Ernesto has become a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday after hitting Puerto Rico overnight and leaving power outages and flooding in its wake. Juan Saca, the president and CEO of Puerto Rico’s ...

“The grid has become the poster child of the decay of the colonial system, its institutions and a very vulnerable population," said Cecilio Ortiz García, of the University of Puerto Ric ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — On a hot summer evening the lights ... would follow over the next several months. Tropical storm Ernesto mostly passed north of the island but still managed to knock ...

By Jenny Gross Almost all power has been restored in Puerto Rico, two days after a blackout left the entire island without electricity. As of 10 a.m. on Friday, 99 percent of the 1.4 million ...

A massive island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as residents were looking ahead to the Easter weekend. A spokesman for Luma Energy, which oversees the transmission and distribution of ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Crews scrambled to restore power to Puerto Rico on Thursday after a blackout hit the entire island the previous day, affecting the main international airport ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A power blackout hit all of Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the heavily Catholic U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend. All 1.4 million customers were ...

Over a million customers in Puerto Rico were without power after energy plants across the island unexpectedly shut down, officials said. Luma Energy, a private company that operates power ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday urged people to moderate their energy consumption as she warned that the island has no additional generation to fall back on days ...

Puerto Rico's grid struggles since 2017 hurricanes Luma Energy aims to restore 90% power in 48 hours Outage caused by protection system failure and vegetation on lines April 17 (Reuters ...