Power restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after major blackout Electric power has been restored to nearly all affected customers across Puerto Rico after a sweeping blackout plunged the U.S ...

(CNN) — After some areas of Puerto Rico welcomed the New Year in the dark amid a massive failure to the island’s power grid, service has been restored to nearly all impacted customers.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early on Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark.

Puerto Rico was once again plunged into darkness by the latest failure of its troubled power grid on Tuesday. Power went out across the territory starting at 5:30 a.m. according to LUMA Energy ...