Introduction and Licensing Requirements
South Jersey Gas Company offers the opportunity for business entities licensed by the State of New Jersey to provide natural gas commodity service to customers being served by our distribution system.

To learn how to become a licensed natural gas supplier in New Jersey, please access the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities web site at http://www.nj.gov/bpu/divisions/energy/thirdparty.html .

When the licensing process with the NJBPU is complete, please access the South Jersey Gas Company web site at http://www.sjindustries.com/sjg/tariffandrates.html to review our tariff for gas service. Within the tariff beginning on sheet 149 and ending on sheet 155 is a document titled AGGREGATOR/MARKETER'S AGREEMENT (A/M).

Please click here for a printable form (pdf)

Please complete this document and forward two (2) executed copies to:

South Jersey Gas Company
Transportation Services Department
One South Jersey Plaza
Folsom, NJ 08037

To complete the pre-authorization process, please provide the following additional information:

1.) Copy of NJBPU Third Party Supplier License

2.) NJ Sales Tax Form ST-3 Resale Certificate (see Resale Certificates below)

3.) Full name of corporation, mailing address and website address

4.) All relevant employee names, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses

5.) Credit contact person, telephone number and e-mail address

6.) Financial statements for the most recent two year period (audited preferred)

7.) Two (2) business references, contact persons and telephone numbers

8.) Bank name and bank telephone number

9.) DUNS number

10.) Customer rate classe(s) intended to be served
      (see Balancing Provisions below)

11.) Billing option(s) intended to be utilized (please see Billing Options below)

12.) Retail Choice Partner EDI Registration Form (please see EDI below)

Supplier License Renewal
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities requires each Third Party Supplier to apply for renewal of their gas supplier license no later than 30 days prior to the expiration date of their current license. Please access http://www.nj.gov/bpu/pdf/energy/shopping_forms/
SupplierRenewalInstructions1.pdf for instructions.

The renewal application must include a list of the Third Party Supplier’s customers, identifying the number of customers in each rate schedule.

Please click here for a printable list (pdf) of South Jersey Gas Company’s rate options.

Resale Certificates
In order for Third Party Suppliers to be exempt from paying sales tax on cash-out charges for deficiency imbalances, each marketer is required to present a resale certificate to South Jersey Gas Company.

This document is provided by the New Jersey Division of Taxation and can be accessed at http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/other_forms/
sales/st3.pdf

Marketer Lists
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) lists all marketers that have been certified to sell natural gas in New Jersey. This information can be accessed at http://www.nj.gov/bpu/pdf/energy/shopping_forms/
southjerseygasterritory.pdf

All marketers should contact the NJBPU to ensure they are included on the list for South Jersey Gas Company’s territory. South Jersey Gas Company also maintains and distributes a list of marketers authorized to conduct business in the South Jersey Gas Company service territory.

Balancing Provisions
Balancing Service Clause-General Service (BSC-GS) (Rider “J”) is applicable to GSGFT/commercial transportation customers and RSGFT/residential transportation customers. Details regarding Rider “J” can be found on pages 91-95 of South Jersey Gas Company’s tariff or at http://www.sjindustries.com/sjg/108/regulatory_information.html. Balancing Service Clause-Large Volume (BSC-LV) (Rider “I”) is applicable to GSG-FT, GSGLV-FT, EGS, EGSLV-FT, CTS, LVSFT, ITS and FES customers. Details regarding Rider “I” can be found on pages 85-90 of South Jersey Gas Company’s tariff or at http://www.sjindustries.com/sjg/tariffandrates.html. Rider I customers are cashed out on a monthly basis at a rate equal to the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation’s (Transco) Zone 6 Non-New York daily midpoint average as posted in Gas Daily. A commercial customer is engaged primarily in providing a service for the sale of goods or services. An industrial customer, however, is engaged primarily in the processing or changing of raw or unfinished materials into another form or product. South Jersey Gas offers a diversified rate structure for commercial and industrial customers utilizing Balancing Service Clause-Large Volume (BSC-LV) (Rider “I”.

GSGFT – A commercial or industrial customer who would not qualify for any other rate schedule.

GSGLVFT – A commercial or industrial customer who would not qualify for any other rate schedule with an annualized usage of 100,000 therms or more.

EGS – A commercial or industrial electric generation facility; all Prime Movers and all engine-driven equipment whether or not used for electric generation, with a firm contract demand of less than 200 mcf/day. Customer may elect Rider J or Rider I.

EGSLVFT – A commercial or industrial electric generation facility; all Prime Movers and all engine driven equipment whether or not used for electric generation, with a firm contract demand of 200 mcf/day or more.

CTS – A commercial or industrial customer having a firm contract demand and an average annual daily firm use of 100 mcf/day or more. CTS customers are not subject to the balancing provisions of Rider I.

LVSFT – A commercial or industrial customer with a contract demand and a minimum annualized average use of 200 mcf/day for equipment without an alternate fuel capability.

ITS - A commercial or industrial customer with an alternate fuel capability. FES – customers purchasing or transporting gas to generate electricity with a winter contact demand of 1,000 mcf/day or more, or a summer daily contract demand of 2,000 mcf/day or more, or both.

Billing Options
Execution of a Billing Services Agreement and a Schedule 1.0 is required for marketers who choose the utility consolidated billing option. The Billing Services Agreement is the legal document naming South Jersey Gas Company as the billing agent. Schedule 1.0 outlines the fees associated with this service.

The fee for bill presentment and bill mailing is $0.075 per bill. The fee for the purchase of receivables is calculated based on South Jersey Gas Company’s risk associated with the rate per therm that South Jersey Gas Company is directed to bill the marketer’s customers. At the present time, South Jersey Gas Company does not offer to purchase the receivable for commercial accounts.

South Jersey Gas Company’s utility consolidated billing service not only presents the marketer’s commodity charges and South Jersey Gas Company’s distribution charges on one bill, but also offers the option ($600.00 one-time fee) to present the marketer’s company name and phone number on the customer’s bill. The marketer’s logo and fee must be provided to South Jersey Gas Company in the following format:

• .tif
• black & white
• 300 dpi
• exact size

Please click here for a printable Billing Services Agreement (pdf)

Please click here for a printable Schedule 1.0 (pdf)

Historical Usage
Individual historical usage requests should be sent to transportation@sjindustries.com.  To request usage history for an account(s), simply send a text file named sjg0862.txt with one column of the requested account numbers. An electronic file named CI835-mmddyy.csv will be returned to you electronically generally within 24 hours. This file will contain 24 months of history. A customer's signature does not have to be submitted in order to obtain usage history but it is imperative that marketers can produce the customer authorization immediately upon our request.

Meter Reads
Gas meters are read on a cycle basis throughout the month on what SJG calls "routes". There are 20 routes in every month and every customer account is read with its assigned route once per month. These cycle-read customers are included in the Company's Retail Billing System. All commercial and residential billing information is communicated via a text file sent via email. Typically, 2 days after the meter is read, SJG bills the customer. The consumption is communicated to the marketer the following day after each cycle bills. Consumption is communicated in therms. Marketers are provided with a file format to assist in the conversion of the text file to excel and a meter reading schedule alerts the marketer as to when to expect a file.

The meter reading schedule can be accessed at http://www.southjerseygas.com/edi/

EDI
Third Party Suppliers transporting gas in South Jersey Gas Company’s territory have the option to utilize the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) protocol. Standard business rules, system requirements, contact information and EDI test plan can be reviewed at http://www.southjerseygas.com/edi. Third Party Suppliers who intend on using EDI are required to provide the information requested on the Retail Choice Partner Registration Form at http://www.southjerseygas.com/edi/ediregistra1a.pdf.Once this information has been submitted, Energy Services Group, South Jersey Gas Company’s EDI consultants, will contact the Third Party Supplier regarding:

• connectivity information and any additional information needed certification test plan completion of internal set-ups completion of connectivity test
• exchange transactions based on test plan scenarios

Once certification testing is complete, Energy Services Group will notify South Jersey Gas and will forward certification notification to the Third Party Supplier. A production date will be determined and production connectivity test will be completed. 

Natural Gas Nomination
Residential (RSGFT) and commercial (GSGFT) customers are aggregated into groups. On or by the 25th of each month, South Jersey Gas Company’s Transportation Department will communicate the estimated Daily Delivery Requirement (DDR) for each marketer’s group and communicate it in advance of the following month. The quantity of gas expected for delivery is constant for each day of the month. The DDR for commercial customers is calculated using historical usage information and residential customers using an average therm use per customer. The monthly excess or deficiency of each group is accumulated seasonally and settled seasonally. South Jersey Gas requires Third Party Suppliers to communicate expected delivery of gas supplies intended for their customers on a day-ahead basis. The confirmation of the scheduled delivery of the gas into South Jersey Gas Company’s distribution system is confirmed by Transportation Department personnel on a day-ahead basis, an intra-day basis, a day-after basis and an end-of-month basis. The confirmation is accomplished utilizing the web sites provided by Transcontinental Gas Pipeline (Transco) and Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO). Any variation from the expected quantity is communicated by Transportation Department personnel to the Third Party Supplier. Inquiries are made regarding over or under deliveries, regardless of magnitude. The deadline for communication from Third Party Suppliers to the South Jersey Gas Company Transportation Department regarding next-day city gate delivery quantities and pipeline split is 12:00 noon EST.

All daily nominations should be sent to sjgnom@sjindustries.com

Industrial customers may also be aggregated into groups. The quantity of gas delivered by a marketer on behalf of the customers within an aggregated group is determined based on the aggregate consumption of the customers. The daily requirements for gas delivery to industrial customers are not dictated by SJG. Instead, marketers are expected to maintain a variance relationship of consumption and delivery to industrial customer groups that does not exceed + / - 7.5%. This imbalance condition is monitored by SJG personnel on a daily basis. In the event that the imbalance exceeds + / - 7.5%, the imbalance is considered an “Imbalance Requiring Action “ (IRA). Upon determining that an IRA exists, SJG Transportation Department personnel notify the third party supplier and a supplemental delivery plan is verbally agreed upon that is intended to result bringing the imbalance to below + / - 7.5%. Failure on the part of the third party supplier to comply with a plan intended to correct an IRA has consequences referenced in the SJG tariff under Balancing Rider “I”. (See Below)

At month-end, marketers with industrial customer groups are charged or compensated for gas imbalances on their aggregated groups. The methodology that results in the rate billed or paid to marketers is referenced in the SJG tariff under Balancing Rider “I”. (See Below). If the month-end imbalances to an industrial group exceeds + / - 7.5%, the rate billed or paid is mathematically impacted so as to penalize a marketer for exceeding the allowable + / - 7.5% margin. This multiplier, referred to as the System Impact Charge (SIC), serves as a disincentive to marketers intentionally creating imbalances on the SJG system.

Each month, the Company shall "cash out" Net Monthly Deficiency Imbalances as follows:
Customers with a Net Monthly Deficiency Imbalance shall be charged on their bills, for service provided during such month, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Net Monthly Imbalance quantity times (ii) one hundred ten percent (110%) of the simple average of daily postings of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation's (Transco’s) Zone 6 Daily Midpoint reported each day during the month in which the Deficiency Imbalance occurred, in the Daily Price Survey in the Gas Daily; times (iii) a System Impact Charge ("SIC").

 Each month, the Company shall "cash out" Net Monthly Excess Imbalances as follows:
Customers with a Net Monthly Excess Imbalance shall receive on their bills, for service provided during such month, a credit equal to the product of (i) the Net Monthly Imbalance quantity times (ii) ninety percent (90%) of the simple average of daily postings of Transco’s Zone 6 Daily Midpoint reported each day during the month in which the Excess Imbalance occurred, in the Daily Price Survey in the Gas Daily; less (iii) a capacity charge factor of $.0050 per therm; times (iv) a System Impact Charge (“SIC”).

Contact Information   

Manager:
Jeffrey G. Howell 609-561-9000 ext. 6588 jhowell@sjindustries.com

Transportation Analysts:
Marlene Micari 609-561-9000 ext. 6585 mmicari@sjindustries.com
Joanne Mozitis 609-561-9000 ext. 6589 jmozitis@sjindustries.com

Customer Enrollment:
transportation@sjindustries.com

Natural Gas Nomination:
sjgnom@sjindustries.com

Mailing Address:
South Jersey Gas Company
Transportation Services
215 Cates Road
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234

FAX
609-646-7282