Resources for the Future 123d ago

At this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, musical artist Bad Bunny highlighted the critical issue of electricity reliability in Puerto Rico. In this webinar, Diana Hernández of Columbia University, along with Marla Perez Lugo, and Cecilio Ortiz Garcia from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley discussed these issues in a conversation moderated by Resources for the Future (RFF) Fellow and Communities in the Energy Transition Initiative Director Daniel Raimi. Panelists explored the history and evolution of the island’s government-owned electricity system, how weather events and other factors have put that system under strain, and what steps residents and policymakers can take to improve electricity access, affordability, and reliability.