Less than two weeks before the ninth anniversary of Hurricane María, LUMA Energy has not carried out any streetlight replacement work in nine Puerto Rico municipalities, according to the report. The utility consortium stated that this situation will change no later than January, once it receives funding obligations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The report does not specify which nine municipalities are affected, but ties the delay directly to the pending release of federal disaster-recovery funds tied to Hurricane María damage.
In context (787daily, from public data)
<0.1%of LUMA customers without power
46-day average 0.3% · worst 1.8%, Sep 30
LUMA's portal showed under 0.1% of customers out at 6:07 AM AST on Oct 22, 2026. Across the 46 days 787daily has tracked it, the daily average is 0.3% and the worst was 1.8% on Sep 30, 2026.
Worst of LUMA's five full years, up from 26.3 hours the year before
Customers averaged 28.4 hours without power in the fiscal year that ended in June 2026, the worst of the five full years LUMA has run the grid and up from 26.3 hours the year before.
LUMA operates the transmission and distribution system.