In Real Life: Puerto Rico's Power Crisis
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- What's behind the rampant blackouts in Puerto Rico leaving millions of Americans in the dark? #NewsyInRealLife
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Puerto Rico’s government stop caring about the grid back in 1960’s didn’t become a major issue till the 2000’s
Is not in the best interest of US that Puerto Rico get renewable energery because guess who we buy fossils fuel and gas at the highest price there is 🤫🤫
We were without power for 11 months. Then A.E.E. tried to charge us for the electric we did not have.
Big difference between transmission and generation.
I'm not a LUMA fan, but in fairness to the discussion here, LUMA is responsible for the transmission of power and not the generation of it. Too many YT vids don't tend to clearly make that distinction or point it out through their vids. Even here in PR, where we should know better, way too many people don't make that distinction either - especially when venting/ranting.
The generation continues to be - mostly - in the hands of the non-privatized part of the previous state power monopoly. A lot of those plants are very old and the only newer power plants that have opened in recent times are some private ones; however, they only represent about 25% of the power production here now (and only 5% of grand total is wind/solar).
What I don't know is what % solar has become with private individuals putting up panels on their roofs.
That whole generation vs distribution argument is just LUMA/NPP propaganda. They didn't have to split the two, it was more convenient for them to set a fall guy. That is why there are still paid Facebook advertising campaign run by NPP shell companies pushing that bogus argument. I pay Luma for power, if they cannot work with their many suppliers that is on them.
Jay
Puerto Rico must adopt renewable energy. 🇵🇷
There are parts of the island that have done it. Renewables aren’t going to be as effective over here. Specially due to hurricanes. We need a power service that provides energy to urban areas of the island. But for rural areas, renewables are best. Plus, we don’t have a lot of space available for renewables. We want to keep land to farm so we can have food production to sustain ourselves.
You really need a nuclear plant and that's really costly and needs security etc...or a gas pipeline project from the Gulf coast. Renewable energy is not sufficient like the guy said.
Renewable energy is not cheap or cost effective to run. PR's energy costs are more expensive as it is when compared to the states but cheaper than Hawaii. Even if ran at 100% ( there is already some sectors that run on renewable energy in PR) they will depend on the old relay and ineffective lines LUMA are adjusting now.
That’s is easy to say with a slave wage…And the people that have it are either in debt or rich…
I like renewal energy we need more if that. DonJr.
The infrastructure in Puerto Rico is terrible.
I hope they put as many Solar panels as possible & even wind power .
The leadership needs to change if they are to receive a majority coverage of renewable energy. Too many greedy and corrupt politicians running rampant and being allowed to do whatever and line their pockets.
Probably the politicians that are giving the contract to these co. Are getting a big kickback 🤪. Start looking at them.
they steal billions a year and nobody does anything, the most corrupted goverment there is, look into the schools all the millions they get for the schools and they are falling apart and most of them are closed, kids 2 and 3 years old that can barely say a word because there is no education and what future our kids going to have? it is at a point where if something dramatic does not happen soon we will be lost forever!
Since the hurricane ,is Luma storm proofing as rebuilding to make it more resilient against storms , for the people ??
When I lived in Puerto Rico in the 1970s and 1980s, we would have blackouts every month. We where quite used to not having power for hours at a time. We lived in an urban area of San Juan too.
Nosotros los puertoriquenos estamos muy divididos,politicamente y socialmente
La compocision familiar se està desintegrando rapidamente😎🇵🇷
So the funding to repair the grid went to the wrong company LUMA. They should of given it to a chinese power company. The grid would be new and weather proof years ago. The people there are tired of leaving the A/C off because of the electric bill is a Rippoff for decades now.
Puerto Rico USA
There's no light in Limas Verdes, Bayamon. Please there's old people and babies who need electricity for their medical treatments. Lomas Verdes, Bayamon
Thank you Elon ✨
anybody know which facility is shown at @10:47 ?
Who is this georgeous reporter. 🤙call me.
lol...
What about windmills
Pobre pueblo d Isabela. Resucitó. Calerlo Juarbe, q Dios los ampare!
I don't understand why the entire island is not more solar powered🤔There should be an in incentive program from the government for people to install solar panels all over the island. Is it that complicated?
We need solar power and wind power and conserve electricity also. If you have ideas please share. DonJr.
I am here too. Reach out to me
Well mr. Wayne Stensby why don’t you take one off your paycheck’s and donated it to fix the problem with the lights back home in Puerto Rico ah iam sure that your bonuses are bigger than your paycheck 🤯🤬😡🤯 but you have to buy a Bugatti maybe two let’s Puerto Rico peo are not important enough for you 🤯🤬🤬🤬🤬😡what a shame you get Richer on us but don’t care about us just the money 💰 lot’s of it 🤬🤯
Bruh, you people make life look like a movie made by buzz feed 😂
there’s only one way to solve this, statehood.
Puerto Ricans would rather trust their corrupt politicians 😏
Such a shame, about everybody and everything on that island.
Beautiful reporting beautiful piece
Don't blame luna. Blame the oversite board that was put in place.
The problem was before all of that.
Dios Bendiga “ A Puerto Rico!
Que Duo's the bendiga a to tambien. DonJr.
Does anyone know what specifically is causing the recent outages? Is it a power generation issue (problems at the power plant) OR is it a power distribution issue (cables downed by trees, transformers going down, maintenance outages, etc.)? I was hoping this would be addressed by the Luma CEO.
Most of the issues comes from power plants. The government still owns generation. Luma just took over distribution and transmission
Whats going on its the electricity company change owners they was AAE now its Luma so the ex workers from AAE are making sabotage to make Luma get out of Puerto Rico cuz they want to still make robbery of the People of the island.
Please help the Puerto people, God have mercy!!!
LUMA came to solve the more than 60 years problem
Why aren't they using solar panels with batteries and inverters?!?!?!? I use mine and they work great!!! NOT HARD to install!!!
But Luma saved the day jijijiji
That's rite add more problems to the United states.
Pos United States …??? Put the Puerto Ricans on the front line both wars but you won’t/can’t fix the grid . F@&$” You
Im in ocean park and i dont see any power outage, this is why you want to live in a big city.
In Carolina u only get an electric outage once in a long while and they usually don’t last long. Couple of times in a year they lasted hours and rarely it lasted a day.