When will the power be back in Plainfield, NJ?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Plainfield is a city of about 56,507 residents in Union County.
PSE&G has reported outages for Plainfield by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Plainfield 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 Plainfield:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Plainfield: the closest other places we track are North Plainfield, about 1 miles to the west; South Plainfield, about 3 miles to the south; Westfield, about 5 miles to the northeast; and Middlesex, about 5 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Metuchen (6 mi SE), New Providence (6 mi N), Rahway (7 mi E), Bound Brook (7 mi SW), Summit (7 mi N), Highland Park (8 mi S), Roselle Park (9 mi NE) and Roselle (9 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Chatham (9 mi); northeast toward Newark (15 mi); east toward Linden (9 mi); southeast toward Perth Amboy (10 mi); south toward New Brunswick (9 mi); southwest toward Manville (10 mi); and west toward Somerville (11 mi).
Who serves Plainfield?
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 Plainfield, NJ?
To check your own street, search a Plainfield ZIP code — 07060, 07061, 07062 or 07063 — and the map opens on that area.
