Power outages in Bay St. Louis, MS

Live outages the utility reports for Bay St. Louis addresses, updated every 10 minutes. Bay St. Louis has 10,634 residents.

Right now

No outages reported

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

0customers without power

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

0.00% of 6,594 customersUpdated 7 min ago

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Mississippi Power's count for Bay St. Louis addresses

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Mississippi Power0 / 6,594

Outage map

Bay St. LouisHancock CountyMississippi Power 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.

Outage history in Hancock County, which includes Bay St. Louis

2014–2025 record

Hancock County averaged 28.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Mississippi counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 24. Half were over within 45 minutes; the longest lasted 8 hours, starting March 4, 2025.

The largest on record began October 28, 2020, with 20,924 customers out at once.

28.7significant 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 hourtypical (median) length

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

6.1 dayslongest on record (October 2020)

20,924most 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.
October 28, 2020	20,924	6.1 days	1,151,171
August 29, 2021	7,642	2.3 days	148,182
May 13, 2018	5,928	15 minutes	1,482
April 10, 2024	4,850	30 hours	34,521
March 4, 2021	3,463	15 minutes	866

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.

Bay St. Louis is in

Hancock County