Power restored in LUMA's Ponce region, PR after outage that peaked at 49,266 customers
Power was restored in LUMA's Ponce region after an outage that peaked at 49,266 customers without electricity; service was affected for roughly 27 hours; LUMA reports outages by region, so these figures cover the whole Ponce region (multiple municipios).
Power restored
peak of 49,266 customers out · outage lasted roughly 27 hours
LUMA reports outages by region: the figures in this article cover LUMA's Ponce region — multiple municipios — not Ponce municipio alone.
⚠️ The area is under a Rip Current Statement per the National Weather Service.
How it developed
Aug 15, 4:20 PM AST — 2,951 out · Aug 15, 10:50 PM AST — 49,266 out · Aug 16, 4:50 PM AST — 7,737 out · Aug 16, 5:05 PM AST — 7,780 out · Aug 16, 5:20 PM AST — 5,856 out · Aug 16, 5:35 PM AST — 5,826 out · Aug 16, 5:50 PM AST — 5,658 out · Aug 16, 6:05 PM AST — 5,788 out · Aug 16, 6:20 PM AST — 5,668 out · Aug 16, 6:35 PM AST — 6,272 out · Aug 16, 6:50 PM AST — 4,686 out · Aug 16, 6:55 PM AST — 0 out
Track it live: the numbers above were frozen when this article was published — the live page for Ponce updates about every 15 minutes with current counts, the utility's latest restoration time, and our estimate.