About 32 percent of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority customers receive some sort of a subsidy on their monthly bills, which is floated by those who pay the full rate.
The island’s electricity costs — significantly high in comparison to most competitive economies — could be solved by making a series of difficult choices to fix the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s escalating problems and take advantage of a new energy order that is driving down prices around the globe.
The World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE) announced Tuesday its first annual Caribbean Energy Conference, to be held May 14-16, 2014 at the Sheraton Hotel.