Power outages in Jefferson Parish, LA

Live outage counts for Kenner, Gretna and Harahan and the rest of Jefferson Parish, updated every 10 minutes from Entergy Louisiana.

Right now

Elevated outages

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

476customers without power

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

0.22% of 216,909 customersUpdated 2 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.

Entergy Louisiana476 / 216,909

Outage map

1–1050200+ 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.

Outages by ZIP code

8 of 17 ZIP codes have outages

ZIP	Area	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.
70123	Elmwood / River Ridge	758	33,166	2.29%
70001	Metairie	28	21,593	0.13%
70003	Metairie	20	17,923	0.11%
70094	Waggaman / Avondale	15	14,337	0.10%
70006	Metairie	14	8,329	0.17%
70053	Gretna	12	8,738	0.14%
70065	Kenner	7	22,329	0.03%
70056	Terrytown	1	17,863	<0.01%
70002	Metairie	0	11,279	0.00%
70005	Metairie	0	13,910	0.00%
70036	Barataria	0	598	0.00%
70058	Harvey	0	18,471	0.00%
70062	Kenner	0	9,216	0.00%
70067	Jean Lafitte / Lafitte	0	1,305	0.00%
70072	Marrero / Estelle	0	24,589	0.00%

Outage history in Jefferson Parish

2014–2025 record

Jefferson Parish averaged 34.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Louisiana counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 32. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 11 hours, starting May 7, 2025.

The largest on record began August 29, 2021, with 204,888 customers out at once.

34.7significant 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.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

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

37 dayslongest on record (August 2021)

204,888most 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.
August 29, 2021	204,888	37 days	46,450,137
October 28, 2020	180,496	11 days	14,156,868
September 11, 2024	68,190	2.8 days	1,801,336
April 27, 2015	38,946	2.2 days	564,961
May 17, 2024	36,007	36 hours	360,455

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

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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.