All 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…
By Melissa Alonso and Jason Hanna | CNN
That leaves about 800,000 to 850,000 homes and business without power in an outage that has closed schools island-wide for two days and caused other interruptions for Puerto Rico’s 3.2 million residents. All customers on the island lost power initially, Josue Colon, Puerto Rico’s lead telecommunications and infrastructure engineer, told reporters Thursday, “because all the generating units went offline.”“Every single equipment needs to be inspected and tested to make sure that when it’s back in service, we can restore power for customers reliably and safely,” Shay Bahramirad, LUMA Energy’s senior vice president of engineering and asset management, told reporters in San Juan on Friday.
The island’s courts also were closed Friday because of the outage, though some court services will be available online for urgent matters like mental health and restraining orders, the territory’s judicial system said.
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