Jersey Central Power & Lt Co, NJ
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co's outage record
Jersey Central Power & Lt Co customers in New Jersey lost power 2.2 times last year, 6.5 hours total - well above the national norm for outage time. That is 152% more outage time than the New Jersey state average of 2.6 hours a year.
Outage length, and what it means for a generator
A single outage here runs long, about 3 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 1,153,378 customers here, This is not a borderline case - Jersey Central Power & Lt Co's outage record alone is reason enough to get a backup generator before the next one hits.
The source behind this number
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Jersey Central Power & Lt Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 1,153,378 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. Every other utility in New Jersey is covered too: see New Jersey's full record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.