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CNE Review – September 2022 – 2

Hurricane Fiona opened a window to fix Puerto Rico’s recovery. We propose a Puerto Rico Recovery Task Force, with clear principles and policy priorities for an equitable recovery that builds local capacity.

Puerto Rico Recovery Task Force

Five years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s recovery suffers from poor coordination and slow spending. We propose a Puerto Rico Recovery Task Force, modeled on the Sandy task force and built on coordination, legitimacy, subsidiarity, inclusiveness and local economic impact.

CNE Review – Hurricane Fiona Briefing

Nine days after Hurricane Fiona, about 500,000 customers still lacked power. We explain why restoring the grid requires close coordination between LUMA and power generators, and look at how the European press covered the storm.

CNE Review – Hurricane Fiona Briefing

Fiona was only a Category 1 storm, but Puerto Rico was still extremely vulnerable five years after Maria. We review the damage so far, what the federal disaster declaration means and the outlook for supplemental funding.

Recovery after Fiona

Five years after Maria, Fiona shows how little the reconstruction has achieved. We argue that rebuilding infrastructure is not enough: a just recovery must also strengthen communities and restore trust in public institutions.

CNE Review – Hurricane Fiona Briefing

Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico almost five years to the day after Maria, causing widespread flooding and an island-wide blackout. We share an early assessment of the damage and the next steps in the response.

Blackstart 2022: The Zero Hour

Fiona caused another island-wide blackout five years after Maria. We already know what Puerto Rico’s power system needs; the failure is in execution, with too many agencies involved and no one coordinating the whole.