Associated PressAugust 26, 2023
4min0
The plan would mean an increase in already high power bills.
Tag: PUerto Rico Electric Power AUthorityMike Johnson. Image via AP.
Associated PressAugust 26, 2023
A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2017
3min345
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been indispensable to Puerto Rico as it recovers from Hurricane Maria, and he will be making another trip to the commonwealth Friday. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello invited him earlier this month. The subject of particular concern is power restoration. Rossello notes that “restoring electricity to our citizens has become a daunting task, […]
Peter SchorschOctober 5, 2017
4min1140
Whitefish Energy Holdings, the Montana-based company charged with the critical task of rebuilding Puerto Rico’s decimated power transmission lines, has little history demonstrating its ability to complete the Herculean task for which it was hired. Nevertheless, the company has made significant promises of performance in its brief, two-year lifespan. Based on reporting uncovered by FloridaPolitics.com, […]
Peter SchorschOctober 4, 2017
8min1249
Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, FloridaPolitics.com learned the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) — per the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) guidance — has selected a tiny, two-man company with fewer than two years of experience and merely $1 million in annual revenue to repair its massive and critical […]
Scott PowersDecember 20, 2016
8min463
A bipartisan Congressional task force heavily influenced by Florida’s U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio released its final report Tuesday on dealing with Puerto Rico’s economic collapse offering scores of recommendations for helping the U.S. territory, its economy and it’s people. Authorized last summer by the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, […]