Power restored to more than half of Puerto Rico after island-wide blackout

Wednesday’s outage the latest in series of blackouts to affect Puerto Rico in wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017

About 58% of Puerto Rico has has had power restored following an island-wide blackout on Wednesday, the government of Puero Rico federal affairs administration said on Thursday.

It added that current generation stands at 1,439 megawatts. A total of 31 generation units are online, with 16 additional units in the process of being brought back online, it added.

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