Power Outages in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
As of September 2, 2026 15:42 UTC, about 6 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 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for East Baton Rouge Parish right now.
East Baton Rouge Parish has been under 145 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on August 27, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×61
- Extreme Heat Warning ×25
- Special Weather Statement ×20
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×15
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×9
- Extreme Heat Watch ×7
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 34m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 836 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 27m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,578 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 51m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 792 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,119 customers out (1.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 12m
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.
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 |
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 6 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXIE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/22033 and /api/v1/counties/22033/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Louisiana customers). Live data as of .