When will the power be back in Bienville Parish, LA?

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No significant parish-wide outage reported in Bienville Parish, LA right now.

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Elsewhere in Louisiana: 3,043 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Bienville Parish?

Parish-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Entergy and SWEPCO, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Claiborne Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this parish — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Bienville Parish, LA

Last significant outage: Sep 7, 2026 — peaked at 619 customers, restored in ~15.2 hr (heat event).

Across the 4 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 12.8 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 23, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Bienville Parish, LA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 342 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~4 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

Largest on record: ~5,882 customers out in August 2020, restored after about 8.3 days. The busiest year on record here was 2020.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), parish-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Bienville Parish include Arcadia, Ringgold, Gibsland, Saline, Lucky, Castor, Jamestown and Bryceland. Searches and the live map cover every address in this parish, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Bienville Parish, LA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Bienville include Entergy, SWEPCO and Claiborne Electric Cooperative — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Nearby counties & areas

Red River Parish · Lincoln Parish · Jackson Parish · Webster Parish · Claiborne Parish · Winn Parish · Bossier Parish · Natchitoches Parish

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