When will the power be back in Carteret, NJ?

Carteret is a borough of about 26,003 residents in Middlesex County.

PSE&G has reported outages for Carteret by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Carteret is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in Carteret:

• 07008

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Carteret: the closest other places we track are Linden, about 3 miles to the north; Rahway, about 3 miles to the northwest; Perth Amboy, about 5 miles to the southwest; and Roselle, about 5 miles to the north. Also nearby: Elizabeth (6 mi N), Roselle Park (6 mi N), South Amboy (7 mi S), Westfield (8 mi NW), Metuchen (8 mi W), Bayonne (8 mi NE), Sayreville (9 mi SW) and South Plainfield (10 mi W).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Newark (10 mi); northeast toward Jersey City (12 mi); southeast toward Red Bank (18 mi); south toward Freehold (23 mi); southwest toward Highland Park (12 mi); west toward Plainfield (10 mi); and northwest toward Summit (12 mi).