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Connect Puerto Rico Your guide to the policies, projects, and people shaping Puerto Rico’s renewable energy future.

A federal court ordered FEMA to revisit Puerto Rico’s grid plan — a ruling that could shift billions toward solar and distributed energy.

October’s Connect Puerto Rico explores what that means for the island and U.S. clean-energy policy.

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Puerto Rico Fiscal Board Dismissal Triggers Legal, Financial Fallout Plus: PREPA’s collapsed debt deal, LUMA’s stalled grid recovery, municipalities’ climate lawsuit dismissed, and Puerto Rico’s climate committee left powerless.

August: Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board (mostly) dismissed.

September: lawsuit filed, PREPA debt deal collapses, grid recovery still stalled, municipal climate lawsuit dismissed, and the climate change committee left powerless.

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Eight Years Since Hurricane Maria. One Year of Connect Puerto Rico. The storm left Puerto Rico in the dark. Connect Puerto Rico is building a community to shape the energy solutions people need most.

8 years since Maria. 1 year of Connect Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico’s overlapping challenges are colliding:

⚡ Trump WH dismissed most of the fiscal board
📑 A $20B LNG project stalled
🏠 Residents are suing LUMA over blackout damages
🚱 Water shortages forced a state of emergency
🌧️ Hurricane Erin added flooding to the mix

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Trump administration dismisses all Democrats on a federal board overseeing Puerto Rico's finances The Trump administration has dismissed five out of seven members on Puerto Rico’s federal control board that oversees the U.S. territory’s finances, sparking concern about the future of the island’s f...

🚨 All five Democrats on Puerto Rico’s fiscal control board have been dismissed—only two Republican appointees remain. Critics fear the move tilts power toward bondholders over residents.

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Solar Setbacks, Political Pivots, and Community Power Plays Puerto Rico’s energy transition hits a turning point. The U.S. redirects $365M in solar funds, a rural co-op builds its own grid, LUMA offers new incentives, and González pitches a new energy plan.…

Federal solar pulled. Diesel funded. Communities stepping up.

In our June issue:
⚡️ $365M in solar grants diverted
🛠 LUMA paying folks to run diesel generators
🏡 A rural co-op building power from the ground up

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Solar Projects on Hold, FEMA Not Ready, and Storms Are Coming With solar funding stalled and FEMA unprepared, Puerto Rico’s clinics and flood-prone communities face another storm season with little support.

What happens when the power fails before the storm?

Puerto Rico’s grid gaps are growing — and so are the risks.

This issue connects the dots:

🔹 Paused solar funds
🔹 FEMA shortfalls
🔹 Legal action dropped

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Puerto Rico’s solar rollout is stalled.
FEMA isn’t ready for storm season.
Frontline communities are still waiting.

This issue covers:

🔹 Solar delays
🔹 A leaked FEMA memo
🔹 A dropped climate case
🔹 A federal emergency order

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Puerto Rico’s Blackouts Demand Immediate Energy Action After the second island-wide blackout in four months, Puerto Rico faces energy resilience gaps, with delayed projects and funding cuts weakening the power grid.

In our April issue:

⚡ Blackout fallout from a major transmission failure
🏥 Hospitals call for faster resilience funding ahead of hurricane season
🌍 Loss of $3M in climate funds after FEMA cancels BRIC
🔋 New bill sets renewable energy targets

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Independence or Austerity? The Push to Cut Puerto Rico Loose Independence, immigration enforcement, and fossil fuel investments collide in Puerto Rico.

In our latest issue:

• A Puerto Rican pro-independence group is lobbying Trump officials.

• Homeland Security chief visits after immigration raids rattle communities.

• The First U.S.-sourced LNG shipment to Puerto Rico is on the way.

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Funding Cuts, Debt, and the Fight for Renewables A federal funding freeze, a $9B debt crisis, and political moves to extend coal use — what’s next for Puerto Rico’s energy development?

In the February issue of Connect Puerto Rico:

💰 PREPA’s $9B debt battle — who pays, and what’s next?
🏭 Gov. González pushes to extend coal — critics warn of health & climate risks.
🔌 Luma’s plan for 9 grid interconnections — will it stabilize the system?

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🚨 The January issue of Connect Puerto Rico is live! 🚨

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Get into:

🖋️ Trump’s Energy Orders
🔌 The NYE Blackout
👩‍⚖️ González Sworn In
⚙️ Energy Czar Named
⛳ Granholm’s Visit
💸 $1.2B for Renewables

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🎁 The December issue of Connect Puerto Rico is unwrapping:

🔋 $365M in federal funding for solar & battery projects
⚡ LUMA Energy’s Smart Meter Rollout
⚖️ New Fortress Energy Under Scrutiny
🌄 Castaner’s Resilience Plan
👩🏼‍🏫 New Energy Education Partnership

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What do the 2024 election results mean for energy, infrastructure, and the island’s future?

🔸 A Republican governor
🔸 Another status referendum
🔸 A second Trump term

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