When will the power be back in Bossier City, LA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Bossier City is a city of about 63,218 residents in Bossier Parish.
SWEPCO has reported outages for Bossier City by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Bossier City is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the parish-wide total.
ZIP codes in Bossier City:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Bossier City: the closest other places we track are Shreveport, about 8 miles to the southwest; Minden, about 24 miles to the east; Marshall, TX, about 40 miles to the west; and Magnolia, AR, about 58 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Ruston (60 mi E); Longview, TX (64 mi W); Natchitoches (64 mi SE); Texarkana, AR (66 mi N); Texarkana, TX (68 mi N); Kilgore, TX (70 mi W); Henderson, TX (71 mi W); and El Dorado, AR (75 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Malvern, AR (137 mi); northeast toward Camden, AR (86 mi); east toward West Monroe (88 mi); southeast toward Pineville (110 mi); south toward Sulphur (160 mi); southwest toward Nacogdoches, TX (85 mi); west toward Tyler, TX (97 mi); and northwest toward Mount Pleasant, TX (88 mi).
Who serves Bossier City?
We track live outage data from SWEPCO and Entergy in Bossier Parish — but several utilities can serve one parish, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Bossier City's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 943 customers out, and was restored in 11 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Oct 2 — 943 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Sep 30 — 480 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 28 — 220 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 26 — 239 customers out, restored in 8 hours
Parish context: across all of Bossier Parish, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5 hr. The full record for Bossier Parish
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Bossier City, LA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Bossier City's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Bossier City, LA?
To check your own street, search a Bossier City ZIP code — 71111, 71112, 71113, 71171 or 71172 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Bossier City specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Bossier City we have the city-level view: SWEPCO has published outages for Bossier City under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Bossier City is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Bossier Parish parish-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the parish figure already includes Bossier City.
