When will the power be back in Elizabeth, NJ?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Elizabeth is a city of about 140,413 residents in Union County.
PSE&G has reported outages for Elizabeth by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Elizabeth: the closest other places we track are Roselle, about 4 miles to the west; Linden, about 4 miles to the southwest; Roselle Park, about 4 miles to the west; and Newark, about 4 miles to the north. Also nearby: Bayonne (4 mi E), Harrison (6 mi N), Carteret (6 mi S), Rahway (6 mi SW), East Orange (7 mi N), Kearny (7 mi NE), Jersey City (7 mi NE) and Westfield (8 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward North Arlington (9 mi); northeast toward Hoboken (10 mi); south toward South Amboy (13 mi); southwest toward Perth Amboy (11 mi); west toward Summit (10 mi); and northwest toward Chatham (11 mi).
Who serves Elizabeth?
We track live outage data from PSE&G and JCP&L in Union 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.
County context: across all of Union County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.5 hr. The full record for Union County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Elizabeth, NJ?
To check your own street, search an Elizabeth ZIP code — 07201, 07202, 07207 or 07208 — and the map opens on that area.
