CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
We reviewed a summary of the main findings of the PR100 Study in a prior policy brief. This time around we want to focus on a handful of issues that we believe merit further public discussion and analysis in Puerto Rico.
On February 7, representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy presented a summary of the findings of the PR100 Study. While the PR100 Final Report will not be released until late March, in this policy brief we highlight some of the findings of the PR100 Summary due to their importance and their potential policy implications for Puerto Rico鈥檚 electricity sector.
Now in 2023, the reconstruction and transformation of Puerto Rico鈥檚 electric power system is entering a critical stage, as several important processes鈥擯REPA鈥檚 operational and financial restructuring; the commencement of large-scale projects to rebuild the grid; and the elaboration of a new Integrated Resource Plan鈥攃onverge at a key point in time.
In this Policy Brief, we will present an analysis of the principal components of the Generation Operation and Maintenance Agreement, including the basic structure of the transaction; the compensation of the Operator; the estimated savings to be generated as a result of hiring a private operator to operate and maintain the Legacy Generation Assets; the planned decommission of most of the existing facilities that currently use fossil fuels to generate electricity in Puerto Rico; and the resulting structure of Puerto Rico鈥檚 electricity market.
La m谩s reciente falla masiva en el sistema el茅ctrico de Puerto Rico causada por el hurac谩n Fiona, el desencanto con el desempe帽o de LUMA, y la frustraci贸n general con el proceso de reconstrucci贸n y transformaci贸n de la infraestructura de la isla me llevaron a preguntarle a dos expertos en sistemas el茅ctricos en Espa帽a sobre las claves para lograr tener un sistema funcional.
El hurac谩n Fiona ha causado el colapso del sistema de energ铆a de Puerto Rico, otra vez. Lo triste es que sabemos lo que tenemos que hacer y no lo hemos hecho. Lee la columna de Sergio M. Marxuach.
Lee la columna de Sergio Marxuach sobre el status actual del contrato entre la AEE y LUMA, posibles soluciones y sus consecuencias.
Lee el escrito de Sergio Marxuach sobre el status actual del contrato entre la AEE y LUMA.
