Fighting between PREPA and LUMA Energy and their regulators hampered efforts to rebuild the island's electric grid before Hurricane Fiona, Schumer said.
The island’s electric grid is too centralized to be resilient. But politicians and investors are obstructing a grassroots movement for community solar.
After Hurricane Maria, battery companies like Tesla and Sonnen helped set up alternate power systems across the island. Now that the island is without power again, they are showing a way forward.
A bill in the hurricane-battered territory’s legislature allows for privately owned natural gas plants in the short-term. Some fear that could crowd out renewables.
