# Unexpected outage at Costa Sur plant leaves 175,000 Puerto Rico customers without power

An unexpected failure at the Costa Sur power plant left approximately 175,000 customers without electricity in Puerto Rico.

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Approximately 175,352 customers in Puerto Rico lost electricity during the late afternoon and evening of Sunday following an unexpected failure of units 5 and 6 at the Costa Sur power plant. [^1]

Genera PR reported on Tuesday that Unit 6 of the San Juan thermal power plant unexpectedly went offline, causing partial interruptions to electrical service in Puerto Rico. [^2]

The outage represented approximately 11.9% of the 1,468,223 clients registered in the system. [^3]

The region of Caguas recorded the highest number of affected customers with 53,875 out of a total of 250,514. [^4]

According to updated data from LUMA Energy as of 5:55 PM, 35,384 customers remained without electrical service, representing 2.41% of the total reported. [^5]

Genera PR stated that it does not yet have an estimated time for Unit 6 of the San Juan plant to return to service and will continue to provide updates as the situation develops. [^6]

Unit 6 of the Costa Sur plant, which went offline on Monday afternoon due to a disturbance in transmission infrastructure, is currently in the startup process. [^7]

Genera PR stated that it does not currently have an estimated time for when Unit 6 will return to operation and will offer updates as the process advances. [^8]

Carolina reported 27,298 customers without service out of a total of 141,663, while Mayagüez had 14,313 affected subscribers and Ponce had 10,792. [^9]

## What this stands on

1. Approximately 175,352 customers in Puerto Rico lost electricity during the late afternoon and evening of Sunday following an unexpected failure of units 5 and 6 at the Costa Sur power plant. (Periódico La Perla, News)
2. Genera PR reported on Tuesday that Unit 6 of the San Juan thermal power plant unexpectedly went offline, causing partial interruptions to electrical service in Puerto Rico. (NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -, News)
3. The outage represented approximately 11.9% of the 1,468,223 clients registered in the system. (Periódico La Perla, News)
4. The region of Caguas recorded the highest number of affected customers with 53,875 out of a total of 250,514. (Periódico La Perla, News)
5. According to updated data from LUMA Energy as of 5:55 PM, 35,384 customers remained without electrical service, representing 2.41% of the total reported. (NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -, News)
6. Genera PR stated that it does not yet have an estimated time for Unit 6 of the San Juan plant to return to service and will continue to provide updates as the situation develops. (NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -, News)
7. Unit 6 of the Costa Sur plant, which went offline on Monday afternoon due to a disturbance in transmission infrastructure, is currently in the startup process. (NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -, News)
8. Genera PR stated that it does not currently have an estimated time for when Unit 6 will return to operation and will offer updates as the process advances. (Metro Puerto Rico, News)
9. Carolina reported 27,298 customers without service out of a total of 141,663, while Mayagüez had 14,313 affected subscribers and Ponce had 10,792. (Periódico La Perla, News)

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