Power outages in Ocean City, NJ
Live outages for Ocean City and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Ocean City has 11,101 residents.
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Ocean CityCape May County
Outage history in Cape May County, which includes Ocean City
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.