why is puerto rico without power

Puerto Rico is without power primarily due to a major island-wide blackout caused by a failure in a transmission line between the Cambalache power plant and the municipality of Manatí. This failure, compounded by vegetation interference on the transmission line and a failure in the protection system, led to an unexpected shutdown of all power plants on the island. The outage affected over 1.4 million customers and left the entire electricity distribution network down. This incident is part of a more extensive ongoing problem where the power infrastructure on the island remains fragile and vulnerable after being severely damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017. Efforts to restore power are ongoing but may take several days, with critical facilities like hospitals prioritized for restoration.