The head of the country 's electric authority , Hipolito Izquierdo , told state-run Venezuelan Television that 60 percent of the power had been restored by 7 p.m. local time ( 7:30 p.m . ET ) and predicted that power would be fully restored before 9:30 p.m. ( 10 p.m . ET ) . NEW : 60 percent of power restored by 7 p.m. local time , official says . -- The U.S. military has deployed a team to the island and is working with Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello on recovery efforts in San Juan, according to Pentagon spokesman Capt. Power went out across much of the country about 4 p.m. local time ( 4:30 p.m . ET ) High temperatures cited as a contributing factor in the outages .
NEW : 60 percent of power restored by 7 p.m. local time , official says . -- The U.S. military has deployed a team to the island and is working with Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello on recovery efforts in San Juan, according to Pentagon spokesman Capt. Power went out across much of the country about 4 p.m. local time ( 4:30 p.m . ET ) High temperatures cited as a contributing factor in the outages .