When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Wanaque, NJ?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Passaic County, New Jersey
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customers reported out in Wanaque · live from JCP&L (FirstEnergy NJ) · updated 10:04 PM EDT
Across the whole county (Passaic, New Jersey, all utilities): 45 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Wanaque figure above.
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Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Wanaque, New Jersey — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Wanaque is a borough in Passaic County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Wanaque directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Wanaque

Wanaque is a borough of about 11,346 residents in Passaic County.

JCP&L has reported outages for Wanaque by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Wanaque 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 Wanaque: 07465 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Wanaque: the closest other places we track are Oakland, about 3 miles to the east; Pompton Lakes, about 3 miles to the south; Ringwood, about 4 miles to the north; Franklin Lakes, about 5 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Kinnelon (6 mi SW), Ramsey (8 mi E), Lincoln Park (8 mi S), Waldwick (9 mi E), Hawthorne (9 mi SE), Suffern, NY (9 mi NE), Ridgewood (10 mi SE), Totowa (10 mi S). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kiryas Joel, NY (21 mi); northeast toward West Haverstraw, NY (19 mi); east toward Airmont, NY (11 mi); southeast toward Glen Rock (10 mi); south toward Florham Park (19 mi); southwest toward Dover (18 mi); west toward Hopatcong (20 mi).

Who serves Wanaque?

We track live outage data from JCP&L, Orange & Rockland ↗, PSE&G in Passaic County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Outage history — Passaic County, NJ (covers Wanaque)
Last significant outage: Aug 17, 2026 — peaked at 313 customers, restored in ~7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 19 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.3 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Passaic County, NJ (covers Wanaque)
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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Wanaque, NJ?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Wanaque area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Wanaque, NJ?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Wanaque area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Wanaque ZIP code — 07465 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Wanaque, NJ?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Passaic County include JCP&L, Orange & Rockland, PSE&G; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Wanaque specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for Wanaque we have the city-level view: JCP&L has published outages for Wanaque under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Wanaque is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Passaic County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Wanaque.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Wanaque, NJ — live power outage tracker