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BUSINESS SEGMENT AND OTHER OPERATIONS DATA (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment | Information related to the Company's various business segments and other operations is detailed below:
| Three Months Ended
| December 31,
(Thousands) | 2012 | 2011
Operating revenues |  |
Natural Gas Distribution |  |
External customers | $ | 218,849 |  | $ | 191,374 |
Clean Energy Ventures |  |
External customers | 3,179 |  | 380 |
Energy Services |  |
External customers | 503,635 |  | 441,806 |
Intercompany | 107 |  | 194 |
Segment subtotal | 725,770 |  | 633,754 |
Retail and Other |  |
External customers | 10,355 |  | 8,852 |
Intercompany | 263 |  | 179 |
Eliminations | (369 | ) | (374 | )
Total | $ | 736,019 |  | $ | 642,411 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |
Natural Gas Distribution | $ | 9,277 |  | $ | 8,632 |
Clean Energy Ventures | 1,831 |  | 810 |
Energy Services | 11 |  | 16 |
Energy Holdings | 2 |  | 1 |
Segment subtotal | 11,121 |  | 9,459 |
Retail and Other | 191 |  | 141 |
Eliminations | (9 | ) | — |
Total | $ | 11,303 |  | $ | 9,600 |
Interest income (1) |  |
Natural Gas Distribution | $ | 167 |  | $ | 246 |
Energy Services | — |  | 31 |
Energy Holdings | 271 |  | 248 |
Segment subtotal | 438 |  | 525 |
Retail and Other | 1 |  | — |
Eliminations | (232 | ) | (235 | )
Total | $ | 207 |  | $ | 290 |
(1) | Included in other income on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
| Three Months Ended
| December 31,
(Thousands) | 2012 | 2011
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest |  |
Natural Gas Distribution | $ | 3,584 |  | $ | 3,737 |
Clean Energy Ventures | 783 |  | 142 |
Energy Services | 568 |  | 270 |
Energy Holdings | 591 |  | 714 |
Segment subtotal | 5,526 |  | 4,863 |
Retail and Other | 299 |  | 142 |
Total | $ | 5,825 |  | $ | 5,005 |
Income tax provision (benefit) |  |
Natural Gas Distribution | $ | 14,507 |  | $ | 15,596 |
Clean Energy Ventures | (7,769 | ) | (12,171 | )
Energy Services | 16,164 |  | 11,508 |
Energy Holdings | 1,243 |  | 1,231 |
Segment subtotal | 24,145 |  | 16,164 |
Retail and Other | (123 | ) | (59 | )
Eliminations | (42 | ) | (68 | )
Total | $ | 23,980 |  | $ | 16,037 |
Equity in earnings of affiliates |  |
Energy Holdings | $ | 3,491 |  | $ | 3,615 |
Eliminations | (936 | ) | (961 | )
Total | $ | 2,555 |  | $ | 2,654 |
Net financial earnings (loss) |  |
Natural Gas Distribution | $ | 25,492 |  | $ | 25,974 |
Clean Energy Ventures | 5,305 |  | 10,097 |
Energy Services | 3,014 |  | 7,615 |
Energy Holdings | 1,785 |  | 1,783 |
Segment subtotal | 35,596 |  | 45,469 |
Retail and Other | (94 | ) | (146 | )
Eliminations | (9 | ) | (15 | )
Total | $ | 35,493 |  | $ | 45,308 |
Capital expenditures |  |
Natural Gas Distribution | $ | 34,145 |  | $ | 21,718 |
Clean Energy Ventures | 15,320 |  | 47,611 |
Segment subtotal | 49,465 |  | 69,329 |
Retail and Other | 154 |  | 89 |
Total | $ | 49,619 |  | $ | 69,418 |
Reconciliation of Consolidated Net Financial Earnings to Consolidated Net Income | A reconciliation of consolidated net financial earnings to consolidated net income is as follows:
| Three Months Ended
| December 31,
(Thousands) | 2012 | 2011
Consolidated net financial earnings | $ | 35,493 |  | $ | 45,308 |
Less: |  |
Unrealized (gain) from derivative instruments and related transactions, net of taxes (1) (2) | (11,594 | ) | (17,372 | )
Effects of economic hedging related to natural gas inventory, net of taxes (3) | (13,119 | ) | 5,323 |
Consolidated net income | $ | 60,206 |  | $ | 57,357 |
(1) | Excludes unrealized losses related to an intercompany transaction between NJNG and NJRES that have been eliminated in consolidation of approximately $67,000, and $118,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(2) | Includes taxes of approximately $(6.8) million and $(10.2) million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(3) | Includes taxes of approximately $(7.6) million and $3.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated | The Company's assets for the various business segments and business operations are detailed below:
(Thousands) | December 31, 2012 | September 30, 2012
Assets at end of period: |  |
Natural Gas Distribution | $ | 2,105,861 |  | $ | 2,005,520 |
Clean Energy Ventures | 239,057 |  | 223,247 |
Energy Services | 437,095 |  | 347,406 |
Energy Holdings | 155,850 |  | 157,779 |
Segment subtotal | 2,937,863 |  | 2,733,952 |
Retail and Other | 48,102 |  | 73,298 |
Intercompany assets (1) | (37,305 | ) | (37,245 | )
Total | $ | 2,948,660 |  | $ | 2,770,005 |
(1) | Consists of transactions between subsidiaries that are eliminated and reclassified in consolidation.

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