Puerto Rico entered the New Year with a significant blackout affecting over 1.2 million residents, reigniting concerns about the island’s precarious power infrastructure. Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the outage, which follows years of power issues exacerbated by Hurricane Maria. Local leaders, including Jenniffer González-Colon and Governor Pedro Pierluisi, have demanded accountability from power companies and emphasized the ongoing toll of blackouts on the island’s quality of life and economy.