Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Ouachita Parish, Louisiana had 35 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 2.66 times the US outage time per person and 0.52 times the Louisiana rate. It ranks 42 of 61 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

3.9major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

230 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Octhardest months

August and October made up 72% of this parish's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 27, 2020, reached 117,688 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 230.0 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Louisiana parishes

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	143,615	121	0
2016	201,107	99	4
2017	215,116	105	2
2018	328,793	134	5
2019	308,308	96	5
2020	7,083,045	104	9
2021	425,004	134	6
2022	303,446	113	2
2023	232,487	99	2

When outages hit

Share of this parish's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Aug 27, 2020	230.0	117,688	5,205,149
Oct 10, 2020	83.0	38,231	1,157,808
Apr 12, 2020	80.5	15,382	449,299
Apr 12, 2022	50.8	12,088	170,718
May 8, 2019	46.0	6,082	94,149

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the parish were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of parish residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a parish. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a parish look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.