Sussex County, New Jersey Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Sussex County, New Jersey had 48 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.22 times the US outage time per person and 3.57 times the New Jersey rate. It ranks 1 of 20 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

5.3major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

132 hrslongest major outage

Mar, Dechardest months

March and December made up 44% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Dec 2, 2019, reached 39,284 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 118.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated New Jersey counties

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	153,649	77	1
2016	611,264	217	11
2017	388,303	141	7
2018	3,467,790	155	4
2019	2,259,648	162	5
2020	1,670,032	126	4
2021	1,003,112	134	6
2022	447,968	137	3
2023	432,024	165	7

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Dec 2, 2019	118.8	39,284	1,814,576
Mar 2, 2018	81.5	26,925	1,706,167
Aug 4, 2020	129.0	29,186	1,414,862
May 15, 2018	96.5	25,899	845,464
Mar 6, 2018	131.5	12,429	602,536

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.