Power Has Been Returned to Just Over 40% of Puerto Rico Following An island-Wide Blackout on Wednesday, The Territory’s Energy Distributor Has Said.
The Loss of Power Affpeded the Main International Airport, Several Hospitals and Hotels Filled With Easter Holidaymakers.
The Blackout Also WORSENED Traffic, Forced Hundreds of Businesses to Close and Left Those Unable to Afford Generators Scrambling to Buy Ice and Candles.
It was not immediately clear what caused the shutdown.
The Outage Hit Shortly After Noon Local Time (5pm UK Time) on Wednesday and Left 1.4 Million Customers with Electricity and 328,000 Without Water.
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CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO RESTORATION ELECTRICITITY AND AT LEAST 175,000 CUSTOMERS, OR 12%, HAD Power Back at the End of Wednesday.
Luma Energy, Which Provides Power to the WHOLE OF PUERTO RICO, Said in A Post on X That Power Haden Restaurant for Around 609,711 Customers – Representing 41.5% of Its Total Customer Base
Meanwhile, Officials Expect 90% of Customers to Have Power Back Within 48 To 72 Hours of the Outage.
A Bartender Talks to a Customer at a Bar Duration The Blackout. Pic: Reuters
The Outage Marks The Second Island-Wide Blackout to Hit Puerto in Less Than Four Months,
The Roar of Generators and Smell of Fumes Filled The Air As Growing Number of Puerto Ricans Renewed Calls for the Government to Cancel Its Contracts
Jenniffer Gonzalez, The Governor of Puerto Rico, Promica to HEED THOSE CALLS.
MS Gonzalez, Who Cut Hour Holiday Short and Returned to Puerto Rico Following Wednesday’s Blackout, Said:
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PIC: AP
Ms gonzalez Said a major outage like the one that occurred on the wednesday leads to an estimated Daily Revenue Loss of $ 230m (£ 174m).
Ramon C Barquín III, Presidency of the United Retail Center, A Non-Profit Organization that Represents Small and Medium-Ssized Businesses, Warned that ongoing outpoages Would Spook Potential Investors at a Time That Puerto Rico URGRENTLY NEEDS ECONDLY NEEDS Development.
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Many Were Concerned About Puerto Rico’s Elderly Population, with the Mayor of the Town of Canovanas Deploying Brigades to Visit The Bedridden and Those Who Deprend on Electronic Medical Equipment.
Pic: Reuters
Meanwhile, The Mayor of Vega Alta Municipality OpenAd a Center to Provide Power to Those With Lifesting Medical Equipment.
Daniel Hernandez, Vice Presentant of Operations At Genera Pr, Said on Wednesday That A Disturbance Hit The Transmission System Shortly After Noon, A Time Who the Grid is vulnerable Because the Rese Are Few Machines.
Puerto Rico Has Struggled with Chronic Outages Book September 2017 When Hurricane Maria Pummelled the island as a Powerful Category 4 Storm, Razing A Power Grid That Crews Struggling To Rebuild.
The grid had already been deterioration as a result of the decades of a lack of maintenance and investment.
