The Puerto Rico Power Authority has also grappled with chronic financial problems. Facing $9 billion in debt, the troubled power company effectively filed for bankruptcy in summer 2017.

Tesla's Powerwall 3 brings reliable power to Puerto Rico's struggling grid. The innovative battery system offers both energy ...

After Hurricane Maria left Puerto Rico in darkness for months in 2017, officials tried to fix the power grid. But since June 2021, power outages on the island have lengthened.

Puerto Rico's power grid is struggling 5 years after Hurricane Maria. Here's why. Days after Hurricane Fiona, power had not been restored for most people. By Max Zahn. September 22, 2022, 11:55 AM.

Puerto Rico has long dealt with chronic power outages as its infrastructure crumbles. Sign up here. It will likely take 24 to 48 hours to turn the lights back on, LUMA said in a statement.

Puerto Rico faces the prospect of ringing in New Year's Eve in darkness following a widespread power outage that has impacted 80 percent of the population and may see flights delayed or canceled.

he says nearly 100,000 jobs have been created in the last two years, and that if the recent storms have had any benefit, they at least put puerto rico on the map. >> a lot of people traveled to ...

After some areas of Puerto Rico welcomed the New Year in the dark amid a massive failure to the island’s power grid, service has been restored to nearly all impacted customers.. About 1.4 ...

Residents across Puerto Rico face the prospect of ending 2024 without electricity, as a major blackout has hit the island. The power outage, caused by technical problems within the island’s ...

Virtually all of Puerto Rico spent New Year's Eve without electricity as a power outage hit the U.S. territory, but the lights are slowly coming back on for 2025.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor pledged Thursday to improve the island’s crumbling electric grid and boost the economy in her first address after being elected last year ...

As Puerto Ricans welcomed 2025, many faced the grim-reality of celebrating in the dark as outages lingered following another massive failure of its power grid that impacted the majority of the ...