Puerto Rico’s new governor appoints an energy czar to tackle the island’s power crisis
Puerto Rico’s new governor appointed a so-called energy czar on Wednesday to help pull the U.S. territory out of a ...
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Puerto Rico Suffers New Years Eve Blackout Leaving Nearly All Residents Without Power
It has activated emergency operations to restore power. Luma says it will restore power to customers in phases but the full process will take between 24-48 hours. Puerto Rico has chronic power ...
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Puerto Rico: A U.S. Territory in Crisis
FEMA has allocated tens of billions of dollars ... and the island’s electrical grid is still undergoing major rebuilding. Puerto Rico also benefited from the federal COVID-19 stimulus.
Half of Puerto Rico starts the new year in the dark after massive power outage
Power outages are a frustratingly frequent occurrence for many Puerto Ricans. A string of blackouts during the summer ...
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Guest column: The new administration brings the chance to improve FEMA. Here's how it should be done.
As the news churns with the appointments of the new Trump Administration, one agency with an outsized role on the Gulf Coast has been mostly out of the headlines — FEMA. While the FEMA leader ...
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Puerto Rico Suffers New Years Eve Blackout Leaving Nearly All Residents Without Power
Most of the island of Puerto Rico was hit by a power outage early ... point to a fault on an underground line. It has activated emergency operations to restore power. Luma says it will restore ...
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Texas disaster spurs Reps. AOC, Velázquez, Schumer to call on FEMA to upgrade Puerto Rico’s electric grid
Today, @SenSchumer, @NydiaVelazquez & I asked FEMA to require Puerto Rico's utility to use their relief funds ... the Bronx rep writes that now is a chance to do better than simply rebuilding and ...