Vernon Parish, Louisiana Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Vernon Parish, Louisiana had 68 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 8.53 times the US outage time per person and 1.67 times the Louisiana rate. It ranks 12 of 61 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

7.6major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

373 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Octhardest months

August and October made up 78% of this parish's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 27, 2020, reached 24,749 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 373.2 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	327,185	142	4
2016	108,816	127	4
2017	228,566	74	11
2018	56,540	50	1
2019	118,920	79	3
2020	6,769,062	86	14
2021	288,305	96	9
2022	287,732	95	12
2023	413,626	118	10

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	373.2	24,749	4,798,880
Oct 9, 2020	145.8	23,510	1,589,679
Sep 14, 2020	46.5	3,299	71,590
Sep 8, 2023	22.0	12,130	69,648
Sep 11, 2020	20.8	2,983	57,413

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.