Power Outages in Rapides Parish, LA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 219 customers are without power in Rapides Parish, LA across 1 reported incident. Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc, Cleco Power LLC and Entergy Louisiana LLC publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Alexandria - (LA), Concordia Electric Coop, Inc and Town of Boyce, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.1 hours.
Rapides Parish, LA is served by 6 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/rapides-parish
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Rapides Parish, LA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/louisiana/rapides-parish
Not counted: no live feed for City of Alexandria - (LA), Concordia Electric Coop, Inc and Town of Boyce.
0.0%of this county's ~112,809 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Alexandria - (LA), Concordia Electric Coop, Inc, Town of Boyce. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc, Cleco Power LLC, Entergy Louisiana LLC.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cleco Power LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Alexandria - (LA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Concordia Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Boyce | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Rapides 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 (19)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71360 | 381 | 15 | 276 | ≤11 |
| 71301 | 203 | 19 | 141 | ≤11 |
| 71303 | 182 | ≤11 | 123 | ≤11 |
| 71302 | 145 | ≤11 | 96 | ≤11 |
| 71328 | 94 | ≤11 | 69 | ≤11 |
| 71409 | 71 | ≤11 | 54 | ≤11 |
| 71405 | 58 | ≤11 | 41 | ≤11 |
| 71433 | 56 | ≤11 | 41 | 0 |
| 71346 | 33 | ≤11 | 25 | 0 |
| 71325 | 25 | 0 | 15 | ≤11 |
| 71430 | 23 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 71438 | 22 | 0 | 18 | ≤11 |
| 71485 | 17 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 71447 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 71466 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 71472 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 71427 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 71424 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 71330 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤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 Rapides Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Rapides Parish right now.
Rapides Parish has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Red Flag Warning ×5
- Fire Weather Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
Latest Rapides Parish, LA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 44m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 563 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,095 customers out (1.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,242 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 643 customers out (0.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Rapides 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 Rapides Parishisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Rapides Parish went about 3.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 42,112 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 3.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 42,112 customers out) · decade average 10.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 999 | 6,094 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 788 | 3,913 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | 713 | 7,236 | 4.3 |
| 2018 | 577 | 7,554 | 4.3 |
| 2019 | 477 | 11,681 | 8.4 |
| 2020 | 354 | 42,112 | 68.0 |
| 2021 | 335 | 18,098 | 8.9 |
| 2022 | 843 | 3,241 | 2.1 |
| 2023 | 930 | 8,400 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 947 | 14,595 | 7.0 |
| 2025 | 882 | 10,697 | 3.1 |
Cost of power in Rapides Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Rapides 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
- Cleco Power LLC14.3¢252,816 cust
- Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc13.1¢40,452 cust
- City of Alexandria - (LA)11.1¢19,425 cust
- Concordia Electric Coop, Inc13.1¢11,832 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.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 10.4 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 Rapides Parish: FAQ
- How often does Rapides Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Rapides Parish, LA logged 882 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Rapides Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 42,112 customers without power, beginning August 26, 2020 and lasting about 31d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Rapides Parish, LA right now?
- Yes, about 219 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Rapides Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc, Cleco Power LLC.
Alexandria. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Rapides Parish level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Rapides Parish.
71301, 71302, 71303, 71325, 71328, 71330, 71346, 71359, 71360, 71405, 71409, 71424, 71427, 71430, 71433, 71447, 71466, 71472, 71485
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 | - |
| Cleco Power LLC | - | Live · total only | - |
| Concordia Electric Coop, Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Beauregard Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
| City of Alexandria - (LA) | - | No live feed | - |
| Town of Boyce | - | No live feed | - |
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/22079 and /api/v1/counties/22079/history. Live data as of .