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Puerto Rico Faces Widespread Blackouts on New Year’s Eve

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Puerto Rico Faces Widespread Blackouts on New Year’s Eve

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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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