South Jersey Industries, Inc.

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1 South Jersey Plaza, Folsom, New Jersey 08037
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INVESTOR RELATIONS: STEPHEN CLARK- x4260-sclark@sjindustries.com
MEDIA CONTACT: JOANNE BRIGANDI- x4240-jbrigandi@sjindustries.com
AUGUST 14, 2002

SJI CERTIFIES ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

        FOLSOM, N.J. -- South Jersey Industries Chairman, President and CEO, Charles Biscieglia and CFO, David A. Kindlick, personally certified SJI's financial statements as filed in the company's SEC Form 10Q for the second quarter ended June 30, 2002. "I am pleased to certify that the information contained within our 10Q accurately represents the true condition of SJI," said Mr. Biscieglia. The certifications were provided as prescribed within the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The certifications were filed as exhibits to SJI's second quarter 2002 10Q filing and are also available at the company's website, http://www.sjindustries.com/invest.htm.

        South Jersey Industries (NYSE: SJI) is an energy holding company for South Jersey Gas, South Jersey Energy, South Jersey Resources Group, LLC and Marina Energy, LLC. To learn more about SJI and its subsidiaries, please visit http://www.sjindustries.com on the web.


        This release contains forward-looking statements about SJI's financial performance. The statements are made in good faith and deemed reasonable at the date of this release. SJI assumes no responsibility to update this information. Actual results may vary and SJI encourages you to conduct your own research before making any investment decisions including a review of SJI's 2001 SEC Form 10K and Annual Report, and subsequently filed SEC Forms 10Q for a complete discussion of risks and/or uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary.


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