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2024 New Jersey Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average New Jersey customer went without power for about 3.9 hours, the 37th worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
3.9
vs prior year
▲ 62%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
16.2M
Peak customers out
121,285
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, 2024

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

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New Jersey customer-hours without power by month, 2024Jan 2.4M, Feb 802K, Mar 842K, Apr 1.2M, May 1.1M, Jun 3.6M, Jul 1.5M, Aug 1.5M, Sep 817K, Oct 626K, Nov 1.0M, Dec 754K01M2M3M4M2.4MJan802KFeb842KMar1.2MApr1.1MMay3.6MJun1.5MJul1.5MAug817KSep626KOct1.0MNov754KDec
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All 21 New Jersey counties, 2024

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Sussex County24.21.2M47,60625,085501
2Hunterdon County21.71.5M66,96715,537388
3Morris County19.62.2M112,18129,213316
4Warren County17.9993K55,61310,069428
5Salem County6.2227K36,5725,219753
6Passaic County5.4645K119,76312,478381
7Monmouth County5.11.8M345,70123,521335
8Ocean County4.11.3M327,28926,620355
9Somerset County3.3569K172,53013,434391
10Gloucester County3.2516K162,73719,313669
11Burlington County3.1641K208,51318,575702
12Cumberland County2.8235K82,8436,706881
13Mercer County2.5478K193,66711,334619
14Essex County2.4910K386,88825,596108
15Camden County2.2527K243,25411,234623
16Cape May County1.9107K56,0977,024867
17Union County1.8474K259,7088,976312
18Middlesex County1.8718K406,72115,817275
19Bergen County1.6676K418,3577,195320
20Atlantic County1.6261K167,2217,171656
21Hudson County1.0291K299,57221,963679

Biggest New Jersey outages of 2024

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Morris County, NJMarch 10, 2024 16:00March 15, 2024 01:454d 9h29,213118K
2Ocean County, NJJune 21, 2024 11:30June 29, 2024 23:008d 11h26,620272K
3Morris County, NJJune 18, 2024 10:00July 4, 2024 04:4515d 18h26,249577K
4Essex County, NJMay 24, 2024 09:15July 14, 2024 19:0051d 9h25,596293K
5Sussex County, NJJune 26, 2024 18:30July 2, 2024 02:455d 8h25,085232K
6Monmouth County, NJJanuary 9, 2024 13:30January 15, 2024 11:155d 21h23,521251K
7Monmouth County, NJApril 3, 2024 13:15April 7, 2024 18:454d 5h23,392198K
8Hudson County, NJOctober 15, 2024 14:00October 16, 2024 18:001d 4h21,9638,526
9Gloucester County, NJJanuary 9, 2024 20:45January 26, 2024 14:4516d 18h19,313296K
10Burlington County, NJJanuary 9, 2024 13:15January 15, 2024 10:005d 20h18,575158K
11Monmouth County, NJJune 3, 2024 11:15June 30, 2024 19:0027d 7h17,381338K
12Morris County, NJFebruary 19, 2024 19:00March 5, 2024 06:4514d 11h17,202192K
13Monmouth County, NJJuly 5, 2024 00:45July 14, 2024 02:159d 1h16,70157K
14Middlesex County, NJMay 8, 2024 04:15May 21, 2024 12:1513d 8h15,81766K
15Hunterdon County, NJJuly 16, 2024 19:00July 22, 2024 04:305d 9h15,537253K
16Hudson County, NJDecember 11, 2024 12:45December 11, 2024 13:1530m14,7173,939
17Monmouth County, NJDecember 10, 2024 21:45December 15, 2024 18:454d 21h13,50618K
18Somerset County, NJJuly 9, 2024 20:30July 11, 2024 03:001d 6h13,43415K
19Sussex County, NJApril 3, 2024 10:30April 7, 2024 01:153d 14h12,92170K
20Ocean County, NJAugust 6, 2024 16:45August 8, 2024 04:151d 11h12,69852K
21Passaic County, NJJuly 5, 2024 06:30July 9, 2024 09:154d 2h12,47824K
22Ocean County, NJJanuary 8, 2024 21:15January 15, 2024 07:006d 9h12,330114K
23Monmouth County, NJOctober 17, 2024 12:45October 17, 2024 22:4510h12,07728K
24Mercer County, NJMay 8, 2024 09:45May 17, 2024 01:308d 15h11,33413K
25Camden County, NJJanuary 8, 2024 13:15January 14, 2024 11:455d 22h11,234124K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of New Jersey's electricity customers in 2024; 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:2025202320222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2024:SCMENCGATXFLWVLA

Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.

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