Approximately 80% of Puerto Rico is experiencing a power outage on New Year’s Eve. According to Josué Colón, head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority,
A malfunctioning power line created a “cascade effect” of many failing power plants, leaving over 1.3 million people without electricity in Puerto Rico.
The business said that after an island-wide outage that started at 5:30 a.m., “LUMA has activated its Emergency Operations Centre and is currently working.
With Genera and other generation partners to restart the electrical system and restore power.” “An underground line fault is the initial finding, but the cause of the outage is still being investigated.”
“LUMA crews responded right away and have started working to get customers’ power back as soon as possible in a safe manner,” LUMA said.
“LUMA will gradually bring power back to its customers.” The process of reinstating certain clients has already started, and if everything goes according to plan, it will take 24 to 48 hours.
