Power has been restored to 98.8% of customers in Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout earlier this week. More than 1.45 million customers had electricity back less than 48 hours after the outage, with some still experiencing temporary outages. The blackout was caused by a transmission line failure and generators shutting down protectively. Over 400,000 customers were left without water at the time. The cause of the failure is still under investigation, with authorities looking into the possibility of failed breakers or overgrown vegetation. Governor Jenniffer González expressed concern over the state of the island’s infrastructure, calling it “old” and “fragile.” This is the second major blackout in Puerto Rico in less than four months, with the previous one occurring on New Year’s Eve. Governor González cut short a vacation to address the situation and emphasized the need for improvements to prevent future outages.
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