Power outages in Passaic County, NJ

Live outage counts for Paterson, Clifton and Passaic and the rest of Passaic County, updated every 10 minutes from PSE&G and JCP&L.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
4customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
<0.01% of 173,906 customersUpdated 7 min ago
iWe 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&G4 / 173,906
JCP&Lno county count
iThis utility publishes outage totals for its whole service area, but doesn't break them down by county.
Serves part of this county but only publishes totals for its whole area.
Rockland Electric Cono live feed
iThis 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.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.
Borough of Butler - (NJ)no live feed
iThis 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.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

Outage locations not published
County outlinePSE&G and JCP&L publish totals only, not outage locations.
iSome utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Cities and towns

Utility counts by mailing city
iUtilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.
CityOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
Paterson258,112<0.01%
Clifton137,106<0.01%
Passaic023,7380.00%
Hawthorne19,0260.01%
Woodland Park06,2900.00%
Totowa05,4060.00%
Haledon03,4320.00%
North Haledon03,6940.00%
Prospect Park02,1720.00%

Outage history in Passaic County

2014–2025 record

Passaic County averaged 63.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most New Jersey counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 65. Half were over within 30 minutes; the longest lasted 8 hours, starting December 19, 2025.

The largest on record began August 4, 2020, with 53,688 customers out at once.

63.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
30 minutestypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
5.3 dayslongest on record (August 2020)
53,688most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
August 4, 202053,6885.3 days2,911,563
March 7, 201817,2863.2 days489,699
May 15, 201814,07528 hours103,320
October 8, 202213,6044.5 hours40,735
July 6, 202112,73523 hours92,081

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

iFrom 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

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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.

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