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Power is restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after a major blackout

Power was restored to nearly all electrical customers across Puerto Rico after a major blackout on New Year's Eve, according to Luma Energy.
By Wednesday afternoon, power was back up for 98% of Puerto Rico's 1.47 million utility customers, said Luma Energy.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the outage, with a preliminary review pointing to a failure in an underground electric line, as stated by Luma Energy.
Governor-Elect Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon warned that customers might experience interruptions in the coming days, as power plants are not yet operating at maximum capacity.

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Power supply restored in Puerto Rico after New Year's Eve outage

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Puerto Rico restored 99 percent of its power supply as of Thursday morning after a massive outage which left 1.3 million customers in darkness on New Year's Eve, according to Luma Energy, the company in charge of the island's electricity service. Read full story

2 months ago·Malaysia

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The Hill

Power restored to almost all of Puerto Rico after massive blackout

After a massive New Year’s Eve blackout, nearly all of Puerto Rico’s power has been restored — though the island is also projected to face power shortages later in the day Thursday. Luma, the company that manages electricity for the island, said 99 percent of its customers had power as of Thursday morning. On Tuesday…

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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Straight Arrow News

Power restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after blackout

Power is mostly restored to homes and buildings across Puerto Rico after a major blackout left the U.S. territory in the dark on New Year’s Eve. However, that might not be the end of it for some. Luma Energy, the company that provides electricity to Puerto Rico, warned that more temporary outages could happen as it works to restore full power. The company said this could take up to two days. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the o…

2 months ago

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Raw Story

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Power restored to most of Puerto Rico: utility

Power was restored to most of Puerto Rico Wednesday after a major blackout plunged the island into darkness on New Year's Eve, the US territory's electric utility said.Electricity supply had been restored to at least 1.44 million customers, or 98.3 percent of those affected, by noon local time (1600 GMT), according to Luma Energy.The power company said preliminary findings indicated a fault in an underground cable may have been the cause of the …

2 months ago·United States

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The Published Reporter

Puerto Rico’s Power Restored After Massive Outage – Find Out How It Happened

Service has been restored to almost all affected customers after a significant power grid failure left certain parts of Puerto Rico without electricity for the start of the new year. LUMA Energy, the Canadian-American corporation that maintains the transmission towers and electricity lines around the island, said Wednesday morning that about 1.4 million subscribers, or at least 98% of the total, had service. The severe blackout, which started ea…

2 months ago

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The Epoch Times

Power Is Restored to Nearly All of Puerto Rico After a Major Blackout

BAYAMÓN, Puerto Rico—Power was restored to nearly all electrical customers across Puerto Rico on Wednesday after a sweeping blackout plunged the U.S. territory into darkness on New Year’s Eve. By Wednesday afternoon, power was back up for 98% of Puerto Rico’s 1.47 million utility customers, said Luma Energy, the private company overseeing transmission and distribution of power in the archipelago. Lights returned to households as well as to Puert…

2 months ago·New York, United States

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