On Wednesday, blackouts on the island targeted Puerto Rico when residents were waiting for Easter Week end.
A spokesperson for Luma EnergyWhich oversees electricity transfer and distribution to the US territory, told the Associate Press that all 1.4 million users were affected, including the central international airport and several hospitals. At least 328,000 consumers were without water.
By Wednesday, electricity was restored for only 175,000 users – or 12 %.
Hotels’ capacity was near, thousands of tourists were celebrating Easter holidays on the island. Tourism officials arrived to assure them that many hotels and other businesses are working with generators.
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“There are no words that can reduce frustration that we feel as a people in another massive blackout,” Government Jennifer Gonzalez, who shorten his holiday and flown back to Puerto Rico, wrote on X.
It is not immediately clear what is the cause of the shutdown, which is the latest in recent years in terms of major blackout on the island.
In December, another large -scale blackout left about 1. 1.3 million in the dark as residents began preparations to celebrate New Year’s opportunity.
Headlights, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, during blackout across the island, enlightened the streets of Old San Joan, Puerto Rico. (AP Photos/Elejandro Granadelo)
The governor had promised that he would cancel the contract with Luma, but he said that when government officials have begun to analyze the agreement and find out possible changes, it will not be a sharp process.
Gonzlez also said that he had requested a deeper investigation into the blackout, he noted that the officials had already warned that when the demand for the demand would not be the generation of power this summer.
“Puerto Rico cannot be in the island where electricity goes out all the time,” Gonzlez said. “We’re going to take action. People have no doubt.”
Officials said 90 % of clients will have electricity for 48 to 72 hours after being blackout.
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The latest blackout has hit thousands of Puerto Ricans, in which many people have renewed their calls that the government cancels the contract with Luma and Janeira PR, which oversees the generation of electricity on the island.
Regive’s superstar Bed Bani wrote on the X, echoing the collective anger: “When will we do something?”
Dozens of people were rapidly forced to run on the overpass with transit system trains that serve the capital, San Joan, while many were forced to close.
Professional baseball and basketball sports were canceled as the courage of generators and the smell of smoke filled the air. When police officers were deployed at busy intersections, traffic was hit.
On Wednesday, April 16, 2025, during a blackout across the island in San Joan in Puerto Rico, drivers fill fuel containers at the gas station. (AP Photos/Elejandro Granadelo)
Without generators, they used to crowded around grocery stores and other businesses to buy snow in Puerto Rico.
3.2 million inhabitants have more than 40 % of the poverty rate, and not everyone can afford solar panels or generators.
There are about 117,000 homes on the island and solar roofs in business. Meanwhile, 62 % of Puerto Rico’s power in petroleum -powered power plants, natural gas provides 24 %, coal 8 % and renewable means.
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Daniel Harnandiz, Vice President of Operations in the Janeira PR, said at a news conference that after Wednesday afternoon, at a time when the grid is at risk because the frequency is not regularly regularly.
The White House reached local officials and said they were available if needed, said Puerto Rico’s acting governor and secretary of state, Vernica Feroyoli.
On Wednesday, April 16, 2025, on Wednesday, Old San Joan, Puerto Rico, customers are sitting inside a restaurant bright through battery -powered lanterns during power outages across the island. (AP Photos/Elejandro Granadelo)
Puto Jose Harnandiz, a representative of Puerto Rico in Congress, said he would work to ensure that “Washington understands the real and urgent situation facing Puerto Rican every day.”
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“The electric grid crisis is disappointing, and after years of blackout, it seems that it is getting worse and worse,” he said.
The Associated Press cooperated in this report.
