The electric power industry deployed a contingent of seven incident management teams (IMTs) to Puerto Rico this weekend to support ongoing power restoration efforts across the island.
The Central Recovery and Reconstruction Office (CRRO) has been formally established under the umbrella of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority, and over the weekend announced a series of requests for proposals to establish policies and procedures of the new office.
Following the back-to-back strikes by Hurricanes Irma and María, Puerto Rico’s municipal governments, for the most part, represented the first line of response to the emergency, prompting the central government to unveil a $100 million fund to support their work.