CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
El sector de energĂa elĂ©ctrica en todo el mundo está cambiando rápidamente a medida que nuevas tecnologĂas incompatibles con el modelo centenario de generaciĂłn centralizada de electricidad entran en funcionamiento. Debemos aprovechar esta coyuntura para traer al siglo 21 el anquilosado sistema elĂ©ctrico de Puerto Rico.
On February 4, Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued (1) A Memorandum Opinion and Order Approving Settlement Between Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (the “Commonwealth – COFINA Settlement”) and (2) A Memorandum of Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Connection with Confirmation of the Third Amended Title III Plan of Adjustment of Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (the “POA Confirmation Order”).
During the past few months a narrative has taken hold, on both sides of the political spectrum, that Puerto Rico is “using federal disaster relief funds to pay bondholders”. This narrative is wrong and dangerously simplistic.
El 20 de junio de 2018 se aprobĂł la Ley 120 para “Transformar el Sistema ElĂ©ctrico de Puerto Rico” y “para autorizar el marco legal requerido para la venta, disposiciĂłn y/o transferencia de activos, operaciones, funciones y servicios de la Autoridad de EnergĂa ElĂ©ctrica (la “AEE”)”, y para otros fines relacionados.
Hemos recibido su carta del 18 de octubre de 2018, mediante la cual nos solicita nuestra posiciĂłn y sugerencias sobre enmiendas al Proyecto del Senado NĂşmero 1121 (“P. del S. 1121”), ante su consideraciĂłn para “crear la Ley de PolĂtica PĂşblica EnergĂ©tica de Puerto Rico” y para otros fines relacionados.
It has been a little over a year since Hurricane MarĂa fractured Puerto Rico’s infrastructure and its demographic and economic landscape. Currently, all the critical infrastructure—electricity, water, telecommunications, schools, and hospitals—is functional.
A continuaciĂłn, la ponencia presentada ante la ComisiĂłn Especial de Asuntos de EnergĂa del Senado de Puerto Rico por el Director de PolĂtica PĂşblica del Centro para una Nueva EconomĂa, (CNE) Sergio Marxuach, el 30 de agosto de 2018
On July 31, the government of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), and the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) announced a preliminary agreement aimed at restructuring a part of PREPA’s indebtedness with a group of unsecured bondholders.
