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Power Outages in Lincoln Parish, LA

Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc and Entergy Louisiana LLC publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Ruston - (LA). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.0 hours.

Lincoln Parish, LA is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc and Entergy Louisiana LLC publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for City of Ruston - (LA): outages in itsservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Lincoln Parish

0.0%of this county's ~25,040 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Ruston - (LA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

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

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Claiborne Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Entergy Louisiana LLCLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Ruston - (LA)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Lincoln 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
404
Oxygen service
102
Dialysis (facility)
81
Home health / hospice
123
By ZIP code (5)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
7127022515156≤11
7123554≤11380
71227320250
7127521≤11200
7124519≤11130

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

🔔 Alerts for Lincoln Parish, LA

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

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  • Red Flag WarningSEVERE
Recent NWS alert activity · Lincoln Parish

Lincoln 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 ×4
  • Wind Advisory ×2
  • Fire Weather Watch ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Lincoln Parish, LA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,135 customers out (4.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 50m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 446 customers out (1.7% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 16m

  6. GREW

    Outage grew to 1,038 customers out (3.9% of the county)

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 287 customers out (1.1% of the county)

Outage trend · Lincoln Parish, LA
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Lincoln Parish, LA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Lincoln Parish

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

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Lincoln Parish went about 4.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 12,154 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 4.0 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Lincoln Parish average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.8h, 2016 2.1h, 2017 1.7h, 2018 3.9h, 2019 3.9h, 2020 50.4h, 2021 5.4h, 2022 3.1h, 2023 9.4h, 2024 5.9h, 2025 4.0h. Highlighted: 2020.02040600.8h20152.1h20161.7h20173.9h20183.9h201950.4h20205.4h20213.1h20229.4h20235.9h20244.0h2025
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Worst year here was 2020 (peak 12,154 customers out) · decade average 8.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20153171,3890.8
20163102,4102.1
20173041,6981.7
20183263,4963.9
20193143,2593.9
202038912,15450.4
20215733,3195.4
20225981,6373.1
20235507,7839.4
20245283,6615.9
20255032,9934.0

Cost of power in Lincoln Parish

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Estimated residential electricity price for Lincoln 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.

9.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 47% 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 27, 202012,15410d 16h
July 16, 20237,7833d 3h
April 9, 20243,6613d 3h
April 14, 20183,4962d
October 10, 20203,4113d 12h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High ice storms exposure · 8.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormVery High
Strong windRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate

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

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Power outages in Lincoln Parish: FAQ

How often does Lincoln Parish, LA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Lincoln Parish, LA logged 503 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Lincoln Parish, LA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 12,154 customers without power, beginning August 27, 2020 and lasting about 10d 16h.
Is there a power outage in Lincoln Parish, LA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Lincoln Parish, LA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Lincoln Parish, LA?
Tracked electric providers include Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc, Entergy Louisiana LLC.
Nearby counties
Bienville ParishClaiborne ParishJackson ParishOuachita Parish
ZIP codes in Lincoln Parish

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

71227, 71235, 71245, 71270, 71272, 71275

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-
City of Ruston - (LA)2.2 hrsNo live feed-
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/22061 and /api/v1/counties/22061/history.