When will the power be back in Central, LA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Central is a city of about 30,161 residents in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Entergy has reported outages for Central by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Central is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the parish-wide total.
Around Central: the closest other places we track are Baker, about 7 miles to the west; Baton Rouge, about 10 miles to the southwest; Zachary, about 10 miles to the northwest; and Gonzales, about 25 miles to the south. Also nearby: Hammond (35 mi E); Thibodaux (54 mi S); Covington (55 mi E); Mandeville (57 mi E); McComb, MS (58 mi NE); Morgan City (60 mi S); Kenner (60 mi SE); and New Iberia (60 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Natchez, MS (71 mi); northeast toward Brookhaven, MS (79 mi); east toward Bogalusa (71 mi); southeast toward Gretna (74 mi); south toward Houma (70 mi); southwest toward Broussard (62 mi); west toward Carencro (62 mi); and northwest toward Pineville (98 mi).
Who serves Central?
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.
Central's last tracked outage began Aug 21, peaked at 110 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 21 — 110 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 18 — 63 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 16 — 155 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Aug 16 — 157 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
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 Central, 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 Central's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
Does this page show Central specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Central we have the city-level view: Entergy has published outages for Central under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Central 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 Central.
