Electric companies in Union County, New Jersey

Union County, NJ on the map

Electric utilities in Union 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 Union County, NJ

Union County, NJ: 168,051 of 211,269 homes were built before 1980 and 23,828 in 2000 or later. Union County, NJ has 105,038 detached houses, 42,752 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 528 mobile homes, and 85,475 of 201,663 households rent.

ZIP codes in Union County, NJ

• 07016
• 07023
• 07027
• 07033
• 07036
• 07060
• 07062
• 07063
• 07065
• 07066
• 07076
• 07081
• 07083
• 07088
• 07090
• 07092
• 07201
• 07202
• 07203
• 07204
• 07205
• 07206
• 07208
• 07901
• 07922
• 07974

Facts about Union County, NJ

Residents of Union County, NJ, ACS 2023

572,5497 of 21 New Jersey counties

Households in Union County, NJ

201,6632.84 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Union County, NJ

57.6%116,188 owner and 85,475 renter households

Median household income in Union County, NJ

$100,11710 of 21 New Jersey counties

Housing units in Union County, NJ

211,2699,606 vacant or seasonal, 4.5% of the units

Homes heated by electricity in Union County, NJ

10.3%20,849 homes, 19 of 21 New Jersey counties

Utilities listed for Union County, NJ

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

ZIP areas touching Union County, NJ

2607016 to 07974

Outage-linked storm events in Union County, NJ

163NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025

Homes built before 1980 in Union County, NJ

79.5%median year built 1956

Flood claims in Union County, NJ

1,891NFIP 2015 to 2025, $67.6M paid

Home energy burden in Union County, NJ

1.4%$986 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Union County, NJ

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

Union County, NJ: a 662 kWh month at the New Jersey price. Union County, NJ: $105 in 2015, $128 in 2024. Union County, NJ: $1,537 a year, 1.5% of the $100,117 median income.

Cost of living with electricity in Union County, NJ

Union County, NJ: electricity $986 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $1,898, 1.4% of $130,484 income. 199,996 households in Union County, NJ spend about $197.2 million a year on electricity and $379.6 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Union County, NJ ($32,432 a year) spend 4.4% of income, 3.0 times the all-home figure.

Outage risk in Union County, NJ

Union County, NJ, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 163 in all, 28.5 per 100,000 residents of 572,549, rank 13 of 21 New Jersey counties. Property damage in Union County, NJ: $1.1M, with 23 direct injuries or deaths.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Union County, NJ

Union County, NJ: 1,891 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $67.6M paid, median paid claim $20,348.

3,566 of 124,053 residential structures in Union County, NJ carry an NFIP contract. 4,396 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Union County, NJ on 8 Sep 2026. Union County, NJ lists 864 repetitive-loss properties, 187 of them severe repetitive loss.

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

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

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

Climate and electric heating in Union County, NJ

Union County, NJ totals 4,970 heating degree days and 989 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Union County, NJ is the 9th coldest of 21 counties in New Jersey: 4,970 against a median of 4,909. For cooling, Union County, NJ is the 9th hottest: 989 against a median of 972.

Union County, NJ is cool all year, with 3,981 more heating than cooling degree days.

Union County, NJ averaged 4,564 heating degree days in 2016-2025 against a 4,970 normal, 8% fewer.

In Union County, NJ, a minority of homes heat with electricity: 10.3% of 201,663, in a 4,970 degree-day climate.

Union County, NJ: ACS B25040, 201,663 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Bill and heat pump calculator, Union County, NJ

Compare Union County, NJ with its neighbours

• Essex County sits 10 miles northeast of Union County, NJ, with 854,130 residents against 572,549 there, 115 storm events against 163, median home built 1958 against 1956, energy burden 1.6% against 1.4%, income $76,712 against $100,117.
• Middlesex County sits 13 miles south of Union County, NJ, with 861,535 residents against 572,549 there, 203 storm events against 163, median home built 1973 against 1956, energy burden 1.5% against 1.4%, income $109,028 against $100,117.
• Hudson County sits 14 miles northeast of Union County, NJ, with 710,478 residents against 572,549 there, 60 storm events against 163, median home built 1965 against 1956, energy burden 1.0% against 1.4%, income $90,032 against $100,117.
• Somerset County sits 15 miles southwest of Union County, NJ, with 346,203 residents against 572,549 there, 226 storm events against 163, median home built 1982 against 1956, energy burden 1.3% against 1.4%, income $135,960 against $100,117.
• Morris County sits 17 miles northwest of Union County, NJ, with 510,375 residents against 572,549 there, 235 storm events against 163, median home built 1971 against 1956, energy burden 1.5% against 1.4%, income $134,929 against $100,117.

Cities in Union County, NJ

• Elizabeth electricity rates135,887 residents
• Plainfield electricity rates54,515 residents
• Linden electricity rates43,614 residents
• Westfield electricity rates30,760 residents