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

Avg hrs / customer
4.7
Peak customers out
137,151
Rank (worst state)
16th
Counties affected
20

New Jersey outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2019 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit New Jersey counties in 2019

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

1Monmouth County137,1512Ocean County87,3443Burlington County54,0944Sussex County39,2845Essex County26,8286Middlesex County23,3767Hudson County22,1768Camden County21,0679Mercer County19,96710Gloucester County15,91311Morris County14,02812Hunterdon County12,78413Union County12,12714Cape May County11,87915Somerset County9,88016Atlantic County9,57517Warren County8,20218Passaic County7,50119Bergen County5,29420Salem County5,281

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2019

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Monmouth CountyJuly 15, 2019137,151
Ocean CountyJuly 17, 201987,344
Burlington CountyJuly 21, 201954,094
Sussex CountyDecember 1, 201939,284
Essex CountyJuly 27, 201926,828
Middlesex CountyJuly 16, 201923,376
Hudson CountySeptember 16, 201922,176
Camden CountyJuly 21, 201921,067
Mercer CountyJuly 22, 201919,967
Monmouth CountyOctober 30, 201919,307
New Jersey by year:20252024202320222021202020182017
Other states in 2019:WVNCMILACAVT

Part of the 2019 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.