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225,553 power outages in Puerto Rico in the past six years: these are the most common causes

Although the number of outage events has increased since fiscal year 2022, LUMA Energy noted that this is due to an improved data collection system compared to that of PREPA’s

April 22, 2025 - 11:27 AM

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Vegetation around power lines caused more than a quarter of the outages between fiscal years 2019 and 2024, according to official data. (Ramon "Tonito" Zayas)

By Manuel Guillama Capella

Periodista de Noticiasmanuel.guillama@gfrmedia.com

Of the more than 225,000 outage events that the Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and LUMA Energy officially recorded between fiscal years 2019 and 2024, 57,858 - or one in four - were classified under the “vegetation” cause, which the private consortium - which assumed responsibility for the grid in June 2021 - has preliminarily pointed to as the reason for the general blackout that took place last Holy Wednesday.