After an island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico, about 58% of power has been restored as of Thursday. The outages were initiated by a failure in the protection system and subsequent vegetation interference on a transmission line. The U.S. Energy Secretary emphasized the administration's commitment to strengthening Puerto Rico's electric grid. Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon pointed out the significant economic repercussions, estimating a daily revenue loss of $230 million due to such disruptions. This incident compounds ongoing struggles since the grid's reconstruction after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
According to Gonzalez-Colon, an outage like Wednesday's leads to approximately $230m in revenue loss daily, highlighting the economic impact of such blackouts on Puerto Rico.
Luma Energy pointed to a failure in the protection system followed by vegetation on a transmission line as initial triggers for the island-wide blackout.
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