More than two weeks into its management of Puerto Rico’s electrical system, private contractor LUMA Energy is not off to a good start. Frequent power outages and service delays have tested the patience of an already over-burdened customer base since LUMA Energy took control of the island’s electric system in a privatization switchover on June […]
The Federal Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) and the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) have each approved budgets for the electrical system for Fiscal Year 2022. The FOMB’s budget demonstrates its abject failure since its inception to produce a transparent budget that demonstrates progress on savings initiatives and meeting the commonwealth’s renewable energy goals. The […]
[COMMENTARY] The poor condition of Puerto Rico’s electric grid is common knowledge. After Hurricane María struck in 2017, many communities lost power for months. This long outage led to almost 3,000 deaths and an exodus of residents. Still recuperating from the aftermath of María, the southern part of the island was hit by a major […]
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