New Jersey Power Outages
As of July 18, 2026 17:01 UTC, about 8,513 customers are currently without power across 10 counties in New Jersey.
COUNTIES WITH ACTIVE OUTAGES
OUTAGE TREND
New Jersey
8,513
AS OF LAST UPDATE · PEAK 29,878
Updated July 18, 2026
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Cost of power in New Jersey
▲ 42% since 2010What New Jerseypays for electricity, from the US EIA — and how fast it’s rising as national demand climbs. See energy & the AI data-center surge.
Residential
23.5¢
per kWh
Commercial
16.8¢
per kWh
Industrial
15.2¢
per kWh
RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh BY YEAR
Retail prices from the US EIA (Form 861). Energy & the data-center surge →
Hardest-hit cities statewide
The individual towns and townships with the most customers out right now.
A decade of outages in New Jersey
US annual reports →Average hours without power per customer each year (EAGLE-I).
New Jersey's worst year on record was 2020 (peak 216,332 customers out) · decade average 5.1 hrs per customer/yr.
Official reliability
Source: US EIAMajor disturbances (DOE)
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