Department of Energy to spend $440 million to install solar panels on Puerto Ricans' homes to counter the island's struggles with its electric grid.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that it will disburse $440 million to install solar panels on the homes of low-income Puerto Ricans as the U.S. territory struggles with ongoing power outages and a crumbling electric grid. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who is visiting Puerto Rico for the sixth time this year, said the department has selected a group of nonprofit organizations and solar companies for the project, which will target up to 40,000 homes.
The announcement is the newest push to help Puerto Rico lessen its dependence on fossil fuels and a disintegrating electric grid neglected for decades before it was razed by Hurricane Maria in 2017 and battered by Hurricane Fiona last year. Both storms caused island-wide blackouts, and while emergency repairs were made to the grid at the time, reconstruction from Hurricane Maria only started earlier this year. “I am impatient with the grid,” Granholm said.
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