Power outages in Ascension Parish, LA

Live outage counts for Gonzales, Donaldsonville and Sorrento and the rest of Ascension Parish, updated every 10 minutes from Entergy Louisiana.

Right now

Elevated outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
279customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
0.60% of 46,786 customersUpdated 7 min ago
iWe check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.
Entergy Louisiana279 / 46,786
Dixie Electric Membership Corp - (LA)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

1–1050200+ customers
iEach dot is an outage the utility reports, placed where the utility puts it, often the middle of the affected area rather than a specific home. Tap a dot for the number of customers and the utility's estimated restoration time.

Outages by ZIP code

3 of 7 ZIP codes have outages
ZIPAreaOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
70346Donaldsonville / Belle Rose5044,99110.10%
70778Sorrento311,4342.16%
70774Sorrento181,0011.80%
70725Darrow08220.00%
70734Unincorporated area03,8850.00%
70737Gonzales / Sorrento021,2360.00%
70769Prairieville013,7180.00%

Outage history in Ascension Parish

2014–2025 record

Ascension Parish averaged 67 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Louisiana counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 68. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 15 hours, starting December 29, 2025.

The largest on record began August 29, 2021, with 54,507 customers out at once.

67significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
18 dayslongest on record (August 2021)
54,507most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
August 29, 202154,50718 days9,532,503
September 11, 202442,7884.1 days1,343,956
April 27, 201518,4413.2 days454,530
May 20, 201616,04623 hours77,502
October 9, 202011,0392.6 days224,170

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

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Food safety

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  • 4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
  • 24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
  • 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

  • Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
  • Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
  • Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

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