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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Company pledges to reduce Puerto Rico outages amid anger

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Persistent power outages and threats from Puerto Rico’s government prompted a company that operates the island’s transmission and distribution system to announce Wednesday that it would dedicate more resources and crews to improve service.

The move came just hours after the U.S. territory's Senate launched a hearing to analyze the government’s contract with Luma Energy — a consortium made up of Calgary, Alberta-based Atco and Quanta Services Inc. of Houston — amid calls to cancel it.

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