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New Jersey Power Outage Risk, Electric Utilities & Generator Sizing

New Jersey households average 2.9 hrs/yr (174 minutes/year) of total blackout duration across 1.12 outages/year (Reliability Grade B — Moderate Outage Risk), with an average residential electricity rate of 19.45 ¢/kWh.

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Electric Utilities Operating in New Jersey (EIA Form 861)

Utility NameOwnershipCustomersOutages/YrAnnual Outage TimeAvg RestorationResidential Rate
Public Service Elec & Gas Co (#15477)Investor-Owned1,966,9500.57x/yr45 min (0.8h)80 min20.42 ¢/kWh
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co (#9726)Investor-Owned964,8022.46x/yr481 min (8.0h)196 min15.65 ¢/kWh
Atlantic City Electric Co (#963)Investor-Owned472,0200.84x/yr123 min (2.0h)146 min23.41 ¢/kWh
Rockland Electric Co (#16213)Investor-Owned63,6791.27x/yr225 min (3.8h)177 min21.04 ¢/kWh
Inspire Energy Holdings, LLC (#59310)Retail Power Marketer26,5301.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min20.14 ¢/kWh
SmartEnergy Holdings, LLC (#58956)Retail Power Marketer22,9561.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min20.33 ¢/kWh
City of Vineland - (NJ) (#19856)Municipal22,7741.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min17.84 ¢/kWh
Direct Energy Services (#54820)Retail Power Marketer18,4481.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min14.44 ¢/kWh
Reliant Energy Northeast LLC (#57037)Retail Power Marketer13,8721.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min15.86 ¢/kWh
Sussex Rural Electric Coop Inc (#40299)Cooperative12,1421.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min15.20 ¢/kWh
Borough of Butler - (NJ) (#2650)Municipal11,8641.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min8.09 ¢/kWh
IDT Energy, Inc. (#55815)Retail Power Marketer11,2781.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min11.89 ¢/kWh
CleanChoice Energy, Inc. (#58951)Retail Power Marketer11,1171.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min21.40 ¢/kWh
Palmco Power NJ, LLC (#56501)Retail Power Marketer7,1021.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min22.73 ¢/kWh
Viridian Energy PA LLC (#58162)Retail Power Marketer6,9081.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min17.23 ¢/kWh
Borough of Madison - (NJ) (#11476)Municipal6,8481.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min16.41 ¢/kWh
Verde Energy USA (#59620)Retail Power Marketer6,5301.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min23.59 ¢/kWh
Borough of South River - (NJ) (#17571)Municipal6,5021.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min21.90 ¢/kWh
Ambit Energy Holdings, LLC (#56212)Retail Power Marketer5,9621.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min15.33 ¢/kWh
Stream Energy New Jersey, LLC (#57074)Retail Power Marketer5,3071.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min18.46 ¢/kWh
Constellation NewEnergy, Inc (#13374)Retail Power Marketer5,2621.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min11.87 ¢/kWh
Residents Energy, LLC (#59809)Retail Power Marketer4,3031.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min17.34 ¢/kWh
North American Power and Gas, LLC (#58667)Retail Power Marketer4,1401.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min16.86 ¢/kWh
Borough of Park Ridge - (NJ) (#14472)Municipal3,8411.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min16.30 ¢/kWh
Energy Plus Holdings LLC (#56265)Retail Power Marketer3,6541.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min18.37 ¢/kWh
MPower Energy NJ LLC (#60218)Retail Power Marketer3,5051.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min19.51 ¢/kWh
Seaside Heights Municipal Utility (#16864)Municipal3,1491.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min18.63 ¢/kWh
Respond Power LLC (#58663)Retail Power Marketer3,1181.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min17.12 ¢/kWh
Borough of Milltown - (NJ) (#12608)Municipal2,9941.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min18.21 ¢/kWh
Energy Services Providers, Inc (#55874)Retail Power Marketer2,9041.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min17.01 ¢/kWh
SFE Energy NJ, Inc. (#59085)Retail Power Marketer2,7671.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min13.76 ¢/kWh
Borough of Lavallette - (NJ) (#10776)Municipal2,5651.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min16.69 ¢/kWh
Median Energy Corp. (#63168)Retail Power Marketer2,3351.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min21.16 ¢/kWh
Spring Energy RRH LLC (#60124)Retail Power Marketer2,3311.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min15.50 ¢/kWh
XOOM Energy New Jersey, LLC (#57491)Retail Power Marketer2,3001.12x/yr174 min (2.9h)156 min16.84 ¢/kWh