Puerto Rico was hit with an island-wide blackout this week. Though power has been mostly restored, business owners told BI it's a struggle to recover.

Most of Puerto Rico was hit by a major power outage on Tuesday and it could be until the early days of January before power is restored. Puerto Rico's power company said it began working to ...

Puerto Rico suffered the latest in a string of widespread power outages Tuesday that at one point had nearly 1.3 million businesses or homes — most of the island — in the dark.

Chronic power outages are a way of life on the island, where privatization, underinvestment, and climate change leave the ...

Puerto Rico’s new governor Jenniffer González Colón has appointed a so-called energy czar to help pull the U.S. territory out of a power crisis as chronic outages persist.

Most of Puerto Rico's power was restored since the New Year's ... the power company that supplied electricity to the island. However, rotating outages are to be expected as it tries to meet ...

The U.S. Department of Energy says it's setting aside $1.2 billion in federal funds to help finance renewable energy projects ...

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Puerto Rico experienced a massive power outage beginning around 5:30 a.m. local time Tuesday morning, leaving more than 80% of the island without electricity on New Year's Eve. "While the cause of the ...

Puerto Rico's power company said it began working to restore ... The following were the regions most affected by the outages as of 10:30 p.m. local time, according to Luma: Arecibo: About 77% ...