Puerto Rico could rebuild its power grid with renewables, but FEMA plans to fund fossil fuels FEMA has allocated $9.4 billion for rebuilding Puerto Rico's electricity system after Hurricane Maria.

With artificially high energy costs, Puerto Rico has struggled to rebuild its power grid cost-effectively after hurricanes, which has led to outages and the suspension of maintenance projects.

says nearly 1,800 customers have already signed up to its PowerOn Puerto Rico virtual power plant (VPP). The program deploys stored solar energy from customers’ batteries to the grid ...

Granholm said this new U.S. investment will add up to 200 megawatts of solar generation, and a further 285 megawatts of reliable storage capacity for Puerto Rico's electric grid to improve its ...

Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Fiona triggered a blackout in Puerto Rico, power has been restored to 94% of residents, but the problems plaguing the island's energy grid are far from resolved.