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2018 New Jersey Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average New Jersey customer went without power for about 8.9 hours, the 9th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
8.9
vs prior year
▲ 255%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
37.1M
Peak customers out
348,951
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
99%
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, 2018

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

CSVJSON
New Jersey customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 876K, Feb 311K, Mar 26.0M, Apr 837K, May 3.1M, Jun 659K, Jul 1.6M, Aug 1.1M, Sep 719K, Oct 725K, Nov 731K, Dec 493K010M20M30M876KJan311KFeb26.0MMar837KApr3.1MMay659KJun1.6MJul1.1MAug719KSep725KOct731KNov493KDec
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All 21 New Jersey counties, 2018

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Sussex County74.73.6M47,60626,925684
2Morris County67.97.6M112,18160,709458
3Hunterdon County43.32.9M66,96731,409571
4Warren County37.92.1M55,61319,281581
5Salem County12.4455K36,57210,232614
6Somerset County12.02.1M172,53028,201591
7Burlington County9.92.1M208,51364,420694
8Passaic County9.91.2M119,76317,286423
9Union County8.02.1M259,70824,477573
10Cumberland County7.4616K82,84315,350749
11Essex County6.32.4M386,88832,291132
12Mercer County5.21.0M193,66724,128906
13Gloucester County5.0809K162,73717,619819
14Monmouth County5.01.7M345,70116,577493
15Bergen County4.92.1M418,35745,405290
16Camden County3.7892K243,25415,780788
17Cape May County3.5198K56,09712,484825
18Ocean County3.51.1M327,28926,645688
19Atlantic County3.2540K167,22110,573933
20Middlesex County3.21.3M406,72126,861442
21Hudson County1.2367K299,57224,968737

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2018

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Burlington County, NJMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 15, 2018 08:459d 5h64,4201.3M
2Morris County, NJMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 19, 2018 07:0013d 3h60,7093.2M
3Morris County, NJMarch 2, 2018 04:00March 6, 2018 01:003d 21h55,1972.8M
4Bergen County, NJMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 21, 2018 13:0015d 9h45,4051.2M
5Essex County, NJMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 24, 2018 10:0018d 6h32,2911.2M
6Hunterdon County, NJMarch 2, 2018 13:30March 6, 2018 01:003d 11h31,4091.7M
7Morris County, NJMay 15, 2018 12:00May 20, 2018 08:154d 20h31,039751K
8Somerset County, NJMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 18, 2018 16:4512d 13h28,2011.3M
9Sussex County, NJMarch 2, 2018 13:45March 6, 2018 01:003d 11h26,9251.7M
10Middlesex County, NJMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 17, 2018 05:3011d 2h26,861572K
11Ocean County, NJMarch 20, 2018 09:45March 25, 2018 06:304d 20h26,645330K
12Sussex County, NJMay 15, 2018 17:30May 21, 2018 02:455d 9h25,899849K
13Hudson County, NJDecember 3, 2018 16:30December 4, 2018 02:009h 30m24,96828K
14Union County, NJMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 21, 2018 13:3015d 10h24,4771.3M
15Mercer County, NJMarch 2, 2018 13:00March 6, 2018 01:003d 12h24,128328K
16Union County, NJJanuary 11, 2018 13:00January 15, 2018 22:154d 9h22,493101K
17Union County, NJApril 4, 2018 08:00April 4, 2018 08:1515m22,0095,502
18Mercer County, NJMarch 6, 2018 03:15March 14, 2018 09:008d 5h19,945430K
19Bergen County, NJMay 14, 2018 11:45May 20, 2018 01:005d 13h19,656192K
20Mercer County, NJApril 19, 2018 04:00April 19, 2018 07:153h 15m19,28720K
21Warren County, NJMarch 2, 2018 15:00March 6, 2018 01:003d 10h19,2811.2M
22Hudson County, NJMarch 18, 2018 03:45March 18, 2018 15:1511h 30m18,49143K
23Essex County, NJSeptember 18, 2018 04:30September 20, 2018 10:002d 5h18,39518K
24Essex County, NJApril 9, 2018 13:15April 13, 2018 09:453d 20h17,8996,715
25Gloucester County, NJMarch 20, 2018 20:00March 25, 2018 20:305d17,619394K
EAGLE-I tracked about 99% of New Jersey's electricity customers in 2018; 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:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVTMEMI

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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