Power Outages in St. Helena Parish, LA
As of July 18, 2026 18:54 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in St. Helena Parish, LA across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 24.9 hours.
St. Helena Parish, LA is served by 1 tracked utility.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
St. Helena Parish has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 19, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×2
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 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 547 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 16m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 545 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in St. Helena 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 St. Helena Parishisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in St. Helena Parish went about 24.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,648 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 8,648 customers out) · decade average 85.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 506 | 5,087 | 7.2 |
| 2016 | 648 | 2,370 | 19.8 |
| 2017 | 662 | 4,702 | 36.5 |
| 2018 | 1,228 | 3,194 | 20.6 |
| 2019 | 1,169 | 6,740 | 19.1 |
| 2020 | 1,121 | 6,685 | 54.1 |
| 2021 | 704 | 8,648 | 681.9 |
| 2022 | 769 | 1,591 | 15.3 |
| 2023 | 776 | 5,272 | 18.7 |
| 2024 | 751 | 5,166 | 42.0 |
| 2025 | 859 | 2,485 | 24.9 |
Relatively Moderate tornadoes exposure · 85.5 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 8,648 customers without power, beginning August 29, 2021 and lasting about 23d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in St. Helena Parish, LA right now?
- Yes — about 3 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve St. Helena Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include DIXIE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXIE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/22091 and /api/v1/counties/22091/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Louisiana customers). Live data as of .