The U.S. Department of Energy says it will disburse $440 million to install solar panels on low-income homes in Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles with ongoing power outages and a crumbling electric grid.
FILE - The seaside neighborhood of La Perla in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aug. 25, 2017. The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 that it is disbursing $440 million to install solar panels on low-income homes in Puerto Rico. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that it will disburse $440 million to install solar panels on low-income homes in Puerto Rico as the U.S.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who is visiting Puerto Rico for the sixth time this year, said the department has selected a group of nonprofits and solar companies for the project, which will target up to 40,000 homes. Eligible households would be located in impoverished communities that experience frequent power outages or have a person with a disability that depends on power, such as a dialysis patient.
Granholm said $400 million will be awarded to three solar companies and $40 million to five nonprofit organizations. The first installations are expected to start by early next year, according to the Department of Energy. “Right now, Puerto Rico is number five in the country in terms of per capita of solar installations. We want it be number one,” she said.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 electric grid at the time, reconstruction from Hurricane Maria only started earlier this year.In December 2022, the U.S. Congress approved $1 billion to help restore Puerto Rico’s grid while the U.S.
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