Virtually all of Puerto Rico spent New Year's Eve without electricity as a power outage hit the U.S. territory, but the lights are slowly coming back on for 2025.
A blackout on New Year’s Eve in Puerto Rico knocked out power in most of the U.S. territory, which has experienced numerous power outages since Hurricane Maria struck the island in 2017.
Puerto Rico kicked off 2025 with a harsh reminder of its fragile power grid. On New Year’s Eve, nearly the entire island – 90% – lost electricity, leaving over 1.3 million customers in the ...