“We have all the resources we believe we need,” said Luma engineer Daniel Hernández. Luma has said Fiona’s floods left several substations underwater and inaccessible, and it has insisted it doesn’t need more personnel. “We don’t know the extent of the damage yet,” Castro said, adding that he was concerned and surprised that Luma had not brought in additional crews to boost extra manpower already on the island. He noted that Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority and Luma, a private company that took over the island’s power transmission and distribution last year, also have not released basic information such as details of the damage to the electricity grid. “They have not given a convincing explanation of what the problem is.” “It’s not normal,” said Marcel Castro-Sitiriche, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez. LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Fiona Many are questioning why it is taking so long to restore power since Fiona was a Category 1 storm that did not affect the entire island, and whose rain - not wind - inflicted the greatest damage. territory are angry and incredulous, and calls are growing for the ouster of the island’s private electricity transmission and distribution company.įuel disruptions are worsening the situation, forcing grocery stores, gas stations and other businesses to close and leaving apartment buildings in the dark because there is no diesel for generators.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Half of Puerto Rico is without power more than five days after Hurricane Fiona struck - including an entire town where not a single work crew has arrived.
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