NEW YORK — (NEW YORK) -- Power is still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico on Friday, after a massive outage left 1.5 million customers without power, according to LUMA Energy, the company that took over transmission and distribution from the island's power authority.
NEW YORK — -- Power is still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico on Friday, after a massive outage left 1.5 million customers without power, according to LUMA Energy, the company that took over transmission and distribution from the island’s power authority.
"The extent of the outage has impacted each generating facility in Puerto Rico and a significant effort to restore service is underway," LUMA said in a statement. Public schools were closed to students on Thursday and Friday due to the outage, according to the island's governor, Pedro Pierluisi.
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