West Carroll Parish, Louisiana had 6 major outages from 2015 to 2023
Below middle outage time among US countiesResidents here averaged 0.53 times the US outage time per person and 0.10 times the Louisiana rate. It ranks 61 of 61 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.
February and June made up 54% of this parish's outage time. The largest outage on record began Feb 19, 2021, reached 800 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 68.8 hours.
Outage impact by year
Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.
Show yearly numbers
| Year | Customer-hours | Reported outages | Major outages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11,836 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4,843 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5,030 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4,827 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9,186 | 9 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6,621 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 50,872 | 11 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7,013 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7,952 | 3 | 1 |
When outages hit
Share of this parish's customer-hours by month.
Largest outages on record
| Start date | Hours | Peak customers | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2021 | 68.8 | 800 | 27,422 |
| Feb 17, 2021 | 16.5 | 630 | 8,984 |
| Feb 18, 2021 | 12.0 | 671 | 7,565 |
| Jun 18, 2023 | 13.8 | 1,062 | 7,384 |
| Apr 13, 2019 | 9.0 | 1,393 | 5,270 |
Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the parish were out. Most customers get power back sooner.
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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.
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