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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 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.9
vs prior year
▼ 83%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
12.0M
Peak customers out
93,904
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, 2021

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

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New Jersey customer-hours without power by month, 2021Jan 297K, Feb 612K, Mar 628K, Apr 431K, May 721K, Jun 1.1M, Jul 2.7M, Aug 977K, Sep 2.8M, Oct 790K, Nov 524K, Dec 418K01M2M3M297KJan612KFeb628KMar431KApr721KMay1.1MJun2.7MJul977KAug2.8MSep790KOct524KNov418KDec
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All 21 New Jersey counties, 2021

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Sussex County22.51.1M47,60624,190667
2Hunterdon County12.2820K66,96710,678494
3Morris County11.71.3M112,18125,237531
4Warren County10.3573K55,6139,951531
5Passaic County4.0477K119,76312,735662
6Monmouth County3.71.3M345,70145,880387
7Ocean County3.41.1M327,28930,960448
8Somerset County3.2544K172,53019,161569
9Essex County2.61.0M386,88825,768290
10Mercer County2.0392K193,66724,909858
11Cape May County1.9107K56,0979,482846
12Salem County1.867K36,5723,463640
13Gloucester County1.7282K162,7377,390758
14Bergen County1.7691K418,35712,828372
15Middlesex County1.6662K406,72116,925546
16Union County1.6418K259,70812,706646
17Burlington County1.6329K208,5136,648821
18Camden County1.4349K243,25413,351920
19Atlantic County1.0172K167,22112,161958
20Cumberland County0.975K82,8433,064729
21Hudson County0.8248K299,57214,417704

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2021

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Monmouth County, NJSeptember 13, 2021 01:30September 17, 2021 03:154d 1h45,880242K
2Ocean County, NJJune 21, 2021 10:45June 24, 2021 00:002d 13h30,96066K
3Essex County, NJAugust 21, 2021 14:45September 12, 2021 04:4521d 14h25,768470K
4Morris County, NJJuly 6, 2021 12:30July 11, 2021 02:304d 14h25,237299K
5Mercer County, NJMay 17, 2021 01:15May 17, 2021 07:005h 45m24,90922K
6Sussex County, NJFebruary 15, 2021 15:30February 16, 2021 23:301d 8h24,190121K
7Sussex County, NJJuly 2, 2021 14:30July 11, 2021 02:308d 12h23,192387K
8Ocean County, NJJune 8, 2021 09:00June 11, 2021 07:302d 22h22,94043K
9Ocean County, NJJuly 20, 2021 10:30July 23, 2021 06:302d 20h22,48458K
10Monmouth County, NJJune 8, 2021 11:30June 11, 2021 01:302d 14h19,42940K
11Somerset County, NJSeptember 1, 2021 21:30September 29, 2021 01:3027d 4h19,161290K
12Middlesex County, NJJune 14, 2021 10:45June 15, 2021 02:4516h16,92526K
13Mercer County, NJNovember 11, 2021 06:15November 11, 2021 06:3015m15,0083,752
14Morris County, NJAugust 9, 2021 11:00August 16, 2021 08:306d 21h14,75743K
15Mercer County, NJJuly 17, 2021 12:30July 20, 2021 14:003d 1h14,59767K
16Hudson County, NJAugust 2, 2021 13:30August 3, 2021 18:151d 4h14,41711K
17Monmouth County, NJOctober 12, 2021 03:30October 12, 2021 11:308h14,08013K
18Ocean County, NJJuly 6, 2021 10:00July 19, 2021 05:0012d 19h13,669178K
19Middlesex County, NJSeptember 1, 2021 11:30September 28, 2021 10:0026d 22h13,614173K
20Camden County, NJMarch 21, 2021 02:15March 21, 2021 05:303h 15m13,35120K
21Monmouth County, NJJuly 6, 2021 02:00July 12, 2021 04:006d 2h12,832164K
22Bergen County, NJFebruary 10, 2021 13:45February 10, 2021 14:0015m12,8283,207
23Passaic County, NJJuly 6, 2021 11:15July 10, 2021 23:454d 12h12,735140K
24Union County, NJOctober 13, 2021 06:30October 13, 2021 06:4515m12,7063,177
25Union County, NJDecember 16, 2021 10:00December 16, 2021 10:3030m12,4266,213
EAGLE-I tracked about 99% of New Jersey's electricity customers in 2021; 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:2025202420232022202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2021:LAMIWVORTXMSKYNC

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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