Power Outages in St. James Parish, LA
Entergy Louisiana LLC publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.3 hours.
St. James Parish, LA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/st-james-parish
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in St. James Parish, LA". https://massoutage.com/louisiana/st-james-parish
Entergy Louisiana LLC publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~9,985 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Entergy Louisiana LLC.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in St. James 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 (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70090 | 73 | ≤11 | 51 | ≤11 |
| 70052 | 40 | ≤11 | 22 | ≤11 |
| 70071 | 32 | ≤11 | 18 | ≤11 |
| 70763 | 21 | ≤11 | 13 | 0 |
| 70723 | 18 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
| 70086 | 14 | 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. James Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for St. James Parish right now.
St. James Parish has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 18, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×8
- Red Flag Warning ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in St. James Parish
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in St. James Parish went about 4.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,931 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 4.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 9,931 customers out) · decade average 33.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 249 | 2,233 | 5.5 |
| 2016 | 256 | 3,744 | 13.4 |
| 2017 | 227 | 2,921 | 7.5 |
| 2018 | 451 | 3,133 | 6.6 |
| 2019 | 384 | 2,350 | 6.6 |
| 2020 | 435 | 2,012 | 9.4 |
| 2021 | 411 | 9,931 | 269.6 |
| 2022 | 573 | 3,196 | 8.1 |
| 2023 | 470 | 3,295 | 10.9 |
| 2024 | 358 | 4,800 | 24.5 |
| 2025 | 556 | 2,643 | 4.3 |
Cost of power in St. James Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for St. James 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
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 hurricanes exposure · 33.3 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 St. James Parish: FAQ
- How often does St. James Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, St. James Parish, LA logged 556 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in St. James Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,931 customers without power, beginning August 29, 2021 and lasting about 49d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in St. James Parish, LA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for St. James Parish, LA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve St. James Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Entergy Louisiana LLC.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within St. James Parish.
70052, 70071, 70086, 70090, 70723, 70743, 70763
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 | - |
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/22093 and /api/v1/counties/22093/history.