Power outages in Somerset County, NJ

Live outage counts for North Plainfield, Somerville and Bound Brook and the rest of Somerset County, updated every 10 minutes from PSE&G and JCP&L.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

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

34customers without power

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

0.03% of 112,722 customersUpdated 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&G34 / 112,722

JCP&Lno county count

This 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.

Outage map

County outlinePSE&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.

Cities and towns

Utility counts by mailing city

Utilities 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.

City	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
North Plainfield	0	8,621	0.00%
Somerville	0	7,415	0.00%
Bound Brook	0	5,472	0.00%
Manville	1	4,514	0.02%
Raritan	0	3,992	0.00%
Watchung	5	2,568	0.19%
South Bound Brook	0	2,095	0.00%
Rocky Hill	0	363	0.00%
Millstone	0	196	0.00%

Outage history in Somerset County

2014–2025 record

Somerset County averaged 27.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for New Jersey counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 20. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 1.7 days, starting July 3, 2025.

The largest on record began August 4, 2020, with 36,937 customers out at once.

27.7significant 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.

45 minutestypical (median) length

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

5.2 dayslongest on record (August 2020)

36,937most 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	36,937	5.2 days	1,940,027
March 7, 2018	28,201	4.6 days	1,234,634
June 9, 2017	22,236	30 minutes	8,254
August 8, 2015	19,918	4 hours	72,276
March 25, 2017	13,528	30 minutes	5,066

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.