Electric companies in Essex County, New Jersey

Essex County, NJ on the map

Electric utilities in Essex County, NJ

Plans from retail suppliers are not in public data, so no plan prices are shown. The listed utilities deliver the power, and which one serves your street depends on the address.

Outage risk in Essex County, NJ

Essex County, NJ, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 115 in all, 13.5 per 100,000 residents of 854,130, rank 17 of 21 New Jersey counties. Property damage in Essex County, NJ: $1.0M, with 4 direct injuries or deaths.

ZIP codes in Essex County, NJ

• 07003
• 07004
• 07006
• 07009
• 07017
• 07018
• 07021
• 07028
• 07039
• 07040
• 07041
• 07042
• 07043
• 07044
• 07050
• 07052
• 07068
• 07078
• 07079
• 07102
• 07103
• 07104
• 07105
• 07106
• 07107
• 07108
• 07109
• 07110
• 07111
• 07112
• 07114

Facts about Essex County, NJ

Residents of Essex County, NJ, ACS 2023

854,1303 of 21 New Jersey counties

Households in Essex County, NJ

317,4732.69 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Essex County, NJ

44.5%141,377 owner and 176,096 renter households

Median household income in Essex County, NJ

$76,71220 of 21 New Jersey counties

Housing units in Essex County, NJ

335,55018,077 vacant or seasonal, 5.4% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Essex County, NJ

16.8%53,379 homes, 6 of 21 New Jersey counties

Utilities listed for Essex County, NJ

22 with a home price: Jersey Central Power & Lt Co, Public Service Elec & Gas Co

ZIP areas touching Essex County, NJ

3107003 to 07114

Outage-linked storm events in Essex County, NJ

115NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Essex County, NJ

74.9%median year built 1958

Flood claims in Essex County, NJ

1,186NFIP 2015 to 2025, $52.6M paid

Home energy burden in Essex County, NJ

1.6%$1,064 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Essex County, NJ

Essex County, NJ has no price series of its own. Essex County, NJ: the New Jersey average was 15.81 ¢/kWh in 2015. Essex County, NJ: 19.34 ¢ in 2024, 22% up. Essex County, NJ: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Essex County, NJ: a 662 kWh month at the New Jersey price. Essex County, NJ: $105 in 2015, $128 in 2024. Essex County, NJ: $1,537 a year, 2.0% of the $76,712 median income.

Housing and heating in Essex County, NJ

Essex County, NJ: 251,470 of 335,550 homes were built before 1980 and 42,761 in 2000 or later. Essex County, NJ has 109,985 detached houses, 104,013 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 716 mobile homes, and 176,096 of 317,473 households rent.

Cost of living with electricity in Essex County, NJ

Essex County, NJ: electricity $1,064 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $1,764, 1.6% of $111,059 income. 312,942 households in Essex County, NJ spend about $333.0 million a year on electricity and $552.0 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Essex County, NJ ($25,346 a year) spend 4.9% of income, 3.1 times the all-home figure.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Essex County, NJ

Essex County, NJ: 1,186 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $52.6M paid, median paid claim $20,160.

2,803 of 146,486 residential structures in Essex County, NJ carry an NFIP contract. 4,185 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Essex County, NJ on 8 Sep 2026. Essex County, NJ lists 584 repetitive-loss properties, 140 of them severe repetitive loss.

Essex County, NJ: claims history, not an outage count.

Essex County, NJ: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Essex County, NJ: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Essex County, NJ

Essex County, NJ totals 5,103 heating degree days and 942 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Essex County, NJ is the 8th coldest of 21 counties in New Jersey: 5,103 against a median of 4,909. For cooling, Essex County, NJ is the 14th hottest: 942 against a median of 972.

Essex County, NJ is a cold-winter county, with 4,161 more heating than cooling degree days.

Essex County, NJ: 4,716 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 5,103 on the normal, 8% under.

In Essex County, NJ, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 16.8% of 317,473, in a 5,103 degree-day climate.

Essex County, NJ: ACS B25040, 317,473 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Essex County, NJ

Compare Essex County, NJ with its neighbours

• Union County sits 10 miles southwest of Essex County, NJ, with 572,549 residents against 854,130 there, 163 storm events against 115, median home built 1956 against 1958, energy burden 1.4% against 1.6%, income $100,117 against $76,712.
• Hudson County sits 9 miles east of Essex County, NJ, with 710,478 residents against 854,130 there, 60 storm events against 115, median home built 1965 against 1958, energy burden 1.0% against 1.6%, income $90,032 against $76,712.
• Passaic County sits 13 miles north of Essex County, NJ, with 518,289 residents against 854,130 there, 80 storm events against 115, median home built 1956 against 1958, energy burden 1.8% against 1.6%, income $87,137 against $76,712.
• Bergen County sits 13 miles northeast of Essex County, NJ, with 954,717 residents against 854,130 there, 195 storm events against 115, median home built 1959 against 1958, energy burden 1.4% against 1.6%, income $123,715 against $76,712.
• Morris County sits 15 miles west of Essex County, NJ, with 510,375 residents against 854,130 there, 235 storm events against 115, median home built 1971 against 1958, energy burden 1.5% against 1.6%, income $134,929 against $76,712.

Cities in Essex County, NJ

• Newark electricity rates307,188 residents
• East Orange electricity rates69,183 residents