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Power Outages in Calcasieu Parish, LA

Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc, Cleco Power LLC and Entergy Louisiana LLC publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc, Town of Vinton - (LA) and Vinton Public Power Authority. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 11.4 hours.

Calcasieu Parish, LA is served by 6 tracked utilities.

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Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc, Cleco Power LLC and Entergy Louisiana LLC publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc, Town of Vinton - (LA) and Vinton Public Power Authority: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Calcasieu Parish

0.0%of this county's ~150,221 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc, Town of Vinton - (LA), Vinton Public Power Authority. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc, Cleco Power LLC, Entergy Louisiana LLC.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Beauregard Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Cleco Power LLCLive · total onlynot by county------
Entergy Louisiana LLCLive · total onlynot by county------
Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, IncNo live feedcan't see------
Town of Vinton - (LA)No live feedcan't see------
Vinton Public Power AuthorityNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Calcasieu 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.

Power-dependent
1,972
Oxygen service
401
Dialysis (facility)
319
Home health / hospice
458
By ZIP code (14)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
7060126432162≤11
7066324926166≤11
7060524231152≤11
7060720127131≤11
7061115120100≤11
706151112071≤11
7064796≤1167≤11
7066588≤1161≤11
7063382≤1164≤11
7066977≤1143≤11
7066860≤1142≤11
7066134≤11230
70646≤110≤110
70630≤110≤11≤11

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Calcasieu Parish, LA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Calcasieu Parish or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Calcasieu Parish

Calcasieu Parish has been under 35 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Fire Weather Watch on October 17, 2026.

  • Flood Warning ×10
  • Special Weather Statement ×10
  • Coastal Flood Advisory ×7
  • Wind Advisory ×2
  • Fire Weather Watch ×2
  • Red Flag Warning ×2

Latest Calcasieu Parish, LA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 15m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 840 customers out (0.8% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 5h 49m

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 398 customers out

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 669 customers out

  6. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 1,477 customers out

  7. GREW

    Outage grew to 4,065 customers out (3.9% of the county)

  8. GREW

    Outage grew to 2,396 customers out (2.3% of the county)

Outage trend · Calcasieu Parish, LA
0customers out · peak 174
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Calcasieu Parish, LA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 174 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.050100150200Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Calcasieu Parish

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Lake Charlesno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Calcasieu Parish went about 11.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 49,912 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 11.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Calcasieu Parish average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 12.6h, 2016 9.9h, 2017 14.8h, 2018 7.4h, 2019 7.9h, 2020 665.7h, 2021 19.9h, 2022 12.5h, 2023 11.3h, 2024 27.8h, 2025 11.4h. Highlighted: 2020.020040060080012.6h20159.9h201614.8h20177.4h20187.9h2019665.7h202019.9h202112.5h202211.3h202327.8h202411.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 49,912 customers out) · decade average 72.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151,08739,04512.6
20169945,0879.9
201794029,05814.8
20189577,7067.4
20199226,8557.9
202060549,912665.7
202148143,27419.9
202278011,00812.5
20239259,13711.3
202471332,37927.8
20257928,23511.4

Cost of power in Calcasieu Parish

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Estimated residential electricity price for Calcasieu 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.

12.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 33% since 2015
vs Louisiana avg 12.7¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
August 25, 202049,91290d 12h
February 15, 202143,2748d 19h
May 26, 201539,04521h 30m
April 10, 202432,3794d 2h
January 8, 201729,05819h 45m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High hurricanes exposure · 72.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery High
TornadoRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively High
WildfireRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Calcasieu Parish: FAQ

How often does Calcasieu Parish, LA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Calcasieu Parish, LA logged 792 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 11.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Calcasieu Parish, LA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 49,912 customers without power, beginning August 25, 2020 and lasting about 90d 12h.
Is there a power outage in Calcasieu Parish, LA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Calcasieu Parish, LA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Calcasieu Parish, LA?
Tracked electric providers include Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc, Cleco Power LLC, Entergy Louisiana LLC.
Nearby counties
Beauregard ParishCameron ParishJefferson Davis ParishNewton County
Cities & towns in Calcasieu Parish

Lake Charles. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Calcasieu Parish level shown above.

ZIP codes in Calcasieu Parish

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Calcasieu Parish.

70601, 70605, 70607, 70609, 70611, 70615, 70629, 70633, 70646, 70647, 70661, 70663, 70665, 70668, 70669

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Entergy Louisiana LLC4.2 hrsLive · total only-
Cleco Power LLC-Live · total only-
Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc-Live · total only-
Jefferson Davis Elec Coop, Inc-No live feed-
Town of Vinton - (LA)-No live feed-
Vinton Public Power Authority-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 Louisiana customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/22019 and /api/v1/counties/22019/history.