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2023 New Jersey Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average New Jersey customer went without power for about 2.4 hours, the 40th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.4
vs prior year
▲ 16%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
10.0M
Peak customers out
52,293
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
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, 2023

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

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New Jersey customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 346K, Feb 299K, Mar 497K, Apr 1.1M, May 421K, Jun 882K, Jul 2.0M, Aug 1.0M, Sep 1.2M, Oct 416K, Nov 563K, Dec 1.2M01M2M3M346KJan299KFeb497KMar1.1MApr421KMay882KJun2.0MJul1.0MAug1.2MSep416KOct563KNov1.2MDec
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All 21 New Jersey counties, 2023

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Sussex County11.0522K47,6068,270654
2Hunterdon County10.8720K66,96716,256448
3Morris County10.21.1M112,18116,552503
4Cape May County9.4530K56,09724,403865
5Warren County7.1395K55,6138,484531
6Ocean County3.81.2M327,28918,376524
7Passaic County3.3399K119,7639,646596
8Monmouth County3.21.1M345,70115,582388
9Salem County2.487K36,5722,850595
10Somerset County2.1367K172,53012,827636
11Burlington County1.9390K208,51317,772798
12Union County1.5391K259,70815,205539
13Essex County1.4557K386,88828,478271
14Camden County1.3311K243,2548,754899
15Mercer County1.2241K193,6679,349866
16Middlesex County1.2474K406,72116,583512
17Bergen County1.1457K418,35711,102511
18Gloucester County1.0171K162,7374,614731
19Cumberland County1.083K82,8432,357703
20Hudson County0.8249K299,57214,078836
21Atlantic County0.8136K167,2213,899895

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2023

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Essex County, NJApril 14, 2023 12:30April 15, 2023 20:301d 8h28,47815K
2Cape May County, NJJuly 7, 2023 15:00July 9, 2023 14:301d 23h24,403421K
3Ocean County, NJAugust 14, 2023 06:00August 15, 2023 05:1523h 15m18,37635K
4Burlington County, NJNovember 29, 2023 18:45November 30, 2023 02:307h 45m17,7724,537
5Middlesex County, NJFebruary 23, 2023 06:00February 23, 2023 06:4545m16,5838,125
6Morris County, NJMarch 29, 2023 09:45March 30, 2023 00:1514h 30m16,55219K
7Hunterdon County, NJSeptember 5, 2023 12:45September 12, 2023 06:456d 18h16,25697K
8Monmouth County, NJDecember 17, 2023 20:45December 22, 2023 10:304d 13h15,582246K
9Morris County, NJSeptember 5, 2023 11:15September 12, 2023 11:006d 23h15,497119K
10Union County, NJAugust 12, 2023 23:15August 18, 2023 05:305d 6h15,20547K
11Ocean County, NJApril 1, 2023 19:00April 6, 2023 01:304d 6h14,589317K
12Union County, NJSeptember 5, 2023 08:45September 6, 2023 07:3022h 45m14,1506,480
13Hudson County, NJMarch 6, 2023 07:15March 6, 2023 07:4530m14,0787,039
14Hudson County, NJDecember 6, 2023 11:00December 7, 2023 10:4523h 45m13,98711K
15Middlesex County, NJMarch 1, 2023 07:45March 1, 2023 08:0015m13,7013,425
16Ocean County, NJOctober 19, 2023 14:00October 22, 2023 07:152d 17h13,51919K
17Hudson County, NJDecember 3, 2023 04:00December 3, 2023 05:451h 45m13,0715,313
18Somerset County, NJJune 25, 2023 18:45June 30, 2023 04:154d 9h12,82777K
19Morris County, NJJune 25, 2023 08:30June 30, 2023 07:004d 22h12,538101K
20Morris County, NJAugust 22, 2023 08:45August 22, 2023 09:3045m12,2503,064
21Hunterdon County, NJOctober 30, 2023 12:00November 1, 2023 02:301d 14h12,04511K
22Essex County, NJSeptember 11, 2023 04:15September 17, 2023 19:156d 15h11,84811K
23Somerset County, NJNovember 6, 2023 07:45November 6, 2023 08:0015m11,7972,949
24Bergen County, NJJuly 27, 2023 06:00August 1, 2023 08:305d 2h11,10236K
25Middlesex County, NJMay 15, 2023 06:30May 16, 2023 01:3019h11,0185,945
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New Jersey's electricity customers in 2023; 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:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWVLAMS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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