Power Outages in Webster Parish, LA
Is there a power outage in Webster Parish, LA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Webster Parish, LA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Minden - (LA), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Webster Parish, LA is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.2 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/louisiana/webster-parish
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Webster Parish, LA", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/louisiana/webster-parish
Not counted: no live feed for City of Minden - (LA).
Report an outage in Webster Parish, LA
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Entergy Louisiana LLC, Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc and City of Minden - (LA); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
63%of this county's ~25,696 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Minden - (LA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | Live · county | 1 | 11,435 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 3,502 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 1,161 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| City of Minden - (LA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Entergy Louisiana LLC, Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc and Southwestern Electric Power Co reportevery 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 Webster 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71055 | 272 | 12 | 211 | ≤11 |
| 71075 | 93 | ≤11 | 78 | ≤11 |
| 71023 | 74 | ≤11 | 62 | ≤11 |
| 71071 | 52 | ≤11 | 37 | ≤11 |
| 71073 | 41 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 71018 | 31 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 71039 | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 71072 | 21 | 0 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 71024 | 16 | ≤11 | 14 | 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 Webster Parish or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Webster Parish right now.
Webster Parish has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×5
- Red Flag Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
Latest Webster Parish, LA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 20m
- GREW
Outage grew to 482 customers out (2.6% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 200 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 6m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 205 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 252 customers out (1.3% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Webster 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 Webster Parishisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Webster Parish went about 9.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,641 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 9.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 7,641 customers out) · decade average 12.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 558 | 1,209 | 4.0 |
| 2016 | 460 | 3,969 | 7.1 |
| 2017 | 445 | 2,684 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | 472 | 2,122 | 5.7 |
| 2019 | 489 | 4,143 | 9.2 |
| 2020 | 457 | 7,641 | 39.1 |
| 2021 | 582 | 4,278 | 10.7 |
| 2022 | 732 | 5,655 | 11.7 |
| 2023 | 631 | 5,594 | 25.0 |
| 2024 | 620 | 2,355 | 13.7 |
| 2025 | 782 | 3,648 | 9.2 |
Cost of power in Webster Parish
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Webster 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
- Southwestern Electric Power Co13.9¢206,984 cust
- Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc13.3¢21,354 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Very High ice storms exposure · 12.7 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 Webster Parish: FAQ
- How often does Webster Parish, LA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Webster Parish, LA logged 782 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Webster Parish, LA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,641 customers without power, beginning August 27, 2020 and lasting about 7d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Webster Parish, LA right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Webster Parish, LA across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for City of Minden - (LA), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Webster Parish, LA?
- Tracked electric providers include Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc, Entergy Louisiana LLC, Southwestern Electric Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Webster Parish.
71018, 71021, 71023, 71024, 71039, 71055, 71071, 71072, 71073, 71075
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Webster Parish, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Louisiana →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Louisiana LLC | 4.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | 7.5 hrs | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
| Claiborne Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Minden - (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/22119 and /api/v1/counties/22119/history. Live data as of .