Tag Archives: Renewable

On December 31st, 2024 Puerto Ricans rang in the new year in darkness. Nearly 90% of Luma Energy’s utility customers experienced a blackout which spread throughout the island (NYT 1). This instance is only a small part of the larger ongoing power grid crisis in Puerto Rico (PR). Puerto Rico’s weak energy grid has repeatedly […]

On March 28, 2023, Puerto Rican governor Pedro Pierluisi announced a plan to renew Puerto Rico’s power grid through solar energy initiatives (AP News 3). Weakly maintained by a private company and devastated by storms like Hurricane Maria, the power grid is responsible for providing electricity to 3.2 million people (AP News 3). Pierluisi has […]