After some areas of Puerto Rico welcomed the New Year in the dark amid a massive failure to the island’s power grid, service has been restored to nearly all impacted customers.

Electric power has been restored to nearly all affected customers across Puerto Rico after a sweeping blackout plunged the U.S. territory into darkness on New Year’s Eve.

Most of Puerto Rico's power was restored since the New Year's Eve blackout that left a majority of the island in the dark. Around 99% if the island now has energy once again, according to Luma Energy,

Power was restored to most of Puerto Rico Wednesday after a major blackout plunged the island into darkness on New Year's Eve, the US territory's electric utility said.The blackout came as the Caribbean island entered its high season for tourists visiting from the wintry US mainland,

Puerto Rico's power grid has been vulnerable since Hurricane Maria in 2017 left the island's infrastructure compromised.

Around 15% of Puerto Rico is still without power after a staggering "island-wide" outage cast the population into darkness Tuesday. The big picture: The island has grappled with a faulty power grid and repeated outages for years,

An island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico Tuesday left more than 1 million residents without power ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations, with crews working for hours throughout the day to get the lights back on.

Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island prepared for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. ter