A widespread power outage has affected over 1.2 million customers in Puerto Rico, with Luma Energy, the private company managing the island's electricity grid, working to restore power. The cause of the outage remains unknown, and officials have not yet provided an estimated restoration time.
More than 1.2 million out of 1.47 million clients were without power, according to Luma Energy , a private company that oversees electricity transmission and distribution on the island.It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the widespread outage or when power would be restored. Luma officials did not immediately return a message for comment.
A spokesperson for Genera PR, which oversees power generation, could not be immediately reached for comment.
POWER OUTAGE PUERTO RICO LUMA ENERGY HURRICANE MARIA ELECTRICITY GRID
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