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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 30, 2011 (March 30, 2011)
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
New Jersey
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
001-08359
(Commission
File Number)
 
22-2376465
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
1415 Wyckoff Road
 Wall, New Jersey
 
7719
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(732) 938-1480
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 7.01.    Regulation FD
 
On March 30, 2011, New Jersey Natural Gas Company (“NJNG”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Jersey Resources Corporation (“NJR”), received approval from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to continue its Accelerated Infrastructure Program to accelerate previously planned capital expenditures designed to ensure the safety, integrity and reliability of NJNG's delivery system, and support economic development and job growth in the state. NJNG announced the approval in the press release dated March 30, 2011, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
 
Forward-Looking Statements
This filing contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. NJR cautions readers that the assumptions forming the basis for forward-looking statements include many factors that are beyond NJR's ability to control or estimate precisely, such as estimates of future market conditions and the behavior of other market participants. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the company's expectations include, but are not limited to, economic conditions and demographic changes in NJNG's service territory, rate of customer growth, volatility of natural gas commodity prices and its impact on customer usage, changes in rating agency requirements and/or credit ratings and their effect on availability and cost of capital to the company, conditions in the credit markets and their potential impact on the company's access to capital and borrowing costs, increased interest costs resulting from failures in the market for auction rate securities, the impact of regulation (including the regulation of rates), the outcome of any future base rate cases, fluctuations in energy-related commodity prices, customer conversions, other marketing efforts, actual energy usage patterns of NJNG's customers, access to adequate supplies of natural gas, the regulatory and pricing policies of federal and state regulatory agencies, changes due to legislation at the federal and state level, the effects and impacts of inflation, change in accounting pronouncements issued by the appropriate standard setting bodies and terrorist attacks or threatened attacks on energy facilities or unrelated energy companies. NJR does not, by including this paragraph, assume any obligation to review or revise any particular forward-looking statement referenced herein in light of future events. More detailed information about these factors is set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in NJR's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) including its most recent Form 10-K filed on November 24, 2010.
 
 
Item 9.01.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)    Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1     Press Release Dated March 30, 2011.

 
 

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 30, 2011
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:    /s/ Glenn C. Lockwood
Glenn C. Lockwood
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number    
Exhibit    
99.1
Press Release Dated March 30, 2011.