Energy and Environment

Puerto Rico suffers total power outage

By Josh Siegel
Published April 18, 2018 4:13pm ET
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Puerto Rico suffers total power outage
In this Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 photo, a brigade from the Electric Power Authority repairs distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in the Cantera community of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The storm struck after the Authority had filed for bankruptcy in July, put off maintenance and had finished dealing with outages from Hurricane Irma. | (Carlos Giusti/AP)

Puerto Rico is suffering from an island-wide blackout Wednesday, as the fragile power grid struggles to return to full capacity after Hurricane Maria wiped out an already crippled energy system.

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the island’s state-run bankrupt utility known as PREPA, confirmed the latest outage, saying it could take 24 to 36 hours to restore power. It did not explain the cause.

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