Puerto Rico goes completely dark after another islandwide power outage
The island of Puerto Rico is suffering another islandwide power outage, just months after a dayslong blackout on New Year's Eve kept residents in the dark.
The island of Puerto Rico is suffering another islandwide power outage, just months after a dayslong blackout on New Year's Eve kept residents in the dark.
Luma Energy said the complete interruption to its service began at about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday. That means all 1.4 million customers on the island were without power.
"While the cause of the interruption is being investigated, preliminary findings indicate an unexpected shutdown at all generating plants," the company said.
In an update early Thursday, Luma said 175,002 customers had service restored, comprising 11.9% of all customers. At least 328,000 clients were without water, officials said.
Luma said the goal was for 90% of electricity customers to have service restored within 48 to 72 hours.
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