Power Outages in Ouachita Parish, LA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 47 customers are without power in Ouachita Parish, LA across 1 reported incident. Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc and Entergy Louisiana LLC publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.8 hours.
Ouachita Parish, LA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/ouachita-parish
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Ouachita Parish, LA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/louisiana/ouachita-parish
0.0%of this county's ~117,709 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc, Entergy Louisiana LLC.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Ouachita 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71291 | 375 | 37 | 294 | ≤11 |
| 71203 | 337 | 31 | 244 | ≤11 |
| 71292 | 297 | 30 | 240 | ≤11 |
| 71202 | 254 | 17 | 182 | ≤11 |
| 71201 | 176 | 16 | 118 | ≤11 |
| 71225 | 94 | ≤11 | 70 | ≤11 |
| 71280 | 52 | ≤11 | 40 | ≤11 |
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 Ouachita Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Ouachita Parish right now.
Ouachita Parish has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×5
- Red Flag Warning ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×1
Latest Ouachita Parish, LA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 554 customers out (0.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Ouachita 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 Ouachita Parishisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ouachita Parish went about 6.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 61,793 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 6.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 61,793 customers out) · decade average 16.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,079 | 3,529 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 1,057 | 7,272 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | 934 | 10,668 | 4.6 |
| 2018 | 966 | 5,963 | 6.6 |
| 2019 | 869 | 7,332 | 6.2 |
| 2020 | 628 | 61,793 | 115.7 |
| 2021 | 652 | 14,373 | 8.9 |
| 2022 | 1,035 | 12,088 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 900 | 12,080 | 5.2 |
| 2024 | 816 | 11,879 | 7.7 |
| 2025 | 951 | 7,902 | 6.8 |
Cost of power in Ouachita Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Ouachita 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
- Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc13.3¢21,354 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 ice storms exposure · 16.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Ouachita Parish: FAQ
- How often does Ouachita Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ouachita Parish, LA logged 951 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ouachita Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 61,793 customers without power, beginning August 27, 2020 and lasting about 9d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Ouachita Parish, LA right now?
- Yes, about 47 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Ouachita Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc, Entergy Louisiana LLC.
Monroe. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Ouachita Parish level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ouachita Parish.
71201, 71202, 71203, 71209, 71212, 71225, 71291, 71292
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 · total only | - |
| 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/22073 and /api/v1/counties/22073/history. Live data as of .