Outage tracker: Thousands lost power after wind-whipped storm brutalized South Jersey

J. Staas Haught, Kaitlyn McCormick and Nick Butler, Cherry Hill Courier-Post
Updated ·2 min read

Tuesday's storm delivered heavy winds that will continue into Wednesday morning.

Those winds pummeled the South Jersey region, averaging 40-60 mph across the region along with heavy rain that totaled anywhere from 2-3 inches.

The strongest winds were reported along the coast, according to the National Weather Service office in Westampton. Ocean City saw winds up to 65 mph, while the highest reported gusts reached 72 mph in Ocean County's Island Beach State Park.

With strong winds comes the risk of power outages, and the region was hit with numerous outages reports Tuesday into Wednesday between multiple different providers.

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Does Atlantic City Electric have power outages?

Atlantic City Electric is the power utility for much of South Jersey, covering all of Cape May, Atlantic and Salem counties, much of Gloucester and Camden counties, parts of Burlington and Ocean counties and all but the Vineland area in Cumberland County.

You can access the company's outage map at secure.atlanticcityelectric.com/powerOutages/outageTracker/dashboard

At 9 p.m. Tuesday, Atlantic City Electric had reported 23,755 outages in New Jersey.

As of 7:50 a.m. Wednesday morning, the company reported 1,216 active outages, impacting 19,657 customers. The highest rates included 13.79% of Cumberland County and 12.25% of Salem County.

Does PSE&G have power outages?

PSE&G provides power to a small piece of Gloucester County, a portion of Camden County and about half of Burlington County.

The utility's power outage map is available here: outagecenter.pseg.com/external/default.html

By 9 pm, PSE&G had reported over 13,000 power outages in New Jersey.

As of 7:45 a.m. Wednesday the company reported 511 active outages in the state, impacting 9,310 customers. The company reported an estimated restoration time of Jan. 11 at 2 p.m. for affected South Jersey counties.

Does JCP&L have power outages?

Jersey Central Power & Light is the electric utility for a portion of Burlington County.

You can check the outage map and report and check on outages at outages.firstenergycorp.com/nj.html

By 9 pm, JCP&L had reported 8,464 outages in New Jersey.

As of 8:02 a.m. Wednesday, the company reported 776 outages impacting 27,389 customers.

Does Vineland have power outages?

Vineland Municipal Electric Utility is the primary electric provider in the city.

The city-owned utility has an outage map available at www.outageentry.com/Outages/outage.php?Client=vineland

You can use that link to report an outage as well.

By 9 pm, Vineland Municipal Electric Utility is reporting 5,822 outages across the city.

As of 8:11 a.m., the utility reported 28 active outages across the city, impacting 515 customers.

This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Outage maps for Atlantic City Electric, PSE&G, JCP&L, Vineland Municipal