A huge blackout throughout the island hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday when residents were looking at the Easter weekend.
A spokesman for Luma Energy, who supervises the transmission and distribution of energy for the territory of the United States, told The Associated Press that the 1.4 million customers were affected, including the main international airport and several hospitals. At least 328,000 clients were without water.
The power had only been restored for around 175,000 clients, or 12%, for Wednesday.
The hotels had almost capacity, with thousands of tourists who celebrated Easter holidays on the island. Tourism officials rushed to ensure that many hotels and other companies operated with generators.
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“There are no words that can relieve the frustration we feel like people in front of another mass blackout,” Governor Jenniffer González, who shortened his vacation and flew to Puerto Rico, wrote about X.
It was not clear immediately what the closure caused, which is the last one of a series of large blackouts on the island in recent years.
In December, another mass blackout left almost 1.3 million in the dark when residents began preparations to celebrate the eve of the New Year.
The headlights illuminate the streets cobbled in old San Juan, Puerto Rico, duration of a blackout throughout the island, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
The governor promised that he would cancel the contract with Luma, but said that, although government officials began to analyze the contract and find possible replacements, it would not be a fast process.
González also said that he has requested an in -depth investigation into the blackout, noting that officials have warned that Allamy warned that not be be be ben up for this summer, when the demand reaches its maximum point.
“Puerto Rico cannot be the island where power goes all the time,” González said. “We are going to take action. That people have no doubt.”
The authorities said that 90% of customers would like to have electricity from 48 to 72 hours after the blackout occurred.
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The last blackout has left thousands of Puerto Ricans in moisture, and many renewed their calls that the government cancels the contract with Luma and PR, which supervises the generation of energy on the island.
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The boxes of people were forced to walk in an elevated step next to the rails of the rapid transit system that serves the capital, San Juan, while dozens of business were forced to close.
Professional baseball and basketball games were canceled when the buzzing of the generators and the smell of smoke filled the air. The traffic growled when police officers were deployed at occupied intersections.
The drivers fill the fuel containers at a service station that gives a blackout throughout the island in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Those without generators were filled with grocery stores and other companies to buy ice in Puerto Rico.
The island of 3.2 million residents has a poverty rate of more than 40%, and not everyone can pay panels or solar generators.
Approximately 117,000 homes and businesses on the island have solar ramps. Meanwhile, oil power plants provide 62% of the energy of Puerto Rico, the 24% natural gas, the coal 8% and the renewable energies of 7%, the conformity with the administration of energy information of the United States.
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Daniel Hernández, Vice President of Operations of Genera PR, said at a press conference that a disturbance hit the transmission system shortly after noon on Wednesday, a moment when the network is vulnerable because there are not many machines that regulate the regulation of regulation regulation.
Verónica Ferraiuoli, interim governor and interim secretary of Puerto Rico, said that the White House approached local officials and said they are available if necessary.
Customers sit inside a restaurant illuminated by battery flashlights (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Pablo José Hernández, representative of Puerto Rico in Congress, said he would work to make sure that “Washington understands the real and urgent situation facing Puerto Ricans every day.”
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“The electricity network crisis is frustrating, and after years of blackouts, it seems that it goes from bad to worse,” he said.
Associated Press contributed to this report.