Power outages in Lake Charles, LA

Live outages for Lake Charles and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Lake Charles has 82,676 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

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

4customers without power in Calcasieu Parish

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

<0.01% of 89,481 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.

Entergy Louisiana doesn't publish a count for Lake Charles itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

Lake CharlesCalcasieu 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.

ZIP codes in Lake Charles

ZIPs mostly inside Lake Charles; share from the Census

ZIP	Inside Lake Charles 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.
70609	100%	0	1	0.00%
70601	96%	0	17,722	0.00%

Outage history in Calcasieu Parish, which includes Lake Charles

2014–2025 record

Calcasieu Parish averaged 88.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Louisiana counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 85. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 23 hours, starting January 6, 2025.

The largest on record began September 4, 2020, with 103,022 customers out at once.

88.7significant 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.

2 hourstypical (median) length

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

25 dayslongest on record (September 2020)

103,022most 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.
September 4, 2020	103,022	25 days	27,333,022
August 26, 2020	102,957	2.9 days	5,138,140
September 1, 2020	102,910	2.4 days	5,310,948
August 30, 2020	102,908	16 hours	1,643,427
October 9, 2020	85,666	7.9 days	4,291,329

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

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.

Lake Charles is in

Calcasieu Parish