When will the power be back in Passaic 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 Passaic County, NJ
Reported as one combined county-wide total by Jersey Central Power & Light Co · county-wide data
Combined from the live data of the utilities serving this county — the slower nationwide tally shows 1.
Official restoration time (JCP&L): Oct 4, 6:00 AM EDT
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~2.8 hr, based on 22 past outages of any size in the same kind of weather.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 5:27 AM EDT.
22county-wide trend of customers without power · last 2.7 days · 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
West Milford Township — 1 customer reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 6:00 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 PSE&G, JCP&L and Orange & Rockland ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Borough of Butler also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent companies' combined pictures, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves and PSEG outages across every state it serves.
Outage history — Passaic County, NJ
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 301 customers, restored in ~1.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 36 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.7 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 27, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Passaic County, NJ
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,956 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 10 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~1.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~53,688 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 5.6 days. The busiest year on record here was 2016.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities in Passaic County include Paterson, Clifton, Hawthorne, Woodland Park, Ringwood, Wanaque, Pompton Lakes and Totowa. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Passaic County, NJ?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Passaic include PSE&G, JCP&L, Orange & Rockland and others — 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.
