Puerto Rico’s governor has pledged to improve the island’s crumbling electric grid and boost the economy in her first address ...

Many in Puerto Rico worry that any storm, regardless of how small, could knock out the grid, given its fragile state.

“The grid has become the poster child of the decay of the colonial system, its institutions and a very vulnerable population," said Cecilio Ortiz García, of the University of Puerto Ric ...

Rúa Jovet noted that there are currently at least $16 billion in unspent funds from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency meant to improve Puerto Rico’s electric grid, adding that the $ ...

When Jenniffer Gonzalez takes over as Puerto Rico governor on Thursday she will have to navigate one of the biggest energy messes in the US. Her solution: Embrace fossil fuels. Gonzalez ...

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