Power Out Map
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Power outage history

Louisiana

27hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 1st of 51.

Largest outage on record Hurricane Ida 1,015,268 customers out · 40% of the state
Electricity customers 2,517,062 Across 64 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2021 94 hours without power, average customer

County by county

Where Louisiana goes dark

Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.

Fewer hours64+ h / yr

Most hours without power

  1. 1Tensas96 h
  2. 2St. Helena83 h
  3. 3Lafourche78 h
  4. 4Cameron60 h
  5. 5Beauregard56 h
  6. 6Terrebonne54 h
  7. 7Union53 h
  8. 8Assumption53 h
  9. 9St. John the Baptist52 h
  10. 10Tangipahoa52 h

Most reliable

  1. 1West Carroll4.8 h
  2. 2Lafayette5.1 h
  3. 3Franklin8.2 h
  4. 4Iberia9.5 h
  5. 5Evangeline9.8 h

Year by year

Hours in the dark, statewide

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 ’15 ’16 ’17 4.9 ’18 9.6 ’19 69 ’20 94 ’21 6.5 ’22 12 ’23 15 ’24 5.8 ’25 US 6.6

The record

Louisiana's largest outages

Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.

BeganStormPeak outShare
Aug 29, 2021 Hurricane Ida 1,015,268 40.3%
Aug 27, 2020 Hurricane Laura 601,403 23.9%
Oct 9, 2020 Hurricane Delta 545,919 21.7%
Oct 28, 2020 Hurricane Zeta 509,372 20.2%
Sep 11, 2024 Hurricane Francine 393,436 15.6%
May 16, 2024 Thunderstorms 218,194 8.7%
Jul 13, 2019 Hurricane Barry 186,642 7.4%
Jun 16, 2023 Thunderstorms 185,921 7.4%
Apr 10, 2024 Thunderstorms 185,254 7.4%
Feb 16, 2021 Winter storm 169,713 6.7%
Apr 27, 2015 Thunderstorms 165,130 6.6%
Feb 17, 2021 Winter storm 130,310 5.2%

Every county

All 64 counties

CountyHours / yrMajor outages since 2018Customers
Tensas 96 183 1,600
St. Helena 83 154 4,162
Lafourche 78 52 35,705
Cameron 60 63 2,695
Beauregard 56 58 26,155
Terrebonne 54 22 40,577
Union 53 139 7,091
Assumption 53 94 6,738
St. John the Baptist 52 66 22,092
Tangipahoa 52 51 54,543
Jackson 49 103 4,755
Calcasieu 48 5 150,221
Sabine 47 65 17,148
St. Charles 45 18 30,265
East Feliciana 45 103 7,347
Plaquemines 45 52 14,010
Bienville 44 82 5,075
St. James 42 70 11,499
Allen 41 37 18,160
Jefferson 40 5 230,746
Livingston 39 14 56,101
Red River 38 79 5,806
Jefferson Davis 37 48 11,412
Grant 35 23 14,064
Ascension 34 25 51,706

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities in Louisiana

Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.

UtilityTypeOutage min / yrExcl. major storms¢/kWhCustomers
Entergy Louisiana LLC Investor Owned 253 218 11.9 962k
Cleco Power LLC Investor Owned 212 146 14.3 253k
Southwestern Electric Power Co Investor Owned 451 332 13.8 207k
Entergy New Orleans, LLC Investor Owned 209 174 13.2 188k
Dixie Electric Membership Corp Cooperative 321 275 13.5 111k
Southwest Louisiana E M C Cooperative 232 172 11.6 110k
City of Lafayette Municipal 30 27 11.5 61k
Washington-St Tammany E C, Inc Cooperative 511 484 11.0 51k
Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative 712 461 13.1 40k
Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative – – 13.3 21k
City of Alexandria Municipal – – 11.1 19k
South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn Cooperative 176 176 12.3 17k
Concordia Electric Coop, Inc Cooperative – – 13.2 12k
Northeast Louisiana Power Coop Inc. Cooperative 265 229 11.2 12k
Terrebonne Parish Consol Gov't Municipal – – 10.7 11k