TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
Attorneys at Law
Troutman Sanders Building
1001 Haxall Point
P.O. Box 1122 (23218-1122)
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.697.1200 telephone
troutmansanders.com
September 30, 2010
H. Christopher Owings
Assistant Director
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
| Re: | New Jersey Resources Corporation | |
| Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2009 | ||
| Filed November 30, 2009 | ||
| Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A | ||
| Filed December 14, 2009 | ||
| Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2010 | ||
| Filed August 4, 2010 | ||
| File No. 001-08359 |
Dear Mr. Owings:
I write on behalf of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the “Company”), to follow up on the conversation I had with a member of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today. Pursuant to that conversation, I am formally requesting an extension on the Company’s behalf to respond to the Staff’s comment letter dated September 27, 2010 regarding the Staff’s comment to New Jersey Resources Corporation’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A.
We respectfully request an extension to respond no later than October 26, 2010.
If you have any questions regarding the information contained in this letter, or need further information, please do not hesitate to call me at (804) 697-1239.
| Very truly yours, |
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| Dave Meyers |
| Cc: | Mr. Glenn C. Lockwood |
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