Power Outages in Essex County, NJ
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Essex County, NJ. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.
Essex County, NJ is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active power outages are currently reported in Essex County.
No active NWS alerts for Essex County right now.
Essex County has been under 132 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flash Flood Warning on September 1, 2026.
- Flash Flood Warning ×28
- Flood Advisory ×17
- Flood Watch ×17
- Heat Advisory ×17
- Air Quality Alert ×15
- Special Weather Statement ×14
Latest Essex County, NJ outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 1m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 586 customers out (0.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 24m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,072 customers out (0.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Essex County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Newarkno active outage
- East Orangeno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Essex County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 85,509 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 85,509 customers out) · decade average 3.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 249 | 21,065 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 215 | 28,954 | 2.3 |
| 2017 | 206 | 13,372 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 132 | 32,291 | 6.3 |
| 2019 | 65 | 26,828 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 183 | 85,509 | 10.9 |
| 2021 | 290 | 25,768 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 282 | 25,311 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 271 | 28,478 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 108 | 25,596 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 165 | 9,212 | 1.8 |
Very High high winds exposure · 3.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Essex County: FAQ
- How often does Essex County, NJ lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Essex County, NJ logged 165 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Essex County, NJ?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 85,509 customers without power, beginning July 30, 2020 and lasting about 23d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Essex County, NJ right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Essex County, NJ. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Essex County, NJ?
- Tracked electric providers include JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LT CO.
Newark, East Orange. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Essex County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Essex County.
07003, 07004, 07006, 07009, 07017, 07018, 07021, 07028, 07039, 07040, 07041, 07042, 07043, 07044, 07050, 07052, 07068, 07078, 07079, 07102, 07103, 07104, 07105, 07106, 07107, 07108, 07109, 07110, 07111, 07112, 07114
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LT CO | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/34013 and /api/v1/counties/34013/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Jersey customers).