Puerto Rico’s Unfinished Business After Hurricane María

It has been a little over a year since Hurricane María fractured Puerto Rico’s infrastructure and its demographic and economic landscape. Currently, all the critical infrastructure—electricity, water, telecommunications, schools, and hospitals—is functional.

Transforming the Recovery into Locally-led Growth: Federal Contracting in the Post-Disaster Period

In the wake of the devastation resulting from hurricane María, the United States Federal Government mobilized numerous emergency relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Traditionally, Federal disaster response has been thought of as the “silver lining” that stems from a catastrophic event, given the millions of US Government dollars that are pumped into the local economy.

CNE welcomes sponsors to Black Start 2019

Black Start 2019 is poised to become a defining event for the future of energy in Puerto Rico.  We are thrilled to welcome Fundación Colibrí to our team as the Presenting Sponsor of the Conference. Fundación Colibrí is a new philanthropic entity established by a Puerto Rican family in the diaspora with the purpose of helping Puerto Rico to rebuild after the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. 

Restructuring PREPA’s Debt 2.0

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.

De resilencia a resistencia

Los desastres naturales mayormente destruyen, pero también generan nuevos vocabularios que incluyen un revoltijo de acrónimos, y toda clase de conceptos técnicos que los sobrevivientes tenemos que aprender y asimilar rápidamente, como el término “resiliencia”.

Puerto Rico: Black Start 2019

El huracán María devastó el sistema de energía de Puerto Rico. Después de la tormenta, la isla esencialmente ha tenido que reactivar su sistema energético del equivalente de lo que en la industria se llama un “blackstart”, que es el término técnico que describe el proceso de reactivar el sistema de generación energética luego de un apagón total.