Electric companies in Passaic County, New Jersey

Passaic County, NJ on the map

Electric utilities in Passaic 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.

Housing and heating in Passaic County, NJ

Passaic County, NJ: 145,121 of 185,439 homes were built before 1980 and 17,039 in 2000 or later. Passaic County, NJ has 77,269 detached houses, 39,020 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 577 mobile homes, and 83,953 of 177,964 households rent.

ZIP codes in Passaic County, NJ

• 07011
• 07012
• 07013
• 07014
• 07055
• 07403
• 07420
• 07421
• 07424
• 07435
• 07442
• 07456
• 07460
• 07465
• 07470
• 07480
• 07501
• 07502
• 07503
• 07504
• 07505
• 07506
• 07508
• 07512
• 07513
• 07514
• 07522
• 07524

Facts about Passaic County, NJ

Residents of Passaic County, NJ, ACS 2023

518,2899 of 21 New Jersey counties

Households in Passaic County, NJ

177,9642.91 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Passaic County, NJ

52.8%94,011 owner and 83,953 renter households

Median household income in Passaic County, NJ

$87,13715 of 21 New Jersey counties

Housing units in Passaic County, NJ

185,4397,475 vacant or seasonal, 4.0% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Passaic County, NJ

9.6%17,170 homes, 21 of 21 New Jersey counties

Utilities listed for Passaic County, NJ

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

ZIP areas touching Passaic County, NJ

2807011 to 07524

Outage-linked storm events in Passaic County, NJ

80NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Passaic County, NJ

78.3%median year built 1956

Flood claims in Passaic County, NJ

1,010NFIP 2015 to 2025, $39.9M paid

Home energy burden in Passaic County, NJ

1.8%$1,203 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Passaic County, NJ

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

Passaic County, NJ: a 662 kWh month at the New Jersey price. Passaic County, NJ: $105 in 2015, $128 in 2024. Passaic County, NJ: $1,537 a year, 1.8% of the $87,137 median income.

Outage risk in Passaic County, NJ

Passaic County, NJ, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 80 in all, 15.4 per 100,000 residents of 518,289, rank 20 of 21 New Jersey counties. Property damage in Passaic County, NJ: $300K, with 175 direct injuries or deaths.

Cost of living with electricity in Passaic County, NJ

Passaic County, NJ: electricity $1,203 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $1,874, 1.8% of $106,438 income. 177,209 households in Passaic County, NJ spend about $213.2 million a year on electricity and $332.1 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Passaic County, NJ ($30,657 a year) spend 4.4% of income, 2.5 times the all-home figure.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Passaic County, NJ

Passaic County, NJ: 1,010 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $39.9M paid, median paid claim $16,871.

2,164 of 99,647 residential structures in Passaic County, NJ carry an NFIP contract. 2,813 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Passaic County, NJ on 8 Sep 2026. Passaic County, NJ lists 1,407 repetitive-loss properties, 514 of them severe repetitive loss.

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

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

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

Climate and electric heating in Passaic County, NJ

Passaic County, NJ totals 5,674 heating degree days and 691 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Passaic County, NJ is the 4th coldest of 21 counties in New Jersey: 5,674 against a median of 4,909. For cooling, Passaic County, NJ is the 18th hottest: 691 against a median of 972.

Passaic County, NJ is a cold-winter county, with 4,983 more heating than cooling degree days.

Passaic County, NJ: 5,350 heating degree days in 2016-2025, 5,674 on the normal, 6% under.

Electric heat is rare in Passaic County, NJ: 9.6% of 177,964 homes.

Passaic County, NJ: ACS B25040, 177,964 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Passaic County, NJ

Compare Passaic County, NJ with its neighbours

• Essex County sits 13 miles south of Passaic County, NJ, with 854,130 residents against 518,289 there, 115 storm events against 80, median home built 1958 against 1956, energy burden 1.6% against 1.8%, income $76,712 against $87,137.
• Bergen County sits 11 miles east of Passaic County, NJ, with 954,717 residents against 518,289 there, 195 storm events against 80, median home built 1959 against 1956, energy burden 1.4% against 1.8%, income $123,715 against $87,137.
• Hudson County sits 18 miles southeast of Passaic County, NJ, with 710,478 residents against 518,289 there, 60 storm events against 80, median home built 1965 against 1956, energy burden 1.0% against 1.8%, income $90,032 against $87,137.
• Morris County sits 16 miles southwest of Passaic County, NJ, with 510,375 residents against 518,289 there, 235 storm events against 80, median home built 1971 against 1956, energy burden 1.5% against 1.8%, income $134,929 against $87,137.
• Union County sits 22 miles south of Passaic County, NJ, with 572,549 residents against 518,289 there, 163 storm events against 80, median home built 1956 against 1956, energy burden 1.4% against 1.8%, income $100,117 against $87,137.

Cities in Passaic County, NJ

• Paterson electricity rates157,660 residents
• Clifton electricity rates89,247 residents
• Passaic electricity rates69,651 residents