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Power Outages in Orleans Parish, LA

As of October 19, 2026 03:10 UTC, no outages are reported by Entergy New Orleans, LLC in Orleans Parish, LA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.4 hours.

Orleans Parish, LA is served by 2 tracked utilities.

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No active outages are reported by Entergy New Orleans, LLC in Orleans Parish.

Live status by utility · Orleans Parish

97%of this county's ~199,087 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Entergy New Orleans, LLCLive · county0193,9820.0%---
Entergy Louisiana LLCLive · countyno county report------

Entergy New Orleans, 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, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Orleans 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
3,304
Oxygen service
567
Dialysis (facility)
699
Home health / hospice
671
By ZIP code (18)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
7012230412182≤11
70117235≤11141≤11
70119229≤11132≤11
70127216≤11120≤11
70114210≤11114≤11
70118199≤11105≤11
70126195≤11104≤11
70131186≤11111≤11
70128164≤1192≤11
70115161≤11103≤11
70113107060≤11
70125105≤1159≤11
7012491≤11600
7013088≤1152≤11
7011678≤1140≤11
7012968≤1140≤11
7011242≤1122≤11
70175≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Orleans Parish, LA

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Orleans Parish right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Orleans Parish

Orleans Parish has been under 68 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 17, 2026.

  • Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×13
  • Coastal Flood Advisory ×9
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×9
  • Storm Surge Warning ×8
  • Tropical Storm Warning ×8
  • Flood Watch ×4

Latest Orleans 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 59m

  2. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 718 customers out

  3. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,479 customers out (1.2% of the county)

  4. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 35m

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 459 customers out

  6. GREW

    Outage grew to 5,256 customers out (2.5% of the county)

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,032 customers out (0.5% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 40m

Outage trend · Orleans Parish, LA
0customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC
Orleans Parish, LA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 186 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Orleans Parish

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

  • New Orleansno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Orleans Parish went about 4.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 181,040 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 4.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Orleans Parish average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 5.4h, 2016 4.9h, 2017 6.9h, 2018 4.0h, 2019 5.8h, 2020 43.9h, 2021 154.9h, 2022 5.0h, 2023 4.0h, 2024 10.8h, 2025 4.4h. Highlighted: 2021.0501001502005.4h20154.9h20166.9h20174.0h20185.8h201943.9h2020154.9h20215.0h20224.0h202310.8h20244.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 181,040 customers out) · decade average 22.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
201593131,1625.4
201689526,3434.9
201774323,6346.9
201881723,0594.0
201980033,5055.8
2020674160,77943.9
2021550181,040154.9
202243014,7855.0
202359523,2054.0
202445553,07110.8
202541752,2704.4

Cost of power in Orleans Parish

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Estimated residential electricity price for Orleans 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.

13.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 38% 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 29, 2021181,04029d 1h
October 28, 2020160,77910d 5h
August 25, 202453,07121d 10h
May 25, 202552,27010h 45m
July 30, 201933,5058h 45m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High hurricanes exposure · 22.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery High
FloodingRelatively High
Heat waveRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Ice stormRelatively 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 Orleans Parish: FAQ

How often does Orleans Parish, LA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Orleans Parish, LA logged 417 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Orleans Parish, LA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 181,040 customers without power, beginning August 29, 2021 and lasting about 29d 1h.
Is there a power outage in Orleans Parish, LA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Orleans Parish, LA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Orleans Parish, LA?
Tracked electric providers include Entergy Louisiana LLC, Entergy New Orleans, LLC.
Nearby counties
Jefferson ParishPlaquemines ParishSt. Bernard ParishSt. Tammany Parish
Cities & towns in Orleans Parish

New Orleans. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Orleans Parish level shown above.

ZIP codes in Orleans Parish

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

70112, 70113, 70114, 70115, 70116, 70117, 70118, 70119, 70122, 70124, 70125, 70126, 70127, 70128, 70129, 70130, 70131, 70139, 70148, 70163

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 · county-
Entergy New Orleans, LLC3.5 hrsLive · 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/22071 and /api/v1/counties/22071/history.