Some New York and New Jersey residents won\u2019t see their power come back for hours, or even days, according to estimates from utility companies on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark as the region began digging itself out<\/a> from the biggest blizzard in years.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s outages were related to strong winds and downed trees, Hoenig added.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n For other areas in Ocean and Monmouth Counties, the company was estimating service would return mid-day Wednesday.<\/p>\n The National Weather Service has observed wind gusts upward of 70 mph on Long Island and 60 mph along the Jersey Shore.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The company was still seeing about 2,700 customers without power throughout its service area around 5 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n Snow-covered buildings in Rockaway in Queens on Feb. 23, 2026<\/p>\n Brigid Bergin \/ Gothamist<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n In New York, Long Island and the Rockaways saw the most outages. PSEG expected affected customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties \u2014 where about 5,000 people were without service at 5 p.m. \u2014 to come back late Monday evening, but they didn\u2019t have estimates for the nearly 4,000 people still without power in the Rockaways.<\/p>\n PSE&G\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the heavy, wet snow and winds we were expecting, we knew we\u2019d have some power outages,\u201d she said on WNYC\u2019s \u201cMorning Edition\u201d early Monday. \u201cUnfortunately, that\u2019s been the case.\u201d<\/p>\n Later Monday morning on NBC4, Sherrill said many residents were still without power, \u201cbut we have seen a lot of incredible work by those utility workers restoring over 130,000 people back to power.\u201d<\/p>\n Downed power lines in New Jersey on Feb. 23, 2026<\/p>\n Mount Laurel Office of Emergency Management \/ PSE&G<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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<\/a>. She said the utility has hired outside workers to help maintain electricity during the extreme weather.<\/p>\n