Still, more than 1.1 million customers in Puerto Rico lacked power Tuesday afternoon, according to. and Canadian company Atco Ltd., said it had restored electrical service to around 300,000 customers as of around midday Tuesday.
LUMA, a joint venture of Quanta Services Inc. A system imbalance ended up tripping generation units offline, the department said.
When every customer who was impacted by this devastating hurricane has their power back on, we will be more than available to discuss the progress we’ve made and the significant challenges we have faced.“įiona arrived in Puerto Rico as a Category 1 hurricane and has been linked to at least four deaths.ĭOE, in a report on the hurricane this week, said Puerto Rico had “an island-wide power outage” Sunday in the wake of damage to the transmission and distribution network. In a statement, LUMA said it is “focused on damage assessment, reenergizing and repairing the grid, and restoring power as quickly and safely as possible. “Right now, DOE is focused on working with our partners to restore power as quickly as possible,” Troiano said in an email Tuesday. But Charisma Troiano, a DOE spokesperson, confirmed that the agency had received the letter. James asked the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to investigate LUMA, noting other electricity issues and outages in recent years.įERC did not respond to questions by press time. “As Puerto Rico begins to recover from Hurricane Fiona, LUMA must be held accountable for providing the safe, reliable, and affordable electric service to the people of Puerto Rico,” New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) said in a letter to three federal agencies Tuesday.
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