A major power outage has left most of Puerto Rico without electricity, with the island's electric utility estimating restoration could take up to two days. Luma Energy, which manages power transmission, attributed the outage to a fault on an underground cable. The blackout occurred during Puerto Rico's high tourist season and just hours before New Year's Eve celebrations.
A major power outage plunged much of Puerto Rico into darkness Tuesday, with the US island territory's electric utility saying restoration could take up to two days. The "island-wide blackout" began at 5:30 am , Luma Energy , which manages power transmission on the island, said in a social media statement.
As of 1:00 pm local time, initial efforts had restored service to 44,700 customers in the metropolitan area and the island of Culebra, amounting to three percent of clients impacted by the outage, Luma said. The company earlier noted that the incident left its roughly 1.5 million customers without service. "The truth is that we have been dealing with this problem for a while," said Ismael Perez, a resident of Dorado.
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