A widespread power outage hit Puerto Rico on Tuesday, plunging nearly 1.3 million customers into darkness as the island prepared to celebrate New Year's Eve. The outage, attributed to a failure in an underground power line, is expected to take up to two days to fully resolve. This incident has reignited public frustration towards Luma Energy and Genera PR, the companies responsible for transmission and generation of electricity respectively.
A blackout in Puerto Rico left nearly 1.3 million clients in the dark on Tuesday as the U.S. territory began preparations to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and according to officials, it may take up to two days to restore power. The Associated Press reported that power went dark at dawn, sending the entire island into silence when electrical appliances and air conditioners were cut off before generators from those who could afford them turned on.
Luma Energy, a private company that oversees the transmission and distribution of electricity, said nearly 90% of 1.47 million clients in Puerto Rico were left in the dark. The company also said the power outage was caused by a failure in an underground power line, noting it is restoring power 'in the quickest and safest way possible.' The blackout only fueled already simmering anger against Luma and Genera PR, the company that oversees the generation of power in Puerto Rico. Governor-elect Jenniffer González Colón, who will be sworn into office on Jan. 2, called for the creation of an 'energy czar' to review potential Luma contractual breaches while another operator is found. 'We can’t keep relying on an energy system that fails our people,' she wrote on X, adding that stabilizing Puerto Rico’s energy grid would be her top priority in office. Also weighing in on the matter is current Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, who said in a post on X that he was in touch with Luma and Genera PR. 'We can report that work is already underway to restore service with the San Juan and Palo Seco plants,' he wrote
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