Blame my brother in law Rafa, whose father was Governor, Most of Puerto Rico hit by New Year's Eve power outage
By CBS/AP, 51 mins ago
San Juan, Puerto Rico â A massive power outage hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year's Eve. More than 1.2 million out of 1.47 million clients were without power, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees electricity transmission and distribution on the island.
It wasn't immediately clear what caused the widespread blackout or when power would be restored. Luma officials did not immediately return a message for comment.
In a post on X, Luma said it was in touch with crews and companies overseeing the generation of power in Puerto Rico to solve the outage. It said it would offer details as soon as possible.
A spokesperson for Genera PR, which oversees power generation, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi said in a post on social media that his administration was communicating with both LUMA and Genera "regarding the massive blackout affecting a large part of the Island due to a critical fault."
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