2017 Louisiana Power Outage Report
In 2017, the average Louisiana customer went without power for about 7.2 hours, the 9th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
7.2
vs prior year
▲ 5%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
17.3M
Peak customers out
99,186
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of LA customers
Counties reporting
64
Louisiana year over year
All 64 Louisiana counties, 2017
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red River Parish | 63.5 | 369K | 5,806 | 4,372 | 422 |
| 2 | Tensas Parish | 49.4 | 79K | 1,600 | 1,600 | 234 |
| 3 | St. Helena Parish | 36.5 | 152K | 4,162 | 4,162 | 662 |
| 4 | De Soto Parish | 33.6 | 775K | 23,052 | 12,891 | 527 |
| 5 | Sabine Parish | 33.1 | 568K | 17,148 | 8,597 | 633 |
| 6 | West Feliciana Parish | 32.0 | 222K | 6,923 | 4,613 | 603 |
| 7 | Tangipahoa Parish | 29.5 | 1.6M | 54,543 | 34,037 | 737 |
| 8 | East Feliciana Parish | 27.6 | 203K | 7,347 | 7,282 | 774 |
| 9 | Natchitoches Parish | 22.4 | 739K | 32,940 | 7,870 | 663 |
| 10 | Bienville Parish | 21.0 | 106K | 5,075 | 2,092 | 402 |
| 11 | Caldwell Parish | 18.0 | 73K | 4,046 | 2,731 | 370 |
| 12 | Calcasieu Parish | 14.8 | 740K | 49,912 | 29,058 | 940 |
| 13 | Assumption Parish | 14.7 | 99K | 6,738 | 3,450 | 263 |
| 14 | East Carroll Parish | 14.0 | 45K | 3,227 | 2,964 | 222 |
| 15 | Avoyelles Parish | 13.9 | 325K | 23,447 | 12,762 | 562 |
| 16 | Jackson Parish | 13.6 | 65K | 4,755 | 2,640 | 345 |
| 17 | Winn Parish | 13.2 | 111K | 8,389 | 2,696 | 334 |
| 18 | Grant Parish | 12.5 | 176K | 14,064 | 1,920 | 608 |
| 19 | LaSalle Parish | 12.1 | 78K | 6,475 | 2,519 | 312 |
| 20 | Morehouse Parish | 11.9 | 133K | 11,166 | 5,647 | 548 |
| 21 | Allen Parish | 11.8 | 214K | 18,160 | 4,203 | 665 |
| 22 | Franklin Parish | 11.8 | 100K | 8,528 | 5,278 | 397 |
| 23 | Lafourche Parish | 11.2 | 400K | 35,705 | 19,531 | 521 |
| 24 | Beauregard Parish | 10.9 | 285K | 26,155 | 7,842 | 938 |
| 25 | Livingston Parish | 10.4 | 582K | 56,101 | 17,816 | 922 |
| 26 | Concordia Parish | 10.1 | 87K | 8,638 | 1,643 | 253 |
| 27 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 9.8 | 112K | 11,412 | 4,765 | 480 |
| 28 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 9.2 | 66K | 7,258 | 3,266 | 278 |
| 29 | Claiborne Parish | 8.1 | 40K | 4,896 | 1,328 | 189 |
| 30 | Washington Parish | 7.8 | 144K | 18,396 | 5,109 | 948 |
| 31 | Ascension Parish | 7.6 | 395K | 51,706 | 10,389 | 831 |
| 32 | St. James Parish | 7.5 | 86K | 11,499 | 2,921 | 227 |
| 33 | Vernon Parish | 6.9 | 271K | 39,210 | 3,214 | 798 |
| 34 | Orleans Parish | 6.9 | 1.5M | 212,936 | 23,634 | 743 |
| 35 | Evangeline Parish | 6.6 | 147K | 22,432 | 4,245 | 660 |
| 36 | Iberville Parish | 6.4 | 75K | 11,710 | 2,001 | 375 |
| 37 | Madison Parish | 6.4 | 29K | 4,477 | 4,477 | 246 |
| 38 | Terrebonne Parish | 6.0 | 245K | 40,577 | 12,450 | 508 |
| 39 | Plaquemines Parish | 6.0 | 84K | 14,010 | 5,584 | 299 |
| 40 | St. Martin Parish | 5.8 | 106K | 18,207 | 3,023 | 590 |
| 41 | Caddo Parish | 5.8 | 848K | 145,518 | 18,612 | 490 |
| 42 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 5.1 | 1.1M | 214,590 | 18,926 | 617 |
| 43 | Acadia Parish | 4.7 | 135K | 28,983 | 6,234 | 781 |
| 44 | Ouachita Parish | 4.6 | 286K | 61,793 | 10,668 | 934 |
| 45 | Vermilion Parish | 4.5 | 114K | 25,435 | 11,887 | 708 |
| 46 | Jefferson Parish | 4.5 | 1.0M | 230,746 | 19,874 | 624 |
| 47 | St. Landry Parish | 4.4 | 210K | 47,280 | 9,127 | 922 |
| 48 | Rapides Parish | 4.3 | 479K | 110,551 | 7,236 | 713 |
| 49 | St. Charles Parish | 4.1 | 123K | 30,265 | 3,047 | 419 |
| 50 | Cameron Parish | 4.0 | 11K | 2,695 | 597 | 148 |
| 51 | Richland Parish | 4.0 | 35K | 8,935 | 1,972 | 428 |
| 52 | Webster Parish | 3.9 | 74K | 18,880 | 2,684 | 445 |
| 53 | Bossier Parish | 3.7 | 347K | 94,184 | 6,432 | 717 |
| 54 | Union Parish | 3.5 | 25K | 7,091 | 1,562 | 183 |
| 55 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 3.4 | 36K | 10,596 | 1,210 | 445 |
| 56 | St. Mary Parish | 3.2 | 90K | 27,709 | 7,936 | 632 |
| 57 | St. Bernard Parish | 3.2 | 73K | 23,169 | 7,127 | 358 |
| 58 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 3.0 | 66K | 22,092 | 2,663 | 400 |
| 59 | Iberia Parish | 2.5 | 143K | 56,791 | 3,068 | 733 |
| 60 | St. Tammany Parish | 2.1 | 352K | 164,188 | 6,567 | 959 |
| 61 | West Carroll Parish | 2.0 | 8,476 | 4,278 | 1,022 | 110 |
| 62 | Lincoln Parish | 1.7 | 45K | 26,566 | 1,698 | 304 |
| 63 | Lafayette Parish | 0.7 | 101K | 137,688 | 2,094 | 875 |
| 64 | Catahoula Parish | 0.6 | 2,358 | 3,902 | 134 | 39 |
Biggest Louisiana outages of 2017
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangipahoa Parish, LA | December 8, 2017 09:30 | December 12, 2017 09:00 | 3d 23h | 34,037 | 1.2M |
| 2 | Calcasieu Parish, LA | January 8, 2017 12:15 | January 9, 2017 08:00 | 19h 45m | 29,058 | 86K |
| 3 | Orleans Parish, LA | April 29, 2017 10:15 | May 1, 2017 08:15 | 1d 22h | 23,634 | 65K |
| 4 | Jefferson Parish, LA | February 10, 2017 11:30 | February 11, 2017 01:45 | 14h 15m | 19,874 | 14K |
| 5 | Lafourche Parish, LA | December 11, 2017 21:00 | December 12, 2017 22:30 | 1d 1h | 19,531 | 75K |
| 6 | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | December 8, 2017 09:45 | December 11, 2017 11:00 | 3d 1h | 18,926 | 239K |
| 7 | Caddo Parish, LA | August 11, 2017 22:15 | August 14, 2017 03:45 | 2d 5h | 18,612 | 91K |
| 8 | Jefferson Parish, LA | February 7, 2017 05:30 | February 8, 2017 07:45 | 1d 2h | 18,069 | 38K |
| 9 | Livingston Parish, LA | January 1, 2017 00:00 | January 5, 2017 04:15 | 4d 4h | 17,816 | 18K |
| 10 | Livingston Parish, LA | April 2, 2017 11:00 | April 13, 2017 19:30 | 11d 8h | 17,277 | 14K |
| 11 | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | October 21, 2017 19:15 | October 25, 2017 04:30 | 3d 9h | 17,003 | 96K |
| 12 | Jefferson Parish, LA | December 9, 2017 10:45 | December 10, 2017 05:45 | 19h | 16,018 | 43K |
| 13 | Caddo Parish, LA | July 1, 2017 19:45 | July 5, 2017 22:00 | 4d 2h | 15,957 | 39K |
| 14 | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | January 2, 2017 13:45 | January 4, 2017 01:45 | 1d 12h | 15,515 | 27K |
| 15 | Livingston Parish, LA | December 8, 2017 05:45 | December 12, 2017 03:00 | 3d 21h | 15,480 | 346K |
| 16 | East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | January 1, 2017 00:00 | January 2, 2017 06:15 | 1d 6h | 14,874 | 12K |
| 17 | Orleans Parish, LA | March 15, 2017 11:45 | March 16, 2017 04:45 | 17h | 13,995 | 16K |
| 18 | Caddo Parish, LA | May 22, 2017 11:30 | June 2, 2017 07:45 | 10d 20h | 13,774 | 187K |
| 19 | De Soto Parish, LA | May 28, 2017 23:45 | June 2, 2017 07:45 | 4d 8h | 12,891 | 449K |
| 20 | Calcasieu Parish, LA | December 8, 2017 06:00 | December 11, 2017 01:00 | 2d 19h | 12,776 | 76K |
| 21 | Avoyelles Parish, LA | January 2, 2017 17:15 | January 5, 2017 00:30 | 2d 7h | 12,762 | 166K |
| 22 | Terrebonne Parish, LA | December 12, 2017 14:15 | December 12, 2017 21:00 | 6h 45m | 12,450 | 24K |
| 23 | Vermilion Parish, LA | March 7, 2017 06:00 | March 7, 2017 12:15 | 6h 15m | 11,887 | 10K |
| 24 | Caddo Parish, LA | September 29, 2017 13:30 | October 18, 2017 19:00 | 19d 5h | 10,729 | 31K |
| 25 | Ouachita Parish, LA | April 2, 2017 12:15 | April 4, 2017 20:45 | 2d 8h | 10,668 | 54K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Louisiana's electricity customers in 2017; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.