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2019 New Jersey Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average New Jersey customer went without power for about 4.7 hours, the 16th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.7
vs prior year
▼ 48%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
19.5M
Peak customers out
361,796
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
98%
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, 2019

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

CSVJSON
New Jersey customer-hours without power by month, 2019Jan 415K, Feb 1.0M, Mar 467K, Apr 780K, May 791K, Jun 992K, Jul 8.7M, Aug 882K, Sep 520K, Oct 931K, Nov 911K, Dec 3.0M02.5M5M7.5M10M415KJan1.0MFeb467KMar780KApr791KMay992KJun8.7MJul882KAug520KSep931KOct911KNov3.0MDec
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All 21 New Jersey counties, 2019

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Sussex County49.02.3M47,60639,284727
2Monmouth County12.84.4M345,701137,151450
3Morris County11.81.3M112,18114,028369
4Warren County10.1561K55,6138,202589
5Hunterdon County9.3623K66,96712,784565
6Burlington County8.01.7M208,51354,094797
7Ocean County6.62.1M327,28987,344634
8Mercer County4.1793K193,66719,967888
9Salem County3.7134K36,5725,281592
10Passaic County3.3400K119,7637,501492
11Somerset County3.3572K172,5309,880628
12Camden County3.3806K243,25421,067835
13Cape May County2.4135K56,09711,879845
14Middlesex County2.2898K406,72123,376546
15Essex County2.1814K386,88826,82865
16Gloucester County2.0330K162,73715,913784
17Union County2.0508K259,70812,127645
18Atlantic County1.1185K167,2219,575883
19Bergen County1.1451K418,3575,294408
20Cumberland County1.081K82,8432,678707
21Hudson County0.9257K299,57222,176742

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2019

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Monmouth County, NJJuly 15, 2019 15:15July 27, 2019 18:1512d 3h137,1513.5M
2Ocean County, NJJuly 17, 2019 13:45July 28, 2019 09:0010d 19h87,3441.4M
3Burlington County, NJJuly 21, 2019 15:45July 27, 2019 12:005d 20h54,0941.2M
4Sussex County, NJDecember 1, 2019 20:30December 9, 2019 07:157d 10h39,2841.8M
5Essex County, NJJuly 27, 2019 19:00December 31, 2019 00:15156d 5h26,828421K
6Middlesex County, NJJuly 16, 2019 16:30July 27, 2019 01:4510d 9h23,376324K
7Hudson County, NJSeptember 16, 2019 05:00September 16, 2019 06:001h22,1765,544
8Camden County, NJJuly 21, 2019 11:15July 27, 2019 07:005d 19h21,067387K
9Mercer County, NJJuly 22, 2019 13:00July 27, 2019 03:304d 14h19,967413K
10Monmouth County, NJOctober 30, 2019 03:45October 31, 2019 01:1521h 30m19,30715K
11Burlington County, NJMarch 19, 2019 22:00March 20, 2019 10:0012h17,4435,115
12Ocean County, NJApril 15, 2019 06:15April 17, 2019 05:451d 23h16,75571K
13Monmouth County, NJJune 24, 2019 11:00July 1, 2019 09:156d 22h16,21924K
14Ocean County, NJJune 18, 2019 15:00June 20, 2019 03:151d 12h16,2145,811
15Mercer County, NJMarch 3, 2019 23:15March 6, 2019 08:302d 9h15,95413K
16Gloucester County, NJJuly 17, 2019 17:00August 1, 2019 14:3014d 21h15,913169K
17Morris County, NJOctober 11, 2019 11:45October 12, 2019 01:3013h 45m14,0286,031
18Morris County, NJJuly 8, 2019 13:00July 25, 2019 10:3016d 21h13,30189K
19Hunterdon County, NJFebruary 25, 2019 01:00March 1, 2019 17:154d 16h12,784176K
20Monmouth County, NJFebruary 25, 2019 05:00February 28, 2019 10:153d 5h12,235113K
21Union County, NJJune 6, 2019 01:15June 6, 2019 17:0015h 45m12,1274,995
22Cape May County, NJApril 5, 2019 11:30April 5, 2019 11:4515m11,8792,970
23Mercer County, NJOctober 15, 2019 10:00October 15, 2019 10:3030m11,7975,899
24Union County, NJJune 29, 2019 11:15July 4, 2019 23:155d 12h11,508134K
25Ocean County, NJJune 23, 2019 13:15June 25, 2019 02:151d 13h11,35814K
EAGLE-I tracked about 98% of New Jersey's electricity customers in 2019; 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:2025202420232022202120202018201720162015
Other states in 2019:WVMINCLACAVTVAAR

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

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