When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Bay St. Louis, MS?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Hancock County, Mississippi
No significant county-wide outage reported · updated 8:45 PM CDT.
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Elsewhere in Mississippi: 2,985 customers reported out — statewide status.
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Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Bay St. Louis is a city in Hancock County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Bay St. Louis directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Bay St. Louis

Bay St. Louis is a city of about 10,526 residents in Hancock County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Bay St. Louis by name, so this page reports the Hancock County county-wide view, which covers Bay St. Louis. If a serving utility does name Bay St. Louis during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

Around Bay St. Louis: the closest other places we track are Long Beach, about 12 miles to the east; Gulfport, about 18 miles to the east; Picayune, about 24 miles to the northwest; Slidell, LA, about 26 miles to the west. Also nearby: Biloxi (26 mi E), D'Iberville (29 mi E), Ocean Springs (34 mi E), New Orleans, LA (38 mi SW), Gautier (42 mi E), Bogalusa, LA (44 mi NW), Mandeville, LA (45 mi W), Covington, LA (46 mi W). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Hattiesburg (68 mi); northeast toward Prichard, AL (79 mi); east toward Pascagoula (48 mi); southwest toward Gretna, LA (50 mi); west toward Kenner, LA (58 mi); northwest toward McComb (92 mi).

Who serves Bay St. Louis?

We track live outage data from Mississippi Power ↗ in Hancock County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Outage history — Hancock County, MS (covers Bay St. Louis)
Power here was restored about 23 hours ago — the outage peaked at 201 customers.
Last significant outage: Aug 18, 2026 — peaked at 201 customers, restored in ~1.2 hr (heat event).
Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.2 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 22, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Hancock County, MS (covers Bay St. Louis)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 280 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 1 major event of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~1.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the Mississippi norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.3 hr.
Largest on record: ~20,924 customers out in October 2020, restored after about 5.3 days. The busiest year on record here was 2021.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Bay St. Louis, MS?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Bay St. Louis area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Bay St. Louis, MS?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Bay St. Louis area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Bay St. Louis, MS?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Hancock County include Mississippi Power; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Bay St. Louis specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Hancock County county-wide view, which covers Bay St. Louis. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Bay St. Louis by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Bay St. Louis. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Long Beach (12 mi E) is the closest place we track separately.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

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