More than a Million Without Power , in Puerto Rico, After Massive Blackout.<br />A fire at a Luma Energy power station on April 6 has left an estimated 1.2 million people without electricity.<br />Classes were canceled and government offices were shut down all across the island.<br />Puerto Ricans generally pay twice what mainland Americans pay for power, despite a greater level of poverty on the island.<br />This is horrible. To increase bills when you don’t provide a perfect service...the level of impunity <br />is absurd, Luisa Rosado, Río Piedras Resident, via NBC News.<br />The Luma Energy vice president stated that the power system "is being restored little by little.".<br />The people of Puerto Rico have to understand that it’s a system with a lot of years, Kevin Acevedo, Luma Energy vice president, <br />via NBC News.<br />Bringing back Puerto Rico’s system is a delicate and complicated process, Kevin Acevedo, Luma Energy vice president, <br />via NBC News.<br />Acevedo added that Luma is attempting to <br />restore power within 24 hours.<br />With hurricane season less than two months away, residents are worried about what may lie ahead.<br />Acevedo attempted to curb skepticism and fears that Puerto Ricans share when it comes to the fragility of the island's power system.<br />The system is fragile, no one is denying that, but we’re prepared, Kevin Acevedo, Luma Energy vice president, <br />via NBC News.<br />In a press conference on March 7, Luma officials stated that some of the faulty breaker equipment is more than 40 years old.<br />The breakers in question have a <br />life span of 30 years.<br />As of the afternoon of April 7, power had been restored to a small percentage of residents
