New Jersey Statutes Title 48. Public Utilities 48 § 9-25.2

Any corporation now or hereafter organized or existing under any law of this State, which is empowered to manufacture and sell gas of any type or any mixture of gases of various types, suitable for light, heat or power, and which is a public utility as defined in section 48:2-13 of the Revised Statutes, may acquire, use, process, transmit, distribute and sell natural gas and any mixture of natural gas with a gas or gases of any other type or types, and may use for the transmission and distribution of natural gas or any mixture of natural gas with a gas or gases of any other type or types, any or all of the facilities, conductors, mains and pipes, with the appurtenances thereto, which such corporation now is or hereafter may be lawfully authorized to use for the transmission or distribution of manufactured gas of any type or any mixture of gases of various types suitable for light, heat or power, and which now are or hereafter may be located in, on, under or through the roads, streets, highways, alleys, squares and public grounds and places in this State.