Puerto Rico Plunged into Darkness on New Year's Eve: Blackout Highlights Ongoing Power Grid Struggles and Tourism Challenges

As the world prepared to usher in 2025, Puerto Rico faced a massive blackout that left over 1.2 million residents without power, dimming the island̢۪s New Year̢۪s Eve celebrations. The blackout, which began early Tuesday, affected nearly all of the US territory, with Luma Energy reporting that 1.47 million clients experienced service disruptions. The cause of the outage remains unclear, but the event highlights the chronic issues plaguing Puerto Rico̢۪s power infrastructure.