Puerto Rico’s Autonomous Caribbean Islands Make Headlines Again The island-wide power outage puts 1.4 million people into darkness Hugo Sorrentini, a spokesman for Luma Energy, said there were thousands of tourists in accommodation, restaurants and bars during the busy Easter holiday week on Wednesday afternoon.
Common and ongoing problems
The electrical infrastructure frustrated officials, locals and visitors, with the recent outage occurring less than four months after a massive power outage during another busy holiday: New Year’s Eve.
“Our failure is unacceptable in the transmission of electrical systems.” Governor Jennifer GonzalezThey shortened her week-long vacation and flew back to Puerto Rico on Wednesday night.
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The two Puerto Rico’s power companies, Gen and Luma, indicated a “system failure” recorded on the island Wednesday at 12:40 pm, which included, including “The failure of the protection system is the vegetation as an initial trigger and vegetation on the transmission line between the Camplice and Manati areas along the northern coast of the island.. ”
About 75% of Luma customers were affected by the island’s outages, which destroyed the flow of water to residents and businesses throughout the island, and cut electricity from airports and railway services in Puerto Rico, stopped passenger-filled trains on tracks and stopped on tracks, creating a critical force for the Centro Médico Hospital.
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exist Statement on “X” The Power Administration shows that nearly 90% of customers will take about 2 to 3 days to restore power, which makes the restoration service of the Catholic U.S. territory restore Good Friday to Good Friday, which could be Easter Sunday if power personnel cannot complete the necessary repairs.
“This incident once again underscores the vulnerability of the electrical system, which Luma has pointed out since its operation began,” the company said in a statement. “We remain committed to turning it into a safer and more reliable system for all customers in Puerto Rico.”
The power outages within the range on Wednesday also caused chaos on the roads, creating dangerous driving conditions for residents and tourists after traffic lights for disabled people were deadlocked.
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Airports in Ontario and Quebec were also on alert due to the apron and ice on the plane, canceling dozens of flights over the weekend and today as dozens of flights were cancelled.
Puerto Rico’s consistent grid failure is considered a humanitarian crisis
Since Maria attacked the island in September 2017, Puerto Rico has suffered a massive power outage, debilitating its poor electrical infrastructure.
According to officials, Puerto Rico’s power companies have been working to rebuild the grid as powerful Category 4 storms hit the island and the island no longer has the ability to bring enough electricity to residents and businesses, especially during busy tourist festivals and seasons, demand peaked.
U.S. Congressmen expressed concern about the ongoing power outages, calling the faulty grid a “humanitarian crisis” that would worsen when power is used in the summer.
Although Luma was able to restore the power of about 12% of its customers during dinner Wednesday night, three-quarters of the island remained in the dark, frustrating visitors and residents who were tired of the situation that constantly devastated the island.
“Puerto Rico can’t always be an island where electricity continues to exist,” Gonzalez said. “We will take action. Let people have no doubt.”