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COMMON STOCK EQUITY | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Equity [Abstract] |
COMMON STOCK EQUITY | 8. COMMON STOCK EQUITY Changes in common stock equity during the nine months ended June 30, 2018, were as follows:
(Thousands) | Number of Shares | Common Stock | Premium on Common Stock | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Treasury Stock And Other | Retained Earnings | Total
Balance at September 30, 2017 | 86,556 |  | $ | 222,258 |  | $ | 219,696 |  |  | $ | (3,256 | ) |  | $ | (70,039 | ) | $ | 867,984 |  | $ | 1,236,643 |
Net income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 249,691 |  | 249,691 |
Other comprehensive loss |  |  |  |  | (12,624 | ) |  |  |  | (12,624 | )
Common stock issued: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Incentive plan | 558 |  | 1,396 |  | 15,141 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16,537 |
Dividend reinvestment plan (1) | 334 |  |  | 173 |  |  |  |  | 13,224 |  |  | 13,397 |
Waiver discount | 1,014 |  | 2,535 |  | 39,142 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 41,677 |
Cash dividend ($.8175 per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (71,755 | ) | (71,755 | )
Treasury stock and other | (250 | ) |  | (14 | ) |  |  |  | (23,590 | ) |  | (23,604 | )
Balance at June 30, 2018 | 88,212 |  | $ | 226,189 |  | $ | 274,138 |  |  | $ | (15,880 | ) |  | $ | (80,405 | ) | $ | 1,045,920 |  | $ | 1,449,962 |
(1) | Shares sold through the DRP are issued from treasury stock at average cost, which may differ from the actual market price paid.
NJR satisfies its external common equity requirements, if any, through issuances of its common stock, including the proceeds from stock issuances under its DRP. The DRP allows NJR, at its option, to use treasury shares or newly issued shares to raise capital. NJR raised approximately $19 million and $41.7 million of equity by issuing approximately 460,000 and 1,014,000 shares of common stock through the waiver discount feature of the DRP during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. NJR issued no new shares through the waiver discount feature of the DRP during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017. NJR also raised $3.7 million and $13.6 million of equity through the DRP, by issuing approximately 92,000 and 334,000 shares of treasury stock, during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. NJR raised $4.1 million and $13.8 million of equity through the DRP, by issuing approximately 102,000 and 381,000 shares of treasury stock, during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income The following table presents the changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of related tax effects during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:
(Thousands) | Available for Sale Securities | Postemployment Benefit Obligation | Total
Balance at March 31, 2018 | $ | — |  |  | $ | (13,788 | ) |  | $ | (13,788 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive (loss),before reclassifications, net of tax of $854, $0, $854 | (2,364 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,364 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax of $0, $(104), $(104) | — |  |  | 272 |  | (1) | 272 |
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of $854, $(104), $750 | (2,364 | ) |  | 272 |  |  | (2,092 | )
Balance at June 30, 2018 | $ | (2,364 | ) |  | $ | (13,516 | ) |  | $ | (15,880 | )
Balance at March 31, 2017 | $ | 11,121 |  |  | $ | (18,718 | ) |  | $ | (7,597 | )
Other comprehensive income, net of tax |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive (loss),before reclassifications, net of tax of $2,375, $0, $2,375 | (3,622 | ) |  | — |  |  | (3,622 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax of $0, $(217), $(217) | — |  |  | 318 |  | (1) | 318 |
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of $2,375, $(217), $2,158 | (3,622 | ) |  | 318 |  |  | (3,304 | )
Balance as of June 30, 2017 | $ | 7,499 |  |  | $ | (18,400 | ) |  | $ | (10,901 | )
The following table presents the changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of related tax effects during the nine months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:
(Thousands) | Available for Sale Securities | Postemployment Benefit Obligation | Total
Balance at September 30, 2017 | $ | 11,044 |  |  | $ | (14,300 | ) |  | $ | (3,256 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive (loss),before reclassifications, net of tax of $9,071, $0, $9,071 | (25,055 | ) |  | — |  |  | (25,055 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax of $(858), $(344), $(1,202) | 11,647 |  |  | 784 |  | (1) | 12,431 |
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of $8,213, $(344), $7,869 | (13,408 | ) |  | 784 |  |  | (12,624 | )
Balance at June 30, 2018 | $ | (2,364 | ) |  | $ | (13,516 | ) |  | $ | (15,880 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2016 | $ | 4,198 |  |  | $ | (19,353 | ) |  | $ | (15,155 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax |  |  |  |  |
Other comprehensive income, before reclassifications, net of tax of $(4,273), $0, $(4,273) | 6,474 |  |  | — |  |  | 6,474 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of $2,192, $(651), $1,541 | (3,173 | ) |  | 953 |  | (1) | (2,220 | )
Net current-period other comprehensive income, net of tax of $(2,081), $(651), $(2,732) | 3,301 |  |  | 953 |  |  | 4,254 |
Balance as of June 30, 2017 | $ | 7,499 |  |  | $ | (18,400 | ) |  | $ | (10,901 | )
(1) | Included in the computation of net periodic pension cost, a component of operations and maintenance expense on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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