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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001206774-17-000258
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170125
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170125
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170125

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000356309
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924]
		IRS NUMBER:				222376465
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-215728
		FILM NUMBER:		17546400

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1415 WYCKOFF RD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 1468
		CITY:			WALL
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07719
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7329381000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1415 WYCKOFF ROAD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1468
		CITY:			WALL
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07719
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<DESCRIPTION>INITIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SECURITIES TO BE OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
      January 25, 2017</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=right width="100%"><STRONG><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Registration Statement No. 333-</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR>
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>UNITED
STATES<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">Washington,
D.C. 20549<BR>_______________</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>FORM
S-8<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">UNDER<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>_______________</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6>NEW JERSEY RESOURCES
CORPORATION<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
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    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>New Jersey</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>22-2376465</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>incorporation or organization)</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>Identification No.)</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall,
New Jersey 07719<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>New Jersey Resources
Corporation<BR>2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Full title of the Plan)<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Richard Reich,
Esq.<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Corporate Secretary
and Assistant General Counsel<BR>New Jersey Resources Corporation<BR>1415
Wyckoff Road<BR>Wall, New Jersey 07719<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Name and address of agent for service)
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(732)
938-7890<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Copies
to:<BR></FONT></I></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>David I. Meyers,
Esq.<BR>Troutman Sanders LLP<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Troutman Sanders Building<BR>1001 Haxall Point<BR>Richmond, Virginia
23219<BR><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">_______________</FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
&#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148;
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</FONT></P>
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    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Large
      accelerated filer &#9746;</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="45%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accelerated
      filer &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="45%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Smaller
      reporting company &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="5%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Do not
      check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="border-top: #000000 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 100%; padding-top: 8pt"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
      FEE</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Proposed maximum</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Proposed maximum</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amount of</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>registered</FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>offering price per share<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>aggregate offering price<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></B></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>registration fee<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="40%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Common
      Stock, $2.50 par value per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3,135,000
      shares</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$36.45</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$114,270,750</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="15%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$13,244</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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    <TD noWrap><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to Rule
      416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
      this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
      Company&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the plan by reason of
      any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. In addition,
      pursuant to Rule 416(c) promulgated under the Securities Act, this
      Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
      be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described
      herein.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Estimated solely for
      the purpose of computing the registration fee. Calculated pursuant to Rule
      457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of $36.45 per share, which
      was the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported
      on The New York Stock Exchange on January 20,
2017.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART I</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 1. Plan
Information.</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>In accordance with the
instructional Note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), the information specified by Part I of Form S-8
has been omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for offers of
Common Stock pursuant to the New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock Award
and Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). New Jersey Resources Corporation (the
&#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; or &#147;our&#148;), has sent or given or will send or give
documents containing the information specified by Part I of this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to participants in the Plan, as specified in Rule
428(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act. While the Company is not filing such
documents with the SEC, these documents constitute (along with the documents
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pursuant
to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 2. Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Upon written or oral request,
any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (which documents are incorporated by
reference in this Section 10(a) Prospectus), and other documents required to be
delivered to eligible executive officers, non-employee directors and employees,
pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act are available without charge by
contacting: Richard Reich, Esq., Corporate Secretary and Assistant General
Counsel, New Jersey Resources Corporation, 1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall, New Jersey
07719, (732) 938-7890 </FONT></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART II </FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The following documents filed
with the SEC (File Number 001-08359) are hereby incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Our Annual Report on
      Form 10-K as of and for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, filed
      with the SEC on November 22, 2016;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Our Current Reports
      on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 18, 2016; and</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The description of
      our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
      with the SEC on June 15, 1982, as updated by pertinent information
      furnished in subsequent reports filed pursuant to Section 13 of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
  Act&#148;).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>In addition, all documents
subsequently filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration
Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the
respective date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form
8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 or any related prospectus. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modified or superseded such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 4. Description of
Securities.</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not applicable.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 5. Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel. </FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not applicable.</FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-1 </FONT></P>
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<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 6. Indemnification of
Directors and Officers.</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The New Jersey Business
Corporation Act (&#147;NJBCA&#148;) provides that a New Jersey corporation has the power
to indemnify a director or officer against his or her expenses and liabilities
in connection with any proceeding involving the director or officer by reason of
his or her being or having been such a director or officer, other than a
proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if such a director or officer
acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and with respect to any
criminal proceeding, such director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The indemnification and
advancement of expenses will not exclude any other rights, including the right
to be indemnified against liabilities and expenses incurred in proceedings by or
in the right of the corporation, to which a director or officer may be entitled
under a certificate of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, or
otherwise; provided that no indemnification will be made to or on behalf of a
director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the
director or officer establishes that his or her acts or omissions (a) were in
breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b)
were not in good faith or involved in a knowing violation of law or (c) resulted
in receipt by the director or officer of an improper personal benefit.
</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Article 10 of the Company&#146;s
Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides: </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;To the fullest extent from
time to time permitted by law, directors or officers shall not be personally
liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of any duty
owed to the Corporation or its stockholders. Unless otherwise permitted by law,
the provisions of this Paragraph 10 shall not relieve a director or officer from
liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of
such person&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (b) not in
good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (c) resulting in receipt
by such person of an improper personal benefit. No amendment or repeal of this
provision shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director or
officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment or
repeal.&#148;</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Article IX of the Company&#146;s
By-Laws provides: </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&#147;</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 1 &#151; DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. (a) To the
fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of New Jersey, as they exist
on the date hereof or as they may hereafter be amended, the Company shall
indemnify any person (an &#147;Indemnitee&#148;) who is or was involved in any manner
(including, without limitation, as a party or witness) in any threatened,
pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, legislative or investigative
(including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding by or in the
right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) (a &#147;Proceeding&#148;), or
who is threatened with being so involved, by reason of the fact (i) that he or
she is or was a director or officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company or (ii) that while serving as a director or officer of the Company or
any subsidiary of the Company he or she is or was, at the request of or with the
approval of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, also serving as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, any employee
benefit plan), against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines, penalties, excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding
(&#147;Covered Expenses&#148;), provided that, there shall be no indemnification hereunder
with respect to any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any
threatened or pending Proceeding unless the Company has given its prior consent
to such settlement or disposition. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b) An Indemnitee shall be
reimbursed for Covered Expenses in advance of the final disposition of the
Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to
repay such amounts to the Company if it is ultimately determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c) The rights to
indemnification conferred in this Article IX, Section 1 shall be a contract
right and shall include the right to be paid by the Company for expenses to be
incurred in defending or prosecuting any such Proceeding in advance of its final
disposition. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 2 &#151; EMPLOYEES AND
AGENTS OF THE COMPANY</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. The
Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of
Directors by way of resolution, indemnify and advance expenses to, employees and
agents of the Company (&#147;Covered Persons&#148;). The Company shall not be obligated
under this Article IX to indemnify any person or entity, except for Indemnitees,
including: (i) any bank, trust company, insurance company, partnership or other
entity, or any director, officer, employee or agent thereof or (ii) any other
person who is not a director, officer or employee of the Company, in respect of
any service by such person or entity, whether at the request of the Company or
by agreement therewith, as investment advisor, actuary, custodian, trustee,
fiduciary or consultant to any employee benefit plan. Nothing in this Article IX
shall limit the Company&#146;s power to pay or reimburse expenses of any Covered
Person or employee or agent of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary
of the Company, in connection with such person&#146;s appearance as a witness in a
Proceeding, whether or not such person is a party to such Proceeding, provided
that such payment or reimbursement is first authorized by a resolution of the
Board of Directors. </FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-2 </FONT></P>
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<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 3 &#151; LIMITATION ON
INDEMNIFICATION</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Article IX to the contrary, the Company shall not be
obligated to indemnify any person (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or
legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a Proceeding (or
part thereof) initiated by such person unless such indemnification or
advancement of expenses is authorized by way of resolution by the Board of
Directors of the Company. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 4 &#151;
INSURANCE</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. The Company may
purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection to protect itself
and any Indemnitee or Covered Person against any Covered Expenses incurred in
any Proceeding whether or not the Company would have the power or the obligation
to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this
Article IX or under the laws of the State of New Jersey as they exists as of the
date hereof or as they may hereafter be amended. The Company&#146;s procurement of
such insurance or similar protection shall not in any way expand the rights of
any person. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Section 5 &#151; NO RETROACTIVE
REPEAL OR AMENDMENT</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. No
elimination of or amendment to this Article IX shall deprive any person of
rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual occurrences, acts or failures
to act occurring prior to sixty days following such elimination or amendment.
The rights provided to any person by this Article IX shall inure to the benefit
of such person&#146;s heirs, executors, and administrators. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Company maintains, at its
expense, insurance policies which insure its directors and officers (up to
certain amounts per year and subject to certain exclusions and deductions)
against certain liabilities which may be incurred in those capacities.
</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Company has entered into
indemnification agreements with certain of its directors and officers providing
that the Company will indemnify them in every case that they may be indemnified
pursuant to Section 14A:3-5 of the NJBCA. The indemnification agreements also
set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for
indemnification thereunder. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 7. Exemption from
Registration Claimed.</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Not applicable.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 8. Exhibits.
</FONT></B></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit
      No.</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="2%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Description</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="96%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New
      Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through March 3, 2015
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
      8-K, as filed on January 23, 2014, and Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report
      on Form 8-K, as filed on March 3, 2015)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bylaws of
      New Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through September 12, 2016
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
      8-K, as filed on September 12, 2016)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of
      Deloitte &amp; Touche, LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP* (included in
      Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Powers of
      Attorney (included as part of the signature page of the Registration
      Statement)*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock
      Award and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
      Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated December 15,
2016)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<DIV>____________________</DIV><BR>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>* filed herewith
</FONT></B></P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-3 </FONT></P>
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<DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 9. Undertakings.
</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(a) The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(1) To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(i) To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act,</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(ii) To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the law or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement,</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 30pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(iii) To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement,</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: left"><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>provided,
however,</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form
S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2) That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(3) To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b) The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time
shall be deemed to be the initial</FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>
bona fide</FONT></I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> offering
thereof.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c) Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-4 </FONT></P>
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<DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURES
</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Wall,
State of New Jersey, on this 25th day of January, 2017. </FONT></P>
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    <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="40%" colSpan=2><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>NEW JERSEY RESOURCES
  CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="40%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Registrant)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="60%"></TD>
    <TD width="40%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Patrick J. Migliaccio</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Patrick J.
      Migliaccio</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Senior Vice
      President and</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="60%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="39%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief
      Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
<P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY
</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each of the persons whose signatures appear below, hereby
constitutes and appoints Laurence M. Downes, Richard Reich and Patrick J.
Migliaccio, and each of them individually, as their and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in
their names, places and steads, in any and all capacities, in connection with
this Registration Statement, including to sign in the name and on behalf of such
persons any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and
supplements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.</FONT></P>
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  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="33%" colSpan=3><STRONG><FONT size=2>Name</FONT></STRONG></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="35%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Title</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=right width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="30%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date</FONT></B></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="11%"></TD>
    <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT size=2>/s/ Laurence M. Downes</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chairman,
      President and Chief</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
      2017</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Laurence M. Downes</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive
      Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="11%"></TD>
    <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Patrick J.
      Migliaccio</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Senior Vice
      President and Chief</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Patrick J. Migliaccio</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Financial
      Officer (Principal Financial</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
      2017</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>and
      Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="11%"></TD>
    <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Lawrence R.
    Codey</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Lawrence R. Codey</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
      2017</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="11%"></TD>
    <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Donald L.
    Correll</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Donald L. Correll</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
      2017</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="11%"></TD>
    <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Robert B. Evans</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Robert B. Evans</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
      2017</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="11%"></TD>
    <TD width="89%" colSpan=6>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ M. William Howard,
      Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"></TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>M. William Howard, Jr.</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"></TD>
    <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
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      2017</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT size=2>January 25,
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    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD noWrap align=center width="30%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25,
2017</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>II-6 </FONT></P>
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    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit
      No.</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" vAlign=top align=left width="2%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Description</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="96%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New
      Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through March 3, 2015
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
      8-K, as filed on January 23, 2014, and Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report
      on Form 8-K, as filed on March 3, 2015)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Bylaws of
      New Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through September 12, 2016
      (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
      8-K, as filed on September 12, 2016)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of
      Deloitte &amp; Touche, LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP* (included in
      Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; background-color: #c0c0c0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%"></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Powers of
      Attorney (included as part of the signature page of the Registration
      Statement)*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="98%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock
      Award and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
      Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated December 15,
2016)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<DIV>____________________</DIV><BR>
<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>* filed
herewith</FONT></B></P>
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    <TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP<BR>Attorneys at Law<BR>Troutman Sanders
      Building<BR>1001 Haxall Point<BR>P.O. Box 1122 (23218-1122)<BR>Richmond,
      Virginia 23219<BR>804.697.1200
  telephone<BR>troutmansanders.com</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25, 2017</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>New Jersey Resources
Corporation<BR>1415 Wyckoff Road<BR>Wall, New Jersey 07719 </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Ladies and Gentlemen:
</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>We have acted as counsel to
New Jersey Resources Corporation, a New Jersey corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), in
connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;) relating to up to 3,135,000 shares (the &#147;Shares&#148;) of common
stock of the Company, par value $2.50 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be
issued pursuant to the New Jersey Resources Corporation 2017 Stock Award and
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>This opinion is being
furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 8(a) and Item 601(b)(5)(i)
of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>In connection with the
foregoing, we have examined the Registration Statement and the exhibits filed
with the Commission on the date hereof. We also have examined originals or
copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate
records, agreements and instruments of the Company, statements and certificates
of public officials and officers of the Company, and such other documents,
records and instruments, and we have made such legal and factual inquiries as we
have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for us to render the opinions
hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the foregoing, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the legal competence and capacity of natural
persons, the authenticity of documents submitted to us as originals and the
conformity with authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as
copies. When relevant facts were not independently established, we have relied
without independent investigation as to matters of fact upon statements of
governmental officials and upon representations made in or pursuant to the
certificates and statements of appropriate representatives of the Company.
</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>In connection herewith, we
have assumed that all of the documents referred to in this opinion letter have
been duly authorized by, have been duly executed and delivered by, and
constitute the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of, all of the parties
to such documents, all of the signatories to such documents have been duly
authorized and all such parties are duly organized and validly existing and are
in good standing in all relevant jurisdictions and have the power and authority
(corporate or other) to execute, deliver and perform such documents. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>We do not express any opinion
herein concerning any law other than the laws of the State of New Jersey. We are
not opining on &#147;blue sky&#148; or other state securities laws. The opinions set forth
herein are made as of the date hereof and are subject to, and may be limited by,
future changes in the factual matters set forth herein, and we undertake no duty
to advise you of the same. The opinions expressed herein are based upon the law
in effect (and published or otherwise generally available) on the date hereof,
and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement these opinions should such
law be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.</FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>ATLANTA
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BEIJING &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CHARLOTTE
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CHICAGO &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HONG KONG
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NEW YORK &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ORANGE
COUNTY &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PORTLAND
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RALEIGH<BR>RICHMOND
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAN DIEGO &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SAN
FRANCISCO &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SHANGHAI
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TYSONS CORNER
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VIRGINIA BEACH
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WASHINGTON, DC </FONT></P>
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<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 25, 2017<BR>Page 2
</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Based upon the foregoing and
in reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions, comments, qualifications,
limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the
Shares have been duly authorized for issuance, and when issued, delivered and
paid for in accordance with the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>This opinion is being rendered
solely for the benefit of the Company in connection with the matters addressed
herein and we do not render any opinions except as set forth above. We hereby
consent to the filing of this opinion as </FONT><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit 5.1</FONT></U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption &#147;Legal
Matters&#148; in the prospectus filed as a part thereof. We also consent to your
filing copies of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement with
such agencies of such states as you deem necessary in the course of complying
with the laws of such states regarding the offering and sale of the securities
addressed herein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the
category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act
or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission.
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      yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</FONT></B></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>We consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our
reports dated November 22, 2016, relating to the consolidated financial
statements and financial statement schedule of New Jersey Resources Corporation
(the &#147;Company&#148;), and the effectiveness of the Company&#146;s internal control over
financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of New Jersey
Resources Corporation for the year ended September 30, 2016</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ DELOITTE &amp; TOUCHE
LLP</FONT></P>
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<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Parsippany, New
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