Power Outages in Bienville Parish, LA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Bienville Parish, LA across 2 reported incidents. Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc and Entergy Louisiana LLC publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 15.0 hours.
Bienville Parish, LA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/bienville-parish
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bienville Parish, LA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/louisiana/bienville-parish
- Entergy Louisiana LLC
- Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc
0.0%of this county's ~9,986 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
Only visible while reporting outages: Southwestern Electric Power Co. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
System-wide total only, no county split: Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc, Entergy Louisiana LLC.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Bienville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71068 | 77 | 12 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 71001 | 52 | ≤11 | 33 | 0 |
| 71268 | 39 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 71016 | 28 | ≤11 | 25 | ≤11 |
| 71028 | 18 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 71008 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 71045 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 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 Bienville Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bienville Parish right now.
Bienville Parish has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×5
- Red Flag Warning ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest Bienville Parish, LA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 16m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 103 customers out (2.0% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Bienville 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 Bienville Parishisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bienville Parish went about 15.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,075 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 15.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 5,075 customers out) · decade average 36.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 460 | 2,313 | 13.6 |
| 2016 | 409 | 2,911 | 19.3 |
| 2017 | 402 | 2,092 | 21.0 |
| 2018 | 419 | 2,323 | 27.2 |
| 2019 | 367 | 2,381 | 41.2 |
| 2020 | 427 | 5,075 | 110.0 |
| 2021 | 591 | 2,455 | 37.5 |
| 2022 | 536 | 2,750 | 39.8 |
| 2023 | 494 | 4,377 | 54.8 |
| 2024 | 374 | 1,631 | 24.9 |
| 2025 | 614 | 1,442 | 15.0 |
Cost of power in Bienville Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bienville 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
- Southwestern Electric Power Co13.9¢206,984 cust
- Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc13.3¢21,354 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.
Very High ice storms exposure · 36.7 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 Bienville Parish: FAQ
- How often does Bienville Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bienville Parish, LA logged 614 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 15.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bienville Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,075 customers without power, beginning August 27, 2020 and lasting about 10d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Bienville Parish, LA right now?
- Yes, about 2 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Bienville Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc, Entergy Louisiana LLC, Southwestern Electric Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bienville Parish.
71001, 71008, 71016, 71028, 71045, 71068
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | 4.2 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | 7.5 hrs | Outages only | |
| Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · total 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/22013 and /api/v1/counties/22013/history. Live data as of .