Some 50,000 clients of the Electric Power Authority (PREPA) remain without power service after the passage of tropical storm Laura, announced today, Sunday, the president of the Union of Electric and Irrigation Workers (Utier), Ángel Figueroa Jaramillo. According to the union leader, the Ponce area is also affected with another 10,000 subscribers without service. “At … Read more
Guayanilla – The Democratic congressmen who arrived in Puerto Rico to know first hand the crisis that arose after the recent earthquakes, and to follow up the recovery efforts by the attacks of the hurricanes Irma Y Mary, they will leave the island with the feeling that many of their questions remain unanswered. The leader … Read more
The president of the Union of Workers of the Electricity and Irrigation Industry (Utier), Angel Figueroa JaramilloHe said Friday that the damages in the central Costa Sur can be repaired with internal resources of the Electric Power Authority (PREPA), which would be less expensive than recruiting contractors as intended by the public corporation. According to … Read more
Washington, D.C. – Four senators and nine Democratic representatives claimed the Board of Fiscal Supervision (JSF) modify the fiscal plan and the preliminary agreement with bondholders to restructure the public debt of the Electric Power Authority (PREPA), so that the damage caused by the recent earthquakes in Puerto Rico in the generation and economic capacity … Read more
The governor Wanda Vázquez Garced spoke today, Friday, directly with the president Donald Trump, who, according to the first executive, expressed her support for the emergency that the island is going through after the earthquakes recorded last days. The conversation occurred by intervention of the Republican senator from Florida Rick Scott, who toured with the … Read more
On a day when the executive director of the Electric Power Authority (PREPA), José Ortiz, admitted that the Costa Sur power plant could take a year to start generating power, three Novoprogresist mayors expressed their discomfort with the way the official He handled the information regarding recovery work. “What I would recommend to Mr. Ortiz … Read more
Washington – The state government of NY sent to Puerto Rico ten experts in work aimed at restoring and stabilizing electric power services, after the earthquakes that caused damage in the south of the island. The expert group is part of the New York Energy Authority. “In difficult times, the state of New York will … Read more