2016 New Jersey Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average New Jersey customer went without power for about 4.0 hours, the 12th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
4.0
vs prior year
▼ 10%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
16.8M
Peak customers out
145,547
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NJ customers
Counties reporting
21
New Jersey year over year
All 21 New Jersey counties, 2016
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape May County | 23.7 | 1.3M | 56,097 | 37,421 | 824 |
| 2 | Morris County | 17.8 | 2.0M | 112,181 | 49,276 | 738 |
| 3 | Sussex County | 14.5 | 688K | 47,606 | 28,731 | 783 |
| 4 | Hunterdon County | 12.9 | 866K | 66,967 | 21,048 | 636 |
| 5 | Warren County | 9.2 | 510K | 55,613 | 10,268 | 664 |
| 6 | Ocean County | 6.6 | 2.2M | 327,289 | 106,447 | 788 |
| 7 | Salem County | 4.9 | 178K | 36,572 | 5,296 | 680 |
| 8 | Passaic County | 4.5 | 542K | 119,763 | 9,782 | 583 |
| 9 | Monmouth County | 4.5 | 1.6M | 345,701 | 20,350 | 732 |
| 10 | Somerset County | 3.8 | 652K | 172,530 | 11,387 | 701 |
| 11 | Burlington County | 3.3 | 698K | 208,513 | 18,866 | 865 |
| 12 | Middlesex County | 2.8 | 1.1M | 406,721 | 50,123 | 597 |
| 13 | Camden County | 2.7 | 647K | 243,254 | 11,493 | 808 |
| 14 | Atlantic County | 2.4 | 409K | 167,221 | 12,161 | 964 |
| 15 | Cumberland County | 2.4 | 200K | 82,843 | 9,735 | 813 |
| 16 | Gloucester County | 2.4 | 385K | 162,737 | 13,514 | 897 |
| 17 | Union County | 2.3 | 593K | 259,708 | 18,731 | 631 |
| 18 | Essex County | 2.3 | 875K | 386,888 | 28,954 | 215 |
| 19 | Mercer County | 1.9 | 377K | 193,667 | 21,839 | 930 |
| 20 | Bergen County | 1.7 | 713K | 418,357 | 16,906 | 488 |
| 21 | Hudson County | 1.1 | 330K | 299,572 | 20,763 | 812 |
Biggest New Jersey outages of 2016
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ocean County, NJ | January 23, 2016 06:45 | January 25, 2016 18:15 | 2d 11h | 106,447 | 991K |
| 2 | Middlesex County, NJ | July 25, 2016 11:30 | July 28, 2016 05:00 | 2d 17h | 50,123 | 251K |
| 3 | Morris County, NJ | July 30, 2016 10:00 | August 2, 2016 16:15 | 3d 6h | 49,276 | 170K |
| 4 | Morris County, NJ | April 3, 2016 08:15 | April 6, 2016 06:30 | 2d 22h | 38,502 | 344K |
| 5 | Cape May County, NJ | June 21, 2016 19:45 | June 22, 2016 02:15 | 6h 30m | 37,421 | 184K |
| 6 | Ocean County, NJ | June 12, 2016 09:30 | June 13, 2016 04:45 | 19h 15m | 36,112 | 43K |
| 7 | Essex County, NJ | May 11, 2016 09:15 | May 12, 2016 10:45 | 1d 1h | 28,954 | 48K |
| 8 | Sussex County, NJ | August 11, 2016 20:30 | August 12, 2016 12:00 | 15h 30m | 28,731 | 45K |
| 9 | Cape May County, NJ | January 23, 2016 02:15 | January 25, 2016 18:15 | 2d 16h | 24,778 | 623K |
| 10 | Middlesex County, NJ | August 12, 2016 20:45 | August 16, 2016 07:30 | 3d 10h | 22,450 | 76K |
| 11 | Mercer County, NJ | June 28, 2016 04:15 | June 28, 2016 17:00 | 12h 45m | 21,839 | 6,525 |
| 12 | Essex County, NJ | June 1, 2016 10:00 | June 5, 2016 19:15 | 4d 9h | 21,814 | 16K |
| 13 | Morris County, NJ | July 14, 2016 12:00 | July 18, 2016 04:00 | 3d 16h | 21,592 | 321K |
| 14 | Cape May County, NJ | June 22, 2016 03:00 | June 23, 2016 10:00 | 1d 7h | 21,360 | 241K |
| 15 | Sussex County, NJ | September 11, 2016 11:15 | September 11, 2016 20:30 | 9h 15m | 21,052 | 6,853 |
| 16 | Hunterdon County, NJ | August 12, 2016 21:00 | August 16, 2016 11:00 | 3d 14h | 21,048 | 130K |
| 17 | Hudson County, NJ | September 7, 2016 20:30 | September 8, 2016 20:45 | 1d | 20,763 | 37K |
| 18 | Monmouth County, NJ | January 23, 2016 09:00 | January 25, 2016 09:15 | 2d | 20,350 | 128K |
| 19 | Morris County, NJ | February 18, 2016 14:00 | March 5, 2016 03:00 | 15d 13h | 19,354 | 84K |
| 20 | Sussex County, NJ | September 14, 2016 20:30 | September 16, 2016 10:00 | 1d 13h | 18,992 | 94K |
| 21 | Burlington County, NJ | June 8, 2016 14:15 | June 10, 2016 09:30 | 1d 19h | 18,866 | 117K |
| 22 | Hunterdon County, NJ | November 14, 2016 16:30 | November 14, 2016 18:15 | 1h 45m | 18,732 | 5,728 |
| 23 | Union County, NJ | June 30, 2016 10:45 | July 2, 2016 21:00 | 2d 10h | 18,731 | 26K |
| 24 | Cape May County, NJ | April 2, 2016 03:30 | April 2, 2016 20:30 | 17h | 18,500 | 42K |
| 25 | Ocean County, NJ | June 8, 2016 12:30 | June 12, 2016 02:00 | 3d 13h | 18,366 | 62K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New Jersey's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.