Widespread outage hits Puerto Rico as customers demand ouster of private electric company
Source: Associated Press
Widespread outage hits Puerto Rico as customers demand ouster of private electric company
Updated 10:39 PM EDT, June 12, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A widespread power outage hit Puerto Rico Wednesday night, leaving more than 340,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S. territory’s power plants shut down.
The capital of San Juan was left without power, as well as neighboring municipalities including Bayamón, Caguas and Carolina.
Luma Energy, which operates transmission and distribution for Puerto Rico’s power authority, said on X that the outage was tied to an issue with the power plants’ transmission lines. It provided a statement to The Associated Press saying it was investigating the outage that coincided with the shutdown of units operated by Genera PR, which operates and maintains state power generation units.
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi condemned the outage and said he was demanding answers and solutions from Luma and Genera PR.
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