The company LUMA Energy indicated tonight that it began to restore the electric power service in some parts of Puerto Rico following a massive blackout that occurred on Wednesday night following a fire was reported at the Costa Sur power plant, located in Guayanilla.
What do we know so far?
- The Electric Power Authority indicated that restoring the system might take regarding 12 hours.
- The Bureau of the Puerto Rico Fire Department indicated that the incident that occurred in Costa Sur has already been extinguished.
- LUMA Energy reported that “we have begun to restore service on the southeast side of the island (Yabucoa)”, and in addition, the first distribution circuit was restored in that town.
- The consortium in charge of the transmission and distribution system of the country’s electrical system confirmed at 9:36 pm the “massive blackout throughout the island” although it accepted that, at that time, it was not “clear regarding the exact cause.”
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