A major power outage hit Puerto Rico early on New Year's Eve, knocking out power to more than 90% of the island's 1.3 million utility customers. At 7 p.m., LUMA Energy announced that electrical ...

The underground cable that triggered the general blackout last December 31 was out of service prior to the breakdown, said this Friday LUMA Energy’s vice-president of Capital Projects ...

While the cause of the blackout is still under investigation, the cause of the initial outage appeared to be an issue with an underground line, LUMA said. The long-lasting structural issues with both ...

Luma said in a statement that it appears the outage was caused by a failure of an underground power line, saying it is restoring power “in the quickest and safest way possible.” Still, the company ...