Half of Puerto Rico without power after sweeping New Year’s Eve blackout
Nearly entire island without electricity as Luma Energy estimates it will take at least 24 hours to restore power
More than half of Puerto Rico remained without electricity early on Wednesday after a sweeping power outage on New Year’s Eve.
Luma Energy, the private energy company primarily supplying power to the island, reported as of 10.45am on Tuesday morning that only 13.5% of the US territory’s customers had power.
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