In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane María, an estimated 95% of the Caribbean island was without power or cell service, and more than half of the population did not have access to clean drinking water. Three months later, 45% of the population — more than 1.5 million individuals — were still without electrical service and […]
Creating a competitive free market for electricity in Puerto Rico was a recurring theme of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee hearing held April 9th on the rebuilding and privatization of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). But the discussion of what a competitive electricity market would look like remained vague, along with details […]
Last month, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority filed its long-anticipated integrated resource plan – a 20-year plan for the transformation of the island’s power generation system – with its regulator, the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau. In the plan, PREPA details various scenarios for the build-out of generation infrastructure and a five-year action plan of […]
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