Power outages in St. James Parish, LA

Live outage counts for Lutcher and Gramercy and the rest of St. James 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.

17customers without power

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

0.17% of 9,909 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 Louisiana17 / 9,909

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

0 of 7 ZIP codes have outages

ZIP	Area	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.
70052	Gramercy / Lutcher	1,533	0.00%
70071	Lutcher	1,504	0.00%
70086	St. James / Welcome	959	0.00%
70090	Wallace / North Vacherie	3,557	0.00%
70723	Union / Convent	878	0.00%
70743	Hester	205	0.00%
70763	Paulina / Grand Point	1,796	0.00%

Outage history in St. James Parish

2014–2025 record

St. James Parish averaged 33 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Louisiana counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 28. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 9.5 hours, starting March 31, 2025.

The largest on record began September 3, 2021, with 9,931 customers out at once.

33significant 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.

2.5 hourstypical (median) length

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

13 dayslongest on record (September 2021)

9,931most 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 3, 2021	9,931	13 days	1,706,722
August 29, 2021	9,794	2.6 days	501,563
September 2, 2021	9,794	13 hours	127,305
September 11, 2024	4,800	4 days	186,687
March 10, 2016	3,744	3.5 hours	9,402

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

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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.