Most of Puerto Rico hit by New Year's Eve power outage [View all]
Source: CBS News/AP
Updated on: December 31, 2024 / 10:02 AM EST
San Juan, Puerto Rico — A massive power outage hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year's Eve. 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.
The Reuters news agency quoted LUMA as saying in a statement that it would likely take between 24 and 48 hours to restore electricity across the island, "conditions permitting." "While the cause of the outage is under investigation, preliminary findings point to a failure in an underground line," the company said.
Reuters quoted Ivan Baez, a spokesperson for Puerto Rico's primary energy generator Genera, as saying the failure of the grid was believed to have been caused by a problem with a line operated by LUMA, but that it had also brought down plants belonging to Genera and some other private electricity generators.
Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi said in a post on social media that his administration was communicating with both LUMA and Genera "regarding the massive blackout affecting a large part of the Island due to a critical fault."
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