massoutage

2017 Louisiana Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Louisiana customer went without power for about 7.2 hours — the 9th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
7.2
Peak customers out
34,037
Rank (worst state)
9th
Counties affected
20

Louisiana outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

5.8h20156.8h20167.2h20175.1h201810.2h201972.6h202099.7h20216.9h202212.8h202315.8h20246.2h2025

Hardest-hit Louisiana counties in 2017

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Tangipahoa Parish34,0372Calcasieu Parish29,0583Orleans Parish23,6344Jefferson Parish19,8745Lafourche Parish19,5316East Baton Rouge Parish18,9267Caddo Parish18,6128Livingston Parish17,8169De Soto Parish12,89110Avoyelles Parish12,76211Terrebonne Parish12,45012Vermilion Parish11,88713Ouachita Parish10,66814Ascension Parish10,38915St. Landry Parish9,12716Sabine Parish8,59717St. Mary Parish7,93618Natchitoches Parish7,87019Beauregard Parish7,84220East Feliciana Parish7,282

Biggest Louisiana outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Tangipahoa ParishDecember 8, 201734,037
Calcasieu ParishJanuary 8, 201729,058
Orleans ParishApril 29, 201723,634
Jefferson ParishFebruary 10, 201719,874
Lafourche ParishDecember 11, 201719,531
East Baton Rouge ParishDecember 8, 201718,926
Caddo ParishAugust 11, 201718,612
Jefferson ParishFebruary 7, 201718,069
Livingston ParishJanuary 1, 201717,816
Livingston ParishApril 2, 201717,277
Louisiana by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARI

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.