When will the power be back in Metuchen, NJ?

Metuchen is a borough of about 15,470 residents in Middlesex County.

PSE&G has reported outages for Metuchen by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Metuchen 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 Metuchen:

• 08840

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

Around Metuchen: the closest other places we track are South Plainfield, about 4 miles to the northwest; Highland Park, about 4 miles to the southwest; Perth Amboy, about 5 miles to the east; and Sayreville, about 6 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Plainfield (6 mi NW), New Brunswick (6 mi SW), South Amboy (6 mi SE), Rahway (6 mi NE), North Plainfield (7 mi NW), South River (7 mi S), Middlesex (8 mi W) and Westfield (8 mi N).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward New Providence (11 mi); northeast toward Linden (9 mi); east toward Carteret (8 mi); southeast toward Red Bank (21 mi); south toward Freehold (20 mi); southwest toward Princeton (21 mi); west toward Bound Brook (9 mi); and northwest toward Dover (26 mi).