Power Outages in Passaic County, NJ
As of October 19, 2026 12:20 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Passaic County, NJ across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Borough of Butler - (NJ), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.2 hours.
Passaic County, NJ is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/new-jersey/passaic-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:20 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Passaic County, NJ", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:20 UTC. https://massoutage.com/new-jersey/passaic-county
Not counted: no live feed for Borough of Butler - (NJ).
96%of this county's ~210,325 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Borough of Butler - (NJ). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Elec & Gas Co | Live · county | 1 | 173,815 | 0.0% | - | 1 | October 19, 2026 16:30 UTC | |
| Jersey Central Power & Lt Co | Live · county | 0 | 15,460 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Rockland Electric Co | Live · county | 0 | 13,391 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Borough of Butler - (NJ) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Public Service Elec & Gas Co, Jersey Central Power & Lt Co and Rockland Electric Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Municipalities in Passaic County
Town-by-town counts as reported by PSE&G, Jersey Central Power & Light, Rockland Electric Co, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .
| Town | Utility | Out | Served | % out | Utility ETR | Small outages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE TWP | PSE&G | 1 | 18,853 | 0.0% | October 19, 2026 16:30 UTC | - |
Show 18 towns with no outages
| BLOOMINGDALE BOROUGH | Jersey Central Power & Light | 0 | 17 | 0.0% | - | - |
| CLIFTON CITY | PSE&G | 0 | 37,099 | 0.0% | - | - |
| HALEDON BORO | PSE&G | 0 | 3,431 | 0.0% | - | - |
| HAWTHORNE BORO | PSE&G | 0 | 9,027 | 0.0% | - | - |
| LITTLE FALLS TWP | PSE&G | 0 | 6,076 | 0.0% | - | - |
| NORTH HALEDON BORO | PSE&G | 0 | 3,693 | 0.0% | - | - |
| PASSAIC CITY | PSE&G | 0 | 23,720 | 0.0% | - | - |
| PATERSON CITY | PSE&G | 0 | 58,047 | 0.0% | - | - |
| POMPTON LAKES BOROUGH | Jersey Central Power & Light | 0 | 4,739 | 0.0% | - | - |
| PROSPECT PARK BORO | PSE&G | 0 | 2,175 | 0.0% | - | - |
| RINGWOOD | Rockland Electric Co | 0 | 3,586 | 0.0% | - | - |
| RINGWOOD BOROUGH | Jersey Central Power & Light | 0 | 1,246 | 0.0% | - | - |
| TOTOWA BORO | PSE&G | 0 | 5,406 | 0.0% | - | - |
| WANAQUE BOROUGH | Jersey Central Power & Light | 0 | 4,873 | 0.0% | - | - |
| WAYNE TOWNSHIP | Jersey Central Power & Light | 0 | 2,859 | 0.0% | - | - |
| WEST MILFORD | Rockland Electric Co | 0 | 9,805 | 0.0% | - | - |
| WEST MILFORD TOWNSHIP | Jersey Central Power & Light | 0 | 1,726 | 0.0% | - | - |
| WOODLAND PARK BORO | PSE&G | 0 | 6,288 | 0.0% | - | - |
Active outages in Passaic County1
Individual outages as listed by PSE&G, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <5 | INV | - | October 19, 2026 16:30 UTC | PSE&G |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Passaic Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (27)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07470 | 339 | 14 | 175 | ≤11 |
| 07055 | 226 | ≤11 | 128 | ≤11 |
| 07424 | 166 | ≤11 | 105 | ≤11 |
| 07011 | 159 | ≤11 | 90 | ≤11 |
| 07501 | 156 | ≤11 | 79 | ≤11 |
| 07013 | 155 | ≤11 | 89 | 0 |
| 07480 | 115 | ≤11 | 79 | ≤11 |
| 07508 | 111 | ≤11 | 70 | ≤11 |
| 07506 | 101 | ≤11 | 59 | 0 |
| 07514 | 90 | ≤11 | 40 | ≤11 |
| 07522 | 78 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 07503 | 73 | ≤11 | 36 | ≤11 |
| 07512 | 70 | ≤11 | 43 | ≤11 |
| 07012 | 67 | ≤11 | 39 | ≤11 |
| 07465 | 62 | 0 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 07456 | 59 | ≤11 | 33 | ≤11 |
| 07504 | 56 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 07502 | 51 | ≤11 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 07442 | 47 | ≤11 | 30 | ≤11 |
| 07513 | 44 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 07524 | 39 | 0 | 18 | ≤11 |
| 07421 | 37 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 07403 | 36 | ≤11 | 23 | 0 |
| 07014 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 07505 | 23 | ≤11 | 12 | ≤11 |
| 07435 | 19 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 07420 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Passaic County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Passaic County right now.
Passaic County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.
- Wind Advisory ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Freeze Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
Latest Passaic County, NJ outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 49m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,886 customers out (0.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 51m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 612 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 21m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,074 customers out (0.9% of the county)
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Passaic County went about 3.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 69,938 customers.
The US EIA reports New Jersey utilities averaged 2.6 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 69,938 customers out) · decade average 6.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 670 | 9,934 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 583 | 9,782 | 4.5 |
| 2017 | 566 | 8,916 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 423 | 17,286 | 9.9 |
| 2019 | 492 | 7,501 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | 481 | 69,938 | 27.4 |
| 2021 | 662 | 12,735 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 623 | 13,604 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 596 | 9,646 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 381 | 12,478 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 520 | 4,114 | 3.2 |
Cost of power in Passaic County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Passaic County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Public Service Elec & Gas Co25.0¢1,978,222 cust
- Jersey Central Power & Lt Co18.4¢955,852 cust
- Rockland Electric Co23.2¢64,101 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Very High high winds exposure · 6.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Passaic County: FAQ
- How often does Passaic County, NJ lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Passaic County, NJ logged 520 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Passaic County, NJ?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 69,938 customers without power, beginning August 20, 2020 and lasting about 2d 19h.
- Is there a power outage in Passaic County, NJ right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Passaic County, NJ?
- Tracked electric providers include Jersey Central Power & Lt Co, Public Service Elec & Gas Co, Rockland Electric Co.
Paterson, Clifton, Passaic. Town-level outage counts are in the municipalities table above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Passaic County.
07011, 07012, 07013, 07014, 07055, 07403, 07420, 07421, 07424, 07435, 07442, 07456, 07465, 07470, 07480, 07501, 07502, 07503, 07504, 07505, 07506, 07508, 07512, 07513, 07514, 07522, 07524
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Service Elec & Gas Co | 1.1 hrs | Live · county | |
| Jersey Central Power & Lt Co | 6.5 hrs | Live · county | |
| Rockland Electric Co | - | Live · county | |
| Borough of Butler - (NJ) | - | No live feed |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of New Jersey customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/34031 and /api/v1/counties/34031/history. Live data as of .