Power restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico less than 48 hours after island-wide blackout
April 18 (UPI) -- Electrical power was restored Friday to nearly 99% of customers less than 48 hours after an island-wide outage, according to a…
Puerto Rico recovering from massive island-wide blackout | Energy
NewsFeedUtility crews are working to restore power to Puerto Rico after a major blackout that left 1.4 million without power and 400,000 without water. The…
Puerto Rico’s power plants go offline, leading to widespread island blackout
Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González-Colon said local officials and power-generation companies are working to restore electrical service following an island-wide blackout due to an unknown…
Heathrow Blackout Exposes Weak Spot in Airport’s Power Supplies
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessLondon Heathrow’s unprecedented blackout on Friday has put the airport’s reliance on potentially vulnerable infrastructure into focus, at a time when the…
Chile declares state of emergency as blackout plunges country into darkness | Business and Economy News
Chilean authorities say largest outage in years caused by transmission line failure.Chile’s government has enacted a state of emergency after a huge power outage left…
Entire country plunged into darkness as 19MILLION hit by power cut and no-one allowed outside in nationwide blackout
A LARGE power outage left millions of people across Chile in darkness on Tuesday.The power outage affected the South American nation from the northern Arica…
Millions without power as Cuba hit by another nationwide blackout | Politics News
Authorities say Antonio Guiteras power plant shut down overnight, prompting collapse of national power grid.Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed again, leaving millions of people…
Electricity finally begins to return in Cuba after multi-day power blackout | Energy News
Electricity is slowly returning to Havana, Cuba’s capital days after a nationwide blackout plunged the country of 10 million into total darkness on Friday, causing…
Cuba struggles to get energy grid back online after nationwide blackout | Infrastructure News
The Cuban government has started to restore power to the millions of residents left in the dark during a nationwide power outage this week. On…
The mouse returns: DirecTV and Disney strike a deal to end blackout
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Sunday, Sept. 15. Happy start to Hispanic Heritage Month. I’m your host, Andrew J. Campa.…
DirecTV and Disney reach deal to end ESPN, ABC blackout
After a 13-day blackout, Walt Disney Co. and DirecTV settled their contentious contract dispute early Saturday, restoring ESPN, ABC stations and other Disney-owned channels for…
Disney blackout on DirecTV frustrates fans before ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’
Millions of DirecTV customers could miss ESPN’s kickoff of “Monday Night Football” — a highly anticipated game between the San Francisco 49ers and New York…
ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels dropped from DirecTV in contract dispute
Walt Disney Co.-owned channels, including ESPN and ABC stations, were knocked off DirecTV platforms Sunday after talks to reach a new distribution deal collapsed.The blackout…
Venezuelan government blames opposition ‘sabotage’ for mass blackout | Nicolas Maduro
NewsFeedMost of Venezuela has been affected by a massive power outage which left neighbourhoods in the capital and surrounding areas in darkness. The government is…
Bangladesh restores mobile internet after 11-day blackout to quell protests | Protests News
Meanwhile, the home minister says at least 147 people were killed during the violence over government job quotas.Bangladesh has restored mobile internet, 11 days after…
California battery storage grows rapidly, but blackouts still a risk
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California continued to rapidly add the battery storage that is crucial to the transition to cleaner energy, but admitted…
‘Blackout’ review: Fessenden’s werewolf film is smart horror
Hard-drinking artist and itinerant contractor Charley (Alex Hurt) hasn’t been much of a morning person of late. Recalling the previous night’s events is a problem…
Hundreds of Victorians remain without power after last week’s storms. Some are at relief centres and unable to work
More than a week after deadly storms tore through Victoria, knocking out power to more than half a million customers, the lights are still out…
Australian Energy Regulator takes legal action against Callide Power Trading over generator explosion
In short: The Australian Energy Regulator is taking Callide Power Trading to court.It alleges the coal-powered station was in breach of the National Electricity Rules when its C4 unit…
Network blackout cuts communications for millions in war-torn Sudan | Conflict News
All three of Sudan’s main internet providers are offline as the United Nations appeals for aid funds. All three of Sudan’s main internet operators were…