CNE – Centro Para Una Nueva Economía – Center for a New Economy
Non-profit, economic research and policy development organization
Puerto Rico’s energy transformation is at a critical stage as PREPA’s restructuring, grid reconstruction and a new Integrated Resource Plan converge. We summarize where each process stands and the policy disputes slowing the shift to renewables.
A special edition on Puerto Rico at a Crossroads, our conference with three Yale centers on restarting sustainable growth. Scholars discussed fiscal policy, human capital, inequality and trade, with a keynote by Joseph E. Stiglitz.
A special edition on Puerto Rico’s energy transformation: where PREPA’s debt restructuring, grid reconstruction, the LUMA transition and the PR100 Study stand, plus highlights from our analysis of the Genera contract.
We look at what the 2022 midterm results mean for Puerto Rico’s federal priorities, from Medicaid funding to the transition to SNAP. Plus highlights from our conference on Puerto Rico’s political status from a comparative perspective.
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.
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.
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.
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.
