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2023 Louisiana Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Louisiana customer went without power for about 12.8 hours — the 7th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
12.8
Peak customers out
75,971
Rank (worst state)
7th
Counties affected
20

Louisiana outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2023 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Louisiana counties in 2023

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

1Caddo Parish75,9712Bossier Parish57,0233Livingston Parish27,9444East Baton Rouge Parish23,7005Orleans Parish23,2056Jefferson Parish16,4217St. Tammany Parish15,4008Vernon Parish12,1309Ouachita Parish12,08010De Soto Parish11,09111Ascension Parish10,42212Tangipahoa Parish10,29513Iberia Parish10,20814Calcasieu Parish9,13715Rapides Parish8,40016Lafourche Parish8,36717Union Parish8,00218Jefferson Davis Parish7,81819Lincoln Parish7,78320St. Landry Parish7,683

Biggest Louisiana outages of 2023

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Caddo ParishJune 11, 202375,971
Bossier ParishJune 14, 202357,023
Livingston ParishDecember 1, 202327,944
East Baton Rouge ParishJuly 13, 202323,700
East Baton Rouge ParishJune 17, 202323,607
Bossier ParishJuly 8, 202323,234
Orleans ParishNovember 20, 202323,205
Livingston ParishJune 26, 202321,246
Caddo ParishJune 2, 202320,788
Orleans ParishOctober 30, 202318,670
Louisiana by year:20252024202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWV

Part of the 2023 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.