Power Outages in Jefferson Parish, LA
Is there a power outage in Jefferson Parish, LA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 243 customers are without power in Jefferson Parish, LA across 1 reported incident.
Jefferson Parish, LA is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.7 hours.
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- URL
- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/jefferson-parish
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Jefferson Parish, LA", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/louisiana/jefferson-parish
Report an outage in Jefferson 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; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
98%of this county's ~220,361 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Live · county | 243 | 217,039 | 0.1% | - | - | - |
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 Jefferson 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 (17)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70072 | 596 | 14 | 415 | 13 |
| 70065 | 409 | 13 | 232 | ≤11 |
| 70094 | 364 | ≤11 | 249 | ≤11 |
| 70001 | 353 | ≤11 | 225 | ≤11 |
| 70003 | 343 | 14 | 210 | ≤11 |
| 70058 | 332 | ≤11 | 200 | 14 |
| 70123 | 284 | ≤11 | 186 | ≤11 |
| 70056 | 267 | ≤11 | 168 | ≤11 |
| 70005 | 200 | ≤11 | 125 | ≤11 |
| 70062 | 194 | ≤11 | 109 | ≤11 |
| 70053 | 146 | ≤11 | 85 | ≤11 |
| 70002 | 143 | ≤11 | 82 | 0 |
| 70121 | 127 | ≤11 | 74 | 0 |
| 70006 | 119 | ≤11 | 71 | ≤11 |
| 70067 | 33 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 70036 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 70358 | ≤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 Jefferson Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Jefferson Parish right now.
Jefferson Parish has been under 33 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 17, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×9
- Dense Fog Advisory ×7
- Flood Watch ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×3
Latest Jefferson Parish, LA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 41m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,614 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,554 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,554 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 55m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 997 customers out (0.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Jefferson 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 Jefferson Parishisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Jefferson Parish went about 4.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 204,888 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 4.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 204,888 customers out) · decade average 30.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 903 | 38,946 | 5.3 |
| 2016 | 890 | 15,590 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 624 | 19,874 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | 794 | 12,553 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 690 | 28,125 | 8.6 |
| 2020 | 534 | 180,496 | 67.4 |
| 2021 | 401 | 204,888 | 211.7 |
| 2022 | 286 | 23,043 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 474 | 16,421 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 395 | 68,190 | 13.4 |
| 2025 | 475 | 37,388 | 4.7 |
Cost of power in Jefferson Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Jefferson 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
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.
Very High hurricanes exposure · 30.2 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 Jefferson Parish: FAQ
- How often does Jefferson Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Jefferson Parish, LA logged 475 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Jefferson Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 204,888 customers without power, beginning August 28, 2021 and lasting about 53d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Jefferson Parish, LA right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 243 customers are without power in Jefferson Parish, LA across 1 reported incident.
- Which utilities serve Jefferson Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Entergy Louisiana LLC.
Kenner. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Jefferson Parish level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jefferson Parish.
70001, 70002, 70003, 70005, 70006, 70036, 70053, 70056, 70058, 70062, 70065, 70067, 70072, 70094, 70121, 70123, 70358
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 Jefferson 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 | - |
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/22051 and /api/v1/counties/22051/history. Live data as of .