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2021 New Jersey Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average New Jersey customer went without power for about 2.9 hours — the 33rd worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.9
Peak customers out
45,880
Rank (worst state)
33rd
Counties affected
20

New Jersey outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2021 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit New Jersey counties in 2021

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

1Monmouth County45,8802Ocean County30,9603Essex County25,7684Morris County25,2375Mercer County24,9096Sussex County24,1907Somerset County19,1618Middlesex County16,9259Hudson County14,41710Camden County13,35111Bergen County12,82812Passaic County12,73513Union County12,70614Atlantic County12,16115Hunterdon County10,67816Warren County9,95117Cape May County9,48218Gloucester County7,39019Burlington County6,64820Salem County3,463

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2021

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Monmouth CountySeptember 13, 202145,880
Ocean CountyJune 21, 202130,960
Essex CountyAugust 21, 202125,768
Morris CountyJuly 6, 202125,237
Mercer CountyMay 17, 202124,909
Sussex CountyFebruary 15, 202124,190
Sussex CountyJuly 2, 202123,192
Ocean CountyJune 8, 202122,940
Ocean CountyJuly 20, 202122,484
Monmouth CountyJune 8, 202119,429
New Jersey by year:20252024202320222020201920182017
Other states in 2021:LAMIWVTXORMS

Part of the 2021 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.