When will the power be back in Arecibo, PR?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Puerto Rico
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customers reported out in LUMA's Arecibo region
LUMA reports one combined total per region: this figure covers the whole Arecibo region (multiple municipios), not Arecibo, PR alone.
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this region isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Region-wide restoration outlook: ~20 min to restore at the current pace (roughly 55 customers an hour)
🎯 Likely 5 min–1.2 hr — based on how accurate our past estimates like this have been.
Region-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 11:32 PM AST.
1509 region-wide trend of customers without power · last 5 days · tap or hover a point to see its number
⚡ No power in Arecibo, PR? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Numbers here come from LUMA's public outage map, which reports by region, not by municipio. Puerto Rico is not included in the federal government's county outage data.
Who serves Arecibo?
Municipio-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include LUMA / PREPA. LUMA / PREPA is the only electric utility serving Puerto Rico.
Outage history — Arecibo, PR
Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 17,740 customers, restored in ~41.5 hr (weather alert).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 19.8 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 2, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Arecibo, PR
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,388 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 204 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~15.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in winter.
Largest on record: ~82,244 customers out in September 2022, restored after about 19.5 days. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), municipio-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered
Communities in Arecibo include Animas, Bajadero, La Alianza and Sabana Hoyos. Searches and the live map cover every address in this municipio, named here or not.
Nearby counties & areas
