Power Outages in St. Helena Parish, LA
As of October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC, no outages are reported by Entergy Louisiana LLC in St. Helena Parish, LA. Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 24.9 hours.
St. Helena Parish, LA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/st-helena-parish
- As of
- October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in St. Helena Parish, LA", live data as of October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/louisiana/st-helena-parish
No active outages are reported by Entergy Louisiana LLC in St. Helena Parish.
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.
21%of this county's ~8,719 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
Only visible while reporting outages: Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA). Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Live · county | 0 | 1,841 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 St. Helena 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70441 | 50 | ≤11 | 35 | ≤11 |
| 70453 | 13 | 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 St. Helena Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for St. Helena Parish right now.
St. Helena Parish has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×11
- Red Flag Warning ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
Latest St. Helena Parish, LA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 35m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 104 customers out (2.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 34m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 128 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 655 customers out (16% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 10m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 93 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 643 customers out (15% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in St. Helena Parish
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in St. Helena Parish went about 24.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,162 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 24.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 4,162 customers out) · decade average 66.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 506 | 4,162 | 7.1 |
| 2016 | 648 | 2,370 | 19.8 |
| 2017 | 662 | 4,162 | 36.5 |
| 2018 | 1,228 | 3,194 | 20.6 |
| 2019 | 1,169 | 4,162 | 18.8 |
| 2020 | 1,121 | 4,162 | 50.7 |
| 2021 | 704 | 4,162 | 476.6 |
| 2022 | 769 | 1,591 | 15.3 |
| 2023 | 776 | 4,162 | 18.6 |
| 2024 | 751 | 4,162 | 41.8 |
| 2025 | 859 | 2,485 | 24.9 |
Cost of power in St. Helena Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for St. Helena 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
- Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)13.5¢111,329 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 Moderate tornadoes exposure · 66.4 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 St. Helena Parish: FAQ
- How often does St. Helena Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, St. Helena Parish, LA logged 859 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 24.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in St. Helena Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,162 customers without power, beginning October 9, 2020 and lasting about 6d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in St. Helena Parish, LA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for St. Helena Parish, LA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve St. Helena Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA), Entergy Louisiana LLC.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within St. Helena Parish.
70441, 70453
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 · county | - |
| Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA) | 5.4 hrs | Outages 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/22091 and /api/v1/counties/22091/history.