheet. The actual costs to be incurred by NJNG are
      dependent upon several factors, including final determination of remedial
      action, changing technologies and governmental regulations, the ultimate ability
      of other responsible parties to pay and any insurance recoveries.
NJNG
      will
      continue to seek recovery of such costs through the RAC. If any future
      regulatory position indicates that the recovery of such costs is not probable,
      the related cost would be charged to income in the period of such determination.
      However, because recovery of such costs is subject to BPU approval, there can
      be
      no assurance as to the ultimate recovery through the RAC or the impact on the
      Company's results of operations, financial position or cash flows, which could
      be material.
NJNG
      is
      presently investigating the potential settlement of alleged Natural Resource
      Damage (NRD) claims that might be brought by the NJDEP concerning the three
      MGP
      sites. NJDEP has not made any specific demands for compensation for alleged
      injury to groundwater or other natural resources. NJNG's evaluation of these
      potential claims is in the early stages, and it is not yet possible to quantify
      the amount of compensation, if any, that NJDEP might seek to recover. NJNG
      anticipates any costs associated with this matter would be recoverable through
      the RAC.
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      (Continued)
Kemper
        Insurance Company Litigation
In
        September 2000, NJNG purchased two insurance policies from Kemper Insurance
        Company: (i) a 20-year Clean-Up Cost-Containment insurance policy (Cost-Cap)
        and
        (ii) an Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Insurance Policy
        (ERCLIP). The policies were intended to limit NJNG's liability for remediation
        and third-party claims arising from environmental contamination at the former
        MGP sites in Long Branch and Toms River.
Beginning
        in July 2003, a series of complaints were filed in the New Jersey Superior
        Court against NJNG, NJR, JCP&L and FirstEnergy alleging, among other things,
        personal injuries, wrongful death, survivorship actions, property damage
        and
        claims for medical monitoring stemming from the operation and remediation
        of the
        former MGP site in Long Branch, New Jersey (the Mass Tort Litigation). The
        relief sought included compensatory damages, the establishment of a medical
        monitoring fund, disgorgement of alleged profits, cost of cleanup and
        remediation, natural resource damages and punitive damages.
In
        December 2005, a confidential settlement between NJNG and the plaintiffs
        in the
        Mass Tort Litigation was finalized and approved by the New Jersey Superior
        Court
        in Bergen County. Subsequent to the settlement, JCP&L and FirstEnergy made a
        demand upon NJNG and NJR for indemnification pursuant to the September 2000
        agreement among these entities and NJNG, whereby NJNG assumed responsibility
        for
        the Long Branch site. NJNG agreed to honor the indemnification terms of the
        agreement.
On
      January 24, 2007, NJNG entered into a written Settlement Agreement and Mutual
      Release (the "Settlement Agreement") with Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company and
      its subsidiaries and affiliates, including but not limited to, American
      Motorists Insurance Company, American Manufacturers Mutual Company and Kemper
      Indemnity Insurance Company (collectively, "Kemper") pursuant to which the
      parties settled a lawsuit pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law
      Division, Ocean County arising out of Cost Cap and the ERCLIP (the
"Lawsuit").
Pursuant
      to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, NJNG received a payment in the amount
      of $12.8 million (the "Settlement Payment"). The Settlement Agreement provided
      for a mutual and global release of all claims, against the Company or Kemper
      that were or could have been made in the litigation, including all claims NJNG
      could have made under the ERCLIP and Cost-Cap. The Settlement Payment was made
      in exchange for a general release of all such claims asserted in the litigation;
      no portion of the Settlement Payment was allocated to any particular
      claim.
The
      RAC
      does not permit NJNG to recover costs, expenses or other liabilities incurred
      in
      connection with personal injury claims. Pursuant to the RAC, NJNG will seek
      recovery of costs in excess of those recovered from Kemper and other insurers.
      Management believes that, subject to BPU approval, these costs excluding
      any related to personal injury claims, net of all insurance proceeds, are
      recoverable pursuant to the RAC. However, because recovery of such costs is
      subject to BPU approval, there can be no assurance as to the ultimate recovery
      of outstanding costs through the RAC or the impact of these matters on the
      Company's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, which could
      be material.
General
The
      Company is a party to various other claims, legal actions, complaints and
      investigations arising in the ordinary course of business. In the Company's
      opinion, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material
      adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations or cash
      flows.
13.           OTHER
At
      June
      30, 2007, there were 28,025,348 shares of common stock outstanding and the
      book
      value per share was $23.96.
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      2.       MANAGEMENT'S
      DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS
      OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
      2007
Management's
      Overview
New
      Jersey Resources Corporation (NJR or the Company) is an energy services holding
      company providing retail natural gas service in New Jersey and wholesale natural
      gas and related energy services to customers from states in the Gulf Coast
      and
      Mid-Continent to New England and Canada through its two principal subsidiaries,
      New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) and NJR Energy Services (NJRES).
NJNG
      is a
      natural gas utility which provides regulated retail natural gas service in
      central and northern New Jersey and also participates in the off-system sales
      and capacity release markets, and comprises the Natural Gas Distribution
      segment. NJNG is regulated by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
      (BPU).
NJRES
      maintains and trades around a portfolio of physical assets consisting of natural
      gas storage and natural gas pipeline transportation contracts. NJRES also
      provides wholesale energy services to non-affiliated utility and energy
      companies. NJRES comprises the Energy Services segment.
The
      Retail and Other segment includes NJR Home Services (NJRHS), which provides
      service, sales and installation of appliances; NJR Energy (NJRE), an investor
      in
      energy-related ventures, most significantly, through NJNR Pipeline which holds
      the Company's 5.53 percent interest in Iroquois Gas and Transmission System, LP
      (Iroquois), which is a 412-mile natural gas pipeline from the New York-Canadian
      border to Long Island, New York and NJR Steckman Ridge Storage Company, which,
      in March 2007, acquired a 50 percent equity ownership interest in Steckman
      Ridge
      GP, LLC and Steckman Ridge, LP (collectively, Steckman Ridge), a natural gas
      storage facility that is being constructed in western Pennsylvania; Commercial
      Realty and Resources (CR&R), which holds and develops commercial real
      estate; and NJR Investment, which makes energy-related equity
      investments.
Net
      income by business segment is as follows:
Nine
                Months Ended
June
                30,
($
                in Thousands)
2007
2006
Net
                Income
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
55,736
54
%
$
53,890
60
%
Energy
                Services
46,084
44
35,499
39
Retail
                and Other
1,879
2
1,101
1
Total
$
103,699
100
%
$
90,490
100
%
Natural
      Gas Distribution Segment
Natural
      Gas Distribution operations have focused on the following to provide for
      growth:
§
Working
                with the BPU and New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, Division
                of
                Rate Counsel (Rate Counsel), for the development of the decoupling
                of the
                impact of customer usage on utility gross margin, which has allowed
                for
                the implementation of the Customer Incentive Program (CIP). The CIP
                allows
                NJNG to promote conservation programs to its customers while maintaining
                protection of its utility gross margin associated with reduced customer
                usage. CIP usage differences are calculated annually and are recovered
                one
                year following the end of the CIP usage year;
§
Managing
                its customer growth, which is expected to total about 2.0 percent
                annually;
§
Generating
                earnings from various BPU-authorized gross margin-sharing incentive
                programs, which are currently approved through October 31, 2007. An
                extension has been requested to link the expiration of these programs
                with
                the end of the initial three-year pilot program of the CIP. The initial
                term of the CIP is October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2009. Under
                certain conditions the CIP may be extended one additional year beyond
                the
                initial term;
§
Managing
                the volatility of wholesale natural gas prices through a hedging
                program
                designed to keep customers' prices as stable as possible;
                and
§
Assessing
                the market and timing with respect to filing for a base rate increase,
                which takes into account many factors, including, but not limited
                to,
                earning a reasonable rate of return on the investments that have
                been made
                into the gas distribution system, as well as recovery of all prudently
                incurred costs in order to provide reliable service throughout NJNG's
                service territory.
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Based
      upon increases in NJNG's operating, maintenance and capital costs, NJNG
      currently expects, subject to its continuing evaluation of all factors relevant
      to filing for a base rate increase, to petition the BPU, during fiscal
      2008, to increase base rates for delivery service. This evaluation process
      is
      consistent with NJNG's objectives of providing safe and reliable service to its
      customers and earning a market based return. Based upon statutory time frames
      and potential regulatory lag it is unlikely that any modification to its
      delivery rates would become effective during fiscal 2008.
In
      conducting NJNG's business, management focuses on factors it believes may have
      significant influence on its future financial results. NJNG's policy is to work
      with all stakeholders, including customers, regulators and policymakers, to
      achieve favorable results. These factors include the rate of NJNG's customer
      growth in its service territory, which can be influenced by general economic
      conditions as well as political and regulatory policies that may impact the
      new
      housing market. A portion of NJNG's customer growth comes from the conversion
      market, which is influenced by the delivered cost of natural gas compared with
      competing fuels, interest rates and other economic conditions.
For
      the
      reporting period through September 30, 2006, which includes the three and nine
      month periods ending June 30, 2006, the impact on weather was mitigated by
      a
      Weather Normalization Clause (WNC). The WNC did not, however, capture lower
      customer usage per degree day. To mitigate this, NJNG obtained approval of
      the
      CIP effective as of October 1, 2006. Therefore, for the three and nine months
      periods ended June 30, 2007, the impact of weather and usage on NJNG's utility
      gross margin was significantly mitigated due to the CIP.
The
      CIP
      is a three-year pilot program, expiring October 1, 2009, designed to decouple
      the link between customer usage and NJNG's utility gross margin to allow NJNG to
      encourage its customers to conserve energy. For the term of the pilot the
      existing WNC has been suspended and replaced with the CIP tracking mechanism,
      which addresses utility gross margin variations related to both weather and
      customer usage in comparison to established benchmarks. Under certain conditions
      the CIP may be extended one additional year beyond the initial term. Recovery
      of
      such utility gross margin variations, which are recovered in the year subsequent
      to the CIP usage year, is subject to additional conditions including an earnings
      test and an evaluation of Basic Gas Supply Service (BGSS)-related savings
      achieved. Under the CIP agreement, if NJNG does not file for a base rate review
      with the BPU by October 1, 2008, the return on equity for the CIP earnings
      test
      will decline from 10.50 percent to 10.25 percent.
To
      encourage energy efficiency, NJNG is also required to initiate programs to
      further customer conservation efforts over the term of the pilot. NJNG is
      required to provide a minimum of $2 million in funding for such programs and
      will continue to fund programs throughout the term of the pilot. As of September
      30, 2006, NJNG accrued $1.8 million for this obligation, representing its
      present value at that date, in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As
      of
      June 30, 2007, the obligation to fund these conservation programs has a present
      value of $1.5 million, including accrued interest costs and net of amounts
      expended on such conservation programs. An annual filing of the CIP results
      is
      made in June of each year coincident with NJNG's annual BGSS filing. On
      June 1, 2007, NJNG filed its CIP Petition for the Annual Review of its CIP
      Program for recoverable CIP amounts for fiscal 2007 as projected as of  May
      31, 2007 and to establish its CIP recovery rates effective October 1, 2007.
      NJNG expects to amend the filing to reflect updated projections for fiscal
      2007.
NJNG's
      operating expenses are heavily influenced by labor costs, large components
      of
      which are covered by a negotiated collective bargaining agreement that expires
      in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Labor-related fringe benefit costs may
      also
      influence NJNG's results.
As
      a
      regulated company, NJNG is required to recognize the impact of regulatory
      decisions on its financial statements. As a result, significant costs are
      deferred and treated as regulatory assets, pending BPU decisions regarding
      their
      ultimate recovery from customers. The most significant costs incurred that
      are
      subject to this accounting treatment include manufactured gas plant (MGP)
      remediation costs and wholesale natural gas costs. Actual remediation costs
      may
      vary from management's estimates due to the developing nature of remediation
      requirements, regulatory decisions by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
      Protection (NJDEP) and related litigation. If there are changes in the
      regulatory position on the recovery of these costs, such costs would be charged
      to income in the period of such determination.
Due
        to
        the capital-intensive nature of NJNG's operations and the seasonal nature of its
        working capital requirements, significant changes in interest rates can also
        impact NJNG's results.
Energy
          Services Segment
NJRES
          provides unregulated wholesale energy services, including base load natural
          gas,
          peaking and balancing services, utilizing physical assets it controls,
          as well
          as providing asset management services to customers in states from the
          Gulf
          Coast and Mid-continent regions to the Appalachian and Northeast regions
          and
          Canada.
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NJRES'
      incorporates the following elements to provide for growth, while focusing on
      maintaining a low-risk operating and counterparty credit profile:
§
Providing
                natural gas portfolio management services to nonaffiliated utilities
                and
                electric generation facilities;
§
Leveraging
                transactions for the delivery of natural gas to customers by aggregating
                the natural gas commodity costs and transportation costs in order
                to
                minimize the costs required to provide and deliver natural gas to
                NJRES'
                customers by identifying the lowest cost alternative with the natural
                gas
                supply, transportation availability and markets to which NJRES is
                able to
                access through its business footprint and contractual asset
                portfolio;
§
Identifying
                and benefiting from variations in pricing of natural gas transportation
                and storage assets due to location or timing differences of natural
                gas
                prices to generate gross margin; and
§
Managing
                hedging programs that are designed to mitigate adverse market price
                fluctuations in natural gas transportation and storage commitments
                utilized to generate gross margin through the use of a cash-flow
                hedging
                strategy.
NJRES
      has
      built a portfolio of customers including local distribution companies,
      industrial companies, electric generators and retail aggregators. Sales to
      these
      customers have allowed NJRES to leverage its transportation and storage capacity
      and manage sales to these customers in an aggregate fashion. This strategy
      allows NJRES to extract more value from its portfolio of natural gas storage
      and
      pipeline transportation capacity through the arbitrage of pricing differences
      as
      a result of locational differences or over different periods of
      time.
NJRES
      also focuses on creating value from underutilized natural gas assets, which
      are
      typically amassed through contractual rights to natural gas transportation
      and
      storage capacity. NJRES has developed a portfolio of natural gas storage and
      transportation capacity in states in the Northeast, Gulf Coast, Mid-continent
      and Appalachian regions and eastern Canada. These assets become more valuable
      when prices change between these areas and across time periods. NJRES seeks
      to
      optimize this process on a daily basis as market conditions change by evaluating
      all the natural gas supplies, transportation and opportunities to which it
      has
      access, to find the most profitable alternative to serve its various
      commitments. This enables NJRES to capture geographic pricing differences across
      these various regions as delivered natural gas prices change. NJRES' focuses on
      earning a gross margin, which is defined as natural gas revenues and management
      fees less natural gas costs and fixed demand costs, on a single original
      transaction and then utilizing that transaction, and the changes in prices
      across the regions or across time periods, as the basis to further improve
      the
      initial gross margin result.
In
      a
      similar manner, NJRES participates in natural gas storage transactions where
      it
      seeks to identify pricing differences that occur over time, as prices for future
      delivery periods at many locations are readily available. For example, NJRES
      generates gross margin by locking in the differential between purchasing natural
      gas at a low current or future price and, in a related transaction, selling
      that
      natural gas at a high current or future price, all within the constraints of
      its
      credit and contracts policies. Through the use of transportation and storage
      services, NJRES is able to generate gross margin through pricing differences
      that occur over the duration of time the assets are held.
NJRES'
      portfolio management customers include nonaffiliated utilities and electric
      generation plants. Services provided by NJRES include optimization of
      underutilized natural gas assets and basic gas supply functions. Revenue is
      customarily derived by a combination of a base service fee and incentive-based
      arrangements.
In
      conducting its business, NJRES mitigates risk by following formal risk
      management guidelines, including trading limits, approval processes, segregation
      of duties, and formal contract and credit review and approval procedures. NJRES
      continuously monitors and seeks to reduce the risk associated with various
      counterparties credit exposure. The Risk Management Committee (RMC) of NJR,
      oversees compliance with these established guidelines.
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Critical
      Accounting Policies
A
      summary
      of NJR's critical accounting policies is included in Item 7. "Management's
      Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of our
      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2006. NJR's
      critical accounting policies have not changed materially from those reported
      in
      the 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Recently
      Issued Accounting Standards
Refer
      to
Note 1. General
, for discussion of recently issued accounting
      standards.
Results
      of Operations
Net
      loss
      for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 increased by 24.6 percent to approximately
      $(5.0) million, compared with a net loss of approximately $(4.0) million for
      the
      same period last fiscal year. Basic and diluted loss per share increased by
      28.6
      percent to a loss of $(.18), compared with a loss of $(.14) for the same period
      last fiscal year.
Net
      income for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 increased 14.6
      percent
to $103.7 million, compared with $90.5 million for
      the same period last fiscal year. Basic Earnings per Share (EPS) increased
      14.5
      percent to $3.72, compared with $3.25 for the same period last fiscal year
      and
      diluted EPS increased 14.9 percent to $3.70 compared with $3.22 for the same
      period last fiscal year.
The
      increase in the net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2007, as compared
      with the same period in the prior fiscal year, was due primarily to lower gross
      margin at NJRES due to fewer opportunities to arbitrage transportation and
      storage positions in order to extract additional gross margin from its existing
      portfolio of physical assets, partially offset by an increase in utility gross
      margin at NJNG due to continued customer growth and the impact of the
      CIP.
The
      increase in earnings for the nine months ended June 30, 2007, as compared with
      the same periods in the prior fiscal year, was due primarily to higher gross
      margin at NJRES as a result of to strategic natural gas storage
      withdrawals that captured favorable market pricing conditions during the quarter
      ended March 31, 2007 and increased storage and intra-month natural gas trading
      positions, primarily driven by the impact of colder weather in NJRES' market
      (delivery) areas, resulting in favorable market pricing movements during the
      second quarter of fiscal 2007. Although NJNG's revenues declined as discussed
      below, earnings increased at NJNG due primarily to the impact of the CIP tariff
      and continued customer growth, partially offset by higher interest expense,
      which was due primarily to an increase in short-term borrowings and higher
      interest rates over the same period in the prior fiscal year.
The
      Company's Operating revenues and Gas purchases are as follows:
Three
                  Months Ended
June
                  30,
Nine
                  Months Ended
June
                  30,
($
                  in Thousands)
2007
2006
%
Change
2007
2006
%
Change
Operating
                  revenues
$
665,358
$
536,103
24.1
%
$
2,431,459
$
2,765,101
(12.1
)%
Gas
                  purchases
$
610,178
$
489,677
24.6
%
$
2,034,332
$
2,410,840
(15.6
)%
Operating
      revenues increased $129.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007
      compared with the same period of the prior fiscal year due
      primarily to:
§
An
                increase in NJNG's firm sales as a result of it being 35 percent colder
                than the same period of the prior fiscal year;
§
Increased
                revenues at NJRES due to 15 percent higher sales volumes in fiscal
                2007
                compared with fiscal 2006;
§
Decreased
                off system sales revenues at NJNG, due primarily to lower volumes
                sold
                that were partially offset by increases in the average delivery
                price.
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Operating
      revenues decreased $333.6 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2007
      compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year due primarily
      to:
§
Refunds
                to NJNG residential and small commercial customers as a result of
                acquired
                wholesale natural gas prices being lower than the recovery component
                of
                such costs included in NJNG's rates (which has no impact on utility gross
                margin);
§
Lower
                off system sales as noted above; and
§
Less
                favorable market pricing conditions affecting NJRES' revenues as a result
                of decreased volatility across its business footprint due primarily
                to the
                lingering market price impact on natural gas in fiscal 2006 related
                to
                severe weather conditions that did not recur in fiscal
                2007.
These
      same factors resulted in an increase in Gas purchases of $120.5 million for
      the
      three months ended June 30, 2007 and a decrease of $376.5 million for the nine
      months ended June 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in the prior fiscal
      year.
Natural
      Gas Distribution Operations
NJNG
      is a
      local natural gas distribution company that provides regulated retail energy
      services to more than 477,000 residential and commercial customers in central
      and northern New Jersey and participates in the off-system sales and capacity
      release markets.
NJNG's
      business is seasonal by nature, as weather conditions directly influence the
      volume of natural gas delivered. Specifically, customer demand substantially
      increases during the winter months when natural gas is used for heating
      purposes. As a result, NJNG receives most of its gas distribution revenues
      during the first and second fiscal quarters and is subject to variations in
      earnings and working capital during the year.
The
      BPU
      has allowed that the provision of BGSS, the natural gas commodity portion of
      NJNG's rates, can be provided by third-party suppliers in the state of New
      Jersey, as opposed to solely being provided by the state's natural gas
      utilities. NJNG earns no utility gross margin on the commodity portion of its
      natural gas sales. NJNG earns utility gross margin through the delivery of
      natural gas to its customers, or to customers that are supplied their BGSS
      by an
      alternative third-party provider and receive transportation service from NJNG.
      In the case where the customer does not choose a third-party provider NJNG
      must
      provide BGSS.
NJNG's
      financial results are summarized as follows:
Three
                Months Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months Ended
June
                30,
(Thousands)
2007
2006
2007
2006
Utility
                Gross Margin
Operating
                revenues
$
180,980
$
163,914
$
871,198
$
1,029,666
Less:
Gas
                purchases
124,867
118,088
588,723
769,870
Energy
                and other taxes
9,899
7,024
51,197
48,790
Regulatory
                rider expense
6,226
4,005
33,827
25,868
Total
                Utility Gross Margin
$
39,988
$
34,797
$
197,451
$
185,138
Utility
                Gross Margin
Residential
                and commercial
$
31,679
$
28,571
$
166,343
$
159,477
Transportation
5,885
5,516
24,206
18,377
Total
                Utility Firm Gross Margin
37,564
34,087
190,549
177,854
Incentive
                programs
2,242
481
6,426
6,527
Interruptible
182
229
476
757
Total
                Utility Gross Margin
39,988
34,797
197,451
185,138
Operation
                and maintenance expense
22,716
20,199
65,663
61,149
Depreciation
                and amortization
8,940
8,580
26,526
25,480
Other
                taxes not reflected in utility gross margin
770
653
2,248
2,183
Operating
                income
$
7,562
$
5,365
$
103,014
$
96,326
Other
                income
772
980
2,657
2,520
Interest
                charges, net
4,700
3,719
15,337
11,493
Income
                tax provision
1,032
928
34,598
33,463
Net
                income
$
2,602
$
1,698
$
55,736
$
53,890
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Utility
      Gross Margin
NJNG's
      utility gross margin is defined as natural gas revenues less natural gas
      purchases, sales tax, a Transitional Energy Facilities Assessment (TEFA) and
      regulatory rider expenses. Management believes that utility gross margin
      provides a more meaningful basis than revenue for evaluating utility operations
      since natural gas costs, sales tax, TEFA and regulatory rider expenses are
      included in operating revenue and passed through to customers and, therefore,
      have no effect on utility gross margin. This definition of utility gross margin
      may not be comparable to the definition of gross margin used by others in the
      natural gas distribution business and other industries.
Natural
      gas costs are charged to operating expenses on the basis of therm sales at
      the
      prices in NJNG's BGSS tariff, approved by the BPU. The BGSS tariff includes
      projected natural gas costs, net of supplier refunds, the impact of hedging
      activities and credits from non-firm sales and transportation activities. Any
      underrecoveries or overrecoveries from the projected amounts are deferred and
      reflected in the BGSS tariff in subsequent periods.
Sales
      tax
      was calculated at 6 percent of revenue through June 30, 2006, and at 7 percent,
      throughout fiscal 2007. The sales tax calculation excludes sales to cogeneration
      facilities, other utilities, off-system sales and federal accounts.
TEFA,
      which is included in Energy and other taxes on the Condensed Consolidated
      Statements of Income, is calculated on a per-therm basis and excludes sales
      to
      cogeneration facilities, other utilities and off-system sales. TEFA represents
      a
      regulatory allowed assessment imposed on all energy providers in the state
      of
      New Jersey, as TEFA has replaced the previously used utility gross receipts
      tax
      formula.
Regulatory
      rider expenses consist of recovery of state-mandated programs and the
      remediation adjustment clause costs. These expenses are offset by corresponding
      revenues and are calculated on a per-therm basis.
NJNG's
      Operating revenues decreased by $158.5 million, or 15.4 percent, and gas
      purchases decreased by $181.1 million, or 23.5 percent, respectively, for the
      nine months ended June 30, 2007, compared with the same period in the prior
      fiscal year. These decreases were primarily the result of refunds of $51.5
      million and $20 million in December 2006 and March 2007, respectively, to
      residential and small commercial customers and a decrease in off-system sales
      of
      $90 million, partially offset by customer growth.
NJNG's
      Operating revenues and Gas purchases for the three months ended June 30, 2007
      increased $17.1 million, and $6.8 million, respectively, compared with same
      period in the prior fiscal year primarily as a result of increased sales due
      primarily to weather being 35 percent colder than the same period in the prior
      fiscal year, partially offset by a decrease in off-system sales of $6
      million.
Sales
      tax
      and TEFA, which are presented as both components of Revenues and Operating
      Expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, totaled
      $51.2 million and $48.8 million for the nine months, and $10 million and $7
      million for the three months, ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The
      change in the sales tax rate from 6 percent to 7 percent, as applied to NJNG's
      operating revenue, drove the increase for the three month period ended June
      30,
      2007 as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. For the nine
      month
      period ended June 30, 2007, as compared to the same period in the prior year,
      the sales tax increase was partially offset by reduced revenues, as a result
      of
      customer refunds.
Regulation
      rider expenses totaled $33.8 million and $25.9 million for the nine months
      ended
      June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and
$6.2 million and
      $4.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
      The increase in regulatory rider expenses is due primarily to an increase in
      firm throughput sales as a result of customer growth.
Utility
        gross margin is comprised of three major categories:
§
Utility
                  Firm Gross Margin, which is derived from residential and commercial
                  customers who receive natural gas service from NJNG through either
                  sales
                  or transportation tariffs;
§
Incentive
                  programs, where margins generated or savings achieved from BPU-approved
                  off-system sales, capacity release, Financial Risk Management (defined
                  in
                  Incentive Programs, below) or storage incentive programs are shared
                  between customers and NJNG; and
§
Utility
                  gross margin from interruptible customers, which is generated from
                  large
                  commercial and industrial customers who receive non-firm natural
                  gas
                  service at lower rates, and is subject to BPU-approved
                  incentives.
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Utility
      Firm Gross Margin
Effective
      October 1, 2006, the BPU approved the CIP to encourage energy savings while
      allowing NJNG to recover the necessary costs of operations. The three-year
      pilot
      program eliminates the disincentive to promote conservation and energy
      efficiency, since utility gross margin is no longer directly linked to customer
      usage. The CIP tariff normalizes NJNG's utility gross margin recoveries for
      variances not only in weather but also other factors affecting usage, including
      customer conservation. Recovery of utility gross margin through the CIP is
      limited to the amount of certain gas supply cost savings achieved.
For
      the
      three and nine months ended June 30, 2006, utility gross margin from residential
      and commercial customers was impacted by the WNC, which provided for a revenue
      adjustment if the weather varied by more than one-half percent from normal
      weather (i.e., 20-year average). The accumulated adjustment from one heating
      season (i.e., October through May) was billed or credited to customers in
      subsequent periods. This mechanism reduced the variability of both customers'
bills and NJNG's earnings due to weather fluctuations. The existing WNC has been
      suspended as of October 1, 2006 due to the implementation of the CIP pilot
      program.
Customers
      switching between sales service and transportation service affect the components
      of utility gross margin from firm customers. NJNG's total utility gross margin
      is not negatively affected by customers who use its transportation service
      and
      purchase natural gas from another supplier because its tariff is designed so
      that no profit is earned on the natural gas commodity portion of sales to firm
      customers. All customers who purchase natural gas from another supplier continue
      to use NJNG for transportation service.
Total
      utility firm gross margin increased $3.5 million, or 10.2 percent, for the
      three
      months and $12.7 million, or 7.1 percent, for the nine months ended June 30,
      2007, respectively, compared with the same periods of the prior fiscal year.
      The
      changes were due primarily to:
§
The
                effect of the CIP in the current fiscal year, which captures the
                impact
                from both weather and customer usage, when compared to the same periods
                in
                the prior fiscal year when the WNC, which did not capture the impact
                of
                lower usage per degree day, was in effect;
§
Residential
                and commercial transport customer growth of 8.3 percent and 25.5
                percent
                respectively; and
§
Residential,
                commercial and industrial sales customer growth of 1.4
                percent.
Utility
      gross margin from residential and commercial customers is impacted by the CIP,
      which provides for a revenue adjustment if the weather and usage varies from
      the
      established baseline weather and usage factors. The accumulated adjustment
      from
      one year is billed or credited to customers in subsequent periods. This
      mechanism protects NJNG's utility gross margin due to weather and customer usage
      fluctuations while allowing NJNG to promote conservation. The weather for the
      three months ended June 30, 2007 was 4.0 percent colder than normal, which
      resulted in a reduction of the accrual of utility gross margin under the CIP
      of
      $225,000. The weather for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 was 5.4 percent
      warmer than normal, which resulted in an accrual of utility gross margin under
      the CIP of $8.2 million. In addition, customer usage was lower than the
      established benchmark, which resulted in an additional accrual of utility gross
      margin under the CIP of $7.4 million.
Utility
      firm gross margin from transportation service increased $5.8 million, or 31.7
      percent, for the nine months ended June 30, 2007, and $369,000, or 6.7 percent,
      for the three months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, compared with the same
      periods in the prior fiscal year. NJNG transported 7.8 Bcf and 6.6 Bcf for
      the
      nine months ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006, respectively, and 1.5 Bcf
      and
      1.7 Bcf for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006,
      respectively. The increase in utility firm gross margin was due primarily to
      an
      increase in
the
      number of commercial customers switching from firm to transportation services,
      combined with the impact of the CIP program.
NJNG
        had
        9,197 and 8,491 residential customers and 4,637 and 3,695 commercial customers
        using its transportation service at June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
        The
        increase in residential transportation customers was due primarily to a change
        in marketing efforts by third-party natural gas service providers in NJNG's
        service territory to focus on the commercial sector.
During
        the nine months ended June 30, 2007, NJNG added 5,645 new customers, 38.5
        percent of which converted from other fuels. In addition, 357 existing customers
        added natural gas heat to their existing service. In fiscal 2007, NJNG currently
        expects to add approximately 9,000 new customers and add natural gas heat
        to 700
        existing customers. Achieving these expectations would represent an estimated
        annual customer growth rate of approximately 1.9 percent.
These
        growth expectations are based upon management's review of local planning board
        data, recent market research performed by third parties, builder surveys
        and
        studies of population growth rates in NJNG's service territory. However, future
        sales will be affected by the weather, actual energy usage patterns of NJNG's
        customers, economic conditions in NJNG's service territory, conversion and
        conservation activity, the impact of changing from a regulated to a competitive
        environment, changes in state regulation and other marketing efforts, as
        has
        been the case in prior years.
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Incentive
      Programs
To
      reduce
      the overall cost of its natural gas supply commitments, NJNG has entered into
      contracts to sell natural gas to wholesale customers outside its franchise
      territory when the natural gas is not needed for system requirements. These
      off-system sales enable NJNG to spread its fixed demand costs, which are charged
      by pipelines to access their supplies year round, over a larger and more diverse
      customer base. NJNG also participates in the capacity release market on the
      interstate pipeline network when the capacity is not needed for its firm system
      requirements. NJNG retains 15 percent of the utility gross margin from these
      sales, with 85 percent credited to firm customers through the BGSS.
The
      Financial Risk Management (FRM) program is designed to provide price stability
      to NJNG's natural gas supply portfolio. The FRM program includes an incentive
      mechanism designed to encourage the use of financial instruments to hedge NJNG's
      natural gas costs, enabling NJNG customers to retain 80 percent, and
      NJNG to retain 20 percent, of these costs and results.
The
      storage incentive program shares gains and losses on an 80 percent and 20
      percent basis between customers and NJNG, respectively. This program measures
      the difference between the actual cost of natural gas injected into storage
      and
      a benchmark applicable to the April-through-October injection
      season.
NJNG's
      incentive programs totaled 6.5 Bcf and generated $2.2 million of utility gross
      margin for the three months ended June 30, 2007, compared with 8.3 Bcf and
      $481,000 of utility gross margin in the same period in the prior fiscal year.
      NJNG's incentive programs totaled 26.9 Bcf and generated $6.4 million of utility
      gross margin for the nine months ended June 30, 2007, compared with 30.0 Bcf
      and
      $6.5 million of utility gross margin, for the same period in the prior fiscal
      year. For the three month period ended June 30, 2007, the increase in utility
      gross margin was due primarily to timing differences in the storage incentive
      program as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year. For the nine
      month period ended June 30, 2007, the slight decrease in utility gross margin
      was due primarily to lower off-system sales margin from lower volumes sold
      as
      driven by market opportunities, which was mostly offset with a higher margin
      from the storage incentive program.
New
      York
      Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) settlement prices for natural gas are a general
      indication of the monthly market movements. NYMEX prices have decreased from
      an
      average of $9.580/dth for the nine months ending June 30, 2006 to $6.959/dth
      for
      the nine months ended June 30, 2007, which represents a 27.4 percent decrease,
      while the average off-system price decreased by 22.4 percent from an average
      of
      $9.986/dth for the nine months ended June 30, 2006 to $7.752/dth for the nine
      months ended June 30, 2007.
Interruptible
NJNG
      serves 45 customers through interruptible sales and/or transportation tariffs.
      Sales made under the interruptible sales tariff are priced on market-sensitive
      energy parity rates. Although therms sold and transported to interruptible
      customers represented approximately 4.1 percent and 4.8 percent of total
      throughput for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively,
      they
      accounted for less than 1 percent of the total utility
gross
      margin in both periods due to the sharing formulas that govern these sales.
      Under these formulas, NJNG retains 10 percent of the utility gross margin from
      interruptible sales and 5 percent of the utility gross margin from
      transportation sales, with 90 percent and 95 percent, respectively, credited
      to
      firm sales customers through the BGSS. Interruptible sales were .01 and .02
      Bcf
      for the nine months ended June 30, 2007, and 2006, respectively. In addition,
      NJNG transported 3.4 Bcf and 4.0 Bcf for the nine months ended June 30, 2007
      and
      2006, respectively, for its interruptible customers.
Operation
      and Maintenance Expense
Operation
      and maintenance (O&M) expense increased $2.5 million, or 12.5 percent, and
      $4.5 million, or 7.4 percent, for the three months and nine months ended June
      30, 2007, respectively, compared with the same periods in the prior fiscal year.
      The three-month increase was due primarily to higher labor and benefit costs
      of
      approximately $1.0 million and pipeline maintenance of $777,000. The
      increase during the first nine months of fiscal year 2007 was due primarily
      to
      higher compensation costs of $1.9 million, increase in insurance premiums of
      $892,000, a reserve associated with a BPU settlement relating to natural gas
      costs of $500,000, partially offset by lower bad debt expense of $280,000.
      Higher compensation costs are due primarily to an increase in the number of
      employees as well as annual wage increases, while lower bad debt expense is
      a
      direct result of decreased revenue, through customer refunds and lower sales,
      as
      noted above. The reserve for the BPU settlement is related to a settlement
      of a
      prior gas supply audit, performed by the BPU, related to natural gas purchased
      and used for NJNG's own operational purposes.
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Operating
      Income
Operating
      income increased $2.2 million, or 41 percent, and $6.7 million, or 6.9 percent,
      for the three months and nine months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, compared
      with the same periods in the prior fiscal year. The increase was due primarily
      to the implementation of the CIP tariff which became effective beginning in
      fiscal 2007. The implementation of the CIP allowed for the recovery of utility
      gross margin, as a result of the decrease in natural gas used due to the warmer
      than normal weather, as well as the reduction in customer usage per degree
      day,
      as noted in the discussion above. During the nine months ended June 30, 2006,
      the WNC did not capture reductions in customer usage, but only the variability
      experienced by NJNG's utility gross margin as a result of weather
      fluctuations.
Interest
      Charges
Interest
      charges increased $1 million and $3.8 million for the three months and nine
      months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods in
      the
      prior fiscal year, due primarily to an increase in short-term borrowings and
      higher interest rates, as well as interest due to customers on greater balances
      associated with overrecovered gas costs.
Net
      Income
Net
      income increased $904,000, or 53 percent, and $1.8 million, or 3.4 percent,
      in
      the three and nine months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to
      the
      same periods in the prior fiscal year, due primarily to higher operating income
      as a result of the implementation of the CIP and a reduction in bad debt
      expense, partially offset by higher labor expense and the reserve for the BPU
      settlement described above, as well as higher interest expense.
Energy
      Services Operations
Management
      believes that NJRES' gross margin, which is defined as natural gas revenues and
      management fees less natural gas costs and fixed demand costs, is a better
      indicator of results, as revenues from the sale of natural gas to its customers,
      on a wholesale basis, is highly correlated to the wholesale price of natural
      gas. NJRES utilizes contractual assets that it controls for natural gas storage
      and pipeline transportation to meet its various sale and delivery commitments
      to
      its customers.
NJRES
      purchases gas predominantly in the eastern United States and Canada, and
      transports that gas, through the use of pipeline contracts to which it has
      reserved capacity through the payment of a fixed demand charge, to either
      storage facilities that it has reserved, primarily in the Appalachian,
      Mid-Continent and Gulf regions of the United States and Canada or directly
      to
      customers in various market areas including the Northeastern region of the
      United States and eastern Canada. NJRES purchases physical natural gas and
      then
      sells financial contracts at advantageous prices to establish an initial gross
      profit margin for each transaction. Through the use of its contracts for natural
      gas storage and pipeline capacity, NJRES is able to take advantage of pricing
      differences between geographic locations, commonly referred to as "locational
      spreads," as well as over different time periods, for the
delivery
      of natural gas to its customers, thereby improving the initially established
      gross margin result. NJRES utilizes financial futures, forwards and swap
      contracts to fix and protect the cash flows surrounding these
      transactions.
Predominantly
      all of NJRES' sales to customers result in the physical delivery of natural gas,
      and therefore, NJRES accounts for its sales using the accrual method of
      accounting by employing the "normal purchase normal sale" scope exception of
      SFAS No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
      Activities
, as amended (SFAS 133). NJRES' use of financial futures,
      forwards and swap contracts are designed to qualify as cash flow hedges under
      SFAS 133, whereby the underlying change in the fair value of these derivative
      instruments is deferred on the balance sheet and recognized in earnings, as
      a
      component of Gas purchases, when the underlying transaction is settled through
      the delivery of natural gas.
Demand
      charges of NJRES, which represent the right to use natural gas pipeline and
      storage capacity assets of a third-party for a fixed period of time, are
      expensed ratably over the term of the related natural gas pipeline or storage
      contract. Due to the seasonality of NJRES' revenue stream, and the fixed nature
      of the demand charges, NJRES normally incurs losses during the non-peak summer
      operating period.
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NJRES'
      financial results are summarized as follows:
Three Months Ended
Nine
                Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
(Thousands)
2007
2006
2007
2006
Operating
                revenues
$
476,383
$
365,373
$
1,540,558
$
1,716,093
Gas
                purchases (including fixed demand charges)
485,311
371,589
1,445,609
1,640,970
Gross
                (loss) margin
(8,928
)
(6,216
)
94,949
75,123
Operation
                and maintenance expense
5,967
3,491
13,120
10,432
Depreciation
                and amortization
53
53
161
156
Other
                taxes
155
165
515
496
Operating
                income
$
(15,103
)
$
(9,925
)
$
81,153
$
64,039
Net
                income
$
(8,915
)
$
(6,397
)
$
46,084
$
35,499
NJRES'
        gross
        loss increased $2.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007, as
        compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year, due primarily to fewer
        opportunities to arbitrage and extract additional margin from the existing
        portfolio of storage and transportation capacity assets. The moderate weather
        conditions during the period caused pricing spreads to become more narrow,
        which
        resulted in fewer prospects to optimize and generate incremental margin from
        portfolios of existing assets. The decrease in margin was partially offset
        by
        certain cash flow hedges that were deemed ineffective upon the adoption of
        SFAS
        133. These hedges, which concluded in October 2006, incurred losses that
        were
        recorded in the prior fiscal year period and did not recur in fiscal 2007.
NJRES'
      gross margin increased $19.8 million for the nine months ended June 30,
      2007, as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal year, due primarily
      to
      the impact of weather on natural gas prices during the second quarter of the
      current fiscal year, larger gas volumes being sold, and a change in market
      prices between the cost to acquire and transport natural gas. The favorable
      pricing conditions enabled NJRES to significantly optimize its storage positions
      through an acceleration of withdrawal activity during the months of February
      and
      March 2007, as well as, capturing additional gross margin on existing basis
      positions that reflected wider pricing spreads. The margin increase was
      partially offset by higher demand costs as NJRES utilized more short-term
      transportation and storage contracts as part of its delivery and optimization
      strategy.
NJRES'
      operation and maintenance expense increased by $2.5 million and $2.7 million
      for
      the three and nine month periods ended June 30, 2007, respectively, compared
      with the same periods in the prior fiscal year. The increases for the three
      and nine months ended June 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in the
      prior fiscal year, were due to increased compensation and incentive costs as
      a
      result of improved operational performance.
Future
      results are subject to NJRES' ability to maintain and expand its wholesale
      marketing activities and are contingent upon many other factors, including
      an
      adequate number of appropriate counterparties, sufficient liquidity in the
      energy trading market and continued access to the capital markets. In addition,
      NJRES' gross margin from its portfolio of capacity assets is generally greater
      in the winter months, while the fixed costs of these assets are spread
      throughout the year. Accordingly, the results for the three and nine months
      ended June 30, 2007 are not expected to be an indication of the results for
      the
      fiscal year.
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Retail
      and Other Operations
The
      financial results of Retail and Other consists primarily of NJRHS, which
      provides service, sales and installation of appliances to over 148,000
      customers; CR&R, which holds and develops commercial real estate; NJR
      Energy, an investor in energy-related ventures through its operating
      subsidiaries; NJNR Pipeline, which consists of the Company's equity investment
      in Iroquois; NJR Steckman Ridge Storage Company, which holds the Company's
      equity investment in Steckman Ridge; and NJR Investment, which makes certain
      energy-related equity investments.
The
      Consolidated financial results of Retail and Other are summarized as
      follows:
Three
                Months Ended
June
                30,
Nine
                Months Ended
June
                30,
(Thousands)
2007
2006
2007
2006
Operating
                revenues
$
8,066
$
6,884
$
19,914
$
19,547
Other
                income
$
758
$
376
$
2,397
$
1,742
Net
                income
$
1,361
$
724
$
1,879
$
1,101
Retail
      and Other Operating revenue increased by $1.2 million, or 17.2 percent, and
      $400,000, or 1.9 percent, for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2007,
      respectively, compared with the same periods last year. The increases were
      due
      primarily to greater sales volumes associated with installations of cooling
      equipment during the three months ended June 30, 2007 at NJRHS.
The
      increase in Other income is attributed to improved earnings from NJNR Pipeline's
      equity investment in Iroquois.
Liquidity
      and Capital Resources
Consolidated
NJR's
      objective is to maintain a consolidated capital structure that reflects the
      different characteristics of each business segment and provides adequate
      financial flexibility for accessing capital markets as required.
NJR's
      consolidated capital structure was as follows:
June
                30,
2007
September
                30,
2006
Common
                stock equity
54
%
50
%
Long-term
                debt
27
27
Short-term
                debt
19
23
Total
100
%
100
%
NJR
      did
      not repurchase any shares of its common stock during the nine month period
      ending June 30, 2007.
NJR
      and
      its unregulated subsidiaries rely on utilizing committed credit facilities
      to
      provide liquidity to meet working capital and external debt-financing
      requirements.
NJNG
      satisfies its debt needs by issuing short- and long-term debt based upon its
      own
      financial profile. NJNG does not guarantee or otherwise directly support the
      debt of NJR. The seasonal nature of NJNG's operations creates large short-term
      cash requirements, primarily to finance natural gas purchases and customer
      accounts receivable. NJNG obtains working capital for these requirements, and
      for the temporary financing of construction and MGP remediation expenditures
      and
      energy tax payments, through the issuance of commercial paper and short-term
      bank loans.
In
      May
      2007, NJNG petitioned the BPU requesting authorization to issue and sell, in
      one
      or more series, an aggregate of $125 million in medium-term notes through July
      31, 2010. The notes may be issued on a secured or unsecured basis and maturities
      can range from one to forty years. The proceeds from the issuance of the notes
      will be used to refinance short-term debt, which has been incurred to fund
      capital expenditure requirements and pension and other post-employment benefit
      programs.
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As
      of
      June 30, 2007, NJR, NJRES and NJNG had committed credit facilities of $605
      million with approximately $322 million available under these facilities (see
Note 6. Debt).
NJR,
      NJNG
      and NJRES currently anticipate that their remaining financing requirements
      in
      fiscal 2007 will be met through the issuance of short-term and long-term debt
      and proceeds from the Company's Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan. The
      aforementioned proposed issuance of medium-term debt to satisfy some of NJNG's
      financing requirements is pending BPU review and approval.
The
      following table is a summary of NJR's, NJNG's and NJRES's contractual cash
      obligations and their applicable payment due dates as of June 30,
      2007:
Up to
2-3
4-5
After
(Thousands)
Total
1 Year
Years
Years
5 Years
Long-term
                debt
*
$
446,776
$
12,892
$
76,437
$
37,739
$
319,708
Capital
                lease obligations
*
86,131
7,994
15,989
18,584
43,564
Operating
                leases
*
8,874
2,962
3,966
1,353
593
Short-term
                debt
227,000
227,000
—
—
—
Clean
                energy program
*
12,523
9,182
3,341
—
—
Construction
                obligations
5,796
5,796
—
—
—
Natural
                gas supply purchase obligations – NJNG
81,095
78,560
1,029
1,506
—
Demand
                fee commitments - NJNG
428,541
80,103
154,113
111,110
83,215
Natural
                gas supply purchase obligations - NJRES
929,998
468,975
461,023
—
—
Demand
                fee commitments - NJRES
210,013
85,148
80,863
31,084
12,918
Total
                NJR, NJNG and NJRES contractual cash
Obligations
$
2,436,747
$
978,612
$
796,761
$
201,376
$
459,998
*These
      obligations include an interest component.
As
      of
      June 30, 2007, there were NJR guarantees covering approximately $284 million
      of
      natural gas purchases, demand fee commitments and swap agreements of NJRES,
      NJNG
      and NJR Energy, not yet reflected in Accounts payable on the Condensed
      Consolidated Balance Sheet. These NJR guarantees are related to transactions
      with various expiration dates through October 2016. NJR would have to provide
      for payment in the event of default by NJRES, NJNG or NJR Energy.
Not
      included in the table above is NJR's obligation to fund up to $72.5 million, in
      addition to the $52.5 million invested during the second quarter of fiscal
      2007,
      for the development and construction of the natural gas storage facility to
      be
      owned and operated by Steckman Ridge. NJR believes that Steckman Ridge will
      be
      able to be financed on a project basis in order to fund these development and
      construction costs.
The
      Company is not currently required to make minimum pension funding contributions
      during fiscal 2007. The Company's funding level to its OPEB plans is expected to
      be approximately $600,000 annually over the next five years.
Off-Balance
      Sheet Arrangements
The
      Company does not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements.
Cash
      Flows
Operating
      Activities
As
      presented in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, net cash
      provided by operating activities was $160.6 million for the nine months ended
      June 30, 2007, compared with $44.7 million in the same period in the prior
      fiscal year. Operating cash flows are primarily impacted by variations in
      working capital which are a function of the seasonality of NJR's business and
      fluctuations in wholesale natural gas prices. In addition to higher net income
      and lower MGP expenditures, changes to the following components of working
      capital contributed to the increase in operating cash flows during fiscal 2007
      compared to fiscal 2006:
§
At
                NJNG, a decrease in the change in accounts receivable of $110.1 million,
                a
                decrease in customer credit balances of $37.0 million, and a decrease
                in
                overrecovered gas costs primarily as a result of credits issued to
                retail
                customers due to reductions in the wholesale cost of natural
                gas;
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§
A
                decrease in gas inventory values at NJNG due to lower volumes held,
                largely as a result of the 2007 winter withdrawal season, partially
                offset
                by higher average inventory prices;
§
An
                increase in NJNG's gas purchases payable mostly as a result of larger
                storage injections at higher average prices during June
                2007;
§
NJRES'
                gas inventory and gas purchases payable decreased during fiscal 2007
                as a
                result of lower average prices compared to fiscal 2006, during which
                inventory values increased as a result of limited withdrawals during
                the
                winter period coupled with a higher average cost of
                gas.
NJNG's
      MGP expenditures, exclusive of insurance recoveries, are currently expected
      to
      total $21.8 million in fiscal 2007 (see
Note 12. Commitments and Contingent
      Liabilities).
Operating cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2007
      include the receipt of $12.8 million in January, 2007 related to the settlement
      of certain claims against NJNG's insurance company (see
Note 12. Commitments
      and Contingent Liabilities – Legal Proceedings – Kemper Insurance Company
      Litigation)
.
Financing
      Activities
Cash
      flow
      used in financing activities totaled $65.7 million for the nine months ended
      June 30, 2007, compared with $19.9 million used in the same period in the prior
      fiscal year. The change was due primarily to a decrease in short-and long-term
      borrowings, compared with the same period in the prior fiscal year.
NJNG's
      short-term debt primarily supports Gas inventory build-up during the summer
      months and Gas purchases. NJNG's short-term debt decreased due primarily to
      seasonal cash flows during the winter heating season.
NJR's
      short-term borrowings decreased during the nine months ended June 30, 2007
      due
      primarily to the use of internally generated cash utilized to provide for
      payment of NJRES' natural gas storage inventory, which was offset by
      acquisition costs relating to NJR's investment in the Steckman Ridge gas storage
      facility.
NJRES'
      use of high-injection, high-withdrawal storage facilities and anticipated
      pipeline park-and-loan arrangements, combined with related hedging activities
      in
      the volatile wholesale natural gas market, create significant short-term cash
      requirements, which are funded by NJR or its committed credit facility
      guaranteed by NJR.
In
      October 2005, under the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) Act,
      NJNG used proceeds from EDA Series 2005A and 2005B bonds to refinance NJNG's
      $10.3 million, 5.38 percent Series W First Mortgage Bonds and its $10.5
      million, 6.25 percent Series Y First Mortgage Bonds. Also in October 2005,
      the EDA issued its 4.9 percent (Series 2005C) Natural Gas Facilities Revenue
      Bonds. The net proceeds from the 2005C bonds were deposited into a construction
      fund. NJNG immediately drew down $2.5 million from the construction fund and
      issued its $15 million, 4.9 percent Series KK bonds to the EDA with a maturity
      date of October 1, 2040. NJNG drew down an additional $4 million from the
      construction fund in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006.
In
      December 2006 and 2005, NJNG received $5.5 million and $4.1 million in
      connection with the sale-leaseback of its vintage 2006 and 2005 meters,
      respectively. NJNG plans to continue the sale-leaseback meter program on an
      annual basis.
Investing
      Activities
Cash
      flow
      used in investing activities totaled $94.2 million for the nine months ended
      June 30, 2007, compared with $45.1 million for the same period in the prior
      fiscal year. The increase was due primarily to NJR's investment of $52.5 million
      in the Steckman Ridge partnership and increased capital expenditures for utility
      plant additions at NJNG, partially offset by the absence of the net $12.5
      million deposit into a construction fund created under the EDA financing
      arrangement in fiscal 2006 described above.
NJNG's
        capital expenditures result primarily from the need for services, mains and
        meters to support its continued customer growth, pipeline safety rulemaking
        and
        general system improvements. NJNG's capital expenditures are expected to
        increase in fiscal 2007 and 2008, compared with fiscal 2006, as a result
        of
        increased system integrity projects and expected replacement required under
        pipeline safety rulemaking.
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NJRES
      does not currently anticipate any significant capital expenditures in fiscal
      2007 and 2008.
Retail
      and Other capital expenditures each year have been primarily made in connection
      with investments made to preserve the value of real estate holdings. During
      the
      second quarter of fiscal 2007, NJR and Spectra Energy Corporation, through
      their
      respective subsidiaries, formed a partnership to develop and operate the
      Steckman Ridge gas storage facility. NJR will share 50 percent of the
      acquisition and development costs of the storage facility, up to a maximum
      of
      $125 million, of which $52.5 million was expended through June 2007, as noted
      above.
NJR's
        investment in Steckman Ridge is consistent with its strategy of seeking
        ownership opportunities in the mid-stream sector of the natural gas business,
        which compliments its existing operations in this sector, as NJR also has
        an
        ownership interest in Iroquois.  NJR expects Steckman Ridge to seek
        non-recourse project financing for a majority of its capital requirements
        when a
        sufficient amount of contracts are in place to obtain such
        financing.
Credit
      Ratings
The
      table
      below summarizes NJNG's credit ratings issued by two rating entities, Standard
      and Poor's (S&P), and Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
      (Moody's).
Standard &
Poor's
Moody's
Corporate
                Rating
A+
N/A
Commercial
                Paper
A-1
P-1
Senior
                Secured
AA-
Aa3
Ratings
                Outlook
Negative
Stable
NJNG's
      S&P and Moody's Senior Secured ratings are investment grade ratings and
      represent the ninth highest rating within the investment grade category. Moody's
      and S&P give NJNG's commercial paper the highest rating within the
      Commercial Paper investment grade category. Investment grade ratings are
      generally divided into three groups: high, upper medium and medium. NJNG's
      senior secured ratings and the commercial paper ratings fall into the high
      group. NJR is not a rated entity.
NJNG
      is
      not party to any lending agreements that would accelerate the maturity date
      of
      any obligation caused by a failure to maintain any specific credit rating.
      A
      rating set forth above is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold the
      Company's or NJNG's securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at
      any time. Each rating set forth above should be evaluated independently of
      any
      other rating.
The
      timing and mix of any external financings will target a common equity ratio
      that
      is consistent with maintaining the Company's current short- and long-term credit
      ratings.
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IT
EM
      3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT
      MARKET RISK
Financial
      Risk Management
Commodity
      Market Risks
Natural
      gas is a nationally traded commodity, and its prices are determined effectively
      by the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and over-the-counter markets.
      The prices on the NYMEX and over-the-counter markets generally reflect the
      notional balance of natural gas supply and demand, but are also influenced
      significantly from time to time by other events.
The
      regulated and unregulated natural gas businesses of the Company and its
      subsidiaries are subject to market risk due to fluctuations in the price of
      natural gas. To hedge against such fluctuations, the Company and its
      subsidiaries have entered into futures contracts, options agreements and swap
      agreements. To manage these instruments, the Company has well-defined risk
      management policies and procedures that include daily monitoring of volumetric
      limits and monetary guidelines. The Company's natural gas businesses are
      conducted through three of its operating subsidiaries. First, NJNG is a
      regulated utility that uses futures, options and swaps to hedge against price
      fluctuations and its recovery of natural gas costs is governed by the BPU.
      Second, NJRES uses futures, options and swaps to hedge purchases and sales
      of
      natural gas. Finally, NJR Energy has entered into two swap transactions to
      hedge
      an 18-year fixed-price contract to sell remaining volumes of approximately
      7.9
      Bcf of natural gas (Gas Sales Contract) to an energy marketing company which
      expire on October 31, 2010. NJR Energy has hedged both the price and
      physical delivery risks associated with the Gas Sales Contract.
The
      following table reflects the changes in the fair market value of commodity
      derivatives from September 30, 2006 to June 30, 2007:
Balance
September 30,
Increase
(Decrease)
in Fair
Amounts
Balance
June
                30,
(Thousands)
2006
Market Value
Settled
2007
NJNG
$
(82,451
)
$
1,943
$
(8,014
)
$
(72,494
)
NJRES
116,547
72,274
136,683
52,138
NJR
                Energy
35,423
(2,169
)
554
32,700
Total
$
69,519
$
72,048
$
129,223
$
12,344
There
      were no changes in methods of valuations during the three months ended June
      30,
      2007.
The
      following is a summary of fair market value of commodity derivatives at June
      30,
      2007, by method of valuation and by maturity for each fiscal year
      period:
(Thousands)
Remaining
2007
2008
2009
                - 2011
After
2011
Total
Fair
                Value
Price
                based on NYMEX
$
(8,280
)
$
16,872
$(4,018
)
$
—
$
4,574
Price
                based on over-the-counter published quotations
(100
)
7,551
319
—
7,770
Total
$
(8,380
)
$
24,423
$(3,699
)
$
—
$
12,344
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The
      following is a summary of commodity derivatives by type as of June 30,
      2007:
Net
                  Volume
(Bcf)
Price per
Mmbtu
Amounts
                Included in Derivatives
(Thousands)
NJNG
Futures
(2.9
)
$
6.64
                - $ 9.39
$
(7,172
)
Swaps
(3.2
)
$
3.99
                - $ 8.74
$
(65,800
)
Options
6.4
$
6.75
                - $11.00
$
478
NJRES
Futures
(12.1
)
$
6.63
                - $11.59
$
11,158
Swaps
(70.9
)
$
6.46
                - $11.38
$
41,112
Options
—
$
7.00
                - $14.20
$
(132
)
NJRE
Swaps
8.5
$
3.07
                - $ 4.41
$
32,700
Total
$
12,344
The
      Company uses a value-at-risk (VaR) model to assess the market risk of its net
      futures, options and swap positions. VaR represents the potential loss in value
      of NJRES' trading portfolio due to adverse market movements over a defined time
      horizon (NJRES utilizes holding periods of 1 day and 10 days) with a specified
      confidence level (NJRES utilizes either a 95 percent or 99 percent confidence
      level). As an example, utilizing a 1 day holding period with a 95 percent
      confidence level would indicate that there is a 5 percent chance that the
      liquidation value of the NJRES portfolio would fall below the expected trading
      value by an amount at least as large as the calculated VaR.
The
      VaR
      as of June 30, 2007, using the variance-covariance method with a 95 percent
      confidence level and a 1-day holding period, was $2.1 million. The VaR with
      a 99
      percent confidence level and a 10-day holding period was $9.3 million. These
      estimates may not be indicative of actual results because actual market
      fluctuations may differ from forecasted fluctuations.
Wholesale
      Credit Risk
NJNG,
      NJRES and NJR Energy engage in wholesale marketing activities. NJR monitors
      and
      manages the credit risk of its wholesale marketing operations through credit
      policies and procedures that management believes reduce overall credit risk.
      These policies include a review and evaluation of prospective counterparties'
financial statements and/or credit ratings, daily monitoring of counterparties'
credit limits, daily communication with traders regarding credit status and
      the
      use of credit mitigation measures, such as minimum margin requirements,
      collateral requirements and netting agreements. Examples of collateral include
      letters of credit and cash received for either prepayment or margin
      deposit.
The
      Company's Risk Management Committee (RMC) continuously monitors NJR's credit
      risk management policies and procedures. The RMC meets twice a month and, among
      other things, evaluates the effectiveness of existing credit policies and
      procedures, reviews material transactions and discusses emerging
      issues.
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Following
        is a summary of gross and net credit exposures, grouped by investment and
        noninvestment grade counterparties, as of June 30, 2007. Gross credit exposure
        is defined as the unrealized fair value of derivative and energy trading
        contracts plus any outstanding receivable for the value of natural gas delivered
        for which payment has not yet been received. Net credit exposure is defined
        as
        gross credit exposure reduced by collateral received from counterparties
        and/or
        payables, where netting agreements exist. The amounts presented below exclude
        accounts receivable for retail natural gas sales and services.
Unregulated
      counterparty credit exposure as of June 30, 2007, is as follows:
(Thousands)
Gross
                Credit
Exposure
Net
                Credit
Exposure
Investment
                grade
$
153,335
$
120,729
Noninvestment
                grade
11,946
—
Internally
                rated investment grade
40,536
23,779
Internally
                rated noninvestment grade
4,991
—
Total
$
210,808
$
144,508
NJNG's
      counterparty credit exposure as of June 30, 2007, is as follows:
(Thousands)
Gross
                Credit
Exposure
Net
                Credit
Exposure
Investment
                grade
$
13,191
$
9,089
Noninvestment
                grade
473
—
Internally
                rated investment grade
1,722
265
Internally
                rated noninvestment grade
—
—
Total
$
15,386
$
9,354
Due
      to
      the inherent volatility in the prices of natural gas commodities and
      derivatives, the market value of contractual positions with individual
      counterparties could exceed established credit limits or collateral provided
      by
      those counterparties. If a counterparty failed to perform the obligations under
      its contract (for example, failed to deliver or pay for natural gas), then
      the
      Company could sustain a loss. This loss would comprise the loss on natural
      gas
      delivered but not paid for and/or the cost of replacing natural gas not
      delivered at a price higher than the price in the original contract. Any such
      loss could have a material impact on the Company's financial condition, results
      of operations or cash flows.
Interest
      Rate Risk–Long-Term Debt
At
      June
      30, 2007, the Company (excluding NJNG) had no variable-rate long-term
      debt.
At
      June
      30, 2007, NJNG had total variable-rate, tax-exempt long-term debt of $97
      million, which is hedged by interest rate caps expiring in July 2009 that
      limit NJNG's variable-rate debt exposure from the tax-exempt EDA bonds at 4.5
      percent.
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      4.          CONTROLS AND
      PROCEDURES
As
      of the
      end of the period reported on in this report, NJR has undertaken an evaluation
      under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the
      Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of
      the
      design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures, pursuant to
      Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based upon that
      evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded
      that NJR's disclosure controls and procedures were effective with regard to the
      recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, within the time periods
      specified in the SEC's rules and forms, of information required to be
      disclosed by NJR in the reports that it files or submits under the
      Exchange Act.
NJR continually
      reviews its disclosure controls and procedures and makes changes, as
      necessary, to ensure the quality of its financial reporting. There have
      been no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred
      during the third quarter of 2007 that have materially affected, or are
      reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial
      reporting.
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RT
      II – OTHER INFORMATION
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EM
      1.          LEGAL
      PROCEEDINGS
Information
      regarding reportable legal proceedings is contained in Part I, "Item 3. Legal
      Proceedings" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September
      30,
      2006, as updated in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
      quarters ended December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007, and is set forth in Part
      I,
      Item 1, Note 12,
Commitment and Contingent Liabilities—Legal
      Proceedings
. .No legal proceedings became reportable during the quarter
      ended June 30, 2007 and there have been no material developments during such
      quarter regarding any previously reported legal proceedings, which have not
      been
      previously disclosed.
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EM
      1A.        RISK
      FACTORS
Part
      I,
      Item 1A, "Risk Factors," of our 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Part II,
      Item 1A "Risk Factors," of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
      ended March 31, 2007 include a detailed discussion of our risk factors. There
      have been no changes to those risk factors during the three-month period ended
      June 30, 2007.
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      2.         UNREGISTERED SALE OF
      EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
In
      1996,
      the NJR Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 1 million of
      the
      Company's common shares. Since 1996, the repurchase plan has been expanded
      several times, most recently in January 2006, to permit the repurchase of up
      to
      3.5 million shares. As of June 30, 2007, the Company has repurchased 3.15
      million shares of its common stock.
The
      following table sets forth NJR's repurchase activity for the quarter ended June
      30, 2007:
Period
Total
                  Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased
Average
                  Price Paid per Share (or Unit)
Total
                  Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced
                  Plans
                  or Programs
Maximum
                  Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) That
                  May Yet be
                  Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
04/1/07
                  – 04/30/07
—
—
—
348,147
05/1/07
                  – 05/31/07
—
—
—
348,147
06/1/07
                  – 06/30/07
—
—
—
348,147
Total
—
—
—
348,147
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EM
      6.                      EXHIBITS
(a)
Exhibits
31.1
Certification
                of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to section 302 of the
                Sarbanes-Oxley Act
31.2
Certification
                of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to section 302 of the
                Sarbanes-Oxley Act
32.1
Certification
                of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to section 906 of the
                Sarbanes-Oxley Act*
32.2
Certification
                of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to section 906 of the
                Sarbanes-Oxley Act*
*This
      certificate accompanies this report pursuant to Section 906 of the
      Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed filed by NJR for purposes
      of
      Section 18 or any other provision of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended.
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SI
GNATURE
Pursuant
                to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
                has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
                thereunto duly authorized.
NEW
                JERSEY RESOURCES
Date:  August
                2, 2007
/s/Glenn
                C. Lockwood
Glenn
                C. Lockwood
Senior
                Vice President and Chief Financial
                Officer
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