Power Outages in Ouachita County, AR
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Ouachita County, AR across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Ouachita Electric Coop Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.7 hours.
Ouachita County, AR is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/arkansas/ouachita-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Ouachita County, AR", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/arkansas/ouachita-county
Not counted: no live feed for Ouachita Electric Coop Corp.
57%of this county's ~15,723 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Ouachita Electric Coop Corp. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Arkansas LLC | Live · county | 1 | 8,910 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Ouachita Electric Coop Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Entergy Arkansas LLC reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Ouachita Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71701 | 326 | 20 | 275 | ≤11 |
| 71764 | 52 | ≤11 | 41 | ≤11 |
| 71720 | 46 | 0 | 36 | ≤11 |
| 71726 | 34 | ≤11 | 29 | ≤11 |
| 71751 | 17 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Ouachita County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Ouachita County right now.
Ouachita County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 16, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×6
- Red Flag Warning ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Latest Ouachita County, AR outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 147 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 154 customers out (1.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Ouachita County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Ouachita Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ouachita County went about 6.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,863 customers.
The US EIA reports Arkansas utilities averaged 7.9 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 6.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 8,863 customers out) · decade average 15.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 419 | 3,974 | 7.1 |
| 2016 | 426 | 2,526 | 11.2 |
| 2017 | 369 | 4,791 | 8.9 |
| 2018 | 387 | 1,895 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 352 | 6,327 | 23.2 |
| 2020 | 425 | 8,863 | 58.6 |
| 2021 | 529 | 6,727 | 23.8 |
| 2022 | 587 | 1,739 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 479 | 5,838 | 17.0 |
| 2024 | 444 | 1,319 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 580 | 1,266 | 6.7 |
Cost of power in Ouachita County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Ouachita County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Entergy Arkansas LLC13.4¢612,254 cust
- Ouachita Electric Coop Corp13.5¢8,392 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 15.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Ouachita County: FAQ
- How often does Ouachita County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ouachita County, AR logged 580 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ouachita County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,863 customers without power, beginning April 12, 2020 and lasting about 8d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Ouachita County, AR right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Ouachita County, AR?
- Tracked electric providers include Entergy Arkansas LLC.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ouachita County.
71701, 71720, 71726, 71751, 71764
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Arkansas LLC | 8.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Ouachita Electric Coop Corp | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arkansas customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05103 and /api/v1/counties/05103/history. Live data as of .