González, of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, had beat former Gov. Pedro Pierluisi during their party’s primary in June. At the time, she was Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress and had ...

Pedro Pierluisi said on X that he was in touch ... to restore service throughout the Island," he said. Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year's Eve. (AP photo) Puerto Rico plunged ...

As Puerto Ricans welcomed 2025, many faced the grim-reality of celebrating in the dark as outages lingered following another massive failure of its power grid that impacted the majority of the island ...

While Granholm was considered an ally by former Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, the island’s newly sworn in governor, Jenniffer González, snubbed the federal energy secretary and was not present ...

The contraction of the IAE is due to the decrease in gasoline consumption, cement sales and electricity generation ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto ... as Puerto Rico’s new natural resources secretary. The new governor said that the investigation was part of a “political process” that occurred last year before her party’s ...

During their talk, Biden offered Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi any federal assistance they needed after more than 1 million Puerto Ricans went without power earlier in the day, according to the ...

Current Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said on X work is underway to restore service at two major plants in the territory and his administration would be “demanding answers and solutions from ...

The outage, coinciding with New Year's Eve, has disrupted travel plans and daily life, affecting 80 percent of the population.

A widespread blackout plunged nearly all of Puerto Rico into darkness early ... be provided every two hours via social media. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi expressed frustration over the outage, calling ...

LUMA said the exact cause of the power outage, which began at 5:30 a.m. local time, remains under investigation.