Stateside power co’s to deploy 1.5K workers to PR in Jan.
December 27, 2017
Several investor-owned electric companies that are members of the Edison Electric Institute will deploy nearly 1,500 additional restoration workers and support personnel to Puerto Rico in early January to accelerate ongoing power restoration efforts across the island, the EEI said.
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Solar provider Sunnova sends scathing letter to PREPA for blocking recovery
December 22, 2017
Sunnova Energy Corp., which provides distributed, residential solar power in Puerto Rico, delivered a letter to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) blasting it for its “continued inaction and reluctance to work cooperatively with Sunnova.”
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Florida Power & Light joins industry experts to help light up PR
December 12, 2017
Florida Power & Light Company announced that a 10-person team of restoration experts traveled to Puerto Rico this past weekend to support ongoing restoration efforts across the Commonwealth.
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PR’s post-María landscape presents new challenges, opportunities
December 11, 2017
Puerto Rico’s economic landscape post-Hurricane María presents a new set of challenges and opportunities to reshape business operations and education going forward, to ensure the island does not collapse and fewer residents opt to leave in search for a better life elsewhere.
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7 US electric power ‘incident management’ teams in PR to help PREPA
December 11, 2017
The electric power industry deployed a contingent of seven incident management teams (IMTs) to Puerto Rico this weekend to support ongoing power restoration efforts across the island.
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Virginia-based co. lays out $1B initiative to build ‘water resilience’ in PR
December 11, 2017
With more than half of Puerto Rico still without water, a Virginia entrepreneur has proposed to President Trump and his administration a $1 billion initiative to prepare every home on the island for inevitable future hurricanes that will again leave the population without water.
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USACE adds $265M to contract with Fluor Corp.; Whitefish finishes work
December 7, 2017
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama, awarded a $265 million modification to an existing contract with Fluor Corp. to repair the power grid in Puerto Rico.
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PR Gov. Rosselló unveils new energy storage systems for Vieques, Culebra
December 6, 2017
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced the development of six projects that combine solar photovoltaic and Tesla energy storage on the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, where electricity service was interrupted after the passage of Hurricane María.
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Wireless co’s are 82% to 95% back online, but still fighting vandalism
December 4, 2017
Puerto Rico’s wireless telecom providers have restored between 82 percent and 95 percent of services to sites ravaged by Hurricane María in September, but a full restoration will hinge on controlling vandalism, copper theft and restored energy service.
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Remote Area Medical deploys medical team to offer free care to PR
December 4, 2017
Remote Area Medical-RAM, the largest nongovernmental organization that operates mobile medical clinics delivering free dental, vision, and medical services to underserved and uninsured individuals, will be in Puerto Rico Dec. 3-21 to offer free services. No ID is required.
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Insurers to pay out billions in damage by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and María
December 1, 2017
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was the first time three Category 4 hurricanes —Harvey, Irma and María — made landfall in the United States and its territories in one year, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).
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sonnen Foundation for Energy Security installs 1st community solar microgrids
December 1, 2017
Intelligent residential energy storage company sonnen, announced the official formation of the sonnen Foundation for Energy Security, which will work with local energy partner Pura Energía to implement microgrids islandwide.
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USACE awards $93M in new contracts for PR’s ‘Operation Blue Roof’
November 30, 2017
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Mobile District, awarded a $93-million shared capacity contract to Power & Instrumentation Services Inc. and Ceres Caribe Inc.,
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Whitefish finishes work that should light up more of San Juan
November 30, 2017
Whitefish Energy crews have completed their repair work on the south-to-north 50900 transmission line.
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Foundation for PR to manage United for PR grant applications
November 29, 2017
United for Puerto Rico reached an agreement with Foundation for Puerto Rico, through which the latter will provide technical and administrative support in a cost-efficient manner to increase the organization’s capacity and agility to process grant applications, the nonprofits announced.
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