portions of grid regions, States, and Puerto Rico. The outages have been so constant lately that several mayors have declared states of emergency and handed out generators and ice to those most in need, as well as hired private crews to restore power after saying that Luma informed them they lacked enough brigades. grid regions’ emission data, EPA provides recent and historic air emissions, including carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), for U.S. "These days it's been running like it's Maria all over again," she said. Along with Hurricane Fiona, Puerto Rico is. After Hurricane Maria decimated the island’s antiquated electric grid in 2017 triggering the world’s second longest blackout the power authority has struggled to keep the lights up for Puerto Ricans. Puerto Rico faces another one after Hurricane Fiona knocked out all power on the island this weekend. A grid failure of the already fragile power system sent over a million residents into a blackout state Sunday. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a public corporation, continues to be in charge of controlling power generation units. She and her family already had spent two days without electricity when Thursday's massive outage hit, adding that they have had to adjust their budget and buy gasoline to keep their generator going. A black start is the process of restoring an electric grid from a shutdown. Victoria Pérez, who lives in the capital of San Juan, said power in her neighborhood of Río Piedras usually goes out two to three times a week, but that outages have recently worsened. Puerto Rico's long road to recovery from Hurricane Maria 44 photos It's the latest challenge to hit a company that has come under scrutiny amid high expectations that it would briskly solve problems despite having to rely on aging infrastructure and a fragile power grid that has not been strengthened since Hurricane Maria razed it in 2017 as a Category 4 storm, leaving some clients without power for up to a year.
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