Breaking: Peco Power Outage Triggers Blackout Across Hundreds of Homes—Here’s Why!

Sat, 02 May 2026 20:05:17 +0000

Breaking: Peco Power Outage Triggers Blackout Across Hundreds of Homes—Here’s Why It Happened October 2023 – A sudden and widespread power outage has left hundreds of homes across the Peco service area in northern New Jersey dark overnight, causing widespread disruption and raising urgent questions about grid reliability. Residents in Passaic, Rockland, Bergen, and Pasquotank townships reported complete loss of electricity early Thursday morning, affecting thousands of households. Utility crews are scrambling to restore power quickly, but investigators are pointing to multiple interrelated factors that triggered the massive blackout. ### What Caused the Peco Power Outage?