Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana had 22 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 4.46 times the US outage time per person and 0.87 times the Louisiana rate. It ranks 30 of 61 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

2.4major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

601 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Octhardest months

August and October made up 86% of this parish's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 27, 2020, reached 21,012 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 601.2 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	55,092	42	1
2016	24,940	48	0
2017	87,836	52	5
2018	54,856	35	1
2019	37,379	60	1
2020	2,629,304	70	9
2021	76,722	52	2
2022	48,212	50	1
2023	70,807	42	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	601.2	21,012	1,800,581
Oct 9, 2020	92.2	9,978	702,399
Oct 13, 2020	32.8	4,811	62,448
Feb 16, 2021	14.8	3,307	31,400
Apr 30, 2017	18.0	4,765	30,549

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.