Power Outages in St. Mary Parish, LA
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Cleco Power LLC in St. Mary Parish, LA. Colquitt Electric Membership Corp has not reported outages here, but it only publishesactive outages, so that isn't a confirmed all-clear. There is no live feed for Morgan City - (LA) and South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.7 hours.
St. Mary Parish, LA is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/st-mary-parish
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in St. Mary Parish, LA", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/louisiana/st-mary-parish
No active outages are reported by Cleco Power LLC in St. Mary Parish.
Colquitt Electric Membership Corp only appearsin feeds while reporting outages, so no report isn't a confirmed all-clear.
No live feed for Morgan City - (LA) and South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
66%of this county's ~28,210 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Morgan City - (LA), South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
Only visible while reporting outages: Colquitt Electric Membership Corp. Zero here is not a confirmed all-clear.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleco Power LLC | Live · county | 0 | 18,689 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | Outages only | none reported | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morgan City - (LA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cleco Power 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. Mary 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70538 | 139 | ≤11 | 89 | 0 |
| 70392 | 77 | ≤11 | 51 | 0 |
| 70342 | 51 | ≤11 | 42 | 0 |
| 70514 | 24 | ≤11 | 20 | ≤11 |
| 70523 | 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. Mary Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for St. Mary Parish right now.
St. Mary Parish has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×6
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Tsunami Warning ×1
- Red Flag Warning ×1
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in St. Mary Parish
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in St. Mary Parish went about 1.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,613 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 1.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 17,613 customers out) · decade average 8.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 629 | 2,519 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 710 | 6,046 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 632 | 7,936 | 3.2 |
| 2018 | 561 | 4,239 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 335 | 17,613 | 33.2 |
| 2020 | 506 | 7,659 | 10.8 |
| 2021 | 474 | 6,871 | 8.5 |
| 2022 | 506 | 7,342 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 529 | 4,316 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 519 | 13,865 | 18.7 |
| 2025 | 543 | 4,952 | 1.7 |
Cost of power in St. Mary Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for St. Mary 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.
- Cleco Power LLC14.3¢252,816 cust
- South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn12.2¢17,335 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 · 8.1 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. Mary Parish: FAQ
- How often does St. Mary Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, St. Mary Parish, LA logged 543 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in St. Mary Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,613 customers without power, beginning July 12, 2019 and lasting about 5d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in St. Mary Parish, LA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for St. Mary Parish, LA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve St. Mary Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Cleco Power LLC, Colquitt Electric Membership Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within St. Mary Parish.
70340, 70342, 70392, 70514, 70522, 70523, 70538
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleco Power LLC | - | Live · county | - |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | - | Outages only | - |
| South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn | - | No live feed | - |
| Morgan City - (LA) | - | 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/22101 and /api/v1/counties/22101/history.