LUMA Energy said 96 percent of customers had power restored after a widespread outage, but load shedding may continue as plants ramp up to full capacity.

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 ...

LUMA Energy attributed the outage to a fault in an underground cable at a power plant on the island's southern coast. The failure triggered a "cascade effect," causing widespread failures across ...

Around 99% if the island now has energy once again ... line that's believed to have failed was operated by Luma and has impacted plants run by Genera and private generators, Reuters reported.

As reported by CBS News, a Luma Energy spokesperson claimed that the blackout was a product of a failure in one of the several main electric lines at the island’s main power plants. The failure ...

LUMA said the exact cause of the power outage, which began at 5:30 a.m. local time, remains under investigation.

“We can inform you that work is already underway to restore the service with the San Juan and Palo Seco plants ... according to the private energy company LUMA, which is responsible for ...

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the outage, but Luma Energy said a preliminary review ... in the coming days, with power plants not yet operating at maximum capacity.

To minimize impact of these outages, we are urging our customers to please reduce their energy consumption ... have failed was operated by LUMA and brought down plants belonging to Genera, as ...

Luma said the power outage ... of the island's government agencies. Power plants that rely on petroleum generate more than 60% of Puerto Rico's energy, followed by natural gas and coal.

LUMA Energy has focused on restoring service but noted that full recovery could take time as power plants gradually return to operational levels. With load shedding expected to continue ...