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      STATES</strong></font></a></div>
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      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong></font></div>
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      D.C. 20549</strong></font></div>
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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 DECEMBER 31, 2006</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
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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>
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      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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      registered pursuant to Section&#160;12 (b)&#160;of the Act:</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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>New
                York Stock Exchange</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Title
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                registered)</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Indicate
      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.
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Large
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      Non-accelerated filer:&#160;</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><strong>o</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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      number of shares outstanding of $2.50 par value Common Stock as of February
      6,
      2007 was 27,833,620.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><a name="InformationConcerningForwardlooki_120309"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>FORWARD-LOOKING
      STATEMENTS</strong></font></a></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 1. &#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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      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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                changes in the New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) service
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                rate of NJNG customer growth;</font></div>
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                agencies;</font></div>
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                other
                regulatory changes;</font></div>
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                uncertainties;</font></div>
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                companies.</font></div>
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      preparation of management&#8217;s discussion and analysis of results of operations and
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff thin solid;">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Total
                noncurrent liabilities</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">515,506</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">&#160;</td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2,398,928</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff solid;">&#160;</td>
          </tr>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>1.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 11pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>GENERAL</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 December 31, 2006 and for three months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005,
      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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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. Significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been
      eliminated. Retail Holdings principal subsidiary is NJR Home Services
      (NJRHS).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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, &#8220;Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes&#8221; (FIN 48), which alters the
      framework for recognizing income tax contingencies. Previously, under Statement
      of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 5, &#8220;Accounting for Contingencies,&#8221;
the focus</font><a name="ResultsOfOperations_034354"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
      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
      by the commencement of fiscal 2008. 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 statements.</font></a></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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, &#8220;Fair Value Measurements&#8221; (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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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, &#8220;Employers&#8217; Accounting for Defined
      Benefit Pension and Other Postemployment Plans&#8221; (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, to the extent
      such
      amounts are not recognized in earnings as part of net periodic benefit costs.
      Amounts recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income are adjusted as
      they are subsequently recognized in earnings. 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>2.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 11pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>REGULATION</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 the continued reduction in
      the
      wholesale cost of natural gas, reduced demand charges and lower than expected
      pipeline fuel costs.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Societal
      Benefits Clause (SBC) and Weather Normalization Clause
      (WNC)</em></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 is expected to result in an approximate
      aggregate 1.6 percent increase in those service 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. Pending review
      and approval by the BPU and Rate Counsel, the results of the SBC and WNC will
      be
      implemented upon receipt of a BPU order.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      SBC
      portion of the filed increase is approximately 0.3 percent. 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.
      </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      RAC
      decrease reflects expenditures through June 30, 2006 related to NJNG&#8217;s
      remediation of its former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) sites, except for those
      expenditures related to the Mass Tort Litigation related to the Long Branch
      MGP
      sites &#160;(see </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Note
      11. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">).
      </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">There
      was
      no change in the Universal Service Fund (USF) rate.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 represents approximately 1.3 percent,
      is proposed to increase the WNC recovery component in order to recover deferred
      utility gross margin of approximately $8.1 million from October 2005 through
      May
      2006. </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Incentive
      Programs</em></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG
      is
      eligible to receive 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. 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
      NJNG&#8217;s Conservation Incentive Program (CIP). The extension would preserve the
      status quo of the incentive programs to coincide with the&#160;term of the
      CIP.</font></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Conservation
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      stipulation, reached on September 30, 2006, without modification.</font></div>
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      to decouple the link between customer usage and NJNG&#8217;s utility gross margin to
      allow NJNG to encourage its customers to conserve energy. Absent BPU action,
      the
      CIP program is extended for up to one additional year, or until the issuance
      of
      a BPU order. For the term of the program, 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&#160;is
      subject to additional conditions including an earnings test and an evaluation
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      BGSS-related savings under the CIP agreement. If NJNG does not file for a rate
      review with the BPU by October 1, 2008, the return on equity for the earnings
      test will decline from 10.50 percent to 10.25 percent. </font></div>
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      encourage energy efficiency, NJNG is obligated to initiate and fund programs
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      further customer conservation efforts over the term of the pilot. An annual
      filing reporting on NJNG&#8217;s conservation efforts will be made in June of each
      year, commencing in June 2007, coincident with its annual BGSS filing. The
      minimum expected liability for funding these programs was recorded, at its
      present value of $1.8 million, as of September 30, 2006.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
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      deferred amounts for utility gross margin recovery under the WNC.</font></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white;">&#160;</td>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white;">
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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      accrues and collects for cost of removal in rates. This liability represents
      collections in excess of actual expenditures. Approximately $18.3 million,
      including accretion of $328 thousand for the three-months ended December 31,
      2006, of regulatory assets relating to asset retirement obligations have been
      netted against the cost of removal obligation as of December 31, 2006 (see
      </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Note
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      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
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>3.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 11pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>CAPITALIZED
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Included
      in Utility plant on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and reflected
      in
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      charges, net, are the following amounts recorded for capitalized
      interest:</font></div>
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            <td colspan="5" valign="bottom" width="24%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
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                Months Ended</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">&#160;</td>
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                31,</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>($
                in Thousands) </em></font></div>
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            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="12%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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                interest</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
                379</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
                261</font></div>
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                average interest rates</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG
      does
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      activities.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
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      balances related to SBC program costs, which include NJCEP, RAC and USF
      expenditures (see </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Note
      2. Regulation</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">).
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
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      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>4.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 11pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>EARNINGS
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      following table presents the calculation of the Company&#8217;s basic and diluted
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>5.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 11pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>STOCK
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      awards.</font></div>
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      January 24, 2007, the shareholders of NJR ratified the NJR 2007 Stock Award
      and
      Incentive Plan (the 2007 Plan) which replaces the 2002 Employee and Outside
      Director Long-Term Incentive Plan (Long-Term Plan). In addition to the 678,751
      shares that remain available from the Long-Term Plan, the 2007 Plan reserves
      an
      additional 750,000 shares for issuance and provides for a broader range of
      equity awards. On January 24, 2007, the Company issued 36,688 shares of
      Restricted Stock under the 2007 Plan which vest in equal annual installments
      over three years beginning on January 24, 2008, subject to certain
      conditions.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      December 2006, NJNG had a $38 million letter of credit outstanding, which will
      expire on June&#160;30, 2007, in conjunction with a long-term gas swap
      agreement. It replaced a $45 million letter of credit which expired in December
      2006. The long-term 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 upon its
      expiration.</font></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
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      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)</strong></font></div>
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      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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      Company and its subsidiaries are subject to market risk due to fluctuations
      in
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      its subsidiaries enter into futures contracts, option agreements and swap
      agreements to hedge purchases and sales of natural gas.</font></div>
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scope exception of SFAS No. 133, &#8220;Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
      Hedging Activities (as amended)&#8221; (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 operating revenues.</font></div>
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      instruments, which have been designated as cash flow hedges, will reduce or
      increase gas costs as the underlying physical transaction occurs and is settled.
      Based on the amount recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income as of
      December 31, 2006, $98.2 million is expected to be recorded as a decrease to
      Gas
      purchases in fiscal 2007. For the three months ended December 31, 2006 and
      2005,
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      (Continued)</strong></font></div>
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      hedges that are included as a benefit (expense) as part of Gas purchases in
      the
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      31, 2006, and 2005, respectively:</font></div>
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      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 December 31 and September 30, 2006 are as
      follows:</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
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      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
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      Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations&#8221; (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
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: white;">&#160;</td>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Accretion
      amounts will not be reflected as 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>11.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 11pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>COMMITMENTS
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Cash
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 charges of approximately $102.5 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
      of
      December 31, 2006, there were NJR guarantees covering approximately $248 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 2010. NJR would have to provide
      for payment in the event of default by NJRES, NJNG and NJR Energy.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 $50.5 million for the remainder of fiscal
      2007 and $63.3 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 less
      than $3.8 million annually for the next five years and $653,000 in the aggregate
      for all years thereafter. </font></div>
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      Proceedings</em></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      Gas Plant Remediation</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG
      has
      identified 11 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 11 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
      11 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 10 of the MGP sites, Jersey Central Power&#160;&amp; Light
      Company (JCP&amp;L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corporation
      (FirstEnergy).</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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      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 12-month periods </font></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">ending
      June 30, 2005 and 2006 are pending BPU approval. As of December 31, 2006, $86.1
      million of previously incurred remediation costs, net of recoveries from
      customers as well as received and anticipated insurance proceeds, are included
      in Regulatory assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 (Kemper): (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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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        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><br></div>
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG
      requested that Kemper defend and indemnify NJNG for claims involving the Mass
      Tort Litigation and reimburse NJNG for remediation costs for the Long Branch
      site that exceeded the self-insured retention. Kemper reserved its rights
      regarding various allegations and agreed to participate in the defense of the
      claims against NJNG. Although Kemper did not deny coverage, it did not reimburse
      NJNG for any costs incurred, including the subsequently settled claims.
      Consequently, in October 2004, NJNG filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of
      New
      Jersey, Law Division, Ocean County, seeking declaratory relief against Kemper
      (the &#8220;Lawsuit&#8221;).</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 "Settlement Agreement") with Kemper and certain of its affiliates
      pursuant to which the parties settled the Lawsuit. Pursuant to the terms of
      the
      Settlement Agreement, NJNG received a payment in the amount of $12.8 million
      on
      January 26, 2007 (the "Settlement Payment"). The Settlement Agreement provides
      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 policies. 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. NJNG will apply the entire amount of the Settlement Payment against
      its
      regulatory assets for expended remediation costs (see </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Note
      2. Regulation). </em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to the RAC, NJNG will seek recovery of costs in excess of those recovered from
      Kemper and other insurers. The RAC does not, however, permit NJNG to recover
      costs, expenses or other liabilities incurred in connection with personal injury
      claims. Management believes that, subject to BPU approval, these costs, net
      of
      all insurance proceeds, are recoverable pursuant to the RAC. However, because
      recovery of all 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.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">At
      December 31, 2006, there were </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">27,760,054
      </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">shares
      of
      common stock outstanding and the book value per share was $23.24.</font></div>
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      2.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 31pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>MANAGEMENT&#8217;S
      DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>RESULTS
      OF OPERATIONS</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 in states from 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 transportation contracts. NJRES also provides wholesale energy
      services to non-affiliated utility and energy companies. NJRES comprises the
      Energy Services segment.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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, 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; 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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            <td align="right" colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="12%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">&#160;</td>
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      growth:</font></div>
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                with the BPU and New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, Division
                of
                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;</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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                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 these programs with the end
                of
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                the volatility of wholesale natural gas prices through a hedging
                program
                to help keep customers&#8217; prices as stable as possible;
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                its cost structure through various productivity
                initiatives.</font></div>
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      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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 month
      period ending December 31, 2005, 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 has obtained approval
      of
      the CIP effective as of October 1, 2006. Therefore, for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, the impact of weather and usage on NJNG&#8217;s utility gross
      margin has been significantly mitigated due to the CIP.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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,&#160;effective October 1, 2006, 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. Absent BPU action,
      the
      CIP program is extended for up to one additional year, or until the issuance
      of
      a BPU order. For the term of the program 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. Recovery of such utility gross margin variations 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 rate review with the BPU by October
      1,
      2008, the return on equity for the 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: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 $2 million in funding for such programs and will
      continue to fund programs throughout the term of the pilot. At December 31,
      2006, the obligation to fund these conservation programs has a present value
      of
      $1.5 million, which is included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
      An
      annual filing of the conservation efforts will be made in June&#160;of each
      year, commencing in June 2007, coincident with NJNG&#8217;s annual BGSS
      filing.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 2008. Labor-related fringe benefit costs, which are also subject to numerous
      factors, may also influence NJNG&#8217;s results.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 and related litigation. If there are changes in the regulatory
      position on the recovery of these costs, such costs would be charged to
      income.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Due
      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: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJRES&#8217;
      unregulated energy trading and wholesale energy operations incorporates the
      following elements to provide for growth, while focusing on a low-risk
      profile:</font></div>
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              <div style="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 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" 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 to generate
                gross
                margin;</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Managing
                hedging programs designed to mitigate adverse market price fluctuations
                in
                natural gas transportation and storage commitments;
                and</font></div>
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    </div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Monitoring
                and reducing risk associated with various counterparties credit
                exposure.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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, as well as formal contract and credit review and approval procedures.
      The Risk Management Committee (RMC) of NJR, which consists of senior officers
      from several business units of NJR, oversees compliance with these established
      guidelines.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Form
      10-K. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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, &#8220;Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes&#8221; (FIN 48), which alters the
      framework for recognizing income tax contingencies. Previously, under Statement
      of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 5, &#8220;Accounting for Contingencies,&#8221;
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 by the commencement of fiscal 2008. 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 statements.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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, &#8220;Fair Value Measurements&#8221; (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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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, &#8220;Employers&#8217; Accounting for Defined
      Benefit Pension and Other Postemployment Plans&#8221; (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, to the extent
      such
      amounts are not recognized in earnings as part of net periodic benefit costs.
      Amounts recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income are adjusted as
      they are subsequently recognized in earnings. 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Net
      income for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 decreased by 17.9 percent to
      $28.1 million, compared with $34.3 million for the same period last fiscal
      year.
      Basic earnings per share (EPS) decreased by 18.6 percent to $1.01, compared
      with
      $1.24 last fiscal year. Diluted EPS decreased 17.9 percent to $1.01, compared
      with $1.23 last fiscal year.</font></div>
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      decreased by approximately $423.1 million, or 36.3 percent, for the three months
      ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal
      year,
      as a result of lower customer usage and off-system sales at NJNG and lower
      sales
      at NJRES, which were the result of lower prices due to the absence of extreme
      weather events that did not </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">recur
      in
      the first quarter of fiscal 2007. These same factors resulted in a decrease
      in
      Gas purchases of $409.8 million, or 39.5 percent, for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal
      year.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      decrease in earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2006, as compared with
      the same quarter in the prior fiscal year, was due primarily to lower earnings
      at NJRES due to higher market volatility and lower natural gas prices, as a
      result of the absence of certain weather-related events in the southeastern
      and
      Gulf-Coast regions of the United States, and reduced impact of the ineffective
      portion of transactions accounted for as cash flow-hedges under SFAS No. 133,
      &#8220;Accounting for Derivative Instruments (as amended)&#8221; (SFAS 133), offset by
      improved earnings at NJNG. Increased earnings at NJNG were 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 rates over the same period last year.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Natural
      Gas Distribution Operations</em></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG
      is a
      local natural gas distribution company that provides regulated retail energy
      services to approximately 474,000 residential and commercial customers in
      central and northern New Jersey and participates in the off-system sales and
      capacity release markets.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG&#8217;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.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      February&#160;1999, the Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act (EDECA),
      which provides the framework for the restructuring of New Jersey&#8217;s energy
      markets, became law. In March&#160;2001, the BPU issued an order to fully open
      NJNG&#8217;s residential markets to competition, restructure its rates to segregate
      its BGSS and delivery (i.e., transportation) service prices as required by
      EDECA
      and expand an incentive for residential and small commercial customers to switch
      to transportation service. 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. In January&#160;2002, the BPU ordered
      that BGSS could be provided by suppliers other than the state&#8217;s natural gas
      utilities, but BGSS should be provided by the state&#8217;s natural gas utilities
      until further BPU action. No additional action has been taken by the BPU
      subsequent to its initial order in January 2002.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Utility
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 during the first quarter of fiscal 2006,
      and at 7 percent, during the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The sales tax
      calculation excludes sales to cogeneration facilities, other utilities,
      off-system sales and federal accounts.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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,
      as
      TEFA has previously replaced the utility gross receipts tax formula.
</font></div>
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      rider expenses consist of recovery of state-mandated programs and the
      remediation adjustment clause costs. These expenses are designed to be offset
      by
      corresponding revenues and are calculated on a per-therm basis.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG&#8217;s
      operating revenues decreased by $154.9 million, or 39.3 percent, and gas
      purchases decreased by $154.1 million, or 50.5 percent, for the three months
      ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period in the prior fiscal
      year.
      These decreases were the result of weather being 18.2 percent warmer for the
      three months ended December 31, 2006, as</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">compared
      to the same period in the prior fiscal year, coupled with a reduction in
      customer usage per degree day and a $51.5 million refund provided to residential
      and small commercial customers in December 2006, partially offset by customer
      growth. Sales tax and TEFA, which are presented as both components of Revenues
      and Cost of Revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, totaled
      $12.5 million and $17.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006
      and
      2005, respectively. The sales tax decrease is a direct result of the decrease
      in
      NJNG&#8217;s operating revenues. TEFA decreased due to a reduction in customer usage.
      Regulatory rider expenses remained at $9.5 million for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The flat regulatory rider expense
      is
      due to an increase in the Universal Service Fund (USF) rate as approved by
      the
      Board of Public Utilities, offset by the decrease in customer
      usage.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Utility
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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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                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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                gross margin from interruptible customers, which is generated from
                large
                commercial and industrial customers who receive non-firm natural
                gas
                service at lower rates, is subject to BPU-approved
                incentives.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Utility
      Firm Gross Margin</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 certain gas supply cost savings achieved.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For
      the
      three months ended, December 31, 2005, 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Total
      utility firm gross margin increased $3.9 million, or 6.6 percent, for the three
      months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period last fiscal year.
      The change was due primarily to the net effect of:</font></div>
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                increase in fixed revenue as a result of customer growth;
                and</font></div>
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                effect of the CIP in the current fiscal year, which captures the
                impact
                from both weather and customer usage, when compared to the same period
                in
                the prior fiscal year when the WNC, which did not capture the impact
                of
                lower usage per degree day, was in effect; which more than
                offset</font></div>
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                decrease in natural gas used by customers as the result of winter
                weather
                being 18.2 percent warmer for the three months ended December 31,
                2006,
                compared with the same period last fiscal year; and
                </font></div>
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                reduction in customer usage per degree day over the same period last
                fiscal year.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 December 31, 2006 was 18.3 percent warmer than normal which
      resulted in an accrual of utility gross margin under the CIP of $8.0 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
      $3.3
      million.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 $2.1 million, or 32.2
      percent, for the three months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same
      period in the prior fiscal year. NJNG transported 2.5 Bcf and 2.6 Bcf for the
      three months ended December 31, 2006, and December 31, 2005, 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.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG
      had
      8,551 and 9,760 residential customers and 4,319 and 2,718 commercial customers
      using its transportation service at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
      The decrease 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 and away from the
      residential sector.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
      the three months ended December 31, 2006, NJNG added 2,614 new customers, 36
      percent of which converted from other fuels. In addition, 69 existing customers
      added natural gas heat to their existing service. In fiscal 2007, NJNG currently
      expects to add approximately 9,700 new customers and convert an additional
      700
      existing customers to natural gas heat and other services. Achieving these
      expectations would represent an estimated annual customer growth rate of
      approximately 2.0 percent. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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
      shareowners to retain 20 percent, of these costs and results.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 to 20 percent
      basis between customers and shareowners, respectively. This program measures
      the
      difference between the actual cost of natural gas in storage and a benchmark
      applicable to the April-through-October injection season. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG&#8217;s
      incentive programs totaled 10.6 Bcf and generated $3.3 million of utility gross
      margin for the three months ended December 31, 2006, compared with 10.2 Bcf
      and
      $3.1 million of utility gross margin, for the same period last fiscal year.
      The
      increase in utility gross margin was due primarily to the FRM and the storage
      incentive programs, which <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">both
      benefited from additional price volatility, caused by warmer than normal
      weather, in the wholesale natural gas market.</font></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG
      serves 48 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 4.0 percent and 5.8 percent of total
      throughput for the three months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, 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 remained at 1.0 Bcf for the three months
      ended December 31, 2006, and 2005, respectively. In addition, NJNG transported
      1.0 Bcf and 1.7 Bcf for the three months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005,
      respectively, for its interruptible customers.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 $388,000, or 2.0 percent, in the
      three months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period in the
      prior
      fiscal year. The increase was due primarily to higher labor costs, offset by
      lower bad debt expense. Higher labor costs are due 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 as noted above. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Operating
      Income</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Operating
      income increased by $3.3 million, or 9.8 percent, in the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, compared with the same period last year. The increase was
      due
      primarily to the implementation of the CIP tariff which became effective
      beginning in fiscal year 2007. The implementation of the CIP allowed the
      recovery of utility gross margin loss incurred as a result of the decrease
      in
      natural gas used due to the warmer weather as well as the reduction in customer
      usage per degree day, as noted in the discussion above. During the three months
      ended December 31, 2005, 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: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Interest
      Charges</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Interest
      charges increased $1.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared
      to the same period in the prior fiscal year due primarily to an increase in
      short-term borrowings and higher interest rates.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Net
      income increased $1.2 million, or 6.6 percent, in the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, due primarily to higher operating income as described above,
      partially offset by higher interest expense.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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
      provides customers with better pricing and allows NJRES to extract more value
      from its portfolio of storage and transportation capacity. In addition, these
      customers have come to rely on NJRES&#8217; reliability, which is, in part, due to the
      ability to deliver from a firm supply source.</font></div>
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            of Contnets</a></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 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; gross margin is defined
      as natural gas revenues and management fees less natural gas costs and fixed
      demand costs.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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. NJRES generates gross
      margin by locking in the differential between purchasing natural gas at the
      lowest current or future price and, in a related transaction, selling that
      natural gas at the highest current or future price, all within the constraints
      of its contracts credit 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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJRES&#8217;
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">&#160;</td>
            <td colspan="5" valign="bottom" width="24%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -10.7pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Three
                Months Ended</strong></font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">&#160;</td>
            <td colspan="5" valign="bottom" width="24%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>December
                31</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>,</em></strong></font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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="2" valign="bottom" width="12%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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            </td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Operating
                     revenues</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
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            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">763,195</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Gas
                purchases</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: white;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">477,692</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">733,343</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Gross
                margin</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">18,095</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">29,852</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Operation
                and maintenance expense</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: white;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3,003</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: white;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2,518</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Depreciation
                and amortization</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">&#160;</td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">54</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">52</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="white">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Other
                taxes</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">192</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">181</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Operating
                income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">14,846</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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          <tr bgcolor="white">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Net
                income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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            </td>
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    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJRES&#8217;
      gross margin decreased by $11.8 million, in the three months ended December
      31,
      2006, compared with the same period last fiscal year due primarily to extreme
      weather related conditions in the southeast and gulf coast regions of the United
      States in the previous year, which triggered the disruption of the natural
      gas
      production in the gulf coast region and created market volatility along with
      a
      significant increase in wholesale natural gas prices. This resulted in greater
      margins in its storage and pipeline trading positions during the first quarter
      of fiscal 2006, which did not recur in the current fiscal year. Additionally
      NJRES&#8217; gross margin for the three months ended December 31, 2005 included the
      benefits from certain natural gas basis swaps that were deemed ineffective
      cash
      flow hedges upon adoption of SFAS 133, which were concluded and settled in
      October 2006.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Operation
      and maintenance expense increased by $485,000, or 19.2 percent, during the
      three
      months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period last year, due
      primarily to higher labor and fringe benefits costs as a result of the
      operational growth of NJRES.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Operating
      income decreased by $12.3 million and net income decreased by $7.1 million
      for
      the three months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period in
      the
      prior fiscal year due primarily to the additional income generated in the prior
      fiscal year from the locational pricing related to extreme weather conditions
      and the beneficial impact of SFAS 133, both as noted above, which significantly
      contributed to higher earnings.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Future
      results are subject to NJRES&#8217; 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&#8217; gross margin from its portfolio of capacity assets is generally greater
      in the winter months, while the fixed costs of <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">these
      assets are spread throughout the year. Accordingly, the results for the three
      months ended December 31, 2006 are not expected to be an indication of the
      results for the fiscal year.</font></font></div>
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            of Contnets</a></font></div>
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    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 141,000
      customers; CR&amp;R, which holds and develops commercial real estate and NJR
      Energy, an investor in energy-related ventures through its operating subsidiary,
      NJNR Pipeline, which consists primarily of its equity investment in Iroquois;
      and NJR Investment, which makes certain energy-related equity
      investments.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Consolidated financial results of Retail and Other are summarized as
      follows:</font></div>
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                Months Ended</strong></font></div>
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                31,</strong></font></div>
            </td>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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                revenues</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">6,340</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7,103</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Other
                income</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
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            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">807</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">654</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Net
                income </font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">397</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">684</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Retail
      and Other Operating revenue decreased by $763,000, for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, compared with the same period last year, due primarily
      to:</font></div>
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                gain of $168,000 in the first quarter of 2006 on the completion of
                a land
                and building sales contract by CR&amp;R that did not recur in fiscal
                2007;</font></div>
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          <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1.25;">
            <td align="right" style="width: 36pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol, serif">&#183;&#160;&#160;</font></td>
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                reduction in installations of heating systems during the three months
                ended December 31, 2006 compared to same period last year due to
                warmer
                weather in fiscal 2007 resulting in a decrease of $445,000 in NJRHS
                operating revenues.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      increase in Other income is attributed to improved earnings from NJNR Pipeline&#8217;s
      equity investment in Iroquois.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Liquidity
      and Capital Resources</em></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Consolidated</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJR&#8217;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. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJR&#8217;s
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">&#160;</td>
            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="12%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -10.7pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>December
                31,</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -5.7pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>September
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -10.7pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>2006</strong></font></div>
            </td>
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                stock equity</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="11%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">51%</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">&#160;</td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Long-term
                debt</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="11%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">27</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: white;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="11%" style="border-bottom: white;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">27</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Short-term
                debt</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="11%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">22</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="11%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">23</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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="11%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">100%</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="border-bottom: black double;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="11%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">100%</font></div>
            </td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 three month period
      ending December 31, 2006.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJR
      and
      its unregulated subsidiaries rely on utilizing committed credit facilities
      to
      provide liquidity to meet working capital and external debt-financing
      requirements.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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            of Contnets</a></font></div>
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    <div><br>&#160;</div>
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      of
      December 31, 2006 NJR, NJRES and NJNG had committed credit facilities of $605
      million with approximately $319 million available under these facilities (see
      </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Note
      6. Debt).</em></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 financing requirements in fiscal
      2007
      will be met through internally generated cash, the issuance of short-term debt
      and proceeds from the Company's Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="border-bottom: white;">&#160;</td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="2%" style="border-bottom: white;">&#160;</td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Natural
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
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      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 2010. NJR would have to provide
      for payment in the event of default by NJRES, NJNG or NJR Energy.</font></div>
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      provided by operating activities was $12.4 million for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, compared with $168.3 million used in operating activities
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      components of working capital, as well as lower MGP expenditures, partially
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                with reduced customer usage at NJNG. The refund also resulted in
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                change
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      December 31, 2006, compared with $176.5 million in the same period last year.
      The change was due primarily to a decrease in short-and long-term borrowings,
      compared with the same period last year, as a result of lower wholesale
      commodity costs in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and reduced cash
      requirements associated with NJRES margin calls that were the result of the
      volatility in wholesale natural gas prices during the first quarter of fiscal
      2006, which did not recur in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. </font></div>
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      requirements, which are funded by NJR or its committed credit facility
      guaranteed by NJR.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Cash
      flow
      used in investing activities totaled $12.5 million for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, compared with $25 million for the same period last fiscal
      year. The decrease in cash used during the first quarter of fiscal 2007, as
      compared with the same period in the prior fiscal year, was due primarily to
      cash received from the sale of land at CR&amp;R, along with the absence of the
      net $12.5 million deposit into a construction fund created under the EDA
      financing arrangement described above, partially offset by increased capital
      expenditures for utility plant additions.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Retail
      and Other capital expenditures each year are primarily made in connection with
      investments made to preserve the value of real estate holdings.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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            <td valign="bottom" width="17%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Standard&#160;&amp;</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Poor&#8217;s</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Moody&#8217;s</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Corporate
                Rating</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Senior
                Secured</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">AA-</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ratings
                Outlook</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Negative</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stable</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 sixth 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><a name="Item_3">ITEM
      3. </a>QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
      RISK</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>&#160;</strong></font></div>
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      Risk Management</em></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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
      9.1
      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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 December 31, 2006:</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Balance</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Increase</font></div>
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            <td colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="12%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">September&#160;30,</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Decrease)&#160;in&#160;Fair</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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      Company uses a value-at-risk (VaR) model to assess the market risk of its net
      futures, swaps and options positions. The VaR at December 31, 2006, using the
      variance-covariance method with a 95 percent confidence level and a 1-day
      holding period, was $4.3 million. The VaR with a 99 percent confidence level
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      estimate of the potential change in the value of the net positions. These
      estimates may not be indicative of actual results because actual market
      fluctuations may differ from forecasted fluctuations.</font></div>
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      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
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      collateral requirements and netting agreements. Examples of collateral include
      letters of credit and cash received for either prepayment or margin
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      risk management policies and procedures. The RMC is a group of senior officers
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      evaluates the effectiveness of existing credit policies and procedures, reviews
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      noninvestment grade counterparties, as of December 31, 2006. 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
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      counterparties and/or payables, where netting agreements exist. The amounts
      presented below exclude accounts receivable for retail natural gas sales and
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div><br></div>
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            of Contnets</a></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">NJNG&#8217;s
      counterparty credit exposure as of December 31, 2006, is as
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          <tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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                grade</font></div>
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                grade</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white;">
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white;">
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Internally
                rated investment grade</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: #cceeff;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">327</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Internally
                rated noninvestment grade</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">&#160;</td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#8212;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr bgcolor="#cceeff">
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="71%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Total</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">$</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">31,992</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="4%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
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            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%" style="border-bottom: black double;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">22,987</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>Interest
      Rate Risk-Long-Term Debt</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">At
      December 31, 2006, the Company (excluding NJNG) had no variable-rate long-term
      debt.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">At
      December 31, 2006, 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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><a name="Item_4">ITEM
      4</a>.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>CONTROLS
      AND PROCEDURES</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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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            of Contnets</a></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><a name="Part_II">PART
      II </a>- OTHER INFORMATION</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><a name="Item_part_II">ITE</a>M
      1.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 36pt">&#160;</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 1pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>LEGAL
      PROCEEDINGS</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Information
      required by this Item is set forth in Part I, Item 1, Note 11. Commitment and
      Contingent Liabilities - Legal Proceedings and is incorporated
      herein.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><a name="Item_1a_partII">ITE</a>M
      1A.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 46pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>RISK
      FACTORS</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">There
      have been no material changes to the factors disclosed in ITEM 1A &#8220;RISK FACTORS&#8221;
in the 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><a name="Item_2_partII">ITEM</a>
      2.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 46pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>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: 27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; 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 December 31, 2006, the Company has repurchased 3.15
      million shares of its common stock. </font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
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            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11/1/06
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            <td valign="top" width="14%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="16%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="top" width="18%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">348,147</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12/1/06
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            <td valign="top" width="14%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="13%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">-</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="16%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><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; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Directors
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="18%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Withheld</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="18%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="23%">
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="18%">
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      addition to the directors elected at the annual meeting, the terms of the
      following members of NJR&#8217;s Board of Directors continued after the meeting: Nina
      Aversano, David A. Trice, M. William Howard, Jr., J. Terry Strange, Gary W.
      Wolf
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      </font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 11pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Approval
      of the 2007 Stock Award and Incentive Plan. The results of the voting were
      as
      follows:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
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            </td>
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            </td>
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                Vote</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%">
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            </td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: -27pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(iii)
      </font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 16pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Approval
      of the action of the Audit Committee in retaining Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as
      our independent registered public accounting firm. The results of the voting
      were as follows:</font></div>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="17%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="31%" style="border-bottom: black thin solid;">
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      Agreement and Mutual Release dated January 24, 2007 by and between New Jersey
      Natural Gas Company and 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.</font></div>
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      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
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Form 10_Q 12-31-06
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 DECEMBER 31, 2006
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 February
      6,
      2007 was 27,833,620.
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FORWARD-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 1. "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
                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.
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ABLE
      OF CONTENTS
PART
      I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
      1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ITEM
      2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
      AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
ITEM
      3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
      RISK
ITEM
      4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
PART
      II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
      1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
ITEM
      1A. RISK FACTORS
ITEM
      2. UNREGISTERED
      SALE OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
ITEM
      4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
      HOLDERS
ITEM
      6. EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
SETTLEMENT
      AGREEMENT AND STIPULATION OF
      DISMISSAL
CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION
CERTIFICATION
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      I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
IT
EM
      1.
FINANCIAL
      STATEMENTS
NEW
      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
Three
                Months Ended
December
                31,
(Thousands, except per share data)
2006
2005
OPERATING
                REVENUES
$
741,465
$
1,164,576
OPERATING
                EXPENSES
Gas
                purchases
628,685
1,038,475
Operation
                and maintenance
28,316
27,731
Regulatory
                rider expenses
9,466
9,458
Depreciation
                and amortization
8,902
8,576
Energy
                and other taxes
13,952
18,667
Total
                operating expenses
689,321
1,102,907
OPERATING
                INCOME
52,144
61,669
Other
                income
1,989
1,642
Interest
                charges, net
7,875
6,483
INCOME
                BEFORE INCOME TAXES
46,258
56,828
Income
                tax provision
18,134
22,564
NET
                INCOME
$
28,124
$
34,264
EARNINGS
                PER COMMON SHARE
BASIC
$
1.01
$
1.24
DILUTED
$
1.01
$
1.23
DIVIDENDS
                PER COMMON SHARE
$
0.38
$
0.36
WEIGHTED
                AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING
BASIC
27,713
27,550
DILUTED
27,904
27,960
See
      Notes
      to Condensed Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Three
                Months Ended
December
                31,
(Thousands)
2006
2005
CASH
                FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net
                income
$
28,124
$
34,264
ADJUSTMENTS
                TO RECONCILE NET INCOME TO CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) OPERATING
                ACTIVITIES
Depreciation
                and amortization
8,977
8,651
Unrealized
                loss (gain) on derivatives
120
(2,135
)
Deferred
                income taxes
2,842
(2,867
)
Manufactured
                gas plant remediation costs
(4,235
)
(13,380
)
Cost
                of removal - asset retirement obligations
(257
)
—
Contribution
                to employee benefit plans
(150
)
(150
)
Changes
                in:
Working
                capital
(14,579
)
(207,555
)
Other
                noncurrent assets
1,218
13,954
Other
                noncurrent liabilities
(9,703
)
939
Cash
                flows from (used in) operating activities
12,357
(168,279
)
CASH
                FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds
                from common stock
4,976
4,048
Tax
                benefit from stock options exercised
769
—
Proceeds
                from long-term debt
—
35,800
Proceeds
                from sale-leaseback transaction
5,482
4,090
Purchases
                of treasury stock
—
(10,723
)
Payments
                of long-term debt
(775
)
(21,462
)
Payments
                of common stock dividends
(10,056
)
(9,366
)
Proceeds
                from short-term debt
4,900
174,100
Cash
                flows from financing activities
5,296
176,487
CASH
                FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Expenditures
                for:
Utility
                plant
(12,463
)
(11,678
)
Real
                estate properties and other
(569
)
(84
)
Cost
                of removal and other
(1,283
)
(777
)
Investment
                in restricted cash construction fund
—
(12,500
)
Proceeds
                from asset sales
1,792
—
Cash
                flows used in investing activities
(12,523
)
(25,039
)
Change
                in cash and temporary investments
5,130
(16,831
)
Cash
                and temporary investments at beginning of period
4,991
25,008
Cash
                and temporary investments at end of period
$
10,121
$
8,177
CHANGES
                IN COMPONENTS OF WORKING CAPITAL
Receivables
$
(146,039
)
$
(249,995
)
Inventories
23,569
(44,572
)
Underrecovered
                gas costs
(28,758
)
18,278
Gas
                purchases payable
124,439
66,444
Prepaid
                and accrued taxes, net
19,154
24,301
Accounts
                payable and other
(3,654
)
(17,373
)
Restricted
                broker margin accounts
5,875
(7,076
)
Customers'
                credit balances and deposits
(10,029
)
3,606
Other
                current assets
864
(1,168
)
Total
$
(14,579
)
$
(207,555
)
SUPPLEMENTAL
                DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION
Cash
                paid for
Interest
                (net of amounts capitalized)
$
7,599
$
6,334
Income
                taxes
$
8,000
$
16,853
See
      Notes
      to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
December
                31,
September
                30,
(Thousands)
2006
2006
PROPERTY,
                PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Utility
                plant, at cost
$
1,257,052
$
1,243,586
Real
                estate properties and other, at cost
26,450
27,136
1,283,502
1,270,722
Accumulated
                depreciation and amortization
(341,203
)
(335,783
)
Property,
                plant and equipment, net
942,299
934,939
CURRENT
                ASSETS
Cash
                and temporary investments
10,121
4,991
Accounts
                receivable:
Billed
236,845
133,615
Unbilled
55,585
12,543
Allowance
                for doubtful accounts
(2,912
(2,679
)
Regulatory
                assets
35,153
8,105
Gas
                in storage, at average cost
487,203
512,942
Materials
                and supplies, at average cost
3,770
3,599
Prepaid
                state taxes
11,290
26,343
Derivatives,
                at fair value
218,015
223,559
Broker
                margin account
24,711
30,833
Other
9,080
11,665
Total
                current assets
1,088,861
965,516
NONCURRENT
                ASSETS
Equity
                investments
28,683
27,208
Regulatory
                assets
334,208
322,986
Derivatives,
                at fair value
75,647
94,638
Prepaid
                pension
20,177
21,045
Restricted
                cash construction fund
8,500
8,500
Deferred
                finance charges
8,699
8,876
Other
13,281
15,220
Total
                noncurrent assets
489,195
498,473
Total
                Assets
$
2,520,355
$
2,398,928
See
      Notes
      to Condensed Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
CAPITALIZATION
      AND LIABILITIES
December
                31,
September
                30,
(Thousands)
2006
2006
CAPITALIZATION
Common
                stock equity
$
645,154
$
621,662
Long-term
                debt
336,725
332,332
Total
                capitalization
981,879
953,994
CURRENT
                LIABILITIES
Current
                maturities of long-term debt
4,053
3,739
Short-term
                debt
285,600
280,700
Gas
                purchases payable
422,318
297,879
Accounts
                payable and other
45,485
46,823
Dividends
                payable
10,549
10,056
Accrued
                taxes
27,601
9,267
Regulatory
                liabilities
—
1,710
Clean
                energy program
8,024
8,244
Derivatives,
                at fair value
154,436
163,557
Broker
                margin account
13,973
14,220
Customers'
                credit balances and deposits
50,931
60,960
Total
                current liabilities
1,022,970
897,155
NONCURRENT
                LIABILITIES
Deferred
                income taxes
217,314
227,100
Deferred
                investment tax credits
7,755
7,835
Deferred
                revenue
10,325
10,206
Derivatives,
                at fair value
70,828
85,036
Manufactured
                gas plant remediation
105,400
105,400
Regulatory
                liabilities
60,371
64,220
Clean
                energy program
9,194
11,335
Asset
                retirement obligation
23,364
23,293
Other
10,955
13,354
Total
                noncurrent liabilities
515,506
547,779
Total
                Capitalization and Liabilities
$
2,520,355
$
2,398,928
See
      Notes
      to Condensed Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
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      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 December 31, 2006 and for three months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005,
      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. Significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been
      eliminated. Retail Holdings principal subsidiary is NJR Home Services
      (NJRHS).
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
      by the commencement of fiscal 2008. 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 statements.
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, to the extent
      such
      amounts are not recognized in earnings as part of net periodic benefit costs.
      Amounts recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income are adjusted as
      they are subsequently recognized in earnings. 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.
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      JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)
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 the continued reduction in
      the
      wholesale cost of natural gas, reduced demand charges 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.
Societal
      Benefits Clause (SBC) and Weather Normalization Clause
      (WNC)
On
      October 25, 2006, NJNG filed its SBC and WNC requests for a price adjustment
      for
      all applicable service customers, which is expected to result in an approximate
      aggregate 1.6 percent increase in those service 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. Pending review
      and approval by the BPU and Rate Counsel, the results of the SBC and WNC will
      be
      implemented upon receipt of a BPU order.
The
      SBC
      portion of the filed increase is approximately 0.3 percent. 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
      RAC
      decrease reflects expenditures through June 30, 2006 related to NJNG's
      remediation of its former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) sites, except for those
      expenditures related to the Mass Tort Litigation related to the Long Branch
      MGP
      sites  (see
Note
      11. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
).
There
      was
      no change in the Universal Service Fund (USF) rate.
The
      WNC
      portion of the filed rate increase, which represents approximately 1.3 percent,
      is proposed to increase the WNC recovery component in order to recover deferred
      utility gross margin of approximately $8.1 million from October 2005 through
      May
      2006.
Incentive
      Programs
NJNG
      is
      eligible to receive 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. 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
      NJNG's Conservation Incentive Program (CIP). The extension would preserve the
      status quo of the incentive programs to coincide with the term of the
      CIP.
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      TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      (Continued)
Conservation
      Incentive Program
On
      December 12, 2006, the BPU issued its Decision and Order and approved the CIP
      stipulation, reached on September 30, 2006, without modification.
The
      CIP
      is a three-year pilot program, effective October 1, 2006, which is designed
      to decouple the link between customer usage and NJNG's utility gross margin to
      allow NJNG to encourage its customers to conserve energy. Absent BPU action,
      the
      CIP program is extended for up to one additional year, or until the issuance
      of
      a BPU order. For the term of the program, 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 is
      subject to additional conditions including an earnings test and an evaluation
      of
      BGSS-related savings under the CIP agreement. If NJNG does not file for a rate
      review with the BPU by October 1, 2008, the return on equity for the earnings
      test will decline from 10.50 percent to 10.25 percent.
To
      encourage energy efficiency, NJNG is obligated to initiate and fund programs
      to
      further customer conservation efforts over the term of the pilot. An annual
      filing reporting on NJNG's conservation efforts will be made in June of each
      year, commencing in June 2007, coincident with its annual BGSS filing. The
      minimum expected liability for funding these programs was recorded, at its
      present value of $1.8 million, as of September 30, 2006.
The
      commencement of the CIP does not have any impact on the collection of previously
      deferred amounts for utility gross margin recovery under the WNC.
Regulatory
      Assets and Liabilities
The
      Company had the following regulatory assets, all related to NJNG, on the
      Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
December 31,
September 30,
(
Thousands
)
2006
2006
Recovery Period
Regulatory
                assets-current
Underrecovered
                gas costs
$
27,048
$
—
Less
                than one year (1)
WNC
8,105
8,105
Less
                than one year (2)
Total
$
35,153
$
8,105
Regulatory
                assets-noncurrent
Remediation
                costs (Notes 2 and 11)
Expended,
                net
$
86,110
$
83,746
(3)
Liability
                for future expenditures
105,400
105,400
(4)
CIP
11,335
—
Less
                than one year (5)
Deferred
                income and other taxes
13,447
13,476
Various
Postemployment
                benefit costs (Note 9)
2,041
2,117
Through
                Sept. 2014 (6)
Derivatives
                (Note 7)
88,102
82,451
Through
                Oct. 2011 (1)
SBC
27,773
35,796
Various
                (7)
Total
$
334,208
$
322,986
(
1)
Recoverable,
      subject to BPU approval, through BGSS, without interest.
(2)
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.
(3)
Recoverable,
      subject to BPU approval, with interest over rolling 7-year periods. Also net
      of
      estimated future insurance proceeds of $10 million at December 31, 2006 and
      September 30, 2006. On January 24, 2007, NJNG settled the recovery of these
      estimated insurance proceeds for $12.8 million (see
Note
      11. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities - Legal Proceedings
).
(4)
Estimated
                future expenditures. Recovery will be requested when actual expenditures
                are incurred (see
Note 11. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities - Legal
                Proceedings).
(5)
Recoverable
      or refundable, subject to BPU annual approval, without interest. Balance
      includes approximately $8.0 million relating to the weather component of the
      calculation and approximately $3.3 million relating to the customer usage
      component of the calculation.
(6)
Recoverable
      or refundable, subject to BPU approval, without interest.
(7)
Recoverable
      with interest, subject to BPU approval.
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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.
The
      Company had the following regulatory liabilities, all related to NJNG, on the
      Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
December 31,
September 30,
(
Thousands
)
2006
2006
Regulatory
                liabilities-current
Overrecovered
                gas costs
(1)
$
—
$
1,710
Total
$
—
$
1,710
Regulatory
                liabilities-noncurrent
Cost
                of removal obligation
(2)
$
59,237
$
58,161
Market
                development fund (MDF)
(3)
1,134
6,059
Total
$
60,371
$
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 $18.3 million,
      including accretion of $328 thousand for the three-months ended December 31,
      2006, of regulatory assets relating to asset retirement obligations have been
      netted against the cost of removal obligation as of December 31, 2006 (see
Note
      10. 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. $4.9 million of this fund
      was credited to the NJCEP, as a result of the CIP Decision and Order of the
      BPU
      on December 12, 2006. The remaining balance is being held until final
      resolution of NJNG's fiscal 2005 SBC filing.
3.
CAPITALIZED
      AND DEFERRED INTEREST
Included
      in Utility plant on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and reflected
      in
      the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income as a reduction to interest
      charges, net, are the following amounts recorded for capitalized
      interest:
Three
                Months Ended
December
                31,
($
                in Thousands)
2006
2005
Capitalized
                interest
$
379
$
261
Weighted
                average interest rates
5.36%
3.91%
NJNG
      does
      not capitalize a cost of equity for its utility plant construction
      activities.
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 $854,000 and $610,000 of interest related
      to
      these SBC program costs for the three months ended December 31, 2006
      and 2005, respectively.
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4.
EARNINGS
      PER SHARE
The
      following table presents the calculation of the Company's basic and diluted
      Earnings per share:
Three
                Months Ended
December
                31,
(Thousands)
2006
2005
Net
                income, as reported
$
28,124
$
34,264
Basic
                Earnings per share:
Average
                shares of common stock outstanding - basic
27,713
27,550
Basic
                Earnings per Common Share
$
1.01
$
1.24
Diluted
                Earnings per share:
Average
                shares of common stock outstanding - basic
27,713
27,550
Incremental
                shares
(1
)
191
410
Average
                shares of common stock outstanding - diluted
27,904
27,960
Diluted
                Earnings per Common Share
$
1.01
$
1.23
(1)
Incremental
      shares consist of stock options, stock awards and performance
      units.
5.
STOCK
      BASED COMPENSATION
There
      were no new awards granted during the three months ended December 31, 2006.
      As
      of December 31, 2006, 678,751 shares remain available for future
      awards.
Effective
      January 24, 2007, the shareholders of NJR ratified the NJR 2007 Stock Award
      and
      Incentive Plan (the 2007 Plan) which replaces the 2002 Employee and Outside
      Director Long-Term Incentive Plan (Long-Term Plan). In addition to the 678,751
      shares that remain available from the Long-Term Plan, the 2007 Plan reserves
      an
      additional 750,000 shares for issuance and provides for a broader range of
      equity awards. On January 24, 2007, the Company issued 36,688 shares of
      Restricted Stock under the 2007 Plan which vest in equal annual installments
      over three years beginning on January 24, 2008, subject to certain
      conditions.
6.
DEBT
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
      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.
In
      December 2006, NJNG had a $38 million letter of credit outstanding, which will
      expire on June 30, 2007, in conjunction with a long-term gas swap
      agreement. It replaced a $45 million letter of credit which expired in December
      2006. The long-term 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 upon its
      expiration.
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      (Continued)
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.
There
      were no other new issuances or redemptions of long-term debt securities for
      NJR,
      NJNG or NJRES during the first quarter of fiscal 2007.
The
      following is a summary of debt and committed credit facilities outstanding
      as of
      December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2006:
December
                31,
September
                30,
(Thousands)
2006
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
$
109,800
$
129,200
Weighted
                average interest rate at end of period
Notes
                payable to banks
5.9%
6.0%
NJNG
Long
                - term debt
(1)
$
254,800
$
254,800
Bank
                credit facilities
$
250,000
$
250,000
Amount
                outstanding at end of period
Commercial
                paper
$
159,800
$
151,500
Weighted
                average interest rate at end of period
Commercial
                paper
5.3%
4.7%
NJRES
Bank
                credit facilities
$
30,000
$
—
Amount
                outstanding at end of period
Notes
                payable to banks
$
16,000
$
—
Weighted
                average interest rate at end of period
Notes
                payable to banks
5.8%
—
(1)
      Long - term debt excludes lease obligations of $56.9 million and $52.5 million
      at December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2006, respectively
.
7.
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 enter into futures contracts, option agreements and swap
      agreements to hedge purchases and sales of natural gas.
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 operating revenues.
The
      amounts included in other comprehensive income related to natural gas
      instruments, which have been designated as cash flow hedges, will reduce or
      increase gas costs as the underlying physical transaction occurs and is settled.
      Based on the amount recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive income as of
      December 31, 2006, $98.2 million is expected to be recorded as a decrease to
      Gas
      purchases in fiscal 2007. For the three months ended December 31, 2006 and
      2005,
      $24.3 million and $20.6 million, respectively, were charged to Gas
      purchases.
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The
      following table summarizes the ineffective portions of the Company's cash flow
      hedges that are included as a benefit (expense) as part of Gas purchases in
      the
      Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended December
      31, 2006, and 2005, respectively:
Three
                Months Ended
December
                31,
(Thousands)
2006
2005
NJRES
$
(232
)  
                      $
3,594
NJR
                Energy
29
15
Total
                Consolidated
$
(203
)     
                   $
3,609
Generally,
      exchange-traded futures 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 December 31 and September 30, 2006 are as
      follows:
December
                31,
September
                30,
(Thousands
)
2006
2006
NJNG
                broker margin deposit
$
24,711
$
30,833
NJRES
                broker margin liability
$
(13,973
)         
                $
(14,220
)
8.
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
December
                31,
(Thousands)
2006
2005
Operating
                Revenues
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
239,407
$
394,346
Energy
                Services
495,787
763,195
Retail
                and Other
6,340
7,103
Subtotal
741,534
1,164,644
Intersegment
                revenues
(1)
(69
)
(68
)
Total
$
741,465
$
1,164,576
Operating
                Income
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
36,716
$
33,447
Energy
                Services
14,846
27,101
Retail
                and Other
582
1,121
Total
$
52,144
$
61,669
Net
                Income
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
19,908
$
18,683
Energy
                Services
7,819
14,897
Retail
                and Other
397
684
Total
$
28,124
$
34,264
(1)
Consists
      of transactions between subsidiaries that are eliminated in
      consolidation.
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The
      Company's assets for the various business segments are detailed
      below:
December
                31,
September
                30,
(Thousands)
2006
2006
Assets
                at end of period
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
1,618,845
$
1,586,934
Energy
                Services
809,680
714,867
Retail
                and Other
102,404
107,213
Intersegment
                Assets
(1)
(10,574
)
(10,086
)
Total
$
2,520,355
$
2,398,928
(1)
Consists
      of transactions between subsidiaries that are eliminated in
      consolidation.
9.
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
Three
                Months Ended
December
                31,
December
                31,
(Thousands)
2006
2005
2006
2005
Service
                cost
$
713
$
751
$
454
$
380
Interest
                cost
1,525
1,408
757
615
Expected
                return on plan assets
(2,052
)
(1,782
)
(541
)
(458
)
Prior
                service cost amortization
21
21
20
19
Transition
                obligation amortization
—
—
89
89
Recognized
                actuarial loss
399
433
266
206
Net
                initial obligation
—
(3
)
—
—
Recognized
                net periodic cost
$
606
$
828
$
1,045
$
851
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.
10.
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.
The
      following is an analysis of the change in the ARO liability for the three months
      ended December 31, 2006, in thousands:
Balance
                at October 1, 2006
$
23,293
Accretion
328
Additions
—
Retirements
(257
)
Balance
                at December 31, 2006
$
23,364
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Accretion
      amounts will not be reflected as 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.
11.
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 charges of approximately $102.5 million at current contract rates
      and volumes, which are recovered through the BGSS.
As
      of
      December 31, 2006, there were NJR guarantees covering approximately $248 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 2010. 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 $50.5 million for the remainder of fiscal
      2007 and $63.3 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 less
      than $3.8 million annually for the next five years and $653,000 in the aggregate
      for all years thereafter.
Legal
      Proceedings
Manufactured
      Gas Plant Remediation
NJNG
      has
      identified 11 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 11 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
      11 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 10 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 12-month periods
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ending
      June 30, 2005 and 2006 are pending BPU approval. As of December 31, 2006, $86.1
      million of previously incurred remediation costs, net of recoveries from
      customers as well as received and anticipated 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.
Kemper
      Insurance Company Litigation
In
      September 2000, NJNG purchased two insurance policies from Kemper Insurance
      Company (Kemper): (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.
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NJNG
      requested that Kemper defend and indemnify NJNG for claims involving the Mass
      Tort Litigation and reimburse NJNG for remediation costs for the Long Branch
      site that exceeded the self-insured retention. Kemper reserved its rights
      regarding various allegations and agreed to participate in the defense of the
      claims against NJNG. Although Kemper did not deny coverage, it did not reimburse
      NJNG for any costs incurred, including the subsequently settled claims.
      Consequently, in October 2004, NJNG filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of
      New
      Jersey, Law Division, Ocean County, seeking declaratory relief against Kemper
      (the "Lawsuit").
On
      January 24, 2007, NJNG entered into a written Settlement Agreement and Mutual
      Release (the "Settlement Agreement") with Kemper and certain of its affiliates
      pursuant to which the parties settled the Lawsuit. Pursuant to the terms of
      the
      Settlement Agreement, NJNG received a payment in the amount of $12.8 million
      on
      January 26, 2007 (the "Settlement Payment"). The Settlement Agreement provides
      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 policies. 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. NJNG will apply the entire amount of the Settlement Payment against
      its
      regulatory assets for expended remediation costs (see
Note
      2. Regulation).
Pursuant
      to the RAC, NJNG will seek recovery of costs in excess of those recovered from
      Kemper and other insurers. The RAC does not, however, permit NJNG to recover
      costs, expenses or other liabilities incurred in connection with personal injury
      claims. Management believes that, subject to BPU approval, these costs, net
      of
      all insurance proceeds, are recoverable pursuant to the RAC. However, because
      recovery of all 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.
12.
OTHER
At
      December 31, 2006, there were
27,760,054
shares
      of
      common stock outstanding and the book value per share was $23.24.
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      2.
MANAGEMENT'S
      DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS
      OF OPERATIONS
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 in states from 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 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, 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; 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:
Three
                Months Ended
December
                31,
($
                in Thousands)
2006
2005
Net
                Income
Natural
                Gas Distribution
$
19,908
71%
$
18,683
55%
Energy
                Services
7,819
28
14,897
43
Retail
                and Other
397
1
684
2
Total
$
28,124
100%
$
34,264
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, 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;
·
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 these programs with the end
                of
                the term of the CIP;
·
Managing
                the volatility of wholesale natural gas prices through a hedging
                program
                to help keep customers' prices as stable as possible;
                and
·
Improving
                its cost structure through various productivity
                initiatives.
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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 month
      period ending December 31, 2005, 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 has obtained approval
      of
      the CIP effective as of October 1, 2006. Therefore, for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, the impact of weather and usage on NJNG's utility gross
      margin has been significantly mitigated due to the CIP.
The
      CIP
      is a three-year pilot program, effective October 1, 2006, designed to
      decouple the link between customer usage and NJNG's utility gross margin to
      allow NJNG to encourage its customers to conserve energy. Absent BPU action,
      the
      CIP program is extended for up to one additional year, or until the issuance
      of
      a BPU order. For the term of the program 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. Recovery of such utility gross margin variations 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 rate review with the BPU by October
      1,
      2008, the return on equity for the 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 $2 million in funding for such programs and will
      continue to fund programs throughout the term of the pilot. At December 31,
      2006, the obligation to fund these conservation programs has a present value
      of
      $1.5 million, which is included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
      An
      annual filing of the conservation efforts will be made in June of each
      year, commencing in June 2007, coincident with NJNG's annual BGSS
      filing.
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 2008. Labor-related fringe benefit costs, which are also subject to numerous
      factors, 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 and related litigation. If there are changes in the regulatory
      position on the recovery of these costs, such costs would be charged to
      income.
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'
      unregulated energy trading and wholesale energy operations incorporates the
      following elements to provide for growth, while focusing on a low-risk
      profile:
·
Providing
                natural gas portfolio management services to nonaffiliated utilities
                and
                electric generation facilities;
·
Identifying
                and benefiting from variations in pricing of natural gas transportation
                and storage assets due to location or timing differences to generate
                gross
                margin;
·
Managing
                hedging programs designed to mitigate adverse market price fluctuations
                in
                natural gas transportation and storage commitments;
                and
·
Monitoring
                and reducing risk associated with various counterparties credit
                exposure.
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In
      conducting its business, NJRES mitigates risk by following formal risk
      management guidelines, including trading limits, approval processes, segregation
      of duties, as well as formal contract and credit review and approval procedures.
      The Risk Management Committee (RMC) of NJR, which consists of senior officers
      from several business units of NJR, oversees compliance with these established
      guidelines.
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
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 by the commencement of fiscal 2008. 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 statements.
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, to the extent
      such
      amounts are not recognized in earnings as part of net periodic benefit costs.
      Amounts recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income are adjusted as
      they are subsequently recognized in earnings. 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.
Results
      of Operations
Net
      income for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 decreased by 17.9 percent to
      $28.1 million, compared with $34.3 million for the same period last fiscal
      year.
      Basic earnings per share (EPS) decreased by 18.6 percent to $1.01, compared
      with
      $1.24 last fiscal year. Diluted EPS decreased 17.9 percent to $1.01, compared
      with $1.23 last fiscal year.
Revenue
      decreased by approximately $423.1 million, or 36.3 percent, for the three months
      ended December 31, 2006 as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal
      year,
      as a result of lower customer usage and off-system sales at NJNG and lower
      sales
      at NJRES, which were the result of lower prices due to the absence of extreme
      weather events that did not
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recur
      in
      the first quarter of fiscal 2007. These same factors resulted in a decrease
      in
      Gas purchases of $409.8 million, or 39.5 percent, for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, as compared to the same period in the prior fiscal
      year.
The
      decrease in earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2006, as compared with
      the same quarter in the prior fiscal year, was due primarily to lower earnings
      at NJRES due to higher market volatility and lower natural gas prices, as a
      result of the absence of certain weather-related events in the southeastern
      and
      Gulf-Coast regions of the United States, and reduced impact of the ineffective
      portion of transactions accounted for as cash flow-hedges under SFAS No. 133,
      "Accounting for Derivative Instruments (as amended)" (SFAS 133), offset by
      improved earnings at NJNG. Increased earnings at NJNG were 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 rates over the same period last year.
Natural
      Gas Distribution Operations
NJNG
      is a
      local natural gas distribution company that provides regulated retail energy
      services to approximately 474,000 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.
In
      February 1999, the Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act (EDECA),
      which provides the framework for the restructuring of New Jersey's energy
      markets, became law. In March 2001, the BPU issued an order to fully open
      NJNG's residential markets to competition, restructure its rates to segregate
      its BGSS and delivery (i.e., transportation) service prices as required by
      EDECA
      and expand an incentive for residential and small commercial customers to switch
      to transportation service. 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. In January 2002, the BPU ordered
      that BGSS could be provided by suppliers other than the state's natural gas
      utilities, but BGSS should be provided by the state's natural gas utilities
      until further BPU action. No additional action has been taken by the BPU
      subsequent to its initial order in January 2002.
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NJNG's
      financial results are summarized as follows:
Three
                Months Ended
December
                31,
(Thousands)
2006
2005
Utility
                Gross Margin
Operating
                revenues
$
239,407
$
394,346
Gas
                purchases
150,993
305,132
Energy
                and other taxes
12,520
17,285
Regulatory
                rider expense
9,466
9,458
Total
                Utility Gross Margin
$
66,428
$
62,471
Utility
                Gross Margin
Residential
                and commercial
$
54,509
$
52,669
Transportation
8,437
6,382
Total
                Utility Firm Gross Margin
62,946
59,051
Incentive
                programs
3,278
3,114
Interruptible
204
306
Total
                Utility Gross Margin
66,428
62,471
Operation
                and maintenance expense
20,255
19,867
Depreciation
                and amortization
8,738
8,423
Other
                taxes not reflected in utility gross margin
719
734
Operating
                income
$
36,716
$
33,447
Other
                income
1,047
825
Interest
                charges, net
5,393
3,784
Income
                tax provision
12,462
11,805
Net
                income
$
19,908
$
18,683
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 during the first quarter of fiscal 2006,
      and at 7 percent, during the first quarter of 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,
      as
      TEFA has previously replaced the utility gross receipts tax formula.
Regulatory
      rider expenses consist of recovery of state-mandated programs and the
      remediation adjustment clause costs. These expenses are designed to be offset
      by
      corresponding revenues and are calculated on a per-therm basis.
NJNG's
      operating revenues decreased by $154.9 million, or 39.3 percent, and gas
      purchases decreased by $154.1 million, or 50.5 percent, for the three months
      ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period in the prior fiscal
      year.
      These decreases were the result of weather being 18.2 percent warmer for the
      three months ended December 31, 2006, as
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compared
      to the same period in the prior fiscal year, coupled with a reduction in
      customer usage per degree day and a $51.5 million refund provided to residential
      and small commercial customers in December 2006, partially offset by customer
      growth. Sales tax and TEFA, which are presented as both components of Revenues
      and Cost of Revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, totaled
      $12.5 million and $17.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006
      and
      2005, respectively. The sales tax decrease is a direct result of the decrease
      in
      NJNG's operating revenues. TEFA decreased due to a reduction in customer usage.
      Regulatory rider expenses remained at $9.5 million for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The flat regulatory rider expense
      is
      due to an increase in the Universal Service Fund (USF) rate as approved by
      the
      Board of Public Utilities, offset by the decrease in customer
      usage.
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, is subject to BPU-approved
                incentives.
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 certain gas supply cost savings achieved.
For
      the
      three months ended, December 31, 2005, 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 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 $3.9 million, or 6.6 percent, for the three
      months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period last fiscal year.
      The change was due primarily to the net effect of:
·
An
                increase in fixed revenue as a result of customer growth;
                and
·
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 period
                in
                the prior fiscal year when the WNC, which did not capture the impact
                of
                lower usage per degree day, was in effect; which more than
                offset
·
The
                decrease in natural gas used by customers as the result of winter
                weather
                being 18.2 percent warmer for the three months ended December 31,
                2006,
                compared with the same period last fiscal year; and
·
A
                reduction in customer usage per degree day over the same period last
                fiscal year.
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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 December 31, 2006 was 18.3 percent warmer than normal which
      resulted in an accrual of utility gross margin under the CIP of $8.0 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
      $3.3
      million.
Utility
      firm gross margin from transportation service increased $2.1 million, or 32.2
      percent, for the three months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same
      period in the prior fiscal year. NJNG transported 2.5 Bcf and 2.6 Bcf for the
      three months ended December 31, 2006, and December 31, 2005, 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
      8,551 and 9,760 residential customers and 4,319 and 2,718 commercial customers
      using its transportation service at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
      The decrease 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 and away from the
      residential sector.
During
      the three months ended December 31, 2006, NJNG added 2,614 new customers, 36
      percent of which converted from other fuels. In addition, 69 existing customers
      added natural gas heat to their existing service. In fiscal 2007, NJNG currently
      expects to add approximately 9,700 new customers and convert an additional
      700
      existing customers to natural gas heat and other services. Achieving these
      expectations would represent an estimated annual customer growth rate of
      approximately 2.0 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.
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
      shareowners to retain 20 percent, of these costs and results.
The
      storage incentive program shares gains and losses on an 80 percent to 20 percent
      basis between customers and shareowners, respectively. This program measures
      the
      difference between the actual cost of natural gas in storage and a benchmark
      applicable to the April-through-October injection season.
NJNG's
      incentive programs totaled 10.6 Bcf and generated $3.3 million of utility gross
      margin for the three months ended December 31, 2006, compared with 10.2 Bcf
      and
      $3.1 million of utility gross margin, for the same period last fiscal year.
      The
      increase in utility gross margin was due primarily to the FRM and the storage
      incentive programs, which
both
      benefited from additional price volatility, caused by warmer than normal
      weather, in the wholesale natural gas market.
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Interruptible
NJNG
      serves 48 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 4.0 percent and 5.8 percent of total
      throughput for the three months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, 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 remained at 1.0 Bcf for the three months
      ended December 31, 2006, and 2005, respectively. In addition, NJNG transported
      1.0 Bcf and 1.7 Bcf for the three months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005,
      respectively, for its interruptible customers.
Operation
      and Maintenance Expense
Operation
      and maintenance (O&M) expense increased $388,000, or 2.0 percent, in the
      three months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period in the
      prior
      fiscal year. The increase was due primarily to higher labor costs, offset by
      lower bad debt expense. Higher labor costs are due 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 as noted above.
Operating
      Income
Operating
      income increased by $3.3 million, or 9.8 percent, in the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, compared with the same period last year. The increase was
      due
      primarily to the implementation of the CIP tariff which became effective
      beginning in fiscal year 2007. The implementation of the CIP allowed the
      recovery of utility gross margin loss incurred as a result of the decrease
      in
      natural gas used due to the warmer weather as well as the reduction in customer
      usage per degree day, as noted in the discussion above. During the three months
      ended December 31, 2005, 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 $1.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 as compared
      to the same period in the prior fiscal year due primarily to an increase in
      short-term borrowings and higher interest rates.
Net
      Income
Net
      income increased $1.2 million, or 6.6 percent, in the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, due primarily to higher operating income as described above,
      partially offset by higher interest expense.
Energy
      Services Operations
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.
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
      provides customers with better pricing and allows NJRES to extract more value
      from its portfolio of storage and transportation capacity. In addition, these
      customers have come to rely on NJRES' reliability, which is, in part, due to the
      ability to deliver from a firm supply source.
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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 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' gross margin is defined
      as natural gas revenues and management fees less natural gas costs and fixed
      demand costs.
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. NJRES generates gross
      margin by locking in the differential between purchasing natural gas at the
      lowest current or future price and, in a related transaction, selling that
      natural gas at the highest current or future price, all within the constraints
      of its contracts credit 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.
NJRES'
      financial results are summarized as follows:
Three
                Months Ended
December
                31
,
(Thousands)
2006
2005
Operating
                     revenues
$
495,787
$
763,195
Gas
                purchases
477,692
733,343
Gross
                margin
18,095
29,852
Operation
                and maintenance expense
3,003
2,518
Depreciation
                and amortization
54
52
Other
                taxes
192
181
Operating
                income
$
14,846
$
27,101
Net
                income
$
7,819
$
14,897
NJRES'
      gross margin decreased by $11.8 million, in the three months ended December
      31,
      2006, compared with the same period last fiscal year due primarily to extreme
      weather related conditions in the southeast and gulf coast regions of the United
      States in the previous year, which triggered the disruption of the natural
      gas
      production in the gulf coast region and created market volatility along with
      a
      significant increase in wholesale natural gas prices. This resulted in greater
      margins in its storage and pipeline trading positions during the first quarter
      of fiscal 2006, which did not recur in the current fiscal year. Additionally
      NJRES' gross margin for the three months ended December 31, 2005 included the
      benefits from certain natural gas basis swaps that were deemed ineffective
      cash
      flow hedges upon adoption of SFAS 133, which were concluded and settled in
      October 2006.
Operation
      and maintenance expense increased by $485,000, or 19.2 percent, during the
      three
      months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period last year, due
      primarily to higher labor and fringe benefits costs as a result of the
      operational growth of NJRES.
Operating
      income decreased by $12.3 million and net income decreased by $7.1 million
      for
      the three months ended December 31, 2006, compared with the same period in
      the
      prior fiscal year due primarily to the additional income generated in the prior
      fiscal year from the locational pricing related to extreme weather conditions
      and the beneficial impact of SFAS 133, both as noted above, which significantly
      contributed to higher earnings.
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
      months ended December 31, 2006 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 141,000
      customers; CR&R, which holds and develops commercial real estate and NJR
      Energy, an investor in energy-related ventures through its operating subsidiary,
      NJNR Pipeline, which consists primarily of its equity investment in Iroquois;
      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
December
                31,
(Thousands)
2006
2005
Operating
                revenues
$
6,340
$
7,103
Other
                income
$
807
$
654
Net
                income
$
397
$
684
Retail
      and Other Operating revenue decreased by $763,000, for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, compared with the same period last year, due primarily
      to:
·
A
                gain of $168,000 in the first quarter of 2006 on the completion of
                a land
                and building sales contract by CR&R that did not recur in fiscal
                2007;
·
A
                reduction in installations of heating systems during the three months
                ended December 31, 2006 compared to same period last year due to
                warmer
                weather in fiscal 2007 resulting in a decrease of $445,000 in NJRHS
                operating revenues.
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:
December
                31,
September
                30,
2006
2006
Common
                stock equity
51%
50%
Long-term
                debt
27
27
Short-term
                debt
22
23
Total
100%
100%
NJR
      did
      not repurchase any shares of its common stock during the three month period
      ending December 31, 2006.
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.
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As
      of
      December 31, 2006 NJR, NJRES and NJNG had committed credit facilities of $605
      million with approximately $319 million available under these facilities (see
Note
      6. Debt).
NJR,
      NJNG
      and NJRES currently anticipate that their financing requirements in fiscal
      2007
      will be met through internally generated cash, the issuance of short-term debt
      and proceeds from the Company's Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
The
      following table is a summary of NJR's, NJNG's and NJRES's contractual cash
      obligations and their applicable payment due dates:
Up to
2-3
4-5
After
(Thousands)
Total
1 Year
Years
Years
5 Years
Long-term
                debt
*
$
455,814
$
13,011
$
23,163
$
73,666
$
345,974
Capital
                lease obligations
*
90,128
7,994
15,988
19,578
46,568
Operating
                leases
*
8,990
2,939
3,843
1,555
653
Short-term
                debt
285,600
285,600
—
—
—
Clean
                energy program
*
18,540
8,638
9,902
—
—
Construction
                obligations
5,054
5,054
—
—
—
Natural
                gas supply purchase obligations - NJNG
606,790
180,334
193,429
136,916
96,111
Natural
                gas supply purchase obligations - NJRES
1,094,780
453,395
532,972
94,537
13,876
Total
                NJR and NJNG contractual cash
Obligations
$
2,565,696
$
956,965
$
779,297
$
326,252
$
503,182
*These
      obligations include an interest component.
As
      of
      December 31, 2006, there were NJR guarantees covering approximately $248 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 2010. NJR would have to provide
      for payment in the event of default by NJRES, NJNG or NJR Energy.
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 $12.4 million for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, compared with $168.3 million used in operating activities
      in
      the same period last fiscal year. The increase in operating cash flow during
      the
      first quarter of fiscal 2007 primarily reflects the following changes in the
      components of working capital, as well as lower MGP expenditures, partially
      offset by lower net income:
·
A
                decrease in the change in accounts receivable of $104 million as
                a result
                of a $51.5 million credit issued to retail customers and warmer weather
                with reduced customer usage at NJNG. The refund also resulted in
                an
                increase in underrecovered gas costs as of December 31, 2006. The
                change
                was partially offset by increased receivables as a result of settled
                wholesale natural gas and storage commodity contracts at
                NJRES.
·
A
                decrease in gas inventory at NJNG due to lower volumes held in inventory,
                as well as lower wholesale natural gas
                prices.
·
An
                increase in gas purchases payable primarily at NJRES as a result
                of
                greater natural gas storage assets and other natural gas inventory
                transactions.
NJNG's
      MGP expenditures, exclusive of insurance recoveries, are currently expected
      to
      total $30.4 million in fiscal 2007 (see
Note
      11. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities).
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Financing
      Activities
Cash
      flow
      from financing activities totaled $5.3 million for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, compared with $176.5 million in the same period last year.
      The change was due primarily to a decrease in short-and long-term borrowings,
      compared with the same period last year, as a result of lower wholesale
      commodity costs in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and reduced cash
      requirements associated with NJRES margin calls that were the result of the
      volatility in wholesale natural gas prices during the first quarter of fiscal
      2006, which did not recur in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.
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 $12.5 million for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006, compared with $25 million for the same period last fiscal
      year. The decrease in cash used during the first quarter of fiscal 2007, as
      compared with the same period in the prior fiscal year, was due primarily to
      cash received from the sale of land at CR&R, along with the absence of the
      net $12.5 million deposit into a construction fund created under the EDA
      financing arrangement described above, partially offset by increased capital
      expenditures for utility plant additions.
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.
NJRES
      does not currently anticipate any significant capital expenditures in fiscal
      2007 and 2008.
Retail
      and Other capital expenditures each year are primarily made in connection with
      investments made to preserve the value of real estate holdings.
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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 sixth 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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ITEM
      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
      9.1
      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 December 31, 2006:
Balance
Increase
Balance
September 30,
(Decrease) in Fair
Amounts
December 31,
(Thousands)
2006
Market Value
Settled
2006
NJNG
$
(82,451
)        
                $
(2,618
)        
                $
3,033
$
(88,102
)
NJRES
116,547
32,439
23,933
125,053
NJR
                Energy
35,423
(3,697
)
337
31,389
Total
$
69,519
$
26,124
$
27,303
$
68,340
There
      were no changes in methods of valuations during the three months ended December
      31, 2006.
The
      following is a summary of fair market value of commodity derivatives at December
      31, 2006, by method of valuation and by maturity for each fiscal year
      period:
Total
Remaining
After
Fair
(Thousands)
2007
2008
2009
                - 2011
2011
Value
Price
                based on NYMEX
$
49,038
$
1,705
$
4,640
$
—
$
55,383
Price
                based on over-the-counter
—
—
—
—
—
Published
                quotations
8,217
4,688
52
—
12,957
Total
$
57,255
$
6,393
$
4,692
$
—
$
68,340
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The
      following is a summary of commodity derivatives by type as of December 31,
      2006:
Amounts
Included
Volume
Price per
in Derivatives
(Bcf)
Mmbtu
(Thousands)
NJNG
Futures
(0.4)
$6.05
                - $9.39
$
(17,731
)
Options
(10.1)
$6.50
                - $12.00
764
Swaps
5.0
$3.99
                - $8.74
(71,135
)
NJRES
Futures
(6.0)
$6.13
                - $12.04
10,354
Options
(2.0)
$5.25
                - $12.00
254
Swaps
(77.1)
$4.70
                - $11.52
114,445
NJRE
Swaps
9.8
$3.07
                - $4.41
31,389
Total
$
68,340
The
      Company uses a value-at-risk (VaR) model to assess the market risk of its net
      futures, swaps and options positions. The VaR at December 31, 2006, using the
      variance-covariance method with a 95 percent confidence level and a 1-day
      holding period, was $4.3 million. The VaR with a 99 percent confidence level
      and
      a 10-day holding period was $19.1 million. The calculated VaR represents an
      estimate of the potential change in the value of the net positions. 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 is a group of senior officers
      from NJR-affiliated companies that meets twice a month and, among other things,
      evaluates the effectiveness of existing credit policies and procedures, reviews
      material transactions and discusses emerging issues.
Following
      is a summary of gross and net credit exposures, grouped by investment and
      noninvestment grade counterparties, as of December 31, 2006. 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 December 31, 2006, is as
      follows:
(Thousands)
Gross
                Credit Exposure
Net
                Credit
Exposure
Investment
                grade
$
302,418
$
258,571
Noninvestment
                grade
1,304
765
Internally
                rated investment grade
22,100
15,011
Internally
                rated noninvestment grade
10,937
—
Total
$
336,759
$
274,347
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NJNG's
      counterparty credit exposure as of December 31, 2006, is as
      follows:
(Thousands)
Gross
                Credit Exposure
Net
                Credit
Exposure
Investment
                grade
$
30,825
$
22,660
Noninvestment
                grade
194
—
Internally
                rated investment grade
369
327
Internally
                rated noninvestment grade
604
—
Total
$
31,992
$
22,987
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
      December 31, 2006, the Company (excluding NJNG) had no variable-rate long-term
      debt.
At
      December 31, 2006, 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.
ITEM
      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.
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PART
      II
- OTHER INFORMATION
ITE
M
      1.
LEGAL
      PROCEEDINGS
Information
      required by this Item is set forth in Part I, Item 1, Note 11. Commitment and
      Contingent Liabilities - Legal Proceedings and is incorporated
      herein.
ITE
M
      1A.
RISK
      FACTORS
There
      have been no material changes to the factors disclosed in ITEM 1A "RISK FACTORS"
in the 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
ITEM
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 December 31, 2006, the Company has repurchased 3.15
      million shares of its common stock.
The
      following table sets forth NJR's repurchase activity for the three months ended
      December 31, 2006:
Period
(a)
                Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased
(b)
                Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit)
(c)
                Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced
                Plans or Programs
(d)
                Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units)
                That May
                Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans
or
                Programs
10/1/06
                - 10/31/06
-
-
-
348,147
11/1/06
                - 11/30/06
-
-
-
348,147
12/1/06
                - 12/31/06
-
-
-
348,147
Total
-
-
-
348,147
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ITEM
4.
SUBMISSION
      OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
(a)
      An
      annual meeting of a shareholders was held on January 24, 2007
(b)
The
      shareholders voted upon the following matters at the January 24, 2007
      annual shareholders meeting:
(i)
The
      election of five directors to the Board of Directors, four were elected for
      terms expiring in 2010 and one was elected for a term expiring in 2008. The
      results of the voting were follows:
Directors
                until 2010
For
Withheld
Lawrence
                R. Codey
23,055,983
289,874
Laurence
                M. Downes
22,705,713
640,144
Alfred
                C. Koeppe
22,902,957
442,900
William
                H. Turner
22,778,461
567,396
Directors
                until 2008
For
Withheld
Jane
                M. Kenny
23,014,338
331,519
In
      addition to the directors elected at the annual meeting, the terms of the
      following members of NJR's Board of Directors continued after the meeting: Nina
      Aversano, David A. Trice, M. William Howard, Jr., J. Terry Strange, Gary W.
      Wolf
      and George R. Zoffinger.
(ii)
Approval
      of the 2007 Stock Award and Incentive Plan. The results of the voting were
      as
      follows:
For
Against
Abstain
No
                Vote
15,325,349
2,652,380
333,840
5,034,289
(iii)
Approval
      of the action of the Audit Committee in retaining Deloitte & Touche LLP as
      our independent registered public accounting firm. The results of the voting
      were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
23,112,032
129,778
104,046
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ITEM
6.
EXHIBITS
(a)
Exhibits
10-1
Settlement
      Agreement and Mutual Release dated January 24, 2007 by and between New Jersey
      Natural Gas Company and 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.
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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SIG
NATURES
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:
      February 7, 2007
/s/Glenn
      C. Lockwood
Glenn
      C.
      Lockwood
Senior
      Vice President
and
      Chief
      Financial Officer