Shuttered businesses. Sleepless nights. Canceled classes. Hundreds of thousands of people across Puerto Rico remained without power on Friday, nearly two days after a fire at a main power plant sparked an island-wide outage.
Crews have restored power to some 650,000 customers out of nearly 1.5 million, but people in several neighborhoods have complained that the electricity went out once again as the island struggles to emerge from the blackout that also left more than 160,000 clients without water.
Officials with Luma, which took over transmission and distribution from Puerto Rico’s Electric Power company last year, have said they don’t know exactly when power would be fully restored but note crews have been working nonstop. Meanwhile, the lack of power prompted at least one city to distribute food to the elderly and ice to those with health conditions including diabetes as many wonder when exactly they’ll have lights again.
Luma CEO Wayne Stensby has called the outage "very unusual" and said it demonstrated the fragility of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, which Hurricane Maria razed in 2017 as a powerful Category 4 storm. Emergency repairs were made at the time, but reconstruction efforts have yet to start on the crumbling electrical grid that has caused weekly outages in dozens of communities
A billboard from a residential solar energy company in seen lit up in San Juan after a major power outage hit the island of Puerto Rico on April 6, 2022.
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
Puerto Rico blackout as colossal power outage hits islandA majority of the island's residents were plunged into darkness after a fire erupted at a power plant.
Les mer »
Puerto Rico plunged into darkness after power station fireA major power outage hit Puerto Rico late Wednesday, plunging nearly 350,000 customers into darkness after a fire erupted at one of the largest power plants in the U.S. territory.
Les mer »
Puerto Rico Plunged Into Darkness After Power Station FireA major power outage has hit Puerto Rico, plunging hundreds of thousands of customers into darkness after a fire erupted at one of the largest power plants in the U.S. territory
Les mer »
More than half of Puerto Rico remains without powerAll customers on the island lost power initially, Josue Colon, Puerto Rico’s lead telecommunications and infrastructure engineer, told reporters Thursday, “because all the generating un…
Les mer »
Nearly Half a Million Without Power in Puerto Rico as Outage ContinuesHundreds of thousands of people across Puerto Rico remain without power nearly two days after a fire at a main power plant sparked an island-wide outage.
Les mer »
Power still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico amid massive outageThe power outage came after a fire erupted at one of the island's four main power plants. The exact cause of the interruption of service is under investigation.
Les mer »