When will the power be back in Baton Rouge, LA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Baton Rouge is a city of about 220,907 residents in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Entergy has reported outages for Baton Rouge by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge:
+ 30 more ZIP codes in Baton Rouge
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Baton Rouge: the closest other places we track are Central, about 10 miles to the northeast; Baker, about 10 miles to the north; Zachary, about 16 miles to the north; and Gonzales, about 20 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Hammond (40 mi E), Thibodaux (49 mi SE), New Iberia (51 mi SW), Broussard (53 mi SW), Carencro (55 mi W), Lafayette (56 mi W), Opelousas (57 mi W) and Youngsville (57 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Natchez, MS (78 mi); northeast toward McComb, MS (68 mi); east toward Covington (61 mi); southeast toward Kenner (60 mi); southwest toward Abbeville (68 mi); west toward Crowley (76 mi); and northwest toward Pineville (98 mi).
Who serves Baton Rouge?
We track live outage data from Entergy in East Baton Rouge Parish — but several utilities can serve one parish, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Dixie Electric Membership Corp also serves parts of East Baton Rouge Parish — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Baton Rouge's last tracked outage began Oct 16, peaked at 714 customers out, and was restored in 27 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours.
- Oct 16 — 714 customers out, restored in 27 hours
- Oct 15 — 84 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Oct 14 — 95 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 13 — 137 customers out, restored in 22 hours
Parish context: across all of East Baton Rouge Parish, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 9.5 hr. The full record for East Baton Rouge Parish
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Baton Rouge, 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 Baton Rouge's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 7 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Baton Rouge, LA?
To check your own street, search a Baton Rouge ZIP code — 70801, 70802, 70803, 70804, 70805, 70806 or any of the other 36 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Baton Rouge specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Baton Rouge we have the city-level view: Entergy has published outages for Baton Rouge under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Baton Rouge is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the East Baton Rouge Parish parish-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the parish figure already includes Baton Rouge.
