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<P style="font-size: 14pt" align="center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
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<P style="font-size: 18pt" align="center"><B>FORM 8-K</B>

<P style="font-size: 12pt" align="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 16, 2009 (April
16, 2009)</B>


<P style="font-size: 24pt" align="center"><B>NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION<BR>
</B><FONT
style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT>
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  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid"><B>1415 Wyckoff Road<BR>
Wall, New Jersey<BR>
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938-1480</B>
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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">o</FONT> Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)<BR>
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<FONT face="Wingdings">o</FONT> Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)<BR>
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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))<BR>
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240.13e-4(c))<BR>


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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01. Other Events.</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">On April&nbsp;16, 2009, New Jersey Natural Gas Company (&#8220;NJNG&#8221;),
a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Jersey Resources Corporation (&#8220;NJR&#8221;), received approval from the New
Jersey Board of Public Utilities for its Accelerated Infrastructure Program (&#8220;AIP&#8221;). NJNG announced the
approval of the AIP in the press release dated April&nbsp;16, 2009, attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and
incorporated by reference herein. NJNG also published the Investor Fact Sheet entitled &#8220;Summary of Accelerated
Infrastructure Program&#8221; attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 and incorporated by reference herein.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U><B>Forward-Looking Statements</B></U> <BR>
This filing contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. NJR cautions
readers that the assumptions forming the basis for forward-looking statements include many factors that are beyond
NJR&#8217;s ability to control or estimate precisely, such as estimates of future market conditions and the behavior of
other market participants. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the company&#8217;s
expectations include, but are not limited to, weather, economic conditions and demographic changes in NJNG&#8217;s
service territory, rate of customer growth, volatility of natural gas commodity prices and its impact on customer usage
and NJR Energy Services operations, changes in rating agency requirements and/or credit ratings and their effect on
availability and cost of capital to the company, conditions in the credit markets and their potential impact on the
company&#8217;s access to capital and borrowing costs, increased interest costs resulting from failures in the market
for auction rate securities, the impact of the company&#8217;s risk management efforts, including commercial and
wholesale credit risks, changes in the costs of providing pension and post-employment benefits to current and former
employees, the company&#8217;s ability to obtain governmental approvals, property rights and/or financing for the
construction, development and operation of its non-regulated energy investments, risks associated with the management
of the company&#8217;s joint ventures and partnerships, the impact of regulation (including the regulation of rates),
the outcome of any future base rate cases, fluctuations in energy-related commodity prices, customer conversions, other
marketing efforts, actual energy usage patterns of NJNG&#8217;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, an adequate number of appropriate
counterparties, sufficient liquidity in the energy trading market, the disallowance of recovery of
environmental-related expenditures, environmental and other litigation and other uncertainties, the effects and impacts
of inflation, change in accounting pronouncements issued by the appropriate standard setting bodies and terrorist
attacks or threatened attacks on energy facilities or unrelated energy companies. NJR does not, by including this
paragraph, assume any obligation to review or revise any particular forward-looking statement referenced herein in
light of future events. More detailed information about these factors is set forth under the heading &#8220;Risk
Factors&#8221; in NJR&#8217;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)&nbsp;including its most recent
Form 10-K dated November&nbsp;24, 2008 and 10-Q dated February&nbsp;6, 2009.


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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits</B>&nbsp;

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">(c)&nbsp;Exhibits.
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99.1 </DIV>
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Press Release dated April&nbsp;16, 2009.</TD>
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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>SIGNATURE</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">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 hereunto duly authorized.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 45%" align="justify">NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Date: April&nbsp;16, 2009

<P style="margin-top: -11pt; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 45%" align="justify">By:&nbsp;<B>/</B>s/ Glenn C. Lockwood
<BR>
Glenn C. Lockwood <BR>
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Form 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 16, 2009 (April
16, 2009)
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey
1-8359
22-2376465
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1415 Wyckoff Road
Wall, New Jersey
07719
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(732)
938-1480
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On April 16, 2009, New Jersey Natural Gas Company ("NJNG"),
a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Jersey Resources Corporation ("NJR"), received approval from the New
Jersey Board of Public Utilities for its Accelerated Infrastructure Program ("AIP"). NJNG announced the
approval of the AIP in the press release dated April 16, 2009, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated by reference herein. NJNG also published the Investor Fact Sheet entitled "Summary of Accelerated
Infrastructure Program" attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated by reference herein.
Forward-Looking Statements
This filing contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. NJR cautions
readers that the assumptions forming the basis for forward-looking statements include many factors that are beyond
NJR's ability to control or estimate precisely, such as estimates of future market conditions and the behavior of
other market participants. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the company's
expectations include, but are not limited to, weather, economic conditions and demographic changes in NJNG's
service territory, rate of customer growth, volatility of natural gas commodity prices and its impact on customer usage
and NJR Energy Services operations, changes in rating agency requirements and/or credit ratings and their effect on
availability and cost of capital to the company, conditions in the credit markets and their potential impact on the
company's access to capital and borrowing costs, increased interest costs resulting from failures in the market
for auction rate securities, the impact of the company's risk management efforts, including commercial and
wholesale credit risks, changes in the costs of providing pension and post-employment benefits to current and former
employees, the company's ability to obtain governmental approvals, property rights and/or financing for the
construction, development and operation of its non-regulated energy investments, risks associated with the management
of the company's joint ventures and partnerships, the impact of regulation (including the regulation of rates),
the outcome of any future base rate cases, fluctuations in energy-related commodity prices, customer conversions, other
marketing efforts, actual energy usage patterns 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, an adequate number of appropriate
counterparties, sufficient liquidity in the energy trading market, the disallowance of recovery of
environmental-related expenditures, environmental and other litigation and other uncertainties, the effects and impacts
of inflation, change in accounting pronouncements issued by the appropriate standard setting bodies and terrorist
attacks or threatened attacks on energy facilities or unrelated energy companies. NJR does not, by including this
paragraph, assume any obligation to review or revise any particular forward-looking statement referenced herein in
light of future events. More detailed information about these factors is set forth under the heading "Risk
Factors" in NJR's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) including its most recent
Form 10-K dated November 24, 2008 and 10-Q dated February 6, 2009.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
99.1
Press Release dated April 16, 2009.
99.2
Investor Fact Sheet dated April 2009
SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
Date: April 16, 2009
By:
/
s/ Glenn C. Lockwood
Glenn C. Lockwood
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press Release dated April 16, 2009.
99.2
Investor Fact Sheet dated April 2009