Power Outages in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
As of October 19, 2026 06:55 UTC, about 77 customers are without power in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.3 hours.
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/east-baton-rouge-parish
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- October 19, 2026 06:55 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA", live data as of October 19, 2026 06:55 UTC. https://massoutage.com/louisiana/east-baton-rouge-parish
86%of this county's ~218,589 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 | 77 | 188,923 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 East Baton Rouge 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 (21)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70816 | 244 | ≤11 | 149 | ≤11 |
| 70810 | 199 | ≤11 | 114 | ≤11 |
| 70817 | 196 | ≤11 | 123 | ≤11 |
| 70805 | 188 | ≤11 | 125 | ≤11 |
| 70802 | 188 | ≤11 | 118 | ≤11 |
| 70791 | 185 | ≤11 | 120 | ≤11 |
| 70815 | 177 | ≤11 | 122 | ≤11 |
| 70806 | 168 | ≤11 | 103 | ≤11 |
| 70808 | 146 | ≤11 | 87 | ≤11 |
| 70714 | 145 | ≤11 | 96 | ≤11 |
| 70809 | 131 | ≤11 | 85 | ≤11 |
| 70807 | 119 | ≤11 | 83 | ≤11 |
| 70814 | 109 | ≤11 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 70811 | 104 | ≤11 | 68 | ≤11 |
| 70739 | 97 | ≤11 | 68 | ≤11 |
| 70818 | 80 | ≤11 | 62 | ≤11 |
| 70812 | 71 | ≤11 | 46 | ≤11 |
| 70820 | 47 | ≤11 | 31 | ≤11 |
| 70819 | 39 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 70770 | 29 | 0 | 17 | ≤11 |
| 70836 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤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 East Baton Rouge Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for East Baton Rouge Parish right now.
East Baton Rouge Parish has been under 24 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×11
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Red Flag Warning ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest East Baton Rouge Parish, LA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 854 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 671 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 40m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 252 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 641 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 55m
Hardest-hit cities in East Baton Rouge 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 East Baton Rouge Parishisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in East Baton Rouge Parish went about 6.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 165,549 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 6.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 165,549 customers out) · decade average 16.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 784 | 37,904 | 10.0 |
| 2016 | 670 | 25,849 | 13.3 |
| 2017 | 617 | 18,926 | 5.1 |
| 2018 | 530 | 16,890 | 4.7 |
| 2019 | 522 | 38,794 | 8.0 |
| 2020 | 377 | 73,461 | 15.2 |
| 2021 | 209 | 165,549 | 90.4 |
| 2022 | 220 | 10,587 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 204 | 23,700 | 7.2 |
| 2024 | 239 | 35,145 | 10.8 |
| 2025 | 178 | 16,103 | 6.3 |
Cost of power in East Baton Rouge Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for East Baton Rouge 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.
Very High hurricanes exposure · 16.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in East Baton Rouge Parish: FAQ
- How often does East Baton Rouge Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA logged 178 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 165,549 customers without power, beginning August 29, 2021 and lasting about 37d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA right now?
- Yes, about 77 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve East Baton Rouge Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA), Entergy Louisiana LLC.
Baton Rouge. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the East Baton Rouge Parish level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within East Baton Rouge Parish.
70714, 70739, 70770, 70791, 70801, 70802, 70803, 70805, 70806, 70807, 70808, 70809, 70810, 70811, 70812, 70813, 70814, 70815, 70816, 70817, 70818, 70819, 70820, 70825, 70836
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 · 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/22033 and /api/v1/counties/22033/history. Live data as of .