Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana had 67 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 7.51 times the US outage time per person and 1.47 times the Louisiana rate. It ranks 14 of 61 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

7.4major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

280 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Mayhardest months

August and May made up 56% of this parish's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 27, 2020, reached 13,109 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 280.5 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	176,490	96	4
2016	305,155	100	7
2017	682,508	94	6
2018	156,126	97	6
2019	311,823	93	8
2020	2,682,068	96	7
2021	755,282	90	11
2022	246,664	91	6
2023	634,241	84	12

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	280.5	13,109	2,315,496
May 29, 2017	93.0	7,870	386,290
Feb 18, 2021	82.5	6,958	314,788
Jun 16, 2023	87.5	7,251	275,684
Oct 10, 2020	71.5	7,327	199,741

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.