# Puerto Rico faces record electric rate as demand and costs rise

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- ABC News, 2026-10-01 16:57 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/puerto-rico-faces-record-electric-rate-demand-costs-136924178

> A record electricity rate has taken effect in Puerto Rico as outages continue and the U.S. territory’s power grid keeps deteriorating.