“The grid has become the poster child of the decay of the colonial system, its institutions and a very vulnerable population," Ortiz García said. Hurricane Maria knocked out power to Puerto ...

Crews were reported to be making progress restoring power to Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout that affected the main international airport, several hospitals, and hotels filled with Easter ...

Local power authorities, Genera and LUMA, recorded a system failure at ... Jose Jimenez/Getty Images MORE: Puerto Rico's power grid is struggling 5 years after Hurricane Maria.

"Preliminary analysis points to a failure in the protection system as ... Donald Trump. Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017 when Hurricane Maria pummeled the ...

The blackout started at about 12:40 p.m. on April 16, when the Puerto Rico Governor's Office said a failure in the transmission of the electrical system ... more than 80%. Hurricane Maria in ...

which helped degrade its system before the storm hit. The debt crisis, degraded infrastructure, and poverty found in Puerto Rico made it more vulnerable to a disaster like Hurricane Maria.

Puerto Rico’s power grid has been plagued by extensive problems since Hurricane Maria hit the island ... including that the power transmission system is fragile, hard to stabilize and outdated ...

Chronic power outages continue to plague Puerto Rico, with two island-wide blackouts occurring on Dec. 31 and April 16. Crews are still repairing the power grid after it was razed by Hurricane ...

Josué Colón, the island's energy lead and ex-head of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority, called the situation "unacceptable." ...

“Our system is very fragile ... regulating frequency at that hour. Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017, when Hurricane Maria pummeled the island as a powerful ...

Dozens of people were forced to walk next to the rails of the rapid transit system ... Year’s Eve. Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017 when Hurricane Maria ...

Dozens of people were forced to walk next to the rails of the rapid transit system ... Year’s Eve. Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017 when Hurricane Maria ...