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Rocío M. Velez, legal advisor at SGH2 Energy Global: “Puerto Rico’s energy challenges are six decades in the making. There is no single factor that can address the lack of a robust power grid on an island that faces multiple federal delays in distributing federal funding. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) is a bankrupt entity that has a history of mismanagement, excessive costs, bureaucracy and lavish lifestyles of a few so-called union leaders. Puerto Rico is extremely dependent on fossil fuels to run its power grid, and the above ground transmission lines will continue to be an issue, every other year for any hurricane above 60 miles per hour that strikes the island. President Biden visited the island a few weeks ago and in a short three-hour visit, stated that Puerto Rico needed a revamping of its system. The main solution politicians have found for an obsolete power system and 75-year-old transmission lines is…”
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