Puerto Rico power restored to 41.5% of customers after island-wide blackout

(Reuters) – Puerto Rico power company Luma Energy said it restored power to about 41.5% of customers by Thursday morning after an island-wide blackout on Wednesday. Luma said on its website that around 609,711 of its roughly 1.5 million customers had …

Crews are still working to restore power to Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout left millions without electricity ...

A look at why an island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico and what caused it

Power returning to Puerto Rico after major outage

Power started returning to homes and businesses in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico on Wednesday afternoon after an islandwide outage — the second in recent months. Authorities believe a transmission failure knocked both private and government-owned power …

Island-Wide Power Outage Strikes Puerto Rico During Busy Tourist Holiday Week: Plunging 1.4 Million People Into Darkness

The self-governing Caribbean archipelago of Puerto Rico is once again in the headlines after an island-wide power outage plunged 1.4 million people into darkness on Wednesday afternoon, according to Hugo Sorrentini, spokesman for Luma Energy, as …

Puerto Rico power outages leaves much of island in blackout ahead of Easter

Frontier Airlines Flight Bound for Puerto Rico From Orlando Suffers Significant Damage After Double Hard-Landing

Passengers aboard a Frontier Airlines flight bound for Puerto Rico on Tuesday evening, April 15, could be heard praying and calling their families to say their final goodbyes in video footage taken from inside the cabin after the aircraft experienced not …

Calls for energy reform grow as Puerto Rico faces second major blackout in four months

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Crews worked early Thursday to restore power to Puerto Rico after a blackout across the entire island that affected the main international airport, several hospitals and hotels filled with Easter vacationers. The outage that …

Mets' Francisco Lindor makes Team Puerto Rico announcement ahead of 2026 WBC

The New York Mets have not officially named a team captain, but nearly everyone agrees if they had one, it would be Francisco Lindor. Coming off a tremendous 2024 season in which he was named runner-up to Shohei Ohtani for the Most Valuable Player Award, …

Puerto Rico experiences massive blackout leaving over a million without power

Residents of Puerto Rico were left in the dark on Wednesday as the island experienced a massive island-wide blackout resulting from a service interruption at the island’s power distribution company, Luma Energy.  The power outage began shortly before 1 p.m …