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2017 New Jersey Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average New Jersey customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 32nd worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
▼ 38%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
10.5M
Peak customers out
71,462
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, 2017

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

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New Jersey customer-hours without power by month, 2017Jan 890K, Feb 638K, Mar 1.3M, Apr 673K, May 805K, Jun 1.3M, Jul 1.1M, Aug 975K, Sep 649K, Oct 1.5M, Nov 248K, Dec 356K0500k1M1.5M2M890KJan638KFeb1.3MMar673KApr805KMay1.3MJun1.1MJul975KAug649KSep1.5MOct248KNov356KDec
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All 21 New Jersey counties, 2017

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Morris County11.71.3M112,18142,494683
2Sussex County9.5452K47,60613,358759
3Warren County9.3519K55,61317,112590
4Hunterdon County7.4499K66,96718,782586
5Salem County5.0183K36,5729,861611
6Ocean County3.91.3M327,28951,916758
7Monmouth County3.21.1M345,70126,502669
8Passaic County2.8331K119,7638,916566
9Cape May County2.7153K56,0977,701888
10Somerset County2.7459K172,53022,236683
11Gloucester County2.6423K162,73715,302929
12Burlington County2.4509K208,51314,459835
13Camden County1.8438K243,2549,497891
14Middlesex County1.5593K406,72113,293597
15Essex County1.4545K386,88813,372206
16Mercer County1.4267K193,66715,006903
17Union County1.4352K259,7089,372697
18Bergen County1.3524K418,3577,313435
19Atlantic County1.0169K167,2217,619930
20Cumberland County0.974K82,8432,663712
21Hudson County0.9265K299,57220,094692

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2017

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Ocean County, NJJuly 9, 2017 10:15July 10, 2017 11:301d 1h51,91690K
2Morris County, NJOctober 26, 2017 11:45November 1, 2017 04:005d 16h42,494330K
3Monmouth County, NJJune 26, 2017 14:30June 27, 2017 10:4520h 15m26,50213K
4Somerset County, NJJune 9, 2017 12:45June 10, 2017 08:3019h 45m22,2368,396
5Ocean County, NJAugust 24, 2017 02:15August 26, 2017 05:452d 3h21,41419K
6Ocean County, NJJune 21, 2017 08:30June 23, 2017 02:451d 18h20,33868K
7Hudson County, NJMarch 20, 2017 13:45March 21, 2017 02:3012h 45m20,09436K
8Monmouth County, NJJanuary 23, 2017 01:30January 26, 2017 03:003d 1h19,192133K
9Hunterdon County, NJOctober 14, 2017 05:00October 14, 2017 09:304h 30m18,7829,429
10Warren County, NJSeptember 28, 2017 00:15September 28, 2017 04:154h17,11234K
11Warren County, NJJuly 29, 2017 15:00July 29, 2017 19:154h 15m16,7848,870
12Ocean County, NJOctober 29, 2017 17:30October 31, 2017 04:151d 10h16,714145K
13Morris County, NJOctober 24, 2017 11:15October 25, 2017 09:1522h16,42224K
14Ocean County, NJApril 9, 2017 07:45April 10, 2017 03:1519h 30m16,39740K
15Hudson County, NJDecember 11, 2017 07:45December 11, 2017 08:0015m15,7273,932
16Morris County, NJDecember 27, 2017 20:30December 28, 2017 21:001d15,49215K
17Morris County, NJJune 9, 2017 04:00June 10, 2017 05:151d 1h15,3809,166
18Gloucester County, NJOctober 24, 2017 08:15October 25, 2017 17:451d 9h15,30276K
19Mercer County, NJMay 1, 2017 05:45May 1, 2017 06:0015m15,0063,752
20Burlington County, NJSeptember 18, 2017 07:30September 18, 2017 07:4515m14,4593,615
21Ocean County, NJMay 12, 2017 11:30May 12, 2017 21:3010h14,3413,700
22Monmouth County, NJMarch 12, 2017 07:00March 28, 2017 04:3015d 21h14,17640K
23Morris County, NJJuly 7, 2017 11:30July 8, 2017 11:0023h 30m14,15223K
24Ocean County, NJJanuary 23, 2017 04:30January 25, 2017 02:301d 22h13,60470K
25Somerset County, NJMarch 25, 2017 18:00March 25, 2017 23:455h 45m13,5285,181
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New Jersey's electricity customers in 2017; 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:2025202420232022202120202019201820162015
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARIVTNC

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

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