United for Puerto Rico announced the award of $750,000 to three nonprofit organizations in Puerto Rico: American Red Cross, Chapter of Puerto Rico; Iniciativa Comunitaria Inc. and Proyecto Nacer.
CT-based AVANGRID Inc. announced it is providing assistance to Puerto Rico by deploying a Tactical Power Restoration Team specializing in the supervision of power transmission and distribution system recovery.
The state of New York will be sending an additional 350 utility personnel and 220 vehicles from public and private electric companies in New York State to help Puerto Rico restore power, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Gov, Ricardo Rosselló announced.