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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT    
Utility plant, at cost $ 1,831,757us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentPlantInService $ 1,791,009us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentPlantInService
Construction work in progress 157,715us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentConstructionWorkInProgress 139,624us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentConstructionWorkInProgress
Solar and wind equipment, real estate properties and other, at cost 437,360us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther 347,285us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOther
Construction work in progress 61,206us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross 55,625us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressGross
Total property, plant and equipment 2,488,038us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross 2,333,543us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Accumulated depreciation and amortization, utility plant (422,094)us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAccumulatedDepreciation (409,135)us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAccumulatedDepreciation
Accumulated depreciation and amortization, solar and wind equipment, real estate properties and other (48,686)njr_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionandAmortizationPropertandEquipment (40,298)njr_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionandAmortizationPropertandEquipment
Property, plant and equipment, net 2,017,258us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 1,884,110us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
CURRENT ASSETS    
Cash and cash equivalents 103,344us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 2,151us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Customer accounts receivable    
Billed 331,378us-gaap_AccountsReceivableGrossCurrent 189,970us-gaap_AccountsReceivableGrossCurrent
Unbilled revenues 42,864us-gaap_UnbilledReceivablesCurrent 7,231us-gaap_UnbilledReceivablesCurrent
Allowance for doubtful accounts (5,447)us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent (5,357)us-gaap_AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableCurrent
Regulatory assets 34,457us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsCurrent 26,862us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsCurrent
Gas in storage, at average cost 71,402us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage 277,516us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage
Materials and supplies, at average cost 8,287us-gaap_OtherInventory 8,165us-gaap_OtherInventory
Prepaid and accrued taxes 1,462us-gaap_PrepaidTaxes 22,269us-gaap_PrepaidTaxes
Derivatives, at fair value 60,013us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsCurrent 64,223us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsCurrent
Restricted broker margin accounts 44,046us-gaap_OtherReceivablesFromBrokerDealersAndClearingOrganizations 27,339us-gaap_OtherReceivablesFromBrokerDealersAndClearingOrganizations
Deferred taxes 19,348us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent 36,451us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
Other 34,485us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent 25,911us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 745,639us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 682,731us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
NONCURRENT ASSETS    
Investments in equity investees 151,136us-gaap_InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures 153,010us-gaap_InvestmentsInAffiliatesSubsidiariesAssociatesAndJointVentures
Regulatory assets 351,218us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsNoncurrent 377,575us-gaap_RegulatoryAssetsNoncurrent
Derivatives, at fair value 5,141us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsNoncurrent 5,654us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsNoncurrent
Other 62,989us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent 55,724us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total noncurrent assets 570,484us-gaap_AssetsNoncurrent 591,963us-gaap_AssetsNoncurrent
Total assets 3,333,381us-gaap_Assets 3,158,804us-gaap_Assets
CAPITALIZATION    
Common stock, $2.50 par value; authorized 150,000,000 shares; outstanding March 31, 2015-85,459,835; September 30, 2014-84,356,312 220,830us-gaap_CommonStockValue 218,223us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Premium on common stock 213,620us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 199,739us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss), net of tax (4,912)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (5,594)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Treasury stock at cost and other; shares March 31, 2015-2,872,212; September 30, 2014-2,932,775 (99,219)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue (121,031)us-gaap_TreasuryStockValue
Retained earnings 820,804us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 674,829us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Common stock equity 1,151,123us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 966,166us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Long-term debt 699,199us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations 598,209us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Total capitalization 1,850,322us-gaap_CapitalizationLongtermDebtAndEquity 1,564,375us-gaap_CapitalizationLongtermDebtAndEquity
CURRENT LIABILITIES    
Current maturities of long-term debt 36,279us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent 34,505us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
Short-term debt 146,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings 301,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Gas purchases payable 230,720us-gaap_GasPurchasePayableCurrent 205,901us-gaap_GasPurchasePayableCurrent
Gas purchases payable to related parties 1,561us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionDueFromToRelatedParty 1,398us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionDueFromToRelatedParty
Accounts payable and other 77,948us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent 104,005us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Dividends payable 19,225us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent 19,001us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent
Deferred and accrued taxes 23,572us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent 2,721us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent
Regulatory liabilities 12,115us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityCurrent 6,072us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityCurrent
New Jersey clean energy program 6,492njr_CleanEnergyProgramCurrent 14,285njr_CleanEnergyProgramCurrent
Derivatives, at fair value 84,626us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent 79,863us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent
Customers' credit balances and deposits 16,514us-gaap_CustomerAdvancesAndDepositsCurrent 22,335us-gaap_CustomerAdvancesAndDepositsCurrent
Total current liabilities 655,052us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 791,086us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES    
Deferred income taxes 438,783us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDeferredExpense 423,213us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDeferredExpense
Deferred investment tax credits 5,101us-gaap_AccumulatedDeferredInvestmentTaxCredit 5,262us-gaap_AccumulatedDeferredInvestmentTaxCredit
Deferred revenue 5,140us-gaap_DeferredRevenueNoncurrent 4,042us-gaap_DeferredRevenueNoncurrent
Derivatives, at fair value 3,598us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesNoncurrent 6,690us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Manufactured gas plant remediation 177,000us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent 177,000us-gaap_AccruedEnvironmentalLossContingenciesNoncurrent
Postemployment employee benefit liability 87,220us-gaap_PensionAndOtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlansLiabilitiesNoncurrent 86,674us-gaap_PensionAndOtherPostretirementDefinedBenefitPlansLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Regulatory liabilities 71,623us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityNoncurrent 61,326us-gaap_RegulatoryLiabilityNoncurrent
Asset retirement obligation 31,129us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent 30,495us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationsNoncurrent
Other 8,413us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 8,641us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total noncurrent liabilities 828,007us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent 803,343us-gaap_LiabilitiesNoncurrent
Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 12)      
Total capitalization and liabilities $ 3,333,381us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity $ 3,158,804us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity