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BUSINESS SEGMENT AND OTHER OPERATIONS DATA
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
BUSINESS SEGMENT AND OTHER OPERATIONS DATA
BUSINESS SEGMENT AND OTHER OPERATIONS DATA

NJR organizes its businesses based on its products and services as well as regulatory environment. As a result, the Company manages the businesses through the following reportable segments and other operations: the Natural Gas Distribution segment consists of regulated energy and off-system, capacity and storage management operations; the Energy Services segment consists of unregulated wholesale energy operations; the Clean Energy Ventures segment consists of capital investments in distributed power projects; the Midstream segment consists of NJR's investments in natural gas transportation and storage facilities; the Home Services and Other operations consist of heating, cooling and water appliance sales, installations and services, commercial real estate development, other investments and general corporate activities. Information related to the Company's various business segments and other operations is detailed below:
(Thousands)
 
 
 
Fiscal Years Ended September 30,
2014
2013
2012
Operating revenues
 
 
 
Natural Gas Distribution
 
 
 
External customers
$
819,415

$
787,987

$
627,713

Energy Services
 
 
 
External customers (1)
2,858,703

2,351,084

1,577,851

Intercompany
72,114

5,494

2,760

Clean Energy Ventures
 
 
 
External customers
14,575

11,988

2,257

Subtotal
3,764,807

3,156,553

2,210,581

Home Services and Other
 
 
 
External customers
45,452

47,009

41,102

Intercompany
1,235

945

1,093

Eliminations
(73,349
)
(6,439
)
(3,853
)
Total
$
3,738,145

$
3,198,068

$
2,248,923

Depreciation and amortization
 
 
 
Natural Gas Distribution
$
40,540

$
37,999

$
35,247

Energy Services
59

44

59

Clean Energy Ventures
11,295

8,477

5,680

Midstream
6

6

6

Subtotal
51,900

46,526

40,992

Home Services and Other
846

786

661

Eliminations
(4
)
(2
)
(10
)
Total
$
52,742

$
47,310

$
41,643

Interest income (2)
 
 
 
Natural Gas Distribution
$
999

$
653

$
889

Energy Services
222

1

37

Midstream
950

1,065

1,098

Subtotal
2,171

1,719

2,024

Home Services and Other
1

2

3

Eliminations
(950
)
(884
)
(1,001
)
Total
$
1,222

$
837

$
1,026

(1)
Includes sales to Canada, which accounted for 3.3, 5.9 and 6.6 percent of total operating revenues during fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
(2)
Included in other income on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
(Thousands)
 
 
 
Fiscal Years Ended September 30,
2014
2013
2012
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest
 
 
 
Natural Gas Distribution
$
16,683

$
14,995

$
14,890

Energy Services
1,725

2,534

1,096

Clean Energy Ventures
5,300

3,387

854

Midstream
1,396

1,962

2,665

Subtotal
25,104

22,878

19,505

Home Services and Other
359

1,101

1,339

Total
$
25,463

$
23,979

$
20,844

Income tax provision (benefit)
 
 
 
Natural Gas Distribution
$
39,374

$
35,399

$
38,135

Energy Services
26,458

10,516

(4,950
)
Clean Energy Ventures
(21,937
)
(17,711
)
(32,507
)
Midstream
5,227

4,993

4,978

Subtotal
49,122

33,197

5,656

Home Services and Other
2,460

2,550

2,178

Eliminations
258

(172
)
(105
)
Total
$
51,840

$
35,575

$
7,729

Equity in earnings of affiliates
 
 
 
Midstream
$
14,078

$
13,868

$
14,308

Eliminations
(3,546
)
(3,519
)
(3,674
)
Total
$
10,532

$
10,349

$
10,634

Net financial earnings
 
 
 
Natural Gas Distribution
$
74,204

$
73,846

$
73,238

Energy Services
79,735

19,311

10,791

Clean Energy Ventures
12,654

10,060

19,452

Midstream
7,498

7,199

6,749

Subtotal
174,091

110,416

110,230

Home Services and Other
2,798

3,292

2,366

Eliminations
(32
)
(27
)
(179
)
Total
$
176,857

$
113,681

$
112,417

Capital expenditures
 
 
 
Natural Gas Distribution
$
152,566

$
137,083

$
116,455

Clean Energy Ventures
135,543

59,125

89,726

Subtotal
288,109

196,208

206,181

Home Services and Other
1,179

1,042

1,334

Total
$
289,288

$
197,250

$
207,515

Investments in equity investees
 
 
 
Clean Energy Ventures
$
—

$
—

$
8,800

Midstream
555

—

—

Total
$
555

$
—

$
8,800


The Chief Executive Officer, who uses NFE as a measure of profit or loss in measuring the results of the Company's segments and operations, is the chief operating decision maker of the Company. A reconciliation of consolidated NFE to consolidated net income is as follows:
(Thousands)
2014
2013
2012
Consolidated net financial earnings
$
176,857

$
113,681

$
112,417

Less:
 
 
 
Unrealized loss (gain) on derivative instruments and related transactions
28,534

(9,418
)
35,790

Effects of economic hedging related to natural gas inventory
26,639

7,635

(4,891
)
Tax adjustments
(20,286
)
655

(11,361
)
Consolidated net income
$
141,970

$
114,809

$
92,879



The Company uses derivative instruments as economic hedges of purchases and sales of physical gas inventory. For GAAP purposes, these derivatives are recorded at fair value and related changes in fair value are included in reported earnings. Revenues and cost of gas related to physical gas flow is recognized when the gas is delivered to customers. Consequently, there is a mismatch in the timing of earnings recognition between the economic hedges and physical gas flows. Timing differences occur in two ways:

•
Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives are recognized in reported earnings in periods prior to physical gas inventory flows; and

•
Unrealized gains and losses of prior periods are reclassified as realized gains and losses when derivatives are settled in the same period as physical gas inventory movements occur.

NFE is a measure of the earnings based on eliminating these timing differences, to effectively match the earnings effects of the economic hedges with the physical sale of gas. Consequently, to reconcile between GAAP and NFE, current period unrealized gains and losses on the derivatives are excluded from NFE as a reconciling item. Additionally, realized derivative gains and losses are also included in current period net income. However, NFE includes only realized gains and losses related to natural gas sold out of inventory, effectively matching the full earnings effects of the derivatives with realized margins on physical gas flows.

The Company's assets for the various business segments and business operations are detailed below:
(Thousands)
2014
2013
2012
Assets at end of period
 
 
 
Natural Gas Distribution
$
2,143,684

$
2,094,940

$
2,005,520

Energy Services
457,080

468,096

347,406

Clean Energy Ventures
380,707

253,663

223,247

Midstream
153,891

153,536

157,779

Subtotal
3,135,362

2,970,235

2,733,952

Home Services and Other
82,413

85,293

73,298

Intercompany assets (1)
(58,971
)
(50,745
)
(37,245
)
Total
$
3,158,804

$
3,004,783

$
2,770,005

(1)
Consists of transactions between subsidiaries that are eliminated and reclassified in consolidation.