Last Thursday, the Puerto Rico senate approved a substitute bill that consolidated several of the measures that had made the leaders of the telecommunications industry unanimously oppose any possible changes to Law 213, known as the Telecommunications Law.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority has reached agreements with six renewable energy companies who will now produce power that is expected to generate $63 million in savings for the agency in 20 years, Executive Director Juan Alicea said Tuesday.
A number of prominent private-sector leaders expressed their support Tuesday of Senate Bill 837, which proposes to create the Puerto Rico Energy Regulatory and Oversight Commission to, among other things, begin reeling in local electricity costs.
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