The moon rising over the silhouetted mountains of Trinidad’s northern range on February 16, 2022, during an island-wide blackout. Photo by Janine Mendes-Franco, used with permission. At about 12:30 p.m on February 16, there was an island-wide power outage in Trinidad, which lasted until approximately 12:30 a.m. the following morning, with some areas of the country getting their electricity supply back sooner; others later. The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) stated that “a fault” had developed in its system, causing two major lines 220 KV (220,000 Volt) lines to trip at stat…