Power outages in Bossier City, LA

Live outages for Bossier City and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Bossier City has 63,259 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

19customers without power in Bossier Parish

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

0.03% of 65,852 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We 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.

SWEPCO and Entergy Louisiana doesn't publish a count for Bossier City itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

Bossier CityBossier ParishOutage (size = customers)

Each 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.

SWEPCO publishes totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

ZIP codes in Bossier City

ZIPs mostly inside Bossier City; share from the Census

ZIP	Inside Bossier City i How much of the ZIP code's addresses lie inside the city, from Census Bureau data.	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
71110	66%	0	742	0.00%

Outage history in Bossier Parish, which includes Bossier City

2014–2025 record

Bossier Parish averaged 46 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Louisiana counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 51. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 19 hours, starting March 5, 2025.

The largest on record began June 16, 2023, with 57,023 customers out at once.

46significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At 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.

2 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

7.7 dayslongest on record (June 2023)

57,023most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
June 16, 2023	57,023	7.7 days	3,561,755
August 27, 2020	28,132	4.3 days	1,192,401
April 26, 2025	23,974	7 hours	118,872
July 16, 2023	23,234	2 days	433,049
February 16, 2021	19,692	26 hours	128,620

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

From 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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

SWEPCO: outage map and reporting
Entergy Louisiana: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
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.