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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): September 4, 2014

SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
New Jersey
 
1-6364
 
22-1901645
(State or Other Jurisdiction
 of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer 
 Identification No.)
 


1 South Jersey Plaza, Folsom, NJ 08037
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(609) 561-9000
 (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 










Item 7.01.    Regulation FD
On September 4, 2014, PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC (“PennEast”) announced plans to construct a 100-mile pipeline intended to bring natural gas produced in the Marcellus Shale region to homes and businesses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in a press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. PennEast is a joint project of South Jersey Industries, NJR Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of NJR, AGL Resources, and UGI Energy Services, a subsidiary of UGI Corporation.

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits 
(c) Exhibits.
        
 
 
 
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
99.1
Press Release dated September 4, 2014

SIGNATURES

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.
  
 
 
 
 
SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES, INC.
 
  
 
  
 
  
Dated:  September 8, 2014
By:
/s/ Stephen H. Clark
 
Name: Stephen H. Clark
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 
 






EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.    Description
99.1
Press Release dated September 4, 2014