Nation Mar 14 Powerful winds and extreme weather knock out power, damage property and fuel wildfires across parts of U.S. By Mark Scolforo, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press
Nation May 30 After chronic outages, Puerto Rico governor pledges to improve island's crumbling power grid Puerto Rico’s governor pledged Thursday to improve the island’s crumbling electric grid and boost the economy in her first address after being elected last year as anger intensifies over repeated power outages and an increase in cost-of-living expenses. By Dánica Coto, Associated Press
Nation Apr 16 Puerto Rico hit with island-wide blackout as residents prepare for Easter weekend An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend, officials said. By Dánica Coto, Associated Press
Nation Mar 30 Great Lakes region loses power due to freezing rain while Tennessee braces for high winds Freezing rain brought down trees and power lines in Michigan and Wisconsin, cutting electricity for thousands of people Sunday in the upper Great Lakes region, while forecasters said severe weather was on its way to Tennessee. By Associated Press
World Mar 15 Electric grid failure in Cuba leaves millions without power for 4th time in 6 months The massive blackout is the fourth in the last six months as a severe economic crisis plagues the Caribbean country. The Ministry of Energy and Mines, in a statement on social media, attributed the latest outage to a failure at a substation in the… By Associated Press
Feb 10 Puerto Rico governor's effort to eliminate renewable energy goals sparks pushback By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Puerto Rico legislators on Monday held a contentious public hearing on a governor-backed bill that would eliminate renewable energy goals and extend operations of the island's lone coal-fired plant, long accused of polluting low-income communities. Continue reading
Oct 20 Days after island-wide blackout, Cubans suffer through multiple setbacks to restoring power By Milexsy Duran, Associated Press Many Cubans waited in anguish Sunday as electricity on much of the island had yet to be restored days after an island-wide blackout. Their concerns were also raised as Hurricane Oscar made landfall in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading toward their… Continue reading
Oct 19 Parts of Cuba get electricity back after nationwide power outage left millions in the dark By Associated Press Cuba's government on Saturday said that some electricity was restored on the island after one of the country's major power plants failed and left millions without electricity in an outage that started two days earlier. Continue reading
Oct 18 Cuba's electrical grid goes offline after major power plant fails By Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press Even in a country accustomed to frequent outages amid a deepening economic crisis, the size of Thursday night’s blackout left millions of Cubans on edge. Continue reading
Sep 13 Thousands remain without power in New Orleans as Francine drenches the South By Jack Brook, Sara Cline, Associated Press Forecasters expected Francine to weaken Friday as it crosses northern Arkansas, but the storm's slow progress will mean days of heavy rain in the Southeast, creating a flash flooding risk. Continue reading