Energy Assistance Events
Each month our Utility Bill Assistance Outreach team attends events in the community to provide helpful information to those who need it most. Programs that are available are for customers struggling to pay their utility bills. Visit us for a 1-on-1 consultation, help submitting applications on site, and much more. For more information and event dates click here.
To learn about all the programs available and apply online visit our Energy Assistance page today.
Game On Grant Program
The ETG Game On Grant Program provides 20, $1,000 grants to local children’s athletic programs, leagues, clubs, associations, and recreational organizations. To be considered for the ETG Game On Grant Program, please complete this application and submit it, along with a W-9 form, to Pat Coan at pcoan@sjindustries.com.
2023 Game On Grant Program Winners:
- Clark Recreation
- Lafayette Amateur Athletics
- Devils Lacrosse Club
- Lenape Valley Football & Cheer
- Fanwood Recreation
- Mount Olive Junior Lacrosse
- Girls on the Run New Jersey North
- Mount Olive Volleyball Association
- Girls Softball League of Westfield
- Readington Tewksbury Junior Baseball League
- Hobb Engler Little League
- Union Township Recreation
- High Point United Soccer Club
First Responders Grant Program
Our First Responders Grant Program is intended to provide critical support for operations conducted by first responder departments.
- Each first responder department must be comprised of paid staff or volunteers that serve within the Elizabethtown Gas service area
- The grant must be used to fund training or purchase/upgrade gear and equipment utilized to protect volunteer fire and/or EMS personnel, police and/or the community
Grants will be awarded to first responder departments to support the purchase of critical resources, including medical and first-aid gear, traffic flares, body armor, gas meters, fire hoses, communications equipment, safety cameras and personal protective equipment.
The 2023 ETG First Responders Grant Program recipient departments include:
- Winfield Fire Department Association
- Frankford Township Fire Department
- Hopewell Township Fire District #1
- Avenel Fire Department
- Flemington-Raritan First Aid & Rescue Squad
- Fairmount Fire Company #1
- Elizabeth Police Department and Fire Department
- Lakeland Emergency Squad
- Lebanon Township Fire Departmen
FREE Mark Cuban Foundation AI Camp for High School Students
We’re partnering with the Mark Cuban Foundation to host FREE Artificial Intelligence (AI) classes to high school students (9th-12th grade). Students will learn what AI is and is not, how we interact with AI in daily life, ethical implications of AI, and much more. Students will also learn how to use Microsoft Azure to build AI applications. Classes will be held at the Elizabethtown Gas headquarters in Union.
Providing learning opportunities for students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math provides a head start to early career exploration. We’re excited to offer this opportunity!
Congratulations to our 125,000th Utility Customer!
We're pleased to announce the 125,000th customer to participate in the New Jersey Comfort Partners Program. This program provides free energy-saving measures to income-eligible households to improve their home's energy efficiency and health and safety challenges. This customer's home had almost no insulation in the attic, leaking ductwork and energy and safety risks with both an aging furnace and clothes dryer. The Comfort Partners program team addressed the safety and comfort concerns at no cost to the customer. See if you qualify and learn more about the New Jersey Comfort Partners Program.
Repurposing Reusable Bags
SJI’s Green Team, an internal employee resource group that empowers employees to support & create a sustainable environment in local communities, is partnering with the Community Foodbank of New Jersey to encourage New Jersey residents to donate their extra bags to local food banks and affiliated organizations. Since New Jersey’s single-use plastic bag ban went into effect in May 2022, many residents are finding that they have a surplus of reusable bags. Grocery stores and other retailers are packaging every online pickup and home delivery order in new reusable bags. The result is excess bags, and people are left wondering what to do with them.
The plastic bag ban has also presented a challenge for organizations that package and distribute food to New Jerseyans in need. SJG employees are collecting and donating bags, but you can also get involved! The Community Foodbank of New Jersey is accepting donations of new or clean, gently used reusable bags. Click here to find a donation drop off center near you. You can also encourage your friends and family to donate too..
VETS Food Drive for the Red Cross Service to Armed Forces
Our Veterans Engagement Team (VETS) collected 4,893 pounds of food -- which is enough to feed 272 families! On February 26, 2022, VETS held a food drive with the Red Cross by setting up collection points throughout New Jersey and encouraged customers, employees and families from SJI’s utility companies South Jersey Gas and Elizabethtown Gas to drop off non-perishable items. Volunteers then delivered several truckloads of food to the Red Cross for distribution at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
VETS is an employee resource group at SJI that supports the personal growth and professional development of former servicemen and women. The Red Cross Service to Armed Forces program provides home comforts and critical services on bases, in military hospitals and supports military families during deployments and emergencies.
Fifth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
Each year, SJI demonstrates our core value of “community” with our Dr. Martin Luther King Day of Service. On Monday, January 17, 2022 Elizabethtown Gas employees, along with all our parent company SJI, participated in activities to give back to the community while remaining safe and healthy. As part of the activities, we continued our ongoing partnership with Stockton University. In addition, employees helped raise over $1,500 for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.
Making a Difference Together
Standing Together - A Message from Mike Renna, President & CEO, SJI
We have a special bond with our communities and are unwavering in our commitment to make them safe and inclusive. All of us, across every level and department will continue to lead by example and reinforce our values in how we serve our customers, support our communities, interact with each other and perform our jobs.
Across our organization, we promise to take meaningful actions regarding race relations to address the evident inequities in our communities and to best serve all our stakeholders. As One SJI, we stand together, committed to creating a better, more tolerant world within our organization and the communities where we are proud to live and work.
You can view the message we shared with our employees here.
ETG Supplier Program
Our focus is on building mutually beneficial and lasting partnerships that bring value and results that include delivering the lowest price, best technology, highest quality and service level by working with companies who share our goals. In addition, we pride ourselves on partnering with local businesses within our community. The SJI Supplier Program includes procurement for SJI and our subsidiaries – South Jersey Gas and Elizabethtown Gas. Join us.
Supplier Opportunities
We procure a variety of products and services including, but not limited to:- Office Equipment, Supplies and Services
- Fleet, Parts and Maintenance
- Computer Equipment, Software and Services
- Measuring and Pressure Equipment
- Pipeline and Service Construction
- Safety Equipment
- Training (Employee Development, Safety, Procedures)
- Legal Services
- Telecommunications Equipment and Services
Supplier Diversity
SJI is committed to embracing and celebrating the diversity of all customers, employees, communities and suppliers. We continue to expand and build relationships with Diverse Suppliers to support our corporate values and foster an inclusive procurement process to provide opportunities for diverse businesses.
Supplier Diversity Development Council (SDDC)
We are a proud member of the BPU Supplier Diversity Council, which is dedicated to forging effective working relationships between minority, woman and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and New Jersey public utilities. The SDDC was chartered in 1997 to advise the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and the companies they regulate on matters related to reporting, measuring and assessing the development of relationships with diversity suppliers. For more information about the SDDC, please visit www.njbpusupplierdiversity.com.
Does My Company Qualify as a Diverse Supplier?
A supplier may be classified as diverse if the company is at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by a U.S. citizen (or citizens) from one of the following groups:- African American/Black
- Asian
- Hispanic/Latino
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer
- Native American
- Person with a Disability
- Veteran/Service-Disabled Veteran/Disabled-Veteran
- Woman
Certification
SJI recognizes businesses that have been certified by federal, state or local government agencies or supplier diversity advocacy groups as Diverse Supplier business. These businesses may include, but are not limited to:- Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
- Women Business Enterprise (WBE or WOSB)
- Veteran Business Enterprise (VBE)
- Disabled/Service-Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE/SDVBE)
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Business Enterprise (LGBT)
- Small or Economically Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SBA/DBE/HUBzone)
- Disability Business (USBLN)
Supplier Registration
Interested in becoming an SJI Supplier?
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We look forward to connecting.
Registration does not guarantee future opportunities with SJI.