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2020 New Jersey Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average New Jersey customer went without power for about 17.4 hours, the 7th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
17.4
vs prior year
▲ 273%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
72.5M
Peak customers out
1,373,895
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, 2020

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

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New Jersey customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 411K, Feb 418K, Mar 269K, Apr 1.1M, May 341K, Jun 5.2M, Jul 1.5M, Aug 59.7M, Sep 615K, Oct 492K, Nov 861K, Dec 1.6M020M40M60M411KJan418KFeb269KMar1.1MApr341KMay5.2MJun1.5MJul59.7MAug615KSep492KOct861KNov1.6MDec
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All 21 New Jersey counties, 2020

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Morris County77.88.7M112,181112,181665
2Sussex County36.71.7M47,60629,186689
3Monmouth County33.511.6M345,701202,864427
4Passaic County27.43.3M119,76369,938481
5Burlington County25.25.2M208,51393,115692
6Hunterdon County24.41.6M66,96727,819548
7Ocean County23.17.6M327,289216,332554
8Bergen County19.78.2M418,357140,979358
9Cape May County17.7994K56,09726,404744
10Warren County15.5864K55,61317,039584
11Somerset County13.12.3M172,53036,937557
12Union County11.93.1M259,70877,985572
13Atlantic County11.41.9M167,22157,544858
14Mercer County11.22.2M193,66751,105766
15Essex County10.94.2M386,88885,509183
16Camden County10.52.5M243,25463,931801
17Middlesex County9.13.7M406,721100,804423
18Cumberland County7.5622K82,84323,295637
19Salem County7.5274K36,5727,897572
20Gloucester County4.2685K162,73719,681787
21Hudson County3.81.1M299,57234,050613

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2020

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, NJAugust 3, 2020 01:15August 11, 2020 07:308d 6h216,3326.1M
2Monmouth County, NJAugust 2, 2020 02:45August 24, 2020 10:0022d 7h202,86410.4M
3Bergen County, NJAugust 3, 2020 07:30August 23, 2020 08:0020d140,9797.5M
4Morris County, NJAugust 2, 2020 13:45August 19, 2020 07:3016d 17h112,1817.9M
5Middlesex County, NJJuly 31, 2020 05:15August 20, 2020 07:1520d 2h100,8043.2M
6Burlington County, NJAugust 3, 2020 11:45August 14, 2020 00:4510d 13h93,1153.0M
7Essex County, NJJuly 30, 2020 19:45August 23, 2020 09:0023d 13h85,5093.7M
8Union County, NJJuly 10, 2020 17:30August 16, 2020 06:3036d 13h77,9852.8M
9Passaic County, NJAugust 20, 2020 15:00August 23, 2020 10:302d 19h69,93820K
10Camden County, NJMay 8, 2020 16:30June 8, 2020 05:1530d 12h63,9311.6M
11Burlington County, NJMay 8, 2020 16:30June 9, 2020 22:3032d 6h61,2811.8M
12Atlantic County, NJAugust 4, 2020 12:30August 11, 2020 07:306d 19h57,5441.5M
13Passaic County, NJAugust 3, 2020 12:45August 16, 2020 02:4512d 14h53,6882.9M
14Mercer County, NJAugust 4, 2020 12:00August 12, 2020 01:457d 13h51,1051.7M
15Ocean County, NJJune 3, 2020 13:45June 9, 2020 03:305d 13h50,457504K
16Ocean County, NJAugust 12, 2020 11:15August 13, 2020 11:151d46,06357K
17Passaic County, NJJune 30, 2020 22:15July 3, 2020 07:002d 8h40,56730K
18Somerset County, NJAugust 4, 2020 07:45August 15, 2020 23:4511d 16h36,9372.0M
19Bergen County, NJJune 18, 2020 09:45June 21, 2020 07:302d 21h36,90662K
20Hudson County, NJAugust 4, 2020 15:00August 12, 2020 03:307d 12h34,050875K
21Sussex County, NJAugust 4, 2020 03:15August 11, 2020 02:156d 23h29,1861.4M
22Hunterdon County, NJAugust 3, 2020 23:00August 12, 2020 08:158d 9h27,8191.3M
23Cape May County, NJAugust 4, 2020 13:15August 12, 2020 05:457d 16h26,404743K
24Essex County, NJApril 1, 2020 18:45April 3, 2020 08:151d 13h25,0316,991
25Camden County, NJAugust 3, 2020 23:30August 15, 2020 21:1511d 21h24,986617K
EAGLE-I tracked about 99% of New Jersey's electricity customers in 2020; 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:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
Other states in 2020:LAMEOKIAALMSNCWV

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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