Power outages in Cape May County, NJ
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Cape May County yet. Atlantic City Electric Co serves this county.
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No live outage data for Cape May County yet.
Atlantic City Electric Cono live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
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Outage history in Cape May County
2014–2025 recordCape May County averaged 28 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for New Jersey counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 30. Half were over within 45 minutes; the longest lasted 8.5 hours, starting January 29, 2025.
The largest on record began June 21, 2016, with 37,421 customers out at once.
28significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.1 hourtypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.3.6 dayslongest on record (August 2020)
37,421most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| June 21, 2016 | 37,421 | 33 hours | 440,255 |
| August 4, 2020 | 26,404 | 3.6 days | 731,681 |
| January 23, 2016 | 24,778 | 1.9 days | 617,972 |
| July 7, 2023 | 24,403 | 1.7 days | 420,927 |
| April 2, 2016 | 18,500 | 7 hours | 42,848 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
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