Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana had 30 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.15 times the US outage time per person and 0.62 times the Louisiana rate. It ranks 39 of 61 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

3.3major outages per year

8 of 9years with a major outage

212 hrslongest major outage

Feb, Aughardest months

February and August made up 50% of this parish's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 27, 2020, reached 18,052 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 136.0 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.

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

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	73,196	66	0
2016	60,243	73	2
2017	280,632	58	4
2018	133,690	76	2
2019	232,282	82	4
2020	998,696	83	8
2021	727,943	71	4
2022	58,278	56	1
2023	97,502	76	5

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	136.0	18,052	572,256
Feb 18, 2021	96.2	15,648	411,084
Oct 9, 2020	76.0	14,510	307,123
Feb 17, 2021	21.5	14,324	251,853
Jan 2, 2017	47.0	12,762	165,172

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.