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      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        January 25, 2017</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=right width="100%"><STRONG><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Registration Statement No. 333-</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>UNITED
  STATES<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>SECURITIES AND
  EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">Washington,
  D.C. 20549<BR>_______________</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>FORM
  S-8<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">UNDER<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>_______________</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6>NEW JERSEY RESOURCES
  CORPORATION<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Exact name of
  registrant as specified in its charter)<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>New Jersey</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>22-2376465</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>incorporation or organization)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Identification No.)</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall,
  New Jersey 07719<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>New Jersey Resources
  Corporation<BR>2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Full title of the Plan)<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Richard Reich,
  Esq.<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Corporate Secretary
  and Assistant General Counsel<BR>New Jersey Resources Corporation<BR>1415
  Wyckoff Road<BR>Wall, New Jersey 07719<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Name and address of agent for service)
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(732)
  938-7890<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Telephone number,
  including area code, of agent for service)<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Copies
  to:<BR></FONT></I></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>David I. Meyers,
  Esq.<BR>Troutman Sanders LLP<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Troutman Sanders Building<BR>1001 Haxall Point<BR>Richmond, Virginia
  23219<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
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  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
  &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148;
  in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Large
        accelerated filer &#9746;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="45%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accelerated
        filer &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="45%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="45%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Smaller
        reporting company &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Do not
        check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-top: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 100%; padding-top: 8pt"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
        FEE</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=left width="40%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amount to be</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Proposed maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Proposed maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amount of</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt double" noWrap align=center width="40%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Title of securities to be registered</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>registered</FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>offering price per share<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>aggregate offering price<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>registration fee<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="40%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Common
        Stock, $2.50 par value per share</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3,135,000
        shares</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$36.45</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$114,270,750</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$13,244</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to Rule
        416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
        this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
        Company&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the plan by reason of
        any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. In addition,
        pursuant to Rule 416(c) promulgated under the Securities Act, this
        Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
        be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
        herein.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Estimated solely for
        the purpose of computing the registration fee. Calculated pursuant to Rule
        457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of $36.45 per share, which
        was the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported
        on The New York Stock Exchange on January 20,
  2017.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART I</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 1. Plan
  Information.</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>In accordance with the
  instructional Note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), the information specified by Part I of Form S-8
  has been omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for offers of
  Common Stock pursuant to the New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock Award
  and Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). New Jersey Resources Corporation (the
  &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; or &#147;our&#148;), has sent or given or will send or give
  documents containing the information specified by Part I of this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 to participants in the Plan, as specified in Rule
  428(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act. While the Company is not filing such
  documents with the SEC, these documents constitute (along with the documents
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pursuant
  to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
  10(a) of the Securities Act. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 2. Registrant
  Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Upon written or oral request,
  any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (which documents are incorporated by
  reference in this Section 10(a) Prospectus), and other documents required to be
  delivered to eligible executive officers, non-employee directors and employees,
  pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act are available without charge by
  contacting: Richard Reich, Esq., Corporate Secretary and Assistant General
  Counsel, New Jersey Resources Corporation, 1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall, New Jersey
  07719, (732) 938-7890 </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART II </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference.</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The following documents filed
  with the SEC (File Number 001-08359) are hereby incorporated by reference into
  this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(a)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Our Annual Report on
        Form 10-K as of and for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, filed
        with the SEC on November 22, 2016;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Our Current Reports
        on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 18, 2016; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The description of
        our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
        with the SEC on June 15, 1982, as updated by pertinent information
        furnished in subsequent reports filed pursuant to Section 13 of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
    Act&#148;).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>In addition, all documents
  subsequently filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration
  Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
  that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the
  respective date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
  information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form
  8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 or any related prospectus. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Any statement contained in a
  document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed
  to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
  extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document which also is incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein modified or superseded such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 4. Description of
  Securities.</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 5. Interests of Named
  Experts and Counsel. </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-1 </FONT></P>
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  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 6. Indemnification of
  Directors and Officers.</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The New Jersey Business
  Corporation Act (&#147;NJBCA&#148;) provides that a New Jersey corporation has the power
  to indemnify a director or officer against his or her expenses and liabilities
  in connection with any proceeding involving the director or officer by reason of
  his or her being or having been such a director or officer, other than a
  proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if such a director or officer
  acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or
  not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and with respect to any
  criminal proceeding, such director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe
  his or her conduct was unlawful.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The indemnification and
  advancement of expenses will not exclude any other rights, including the right
  to be indemnified against liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings by or
  in the right of the corporation, to which a director or officer may be entitled
  under a certificate of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, or
  otherwise; provided that no indemnification will be made to or on behalf of a
  director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the
  director or officer establishes that his or her acts or omissions (a) were in
  breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b)
  were not in good faith or involved in a knowing violation of law or (c) resulted
  in receipt by the director or officer of an improper personal benefit.
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Article 10 of the Company&#146;s
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides: </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;To the fullest extent from
  time to time permitted by law, directors or officers shall not be personally
  liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of any duty
  owed to the Corporation or its stockholders. Unless otherwise permitted by law,
  the provisions of this Paragraph 10 shall not relieve a director or officer from
  liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of
  such person&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (b) not in
  good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (c) resulting in receipt
  by such person of an improper personal benefit. No amendment or repeal of this
  provision shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director or
  officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment or
  repeal.&#148;</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Article IX of the Company&#146;s
  By-Laws provides: </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 1 &#151; DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
  AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. (a) To the
  fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of New Jersey, as they exist
  on the date hereof or as they may hereafter be amended, the Company shall
  indemnify any person (an &#147;Indemnitee&#148;) who is or was involved in any manner
  (including, without limitation, as a party or witness) in any threatened,
  pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether
  civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, legislative or investigative
  (including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding by or in the
  right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) (a &#147;Proceeding&#148;), or
  who is threatened with being so involved, by reason of the fact (i) that he or
  she is or was a director or officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the
  Company or (ii) that while serving as a director or officer of the Company or
  any subsidiary of the Company he or she is or was, at the request of or with the
  approval of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, also serving as a
  director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
  venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, any employee
  benefit plan), against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
  fines, penalties, excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement actually and
  reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding
  (&#147;Covered Expenses&#148;), provided that, there shall be no indemnification hereunder
  with respect to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any
  threatened or pending Proceeding unless the Company has given its prior consent
  to such settlement or disposition. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b) An Indemnitee shall be
  reimbursed for Covered Expenses in advance of the final disposition of the
  Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to
  repay such amounts to the Company if it is ultimately determined that such
  person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c) The rights to
  indemnification conferred in this Article IX, Section 1 shall be a contract
  right and shall include the right to be paid by the Company for expenses to be
  incurred in defending or prosecuting any such Proceeding in advance of its final
  disposition. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 2 &#151; EMPLOYEES AND
  AGENTS OF THE COMPANY</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. The
  Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of
  Directors by way of resolution, indemnify and advance expenses to, employees and
  agents of the Company (&#147;Covered Persons&#148;). The Company shall not be obligated
  under this Article IX to indemnify any person or entity, except for Indemnitees,
  including: (i) any bank, trust company, insurance company, partnership or other
  entity, or any director, officer, employee or agent thereof or (ii) any other
  person who is not a director, officer or employee of the Company, in respect of
  any service by such person or entity, whether at the request of the Company or
  by agreement therewith, as investment advisor, actuary, custodian, trustee,
  fiduciary or consultant to any employee benefit plan. Nothing in this Article IX
  shall limit the Company&#146;s power to pay or reimburse expenses of any Covered
  Person or employee or agent of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary
  of the Company, in connection with such person&#146;s appearance as a witness in a
  Proceeding, whether or not such person is a party to such Proceeding, provided
  that such payment or reimbursement is first authorized by a resolution of the
  Board of Directors. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-2 </FONT></P>
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  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 3 &#151; LIMITATION ON
  INDEMNIFICATION</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. Notwithstanding
  anything contained in this Article IX to the contrary, the Company shall not be
  obligated to indemnify any person (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or
  legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a Proceeding (or
  part thereof) initiated by such person unless such indemnification or
  advancement of expenses is authorized by way of resolution by the Board of
  Directors of the Company. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 4 &#151;
  INSURANCE</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. The Company may
  purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection to protect itself
  and any Indemnitee or Covered Person against any Covered Expenses incurred in
  any Proceeding whether or not the Company would have the power or the obligation
  to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this
  Article IX or under the laws of the State of New Jersey as they exists as of the
  date hereof or as they may hereafter be amended. The Company&#146;s procurement of
  such insurance or similar protection shall not in any way expand the rights of
  any person. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 5 &#151; NO RETROACTIVE
  REPEAL OR AMENDMENT</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. No
  elimination of or amendment to this Article IX shall deprive any person of
  rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual occurrences, acts or failures
  to act occurring prior to sixty days following such elimination or amendment.
  The rights provided to any person by this Article IX shall inure to the benefit
  of such person&#146;s heirs, executors, and administrators. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Company maintains, at its
  expense, insurance policies which insure its directors and officers (up to
  certain amounts per year and subject to certain exclusions and deductions)
  against certain liabilities which may be incurred in those capacities.
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Company has entered into
  indemnification agreements with certain of its directors and officers providing
  that the Company will indemnify them in every case that they may be indemnified
  pursuant to Section 14A:3-5 of the NJBCA. The indemnification agreements also
  set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for
  indemnification thereunder. </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 7. Exemption from
  Registration Claimed.</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not applicable.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 8. Exhibits.
  </FONT></B></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit
        No.</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="2%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Description</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="96%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New
        Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through March 3, 2015
        (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K, as filed on January 23, 2014, and Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report
        on Form 8-K, as filed on March 3, 2015)</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bylaws of
        New Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through September 12, 2016
        (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K, as filed on September 12, 2016)</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of
        Deloitte &amp; Touche, LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP* (included in
        Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Powers of
        Attorney (included as part of the signature page of the Registration
        Statement)*</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock
        Award and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
        Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated December 15,
  2016)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <DIV>____________________</DIV><BR>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>* filed herewith
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-3 </FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade size="2">
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 9. Undertakings.
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(a) The undersigned registrant
  hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(1) To file, during any period
  in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(i) To include any prospectus
  required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act,</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(ii) To reflect in the
  prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
  Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
  which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
  from the law or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
  reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
  424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
  than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
  &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
  Statement,</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(iii) To include any material
  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
  the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
  Registration Statement,</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: left"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>provided,
  however,</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> that paragraphs
  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form
  S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
  by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
  Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
  Statement.</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2) That, for the purpose of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
  amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(3) To remove from
  registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
  registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b) The undersigned registrant
  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
  section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
  filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of
  the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time
  shall be deemed to be the initial</FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>
  bona fide</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> offering
  thereof.</FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c) Insofar as indemnification
  for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
  the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-4 </FONT></P>
  <HR align=center width="100%" noShade size="2">
  
  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURES
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Wall,
  State of New Jersey, on this 25th day of January, 2017. </FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="40%" colSpan=2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>NEW JERSEY RESOURCES
    CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="40%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Registrant)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="60%"></TD>
      <TD width="40%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Patrick J. Migliaccio</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Patrick J.
        Migliaccio</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Senior Vice
        President and</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief
        Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
  PRESENTS, that each of the persons whose signatures appear below, hereby
  constitutes and appoints Laurence M. Downes, Richard Reich and Patrick J.
  Migliaccio, and each of them individually, as their and lawful attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in
  their names, places and steads, in any and all capacities, in connection with
  this Registration Statement, including to sign in the name and on behalf of such
  persons any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
  supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
  exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC,
  granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
  and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
  necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
  purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
  all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, or his
  substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been
  signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
  indicated.</FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="33%" colSpan=3><STRONG><FONT size=2>Name</FONT></STRONG></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="35%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Title</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="30%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT size=2>/s/ Laurence M. Downes</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chairman,
        President and Chief</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
        2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Laurence M. Downes</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive
        Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Patrick J.
        Migliaccio</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Senior Vice
        President and Chief</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Patrick J. Migliaccio</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Financial
        Officer (Principal Financial</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
        2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>and
        Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Lawrence R.
      Codey</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Lawrence R. Codey</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
        2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Donald L.
      Correll</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Donald L. Correll</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
        2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Robert B. Evans</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Robert B. Evans</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
        2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ M. William Howard,
        Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>M. William Howard, Jr.</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
        2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Jane M. Kenny</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Jane M. Kenny</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
        2017</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-5 </FONT></P>
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  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT size=2>/s/ J. Terry Strange</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>J. Terry
  Strange</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT size=2>January 25,
  2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Sharon C. Taylor</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Sharon C.
  Taylor</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ David A. Trice</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>David A. Trice</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="11%"></TD>
      <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ George R. Zoffinger</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>George R. Zoffinger</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
  2017</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-6 </FONT></P>
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  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXHIBIT
  INDEX</FONT></B></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit
        No.</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="2%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Description</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="96%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New
        Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through March 3, 2015
        (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K, as filed on January 23, 2014, and Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report
        on Form 8-K, as filed on March 3, 2015)</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bylaws of
        New Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through September 12, 2016
        (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K, as filed on September 12, 2016)</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of
        Deloitte &amp; Touche, LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP* (included in
        Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Powers of
        Attorney (included as part of the signature page of the Registration
        Statement)*</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock
        Award and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
        Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated December 15,
  2016)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <DIV>____________________</DIV><BR>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>* filed
  herewith</FONT></B></P>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
        January 25, 2017
  Registration Statement No. 333-
  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES AND
  EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C. 20549
  _______________
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  _______________
  NEW JERSEY RESOURCES
  CORPORATION
  (Exact name of
  registrant as specified in its charter)
  _______________
  New Jersey
  22-2376465
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)
  Identification No.)
  1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall,
  New Jersey 07719
  (Address
  of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  _______________
  New Jersey Resources
  Corporation
  2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the Plan)
  _______________
  Richard Reich,
  Esq.
  Corporate Secretary
  and Assistant General Counsel
  New Jersey Resources Corporation
  1415
  Wyckoff Road
  Wall, New Jersey 07719
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (732)
  938-7890
  (Telephone number,
  including area code, of agent for service)
  _______________
  Copies
  to:
  David I. Meyers,
  Esq.
  Troutman Sanders LLP
  Troutman Sanders Building
  1001 Haxall Point
  Richmond, Virginia
  23219
  _______________
  Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
  "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company"
  in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large
        accelerated filer ☒
  Accelerated
        filer ☐
  Non-accelerated filer ☐
  Smaller
        reporting company ☐
  (Do not
        check if a smaller reporting company)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
        FEE
  Amount to be
  Proposed maximum
  Proposed maximum
  Amount of
  Title of securities to be registered
  registered
  (1)
  offering price per share
  (2)
  aggregate offering price
  (2)
  registration fee
  (2)
  Common
        Stock, $2.50 par value per share
  3,135,000
        shares
  $36.45
  $114,270,750
  $13,244
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule
        416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
        this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
        Company's Common Stock that become issuable under the plan by reason of
        any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. In addition,
        pursuant to Rule 416(c) promulgated under the Securities Act, this
        Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
        be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
        herein.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for
        the purpose of computing the registration fee. Calculated pursuant to Rule
        457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of $36.45 per share, which
        was the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported
        on The New York Stock Exchange on January 20,
  2017.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan
  Information.
  In accordance with the
  instructional Note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the information specified by Part I of Form S-8
  has been omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for offers of
  Common Stock pursuant to the New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock Award
  and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). New Jersey Resources Corporation (the
  "Company," "we," "us" or "our"), has sent or given or will send or give
  documents containing the information specified by Part I of this Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 to participants in the Plan, as specified in Rule
  428(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act. While the Company is not filing such
  documents with the SEC, these documents constitute (along with the documents
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pursuant
  to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
  10(a) of the Securities Act.
  Item 2. Registrant
  Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  Upon written or oral request,
  any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (which documents are incorporated by
  reference in this Section 10(a) Prospectus), and other documents required to be
  delivered to eligible executive officers, non-employee directors and employees,
  pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act are available without charge by
  contacting: Richard Reich, Esq., Corporate Secretary and Assistant General
  Counsel, New Jersey Resources Corporation, 1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall, New Jersey
  07719, (732) 938-7890
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference.
  The following documents filed
  with the SEC (File Number 001-08359) are hereby incorporated by reference into
  this Registration Statement:
  (a)
  Our Annual Report on
        Form 10-K as of and for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, filed
        with the SEC on November 22, 2016;
  (b)
  Our Current Reports
        on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 18, 2016; and
  (c)
  The description of
        our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
        with the SEC on June 15, 1982, as updated by pertinent information
        furnished in subsequent reports filed pursuant to Section 13 of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
    Act").
  In addition, all documents
  subsequently filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
  15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration
  Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
  that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the
  respective date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
  information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form
  8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 or any related prospectus.
  Any statement contained in a
  document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed
  to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
  extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document which also is incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein modified or superseded such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
  constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4. Description of
  Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named
  Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  II-1
  Item 6. Indemnification of
  Directors and Officers.
  The New Jersey Business
  Corporation Act ("NJBCA") provides that a New Jersey corporation has the power
  to indemnify a director or officer against his or her expenses and liabilities
  in connection with any proceeding involving the director or officer by reason of
  his or her being or having been such a director or officer, other than a
  proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if such a director or officer
  acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or
  not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and with respect to any
  criminal proceeding, such director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe
  his or her conduct was unlawful.
  The indemnification and
  advancement of expenses will not exclude any other rights, including the right
  to be indemnified against liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings by or
  in the right of the corporation, to which a director or officer may be entitled
  under a certificate of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, or
  otherwise; provided that no indemnification will be made to or on behalf of a
  director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the
  director or officer establishes that his or her acts or omissions (a) were in
  breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b)
  were not in good faith or involved in a knowing violation of law or (c) resulted
  in receipt by the director or officer of an improper personal benefit.
  Article 10 of the Company's
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides:
  "To the fullest extent from
  time to time permitted by law, directors or officers shall not be personally
  liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of any duty
  owed to the Corporation or its stockholders. Unless otherwise permitted by law,
  the provisions of this Paragraph 10 shall not relieve a director or officer from
  liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of
  such person's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (b) not in
  good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (c) resulting in receipt
  by such person of an improper personal benefit. No amendment or repeal of this
  provision shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director or
  officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment or
  repeal."
  Article IX of the Company's
  By-Laws provides:
  "
  Section 1 — DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
  AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
  . (a) To the
  fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of New Jersey, as they exist
  on the date hereof or as they may hereafter be amended, the Company shall
  indemnify any person (an "Indemnitee") who is or was involved in any manner
  (including, without limitation, as a party or witness) in any threatened,
  pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether
  civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, legislative or investigative
  (including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding by or in the
  right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) (a "Proceeding"), or
  who is threatened with being so involved, by reason of the fact (i) that he or
  she is or was a director or officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the
  Company or (ii) that while serving as a director or officer of the Company or
  any subsidiary of the Company he or she is or was, at the request of or with the
  approval of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, also serving as a
  director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
  venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, any employee
  benefit plan), against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
  fines, penalties, excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement actually and
  reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding
  ("Covered Expenses"), provided that, there shall be no indemnification hereunder
  with respect to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any
  threatened or pending Proceeding unless the Company has given its prior consent
  to such settlement or disposition.
  (b) An Indemnitee shall be
  reimbursed for Covered Expenses in advance of the final disposition of the
  Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to
  repay such amounts to the Company if it is ultimately determined that such
  person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
  (c) The rights to
  indemnification conferred in this Article IX, Section 1 shall be a contract
  right and shall include the right to be paid by the Company for expenses to be
  incurred in defending or prosecuting any such Proceeding in advance of its final
  disposition.
  Section 2 — EMPLOYEES AND
  AGENTS OF THE COMPANY
  . The
  Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of
  Directors by way of resolution, indemnify and advance expenses to, employees and
  agents of the Company ("Covered Persons"). The Company shall not be obligated
  under this Article IX to indemnify any person or entity, except for Indemnitees,
  including: (i) any bank, trust company, insurance company, partnership or other
  entity, or any director, officer, employee or agent thereof or (ii) any other
  person who is not a director, officer or employee of the Company, in respect of
  any service by such person or entity, whether at the request of the Company or
  by agreement therewith, as investment advisor, actuary, custodian, trustee,
  fiduciary or consultant to any employee benefit plan. Nothing in this Article IX
  shall limit the Company's power to pay or reimburse expenses of any Covered
  Person or employee or agent of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary
  of the Company, in connection with such person's appearance as a witness in a
  Proceeding, whether or not such person is a party to such Proceeding, provided
  that such payment or reimbursement is first authorized by a resolution of the
  Board of Directors.
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  Section 3 — LIMITATION ON
  INDEMNIFICATION
  . Notwithstanding
  anything contained in this Article IX to the contrary, the Company shall not be
  obligated to indemnify any person (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or
  legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a Proceeding (or
  part thereof) initiated by such person unless such indemnification or
  advancement of expenses is authorized by way of resolution by the Board of
  Directors of the Company.
  Section 4 —
  INSURANCE
  . The Company may
  purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection to protect itself
  and any Indemnitee or Covered Person against any Covered Expenses incurred in
  any Proceeding whether or not the Company would have the power or the obligation
  to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this
  Article IX or under the laws of the State of New Jersey as they exists as of the
  date hereof or as they may hereafter be amended. The Company's procurement of
  such insurance or similar protection shall not in any way expand the rights of
  any person.
  Section 5 — NO RETROACTIVE
  REPEAL OR AMENDMENT
  . No
  elimination of or amendment to this Article IX shall deprive any person of
  rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual occurrences, acts or failures
  to act occurring prior to sixty days following such elimination or amendment.
  The rights provided to any person by this Article IX shall inure to the benefit
  of such person's heirs, executors, and administrators.
  The Company maintains, at its
  expense, insurance policies which insure its directors and officers (up to
  certain amounts per year and subject to certain exclusions and deductions)
  against certain liabilities which may be incurred in those capacities.
  The Company has entered into
  indemnification agreements with certain of its directors and officers providing
  that the Company will indemnify them in every case that they may be indemnified
  pursuant to Section 14A:3-5 of the NJBCA. The indemnification agreements also
  set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for
  indemnification thereunder.
  Item 7. Exemption from
  Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
        No.
  Description
  3.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New
        Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through March 3, 2015
        (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K, as filed on January 23, 2014, and Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report
        on Form 8-K, as filed on March 3, 2015)
  3.2
  Bylaws of
        New Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through September 12, 2016
        (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K, as filed on September 12, 2016)
  5.1
  Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP*
  23.1
  Consent of
        Deloitte & Touche, LLP*
  23.2
  Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP* (included in
        Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  24.1
  Powers of
        Attorney (included as part of the signature page of the Registration
        Statement)*
  99.1
  New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock
        Award and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
        Company's Proxy Statement dated December 15,
  2016)
  ____________________
  * filed herewith
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  Item 9. Undertakings.
  (a) The undersigned registrant
  hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period
  in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus
  required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act,
  (ii) To reflect in the
  prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
  Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
  which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
  from the law or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
  reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
  424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
  than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
  "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
  Statement,
  (iii) To include any material
  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
  the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
  Registration Statement,
  provided,
  however,
  that paragraphs
  (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form
  S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
  by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
  Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
  Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
  amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from
  registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
  registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b) The undersigned registrant
  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
  section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
  filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of
  the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time
  shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering
  thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification
  for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
  provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
  the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
  submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Wall,
  State of New Jersey, on this 25th day of January, 2017.
  NEW JERSEY RESOURCES
    CORPORATION
  (Registrant)
  By:
  /s/ Patrick J. Migliaccio
  Patrick J.
        Migliaccio
  Senior Vice
        President and
  Chief
        Financial Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
  PRESENTS, that each of the persons whose signatures appear below, hereby
  constitutes and appoints Laurence M. Downes, Richard Reich and Patrick J.
  Migliaccio, and each of them individually, as their and lawful attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in
  their names, places and steads, in any and all capacities, in connection with
  this Registration Statement, including to sign in the name and on behalf of such
  persons any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
  supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
  exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC,
  granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
  and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
  necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
  purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
  all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, or his
  substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been
  signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
  indicated.
  Name
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Laurence M. Downes
  Chairman,
        President and Chief
  January 25,
        2017
  Laurence M. Downes
  Executive
        Officer
  Director
  /s/ Patrick J.
        Migliaccio
  Senior Vice
        President and Chief
  Patrick J. Migliaccio
  Financial
        Officer (Principal Financial
  January 25,
        2017
  and
        Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Lawrence R.
      Codey
  Director
  Lawrence R. Codey
  January 25,
        2017
  /s/ Donald L.
      Correll
  Director
  Donald L. Correll
  January 25,
        2017
  /s/ Robert B. Evans
  Director
  Robert B. Evans
  January 25,
        2017
  /s/ M. William Howard,
        Jr.
  Director
  M. William Howard, Jr.
  January 25,
        2017
  /s/ Jane M. Kenny
  Director
  Jane M. Kenny
  January 25,
        2017
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  /s/ J. Terry Strange
  Director
  J. Terry
  Strange
  January 25,
  2017
  /s/ Sharon C. Taylor
  Director
  Sharon C.
  Taylor
  January 25, 2017
  /s/ David A. Trice
  Director
  David A. Trice
  January 25, 2017
  /s/ George R. Zoffinger
  Director
  George R. Zoffinger
  January 25,
  2017
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  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit
        No.
  Description
  3.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New
        Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through March 3, 2015
        (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K, as filed on January 23, 2014, and Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report
        on Form 8-K, as filed on March 3, 2015)
  3.2
  Bylaws of
        New Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through September 12, 2016
        (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
        8-K, as filed on September 12, 2016)
  5.1
  Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP*
  23.1
  Consent of
        Deloitte & Touche, LLP*
  23.2
  Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP* (included in
        Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  24.1
  Powers of
        Attorney (included as part of the signature page of the Registration
        Statement)*
  99.1
  New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock
        Award and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
        Company's Proxy Statement dated December 15,
  2016)
  ____________________
  * filed
  herewith
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