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ZIP 08226Cape May County

Outage history in Cape May County, which includes 08226

2014–2025 record

Cape 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)
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.
1 hourtypical (median) length
iHalf 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 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.
June 21, 201637,42133 hours440,255
August 4, 202026,4043.6 days731,681
January 23, 201624,7781.9 days617,972
July 7, 202324,4031.7 days420,927
April 2, 201618,5007 hours42,848

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.

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