Agreement for Natural Gas Storage Capacity Between NJNG and Affiliate

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Natural Gas Transportation Capacity Under Precedent Agreement from NJNG With PennEast

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Natural Gas Transportation Capacity Under Precedent Agreement, Period

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Number of Asset Management Agreements

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Annual Projected Demand Fees based upon a related party agreement between various NJR Subsidiaries

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Related Party Agreement Term specific to an agreement between varaious NJR Subsidiaries.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of obligations due all related parties.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 01, 2010	Sep. 30, 2014 Bcf
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of asset management agreements	3njr_NumberofAssetManagementAgreements
NJRES to Steckman RIdge and Iroquios Affliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Demand fees expense recognized pertaining to related party agreement	$ 3,200,000	$ 1,500,000
NJRES to Steckman Ridge Affiliate
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties	280,000			187,000
NJRES to Iroquois Affiliate [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties	513,000			389,000
NJNG to Steckman RIdge Affiliate
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party agreement term			10 years
Agreement for natural gas storage capacity between NJNG and affiliate (Bcf)	3
Approximate annual demand fees under agreement from April 1 2010 to March 31 2020			9,300,000
NJNG to Steckman RIdge and Iroquios Affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Demand fees expense recognized pertaining to related party agreement	3,200,000	4,800,000
Due to related parties	$ 768,000			823,000
NJNG to PennEast Affiliate [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Transportation Capacity under Precedent Agreement from NJNG with PennEast, period				15 years
Natural Gas Transportation Capacity under Precedent Agreement from NJNG with PennEast				0.18