Power outages in Chatham, NJ

Live outages for Chatham and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Chatham has 10,027 residents.

Right now

Outages reported

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

18customers without power in Morris County

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Share of customers unknown

At least one utility here doesn't publish how many customers it serves in this area, so we can't show a percentage.

Updated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

PSE&G and JCP&L doesn't publish a count for Chatham itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

ChathamMorris CountyPSE&G and JCP&L publish totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in Morris County, which includes Chatham

2014–2025 record

Morris County averaged 98.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most New Jersey counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 100. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 2.4 days, starting December 19, 2025.

The largest on record began August 4, 2020, with 133,793 customers out at once.

98.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)

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.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

9.5 dayslongest on record (March 2018)

133,793most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
August 4, 2020	133,793	6.2 days	8,149,583
March 2, 2018	60,709	9.5 days	5,952,712
July 30, 2016	49,276	23 hours	159,568
October 29, 2017	42,494	23 hours	308,587
April 3, 2016	38,502	1.6 days	331,653

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

PSE&G: outage map and reporting
JCP&L: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

Chatham is in

Morris County