00:00In Puerto Rico, more than 135,000 customers are reported to be without power due to the abrupt shutdown of
00:08Unit 5 at the Costa Sur power plant.
00:10Luba Energy reported that the failure forced the Energy Consortium to implement selective power outages, known as load shedding, due
00:17to the shortage of electricity generation.
00:19In July and August, the electricity system experienced 15 outages due to insufficient generation, nearly matching the figure of 16
00:26recorded from May to October 2025.
00:28The period of highest energy demand.
00:31The company in charge of the power plants announced that operational staff are investigating the cause of the technical failure
00:38to determine the necessary course of action.
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