When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in North Plainfield, NJ?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Somerset County, New Jersey
No significant county-wide outage reported in Somerset, NJ right now.
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Elsewhere in New Jersey: 200 customers reported out — statewide status.
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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.

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What we track for North Plainfield

North Plainfield is a borough of about 23,072 residents in Somerset County.

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

Around North Plainfield: the closest other places we track are Plainfield, about 1 miles to the east; South Plainfield, about 3 miles to the south; Middlesex, about 5 miles to the southwest; and Westfield, about 5 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: New Providence (6 mi N), Bound Brook (6 mi SW), Metuchen (7 mi SE), Summit (8 mi NE), Rahway (8 mi E), Highland Park (8 mi S), Chatham (9 mi N) and New Brunswick (9 mi S).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Madison (10 mi); northeast toward East Orange (16 mi); east toward Roselle Park (10 mi); southeast toward Perth Amboy (11 mi); south toward South River (13 mi); southwest toward Manville (10 mi); west toward Somerville (10 mi); and northwest toward Hopatcong (26 mi).

Who serves North Plainfield?

We track live outage data from PSE&G and JCP&L in Somerset County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent companies' combined pictures, see FirstEnergy outages across every state it serves and PSEG outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Somerset County, NJ (covers North Plainfield)
Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 415 customers, restored in ~42 min (no severe weather).
Across the 30 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.9 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 3, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of Somerset County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Somerset County

North Plainfield, NJ — live power outage tracker