Sabine Parish, Louisiana Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Sabine Parish, Louisiana had 84 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 12.73 times the US outage time per person and 2.50 times the Louisiana rate. It ranks 3 of 61 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

9.3major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

287 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 26, 2020, reached 15,100 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 287.2 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	335,214	130	7
2016	438,342	107	7
2017	503,750	83	13
2018	88,598	93	1
2019	305,464	97	10
2020	2,760,020	114	7
2021	936,093	111	12
2022	321,342	111	9
2023	402,679	106	18

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 26, 2020	287.2	15,100	2,463,936
Feb 18, 2021	95.2	8,964	347,312
May 29, 2017	65.8	8,597	218,846
May 27, 2016	71.0	8,480	211,529
Feb 17, 2021	23.5	11,083	201,872

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.