---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-014639"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NJR"
cik: "0000356309"
company_name: "NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORP"
filed_at: "2025-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T10:44:10.217032+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# William T. Yardley elected to NJR board, effective July 1, 2025

## Summary
- Board size increased from 10 to 11; Yardley elected unanimously effective July 1, 2025.
- Yardley is CEO of Portland Natural Gas Transmission System, with prior roles at Enbridge, Spectra Energy, and Duke Energy.
- Compensation under standard non-employee director plan; no other arrangements disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-014639
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NJR
- cik: 0000356309
- company_name: NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORP
- filed_at: 2025-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/356309/000114036125014639/0001140361-25-014639-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/356309/000114036125014639/ef20047576_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-014639.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William T. Yardley was elected as director at NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On April 16, 2025, the board of directors (the “Board”) of New Jersey Resources Corporation ("NJR" or the "Company") increased the size of the Board from ten to eleven directors and unanimously elected William T. Yardley as a director, effective as of July 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/356309/000114036125014639/0001140361-25-014639-index.htm

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