Power Outages in Ascension Parish, LA
Is there a power outage in Ascension Parish, LA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 23 customers are without power in Ascension Parish, LA across 2 reported incidents.
Ascension Parish, LA is served by 2 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.5 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/ascension-parish
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Ascension Parish, LA", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/louisiana/ascension-parish
- Entergy Louisiana LLC
- Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)
Report an outage in Ascension Parish, LA
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Entergy Louisiana LLC and Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
77%of this county's ~60,880 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
Only visible while reporting outages: Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA). Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Live · county | 17 | 46,778 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) | Outages only | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Entergy Louisiana 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 Ascension Parishwho 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70737 | 336 | 14 | 234 | ≤11 |
| 70769 | 230 | 14 | 161 | ≤11 |
| 70346 | 90 | ≤11 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 70774 | 86 | ≤11 | 64 | ≤11 |
| 70734 | 38 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 70778 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 70725 | 17 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
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 Ascension Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Ascension Parish right now.
Ascension Parish has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×9
- Red Flag Warning ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
Latest Ascension Parish, LA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 574 customers out (0.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 955 customers out (1.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 34m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 264 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 790 customers out (1.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 8d 14h
Hardest-hit cities in Ascension Parish
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 Ascension Parishisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ascension Parish went about 6.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 51,706 customers.
The US EIA reports Louisiana utilities averaged 4.5 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 6.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 51,706 customers out) · decade average 28.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 868 | 18,441 | 10.8 |
| 2016 | 745 | 16,046 | 17.7 |
| 2017 | 831 | 10,389 | 7.6 |
| 2018 | 1,040 | 5,554 | 4.0 |
| 2019 | 793 | 8,501 | 7.4 |
| 2020 | 918 | 15,761 | 9.6 |
| 2021 | 351 | 51,706 | 196.9 |
| 2022 | 633 | 12,951 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 727 | 10,422 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 573 | 42,788 | 33.8 |
| 2025 | 779 | 7,605 | 6.5 |
Cost of power in Ascension Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Ascension Parish, 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 Louisiana LLC11.9¢961,871 cust
- Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)13.5¢111,329 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 28.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Ascension Parish: FAQ
- How often does Ascension Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ascension Parish, LA logged 779 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ascension Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 51,706 customers without power, beginning August 28, 2021 and lasting about 53d 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Ascension Parish, LA right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 23 customers are without power in Ascension Parish, LA across 2 reported incidents.
- Which utilities serve Ascension Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA), Entergy Louisiana LLC.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ascension Parish.
70346, 70725, 70734, 70737, 70769, 70774, 70778
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Ascension Parish, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Louisiana →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | 4.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) | 5.4 hrs | Outages only | - |
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 Louisiana customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/22005 and /api/v1/counties/22005/history. Live data as of .