Some New York and New Jersey residents won’t see their power come back for hours, or even days, according to estimates from utility companies on Monday afternoon.
Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark as the region began digging itself out from the biggest blizzard in years.
New Jersey remained the hardest hit, with nearly 40,000 JCP&L customers still without service as of about 5 p.m. Monday. That number had fluctuated at times but was still tens of thousands less than earlier in the afternoon. The bulk of JCP&L outages were along the Jersey Shore in Monmouth and Ocean counties.
The utility has fewer customers in Burlington County, but nearly a quarter of the 15,000 people it serves there were without power as of about 5 p.m. as well.
Chris Hoenig, a spokesperson for the utility, said JCP&L workers were able to restore power to 30,000 customers between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. alone. Most of JCP&L’s outages were related to strong winds and downed trees, Hoenig added.
Northern New Jersey customers should mostly see their power back by Monday night, a company spokesperson said. Burlington and southwestern Ocean County customers weren’t expected to see power come back until late Tuesday night.
For other areas in Ocean and Monmouth Counties, the company was estimating service would return mid-day Wednesday.
The National Weather Service has observed wind gusts upward of 70 mph on Long Island and 60 mph along the Jersey Shore.
In New York City, Con Edison was estimating Staten Island customers would have power back by about 5 p.m. Monday, and Manhattan customers would see restorations by about 8 p.m. Westchester was expected to see power restored Monday evening as well.
The company was still seeing about 2,700 customers without power throughout its service area around 5 p.m. Monday.
Snow-covered buildings in Rockaway in Queens on Feb. 23, 2026
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But Con Ed said Bronx customers experiencing outages would likely not see power restored until Tuesday morning. Brooklyn and Queens could take until Tuesday afternoon.
In New York, Long Island and the Rockaways saw the most outages. PSEG expected affected customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties — where about 5,000 people were without service at 5 p.m. — to come back late Monday evening, but they didn’t have estimates for the nearly 4,000 people still without power in the Rockaways.
PSE&G’s New Jersey customers should see restorations by about 11 a.m. Tuesday, the company said. About 4,500 New Jersey customers were without power at 5 p.m. Monday, mostly in Hudson, Bergen and Burlington Counties. A spokesperson for PSEG said the company had restored power to more than 32,000 customers since midday Sunday.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said about 5,000 utility workers were on the ground to respond to outages. She said many local companies recruited workers from out of state to help with the effects of the snow.
“With the heavy, wet snow and winds we were expecting, we knew we’d have some power outages,” she said on WNYC’s “Morning Edition” early Monday. “Unfortunately, that’s been the case.”
Later Monday morning on NBC4, Sherrill said many residents were still without power, “but we have seen a lot of incredible work by those utility workers restoring over 130,000 people back to power.”
Downed power lines in New Jersey on Feb. 23, 2026
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New York City has opened several warming centers for residents in the Rockaways who have no electricity, New York City Emergency Management said. People without power can stay warm at Far Rockaway High School, Beach Channel High School or P.S. 43.
Con Ed spokesperson Elisabeth Ferrari said the main causes of the New York City outages were the winds and road salt mixing with melting snow. She said the utility has hired outside workers to help maintain electricity during the extreme weather.
Ferrari also urged the public to stay away from downed wires and report them to Con Ed or 911. Customers can report outages at conEd.com or by calling 1-800-752-6633.
A downed tree in New Jersey during the blizzard on Feb. 23, 2026
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Around 160 Orange and Rockland Utilities customers had no power as of around 4 p.m., while Central Hudson had almost completely restored power by that time, with just 9 customers reporting outages.
Orange and Rockland crews are on standby and assessing cases as they arise, spokesperson Vito Signorile said. He said wind toppling trees onto power lines has caused most of the company’s outages.
Central Hudson spokesperson Joe Jenkins said workers were responding to outages as they were reported. He said the company is closely monitoring conditions and will handle outages throughout the day as safely and efficiently as possible.
Correction: This story has been updated to correct a date reference in its headline. This story has also been updated with new information.
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