DEBT

NJR and NJNG finance working capital requirements and capital expenditures through the issuance of various short-term debt and long-term financing arrangements, including a commercial paper program, committed unsecured credit facilities and private placement debt shelf facilities. Amounts available under credit facilities are reduced by bank or commercial paper borrowings, as applicable, and any outstanding letters of credit. Neither NJNG nor the results of its operations are obligated or pledged to support the NJR credit or debt shelf facilities.

Credit Facilities

On January 24, 2014, NJR entered into an agreement for a $50 million unsecured committed credit line. The credit line was put in place primarily to provide additional working capital to NJRES to meet any potential margin calls that may arise in NJRES’ normal course of business. Effective January 31, 2014, NJR utilized the accordion option available under the NJR Credit Facility to increase the amount of credit available from $325 million to $425 million and the additional credit line was thereby terminated on the same date.

A summary of NJR's credit facility and NJNG's commercial paper program and credit facility are as follows:



(Thousands)	March 31, 2014			September 30, 2013			Expiration Dates
NJR
Bank revolving credit facility⁽¹⁾	$	425,000		$	325,000		August 2017
Notes outstanding at end of period	$	15,200		$	97,000
Weighted average interest rate at end of period	1.15		%	1.00		%
Amount available at end of period ⁽²⁾	$	384,459		$	210,110
Bank term loan ⁽³⁾	$	100,000		$	100,000		September 2014
Loan outstanding at end of period	$	—		$	100,000
Weighted average interest rate at end of period	—		%	0.74		%
Amount available at end of period	$	100,000		$	—
Bank letter of credit facility ^{(3) (4)}	$	10,000		$	10,000		June 2014
NJNG
Bank credit facility dedicated to EDA Bonds ^{(1) (4)}	$	100,000		$	100,000		August 2015
Bank revolving credit facility ⁽¹⁾	$	250,000		$	250,000		August 2014
Commercial paper outstanding at end of period	$	48,000		$	168,600
Weighted average interest rate at end of period	0.12		%	0.13		%
Amount available at end of period ⁽⁵⁾	$	201,269		$	81,400


(1)	Committed credit facilities, which require commitment fees on the unused amounts.


(2)	Letters of credit outstanding total $25.3 million and $17.9 million as of March 31, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively, which reduces amount available by the same amount.


(3)	Uncommitted.


(4)	There were no borrowings outstanding as of March 31, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively.


(5)	Letters of credit outstanding total $731,000 and $266,000 as of March 31, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively, which reduces the amount available by the same amount.

NJR Long-term Debt

On May 12, 2011, NJR entered into an unsecured, uncommitted $100 million private placement shelf note agreement allowing NJR to issue senior notes during a two-year issuance period, which expired on May 10, 2013. As of March 31, 2014, NJR had two series of notes outstanding under this agreement, $25 million at 1.94 percent, which will mature on September 15, 2015 and $25 million at 2.51 percent, which will mature on September 15, 2018.

On June 30, 2011, NJR entered into an unsecured, uncommitted $75 million private placement shelf note agreement allowing NJR to issue senior notes during a three-year issuance period ending June 30, 2014. As of March 31, 2014, NJR had $50 million at 3.25 percent outstanding, which will mature on September 17, 2022, under this agreement.

On September 26, 2013, NJR entered into an unsecured, uncommitted $100 million private placement shelf note agreement allowing NJR to issue senior notes during a three-year issuance period ending September 26, 2016. As of March 31, 2014, $100 million remains available for borrowing under this facility.

NJNG Long-term Debt

On March 13, 2014, NJNG issued $70 million of 3.58 percent senior notes due March 13, 2024, and $55 million of 4.61 percent senior notes due March 13, 2044, secured by FMB in the private placement market pursuant to a note purchase agreement entered into on February 7, 2014. The proceeds were used to pay down short-term debt and redeem its $60 million, 4.77 percent private placement bonds.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2014, management decided to redeem the $12 million, 5 percent Series HH bonds, which were callable as of December 1, 2013. On April 10, 2014, NJNG provided notice to bond holders that the bonds will be redeemed on May 27, 2014. As of March 31, 2014, the bonds have been reclassified to current maturities of long-term debt on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

NJNG received $7.6 million and $7.1 million in December 2013 and 2012, respectively, in connection with the sale-leaseback of its natural gas meters. NJNG records a capital lease obligation that is paid over the term of the lease and has the option to purchase the meters back at fair value upon expiration of the lease.