EXHIBIT 99-2

                  CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                             PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      The undersigned, Glenn C. Lockwood, hereby certifies as follows:

      (a)   I am the Chief Financial Officer of New Jersey Resources Corporation
            (the "Company");

      (b)   To the best of my knowledge, the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
            10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 (the "Report") complies
            in all material respects with the requirements of Section 13(a) of
            the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

      (c)   To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the Report, the
            information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
            respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
            Company.

                                        NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION

Date: February 14, 2003                By: /s/ Glenn C. Lockwood
                                            ----------------------------
                                             Glenn C. Lockwood
                                             Senior Vice President,
                                             Chief Financial Officer

      This certificate accompanies this Report pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed filed by the Company for
purposes of Section 18 or any other provision of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.