Widespread outage hits Puerto Rico as customers demand ouster of private electric company

FILE - A utility pole with loose cables towers over a home in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 15, 2022. Towns in central and southern Puerto Rico are struggling to emerge from a prolonged power outage that forced authorities in the U.S. territory to activate an emergency response team on Monday, June 10, 2024, as they requested food distribution to those in need. – A widespread power outage hit Puerto Rico Wednesday night, leaving more than 300,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S.

The outage is the most recent in a string of blackouts to hit Puerto Rico, which is still trying to rebuild the grid after Hurricane Maria razed it in 2017 as a Category 4 storm. “There are thousands of children with specific feeding needs, as well as older adults who often need therapy machines to protect their health and often save their lives,” the decree stated.

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Widespread outage hits Puerto Rico as customers demand ouster of private electric companyA widespread power outage has hit Puerto Rico and left more than 300,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S. territory’s power plants shut down.
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