Puerto Rico Faces Widespread Blackouts on New Year’s Eve

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1 year ago

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Most Puerto Ricans woke up on New Year’s Eve to widespread electricity blackouts, affecting over 1.2 million of 1.47 million clients.
The outages result from a deteriorating power grid, damaged by Hurricane María in 2017 and inadequately restored.
LUMA Energy is investigating the cause, initially pointing to a fault in an underground cable, with restoration efforts expected to take up to 48 hours.
Puerto Rico’s governor has demanded answers and solutions from both LUMA and Genera PR, the company responsible for power generation.
Power outages have led to public protests, indicating significant frustration among Puerto Ricans regarding the privatization of electricity.

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