Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González grilled Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Executive Director Walter Higgins and his staff on progress to restore 100 percent of the island’s electricity and on the system’s reliability.
OutBack Power Technologies, Inc., a distributor of battery based renewable energy systems, announced that its Energy Express mobile training van will be embarking on a two-week tour of Puerto Rico, May 7-18.
In shelving its review of the economic viability of a proposed natural gas import complex off the south coast of the island, the Puerto Rico Energy Commission last week took a policy step in the right direction.
In an abandoned structure within walking distance of the City Hall of Culebra the fate of a project that would ensure the provision of electricity during emergencies remains in suspense.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority recently announced a request for proposal seeking providers of power solutions for the electrical system of the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra.
The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association sent a letter to the new executive director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Walter Higgins, stressing the need for “environmentally friendly and cost effective electric service.”
The Coalition for Energy Cooperation in Puerto Rico, which promotes the cooperative model as an alternative to transform the power system, asked the Senate to stop the fast-tracked process of privatizing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's assets and convene an independent panel of experts to identify the public and private sectors' needs.
There have been questions about the compensation of Walt Higgins.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s Board of Directors announced the appointment of Walter Higgins as the public corporation’s new CEO.
In a letter to Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and the Chairman of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, two Congressional lawmakers called for the protection of the Puerto Rico Energy Commission from efforts to weaken or undermine its jurisdiction by consolidating it with other agencies or by privatizing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and exempting PREPA from PREC’s supervision.
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources sent a letter to the interim executive director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) asking for further information related to recent allegations of corruption and mismanagement of power restoration operations on the island.
During his second State of the Commonwealth address since taking office, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo announced a new tax model to phase out the Business to Business (B2B) and plans to cut the Sales and Use Tax on processed foods from 11.5 percent to 7 percent.
Starting Feb. 18, PREPA will begin a ramp down of select generation units.
The president of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board, Sandra Torres, said at a public hearing that currently 2,509 of the 2,659 antennas that provide telecommunications services in Puerto Rico are operational, representing 94 percent.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto has asked the Puerto Rico government to revise the proposed fiscal plans for the Commonwealth, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, as per letters sent Monday.
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