When will the power be back in Atlantic County, NJ?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · New Jersey
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customers reported out in Atlantic County, NJ
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Atlantic City Electric): Oct 8, 4:00 AM EDT
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~6 hr, based on 9 past outages of 200+ customers in the same kind of weather.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 3:18 AM EDT.
44county-wide trend of customers without power · last 7 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Atlantic City — <5 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 8, 4:00 AM EDT
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An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Atlantic City Electric, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. This is the utility we track here, not necessarily the only one serving it — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Atlantic County, NJ
Last significant outage: Oct 4, 2026 — peaked at 1,013 customers, restored in ~2.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 18 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 8.9 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 23, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Atlantic County, NJ
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,040 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 10 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~1.9 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~57,544 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 3.2 days. The busiest year on record here was 2015.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than
half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period
than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities in Atlantic County include Atlantic City, Pleasantville, Hammonton, Somers Point, Ventnor City, Absecon, Northfield and Brigantine. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
This page also serves Hammonton, Pleasantville and Somers Point: their outages are counted in this county's total.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Atlantic County, NJ?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Atlantic include Atlantic City Electric — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
