More Than 13,000 Without Power On Jersey Shore After Substation Failure

Thousands of residents in two Ocean County townships were without power after severe thunderstorms raced across the northeast and caused a substation to fail, officials said.

A truck for Jersey Central Power & Light.
Photo Credit: *Facebook - JCP&L*

Chris Spiker

06/27/2024 8:55 a.m.

According to the outage map for Jersey Central Power & Light, 13,688 customers had no electricity as of 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 27. More than 13,000 of those affected were living in Barnegat or Waretown.

The JCP&L data said nearly 100 percent (8,606) of Barnegat's 8,620 customers and about 86 percent (4,607) of Ocean Township's 5,355 customers lost power. Most of the remaining outages were in Jackson Township (310), Toms River (73), Lacey Township (48), and Point Pleasant Beach (34).

JCP&L crews shut down a substation at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26 to perform immediate repairs. Ocean Township police said JCP&L was offering free water and ice to affected residents at 10 ShopRite and Acme supermarkets across Ocean County.

Power began being restored to most Barnegat and Waretown customers by 8:55 a.m.

More than 60,000 customers lost power across New Jersey in the storms, including more than 15,400 in Morris County and about 6,600 in Warren County.

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