Number of customers without electricity increases
By The Star Staff
Genera PR spokesman Ivan Báez said late last week that multiple breakdowns at several generation units have compromised the electricity supply in Puerto Rico and have led to an increase in the number of customers without service.
“Unit 1 and Unit 2 of Aguirre went out of service on Friday,” Báez said in an interview with Cybernews. “Unit 2 is expected to return to service by this Sunday. Unit 1, which had been put into service in a limited way, went out again this afternoon, and we are working to restore it.”
Báez noted that Unit 3 of Palo Seco suffered a breakdown in the boiler last Monday, which was repaired and put back into service on Wednesday.
“On Tuesday, we had a breakdown in Unit 6 of San Juan,” he added. “We are verifying the damage, but we do not yet have a date for its repair. In Costa Sur, unit 6 was forced out of service yesterday [last Thursday], and we expect it to be operational by next Thursday.”
Báez said EcoEléctrica is conducting repairs on one of its units, which has contributed to a deficit in electricity generation.
Number of customers without electricity rises
The number of LUMA Energy customers without electricity continued to increase late last week. According to the most recent data, as of 5:35 p.m. Friday, 163,272 customers were without service due to lack of generation, while an additional 3,404 customers were without service due to planned improvements, bringing the total affected to 166,676. No updated data was available as of press time on Sunday.
The breakdown by region was as follows:
Arecibo: 16,782 customers without service (9.46% of the region)
Mayagüez: 33,953 customers without service (15.68%)
Bayamón: 31,240 customers without service, with 2,990 of those due to planned improvements (14.43%)
San Juan: 21,820 customers without service, with 25 of those due to planned improvements (8.62%)
Carolina: 13,991 customers without service (9.88%)
Caguas: 24,307 customers without service, with 389 of those due to planned improvements (9.70%)
Ponce: 24,583 customers without service (11.57%)
In total, 11.36% of LUMA Energy customers in Puerto Rico were without electricity as of last Friday afternoon, representing 166,676 affected customers out of a total of 1,468,223.
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