Chronic power outages are a way of life on the island, where privatization, underinvestment, and climate change leave the ...

Puerto Rico’s energy infrastructure has struggled to recover after 2017’s Hurricane Maria, a powerful Category 4 storm.

“Another papelón in Puerto Rico,” she said, using local slang for a messy situation. “There are so many families who were ...

President-elect Donald Trump and his allies are already threatening to put conditions on federal aid to Los Angeles families.

Nov. 2, 2023 Although blackouts are rare in Puerto Rico, the island struggles with chronic power outages blamed on a ...

Power had been restored for about 336,000 of Puerto Rico's 1.5 million customers as of 6:00 p.m., but LUMA Energy said the ...

Puerto Rico’s new governor Jenniffer González Colón has appointed a so-called energy czar to help pull the U.S. territory out ...

About 90% of the island's customers lost power - the latest in a series of blackouts since Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Russell Vought had a “significant” role in creating obstacles to federal disaster aid and antagonized HUD leaders, an investigation found. Russell Vought used his powerful perch in President ...

After a massive New Year’s Eve blackout, nearly all of Puerto Rico’s power has been restored — though the island is also ...

Most Puerto Ricans woke up on New Year’s Eve to widespread electricity blackouts, the latest consequence of a crumbling power ...