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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 any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
4.5
Peak customers out
93,824
Rank (worst state)
8th
Counties affected
20

New Jersey outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

4.5h20154.0h20162.5h20178.9h20184.7h201917.5h20202.9h20212.1h20222.4h20233.9h20243.3h2025

Hardest-hit New Jersey counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Camden County93,8242Bergen County93,1143Gloucester County81,6574Cape May County76,5505Hudson County73,0966Burlington County60,1667Atlantic County21,7358Essex County21,0659Somerset County19,91810Monmouth County16,47211Salem County15,55812Morris County12,92013Sussex County11,54814Passaic County9,93415Middlesex County9,86416Ocean County9,56217Warren County6,90818Cumberland County6,74919Hunterdon County5,98220Union County5,747

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Camden CountyJune 23, 201593,824
Bergen CountyAugust 20, 201593,114
Gloucester CountyJune 23, 201581,657
Cape May CountyJune 23, 201576,550
Hudson CountyAugust 20, 201573,096
Burlington CountyJune 23, 201560,166
Burlington CountyMarch 12, 201527,600
Atlantic CountyJune 23, 201521,735
Essex CountySeptember 9, 201521,065
Somerset CountyAugust 8, 201519,918
New Jersey by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.