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COMMON STOCK EQUITY | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Equity [Abstract] |
COMMON STOCK EQUITY | COMMON STOCK EQUITY Changes in common stock equity during the six months ended March 31, 2015, are as follows:
(Thousands) | Number of Shares | Common Stock | Premium on Common Stock | Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income | Treasury Stock And Other | Retained Earnings | Total
Balance as of September 30, 2014 | 84,356 |  | $ | 218,223 |  | $ | 199,739 |  |  | $ | (5,594 | ) |  | $ | (121,031 | ) | $ | 674,829 |  | $ | 966,166 |
Net income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 184,223 |  | 184,223 |
Other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  | 682 |  |  |  |  | 682 |
Common stock issued under stock plans | 1,196 |  | 2,607 |  | 15,267 |  |  |  |  | 6,329 |  |  | 24,203 |
Tax benefits from stock plans |  |  | (1,386 | ) |  |  |  |  |  | (1,386 | )
Cash dividend declared ($.45 per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (38,248 | ) | (38,248 | )
Treasury stock and other | (92 | ) |  |  |  |  |  | 15,483 |  |  | 15,483 |
Balance as of March 31, 2015 | 85,460 |  | $ | 220,830 |  | $ | 213,620 |  |  | $ | (4,912 | ) |  | $ | (99,219 | ) | $ | 820,804 |  | $ | 1,151,123 |
NJR satisfies its external common equity requirements, if any, through issuances of its common stock, including the proceeds from stock issuances under its DRP and proceeds from the exercise of options issued under the Company's long-term incentive program. The DRP allows NJR, at its option, to use treasury shares or newly issued shares to raise capital. NJR raised $7.7 million and $7.4 million of equity through the DRP, by issuing approximately 152,000 and 163,000 shares of treasury stock, during the six months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. During the six months ended March 31, 2015, NJR also raised approximately $19.8 million of equity by issuing approximately 344,000 new shares through the waiver discount feature of the DRP. NJR issued no new shares during the six months ended March 31, 2014. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income The following table presents the changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of related tax effects:
(Thousands) | Available for Sale Securities | Cash Flow Hedges | Postemployment Benefit Obligation | Total
Balance as of September 30, 2014 | $ | 4,782 |  |  | $ | (93 | ) |  | $ | (10,283 | ) |  | $ | (5,594 | )
Other comprehensive income, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive income (loss), before reclassifications, net of tax of $(75), $149, $0, $74 | 109 |  |  | (256 | ) |  | — |  |  | (147 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax of $0, $(199), $(337), $(536) | — |  |  | 343 |  | (1) | 486 |  | (2) | 829 |
Net current-period other comprehensive income, net of tax of $(75), $(50), $(337), $(462) | 109 |  |  | 87 |  |  | 486 |  |  | 682 |
Balance as of March 31, 2015 | $ | 4,891 |  |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | (9,797 | ) |  | $ | (4,912 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2013 | $ | 5,400 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | (7,033 | ) |  | $ | (1,621 | )
Other comprehensive income, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive (loss), before reclassifications, net of tax of $203, $169, $0, $372 | (295 | ) |  | (291 | ) |  | — |  |  | (586 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax of $0, $(60), $(223), $(283) | — |  |  | 105 |  | (1) | 322 |  | (2) | 427 |
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of $203, $109, $(223), $89 | (295 | ) |  | (186 | ) |  | 322 |  |  | (159 | )
Balance as of March 31, 2014 | $ | 5,105 |  |  | $ | (174 | ) |  | $ | (6,711 | ) |  | $ | (1,780 | )
(1) | Consists of realized losses related to foreign currency derivatives, which are reclassified to gas purchases in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(2) | Included in the computation of net periodic pension cost, a component of operations and maintenance expense in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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