Puerto Rico

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When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico the morning of September 20, 2017, it knocked the island into a total blackout. Since then, restoring electricity has been slow and scandalous for the three-plus million residents of the U.S. territory.



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How long has Puerto Rico been without full power? As of July 16, it’s 299 days and counting. That's more than nine months. When will power in Puerto Rico be restored? The Puerto Rican governor first said 95 percent of power would be restored by December, then said full power would be restored by February.

Not that the explosion at a power substation in February helped. As of February, government officials said there was no date for restoring 100 percent of power.

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority aimed to restory 95 percent of power by the end of March (it didn’t) and finish the job by May.

Puerto Rico has been at ~95 percent power-making capacity since early May. That doesn’t necessarily mean that many Puerto Ricans have power — it’s just easier to measure power capacity than it is how many people have power.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, more than 27,000 Puerto Ricans are believed to have come to New York, and NYC has been the hub of many Puerto Rico relief efforts.

Follow our count-up clock as it ticks the seconds from when Puerto Rico lost power until electricity is 100 percent restored.

How many are without power in Puerto Rico?

As of July 16, 95 percent of Puerto Rico's power-making capacity has been restored. According to PBS News Hour, “four months after Hurricane Maria, about 450,000 of 1.5 million electricity customers in Puerto Rico still have no service.”

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