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In October 2017, a resident tries to connect electrical lines downed by Hurricane Maria in Toa Baja. Puerto Rican officials say electricity has returned to all residents without it after the hurricane.

Nearly A Year After Maria, Puerto Rico Officials Claim Power Is Totally Restored

2:47am August 15, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority says all homes without power from the devastating hurricane now have electricity. Other reports say some residents are still waiting.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, right, speaks during a ceremony on Capitol Hill on June 27, 2018. On Thursday, Rosselló demanded the resignation of any member of PREPA's board who refused to cut the new CEO's $750,000 salary.

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Leadership Of Puerto Rico's Electric Utility Crumbles Amid Power Struggle

6:07pm July 12, 2018

by Adrian Florido

Five board members — including the newly named CEO — resigned rather than submit to demands from the governor. The utility still has not restored power to all who lost it after Hurricane Maria.

A worker from the Cobra Energy Company, contracted by the Army Corps of Engineers, installs power lines in the Barrio Martorel area of Yabucoa, a town where many residents continue without power in Puerto Rico, on May 16.

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FEMA Denies Contract Extension In Puerto Rico, Power Crews Head Home

6:48pm May 18, 2018

by Adrian Florido

About one percent of the island's customers remain without power eight months after Hurricane Maria. Officials say power restoration will be done by May 31.

View of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 18, 2018, after a major failure knocked out the electricity leaving the entire island without power, again. The electricity was eventually restored, but 1.5 percent of customers have had no power in the eight mo

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Puerto Rico To FEMA: Let The Power Crews Stay

5:58pm May 09, 2018

by Adrian Florido

The last of the federal government's power restoration crews are scheduled to leave Puerto Rico on May 18. The island's congressional representative wants a 90-day extension.

An aerial view of Road 2, six months after Hurricane Maria, in Toa Alta, west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 18.

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Puerto Rico Loses Power — Again

3:13pm April 18, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The U.S. territory was hit by an islandwide blackout, affecting more than 3 million people. Puerto Rico has struggled to rebuild its infrastructure since Hurricane Maria hit in September.

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Explosion At Substation Plunges Parts Of Puerto Rico Into Darkness Once Again

2:09am February 12, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority — under fire for months in the wake of Hurricane Maria — says it thinks power can be restored within a day.

In a photograph taken in October, a resident tries to connect electrical lines downed by Hurricane Maria in preparation for when electricity is restored in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico's Governor Announces Plan To Privatize Island's Troubled Electric Utility

10:16am January 23, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló says it may take 18 months to sell off the beleaguered Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, or PREPA, which has failed to fully restore electricity months after Hurricane Maria.

Army reservist Eric Elder, a lineman in civilian life, works with the Corps of Engineers to restore power in the hilly Rio Grande neighborhood east of San Juan.

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Puerto Rico Governor Asks DOJ To Investigate Island's Public Power Utility

7:00pm January 11, 2018

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló ordered the investigation after federal agents confiscated large quantities of rebuilding materials that were being held in a utility-owned warehouse.

A lineman from the Electric Power Authority repairs distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

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Chief Of Puerto Rico's Power Authority Resigns Under Fire

6:46pm November 17, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

A continuing controversy over a $300 million contract with a small Montana electrical firm to restore power in Puerto Rico was one of many "distractions," says the island's governor.