Does Puerto Rico Have Electricity Back

Does puerto rico have power now.

Does puerto rico have electricity back.

Many puerto ricans woke up on wednesday to a second day without electricity after the island s worst earthquake in a century knocked out power collapsed homes and killed at least one person. Localized power outages are common in puerto rico which has an outdated energy. Puerto rico won t have full power back until may 8 months after hurricane maria hit. An underwater cable to the island of culebra was reconnected.

Getting the lights back on in puerto rico is a far more a intensive task compared with the mainland which was able to restore power quickly after hurricanes hit florida and texas. The school reopened its doors without electricity to. Prepa is the only entity authorized to conduct such business in puerto rico making it a government monopoly until on january 22 2018 the former governor of puerto rico ricardo. Four weeks after hurricane maria packing winds of up to 155 miles an hour knocked out power to the entire island 80 percent of puerto rico still does not have electricity.

Some residents have. Lana rivera age 10 does her daily homework in her apartment balcony lit by a cell phone light in san juan puerto rico november 6 2017. On wednesday a contractor operating an excavator knocked down a power line causing approximately 1 4 million people to lose electricity. Cheers erupted as lights slowly began to flicker back on across puerto rico overnight as the us territory.

The puerto rico electric power authority prepa is an electric power company owned by the commonwealth of puerto rico responsible for electricity generation power distribution and power transmission on the island. The island s governor had promised to restore power to 95 of residents by december but officials now say the island won t be fully up and running until much later.