More than 175,000 customers without service following outages at Costa Sur

By THE STAR STAFF

Some 175,352 LUMA Energy customers were without electrical service as of 3 p.m. Sunday, according to data published by the company.

Meanwhile, spokespersons for Genera PR reported that Units 5 and 6 at the Costa Sur Power Plant went offline unexpectedly.

“Our technical staff is conducting the necessary assessment to determine the cause and the plan of action moving forward,” a Genera spokesperson stated. “We will continue to provide updates as additional information becomes available. We understand the frustration customers feel when they lose power. …”

The aforementioned figure represents approximately 11.9% of the 1,468,223 customers registered in the system.

The Caguas region recorded the highest number of customers without electricity, with 53,875 out of a total of 250,514. It was followed by Bayamón, with 34,109 customers without service, and San Juan, with 31,065.

Meanwhile, the Carolina region reported 27,298 customers without service out of a total of 141,663. Mayagüez had 14,313 affected customers, and Ponce recorded 10,792.

The Arecibo region had the lowest number of customers without electricity, with 3,900 out of a total of 177,369. According to LUMA’s table, there were no customers identified as being affected by scheduled improvement work at the time of the update.