When will the power be back in Lake Charles, LA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Lake Charles is a city of about 81,157 residents in Calcasieu Parish.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Lake Charles by name, so this page reports the Calcasieu Parish parish-wide view, which covers Lake Charles. If a serving utility does name Lake Charles during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Lake Charles:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Lake Charles: the closest other places we track are Sulphur, about 9 miles to the west; Groves, TX, about 46 miles to the west; Port Neches, TX, about 47 miles to the west; and Port Arthur, TX, about 49 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Nederland, TX (50 mi W); Crowley (50 mi E); Beaumont, TX (57 mi W); Lumberton, TX (60 mi W); Abbeville (67 mi E); Lafayette (70 mi E); Carencro (70 mi E); and Opelousas (71 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Bossier City (163 mi); northeast toward Pineville (92 mi); east toward Youngsville (73 mi); southwest toward Texas City, TX (113 mi); west toward Baytown, TX (109 mi); and northwest toward Lufkin, TX (119 mi).
Who serves Lake Charles?
We track live outage data from Entergy, Beauregard Electric Cooperative and CLECO Power ↗ in Calcasieu Parish — but several utilities can serve one parish, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative and Town of Vinton also serve parts of Calcasieu Parish — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Lake Charles's last tracked outage began Oct 19, peaked at 78 customers out, and was restored in 6 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 19 — 78 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Oct 17 — 73 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 14 — 101 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Oct 14 — 94 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Parish context: across all of Calcasieu Parish, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.8 hr. The full record for Calcasieu Parish
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Lake Charles, LA?
To check your own street, search a Lake Charles ZIP code — 70601, 70602, 70605, 70606, 70607, 70609 or any of the other 5 — and the map opens on that area.
