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2015 New Jersey Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average New Jersey customer went without power for about 4.5 hours, the 8th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.5
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
18.6M
Peak customers out
320,340
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NJ customers
Counties reporting
21

New Jersey year over year

New Jersey: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 4.5h; 2016: 4.0h; 2017: 2.5h; 2018: 8.9h, coverage 99%; 2019: 4.7h, coverage 98%; 2020: 17.4h, coverage 99%; 2021: 2.9h, coverage 99%; 2022: 2.1h, coverage 99%; 2023: 2.4h; 2024: 3.9h; 2025: 3.3h051015200%50%100%4.5h20154.0h20162.5h20178.9h20184.7h201917.4h20202.9h20212.1h20222.4h20233.9h20243.3h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across New Jersey; June was the worst.

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New Jersey customer-hours without power by month, 2015Jan 203K, Feb 250K, Mar 312K, Apr 342K, May 315K, Jun 13.1M, Jul 410K, Aug 839K, Sep 719K, Oct 932K, Nov 565K, Dec 662K05M10M15M203KJan250KFeb312KMar342KApr315KMay13.1MJun410KJul839KAug719KSep932KOct565KNov662KDec
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All 21 New Jersey counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Gloucester County33.65.5M162,73781,657782
2Salem County20.3741K36,57215,558622
3Camden County18.54.5M243,25493,824893
4Burlington County9.92.1M208,51360,166846
5Cape May County6.2346K56,09756,097894
6Atlantic County5.3890K167,22121,735967
7Morris County4.0445K112,18112,920341
8Sussex County3.7177K47,60611,548387
9Passaic County2.5297K119,7639,934670
10Hunterdon County2.5164K66,9675,982257
11Cumberland County1.9157K82,8436,749712
12Somerset County1.8310K172,53019,918685
13Warren County1.898K55,6136,908263
14Bergen County1.5628K418,35793,114560
15Essex County1.5563K386,88821,065249
16Ocean County1.2406K327,2899,562774
17Monmouth County1.1382K345,70116,472378
18Middlesex County1.0397K406,7219,864677
19Mercer County0.8164K193,6674,644898
20Union County0.8212K259,7085,747609
21Hudson County0.7220K299,57273,096796

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Camden County, NJJune 23, 2015 09:30June 29, 2015 09:155d 23h93,8244.2M
2Bergen County, NJAugust 20, 2015 11:30August 22, 2015 02:301d 15h93,11434K
3Gloucester County, NJJune 23, 2015 13:00June 29, 2015 09:155d 20h81,6575.2M
4Hudson County, NJAugust 20, 2015 18:00August 21, 2015 02:158h 15m73,09624K
5Burlington County, NJJune 23, 2015 21:30June 29, 2015 09:155d 11h60,1661.7M
6Cape May County, NJJune 23, 2015 22:15June 26, 2015 17:452d 19h56,097121K
7Burlington County, NJMarch 12, 2015 15:30March 12, 2015 19:304h27,6006,917
8Atlantic County, NJJune 23, 2015 22:45June 29, 2015 09:155d 10h21,735633K
9Essex County, NJSeptember 9, 2015 13:30September 13, 2015 20:004d 6h21,06520K
10Somerset County, NJAugust 8, 2015 21:45August 9, 2015 06:459h19,91872K
11Hudson County, NJNovember 9, 2015 05:00November 9, 2015 07:002h18,8527,029
12Cape May County, NJMay 14, 2015 13:00May 15, 2015 02:0013h18,8284,772
13Essex County, NJDecember 14, 2015 14:30December 20, 2015 02:005d 11h16,62615K
14Monmouth County, NJAugust 15, 2015 15:30August 16, 2015 04:0012h 30m16,47212K
15Atlantic County, NJApril 22, 2015 15:00April 22, 2015 18:303h 30m15,92921K
16Salem County, NJJune 23, 2015 19:00June 29, 2015 09:155d 14h15,558640K
17Monmouth County, NJDecember 22, 2015 13:00December 23, 2015 01:0012h13,47622K
18Cape May County, NJJune 6, 2015 16:30June 7, 2015 01:309h12,95234K
19Morris County, NJAugust 12, 2015 07:45August 12, 2015 08:1530m12,9205,155
20Essex County, NJDecember 22, 2015 13:00December 24, 2015 04:451d 15h12,7866,765
21Monmouth County, NJSeptember 9, 2015 13:45September 10, 2015 04:1514h 30m12,6989,584
22Hudson County, NJSeptember 14, 2015 13:00September 15, 2015 09:4520h 45m12,4273,245
23Monmouth County, NJAugust 5, 2015 16:30August 6, 2015 03:4511h 15m12,0709,349
24Atlantic County, NJMay 22, 2015 03:15May 26, 2015 19:454d 16h11,7147,648
25Essex County, NJSeptember 28, 2015 13:00October 6, 2015 10:007d 21h11,55326K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New Jersey's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
New Jersey by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Other states in 2015:WVWAMINCRILAOKAR

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.