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Puerto Rico faced a massive power outage. Why does this keep happening?

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Crews once again worked to restore power in Puerto Rico after a massive blackout, the latest to the strike the island’s beleaguered power grid.

An islandwide blackout hit the U.S. territory April 16, an issue Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón called “unacceptable.” By the morning of April 18, nearly all customers had their power restored, according to LUMA Energy.

The already fragile power grid has been repeatedly damaged by hurricanes, leading to regular rolling blackouts. About 1.2 million customers spent New Year’s Eve without power in a massive outage that took days to resolve.

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