NJ · gas · GR25110627
Active case·Investigation opened·Utility request
The case is pending. The tracker preserves the initial request rather than replacing it with the later update, and no settlement or authorized outcome is reported.
South Jersey Gas initially requested approximately $74.71 million in additional annual revenue and a 10.00 percent return on equity. A February 2026 update reduced the requested increase to $67.80 million. The Board entered a second suspension order on April 22, 2026 while the case remained before the Office of Administrative Law.
Apr 22, 2026
Not scheduled
Case stage
investigation opened
Filed
Nov 26, 2025
Testimony
Not recorded
Hearings
Not recorded
Briefing
Not recorded
Decision
Not recorded
Rates effective
Not recorded
State rules
This docket is a full base-rate review. Selected charges can change on separate schedules without reopening every issue in this case.
Full base-rate review
Case-specific; program deadlines can apply
New Jersey does not use one recurring base-case interval for every utility. Board-approved infrastructure programs can require the participating utility to file its next base-rate case within five years or sooner.
Rate period: Normally established in the utility's base-rate filing; infrastructure-program recoveries remain provisional until prudence is reviewed in the next base case.
Governing rule ↗Between full reviews
Infrastructure Investment Program
Annual or semiannual recovery
A Board-approved IIP permits accelerated recovery for qualifying in-service infrastructure through a separate tariff clause. Rates are provisional and the utility must return for a base case no later than five years after program approval.
Governing source ↗Conservation Incentive Program
Periodic true-up
An approved CIP adjusts gas revenues for usage changes associated with conservation and weather, separating part of utility recovery from sales volume. Its terms are utility- and order-specific.
Governing source ↗Current case economics
Filed request and any outcome captured in this docket.
| Metric | Utility request | Current case outcome | Like-for-like difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual revenue increase | $74.71M Annual utility request | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Rate base | $2,914.6M Test year ended March 31, 2026 with post-test adjustments through September 30, 2026 · Feb 13, 2026 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Return on equity | 10% Prior authorized observation · Nov 26, 2025 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Common equity ratio | Not specified Test year ended March 31, 2026 with post-test adjustments through September 30, 2026 · Feb 13, 2026 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
| Residential bill impact | Not specified Test year ended March 31, 2026 with post-test adjustments through September 30, 2026 · Feb 13, 2026 | Not available No outcome yet | — |
Prior authorizations, mechanism values, actuals, and company projections are shown separately because they are not default like-for-like case comparisons.
Annual revenue change
authorized · Prior authorized observation · Dec 21, 2022
$25M
Common equity ratio
authorized · Authorized common-equity share of capitalization · Dec 21, 2022
54%
Rate base
authorized · Authorized base-rate rate base · Dec 21, 2022
$2,394.12M
Return on equity
authorized · Authorized return on common equity · Dec 21, 2022
9.6%
3 events · 4 documents · 3 citations
Material filings, hearings, orders, and effective dates.
Nov 26, 2025
Base rate petition filed
official commission · completed
Dec 17, 2025
Board entered first suspension order
official commission · completed
Apr 22, 2026
Board further suspended the proposed rates
official commission · completed
Docket and evidence documents linked to this proceeding.
NJBPU public docket — case-nj-bpu-gr25110627
official docket · direct · —
NJBPU second suspension order for South Jersey Gas 2025 base rate case
evidence · primary · Apr 22, 2026
South Jersey Gas 9-and-3 update
evidence · direct · Feb 13, 2026
NJBPU first suspension order for South Jersey Gas 2025 base rate case
evidence · primary · Dec 17, 2025
Field-level excerpts and review metadata supporting material facts.
South Jersey Gas 9-and-3 update
utility rate case exhibit · Feb 13, 2026
NJBPU first suspension order for South Jersey Gas 2025 base rate case
commission order · Dec 17, 2025
NJBPU second suspension order for South Jersey Gas 2025 base rate case
commission order · Apr 22, 2026
Stage-preserving economics and party positions as published in the canonical record.
| Metric | Stage | Party | Period | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual revenue change | utility request | South Jersey Gas Company | Test year ended March 31, 2026 with post-test adjustments through September 30, 2026 | $67.8M | |
| Residential monthly bill impact | utility request | South Jersey Gas Company | Test year ended March 31, 2026 with post-test adjustments through September 30, 2026 | Not specified | |
| Common equity ratio | utility request | South Jersey Gas Company | Test year ended March 31, 2026 with post-test adjustments through September 30, 2026 | Not specified | |
| Overall rate of return | utility request | South Jersey Gas Company | Test year ended March 31, 2026 with post-test adjustments through September 30, 2026 | 7.96% | |
| Rate base | utility request | South Jersey Gas Company | Test year ended March 31, 2026 with post-test adjustments through September 30, 2026 | $2,914.6M | |
| Annual revenue change | utility request | party-utility | — | $74.71M | |
| Return on equity | utility request | party-utility | — | 10% |