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2019 Louisiana Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Louisiana customer went without power for about 10.2 hours — the 4th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
10.2
Peak customers out
40,301
Rank (worst state)
4th
Counties affected
20

Louisiana outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2019 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Louisiana counties in 2019

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

1St. Tammany Parish40,3012East Baton Rouge Parish38,7943Iberia Parish34,0914Orleans Parish33,5055Tangipahoa Parish28,2026Jefferson Parish28,1257Terrebonne Parish25,6028Lafourche Parish19,4079St. Mary Parish17,61310Lafayette Parish16,27711Bossier Parish13,16112Assumption Parish12,74413Caddo Parish12,21214Rapides Parish11,68115St. Martin Parish9,61916Washington Parish9,04117St. Charles Parish8,73718Ascension Parish8,50119Ouachita Parish7,33220St. John the Baptist Parish7,226

Biggest Louisiana outages of 2019

CountyBeganPeak customers out
St. Tammany ParishOctober 25, 201940,301
East Baton Rouge ParishJuly 25, 201938,794
Iberia ParishJuly 11, 201934,091
Orleans ParishJuly 30, 201933,505
East Baton Rouge ParishJuly 10, 201928,334
Tangipahoa ParishOctober 25, 201928,202
Jefferson ParishOctober 25, 201928,125
Terrebonne ParishJuly 12, 201925,602
Orleans ParishOctober 26, 201920,394
Jefferson ParishJuly 10, 201920,272
Louisiana by year:20252024202320222021202020182017
Other states in 2019:WVNCMICAVTVA

Part of the 2019 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.