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El 20 de junio de 2018 se aprobó la Ley 120 para “Transformar el Sistema Eléctrico de Puerto Rico” y “para autorizar el marco legal requerido para la venta, disposición y/o transferencia de activos, operaciones, funciones y servicios de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica (la “AEE”)”, y para otros fines relacionados.

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.

Notes for a Planning and Public Policy Framework for Housing in Puerto Rico

Notes for a Planning and Public Policy Framework for Housing in Puerto Rico Published on October 12, 2018 Raúl Santiago-Bartolomei Associate Researcher DOWNLOAD Policy Brief SHARE Puerto Rico has now fully entered the stage of reconstruction after hurricanes Irma and Maria. Nearly $30 billion in federal funds have been designated for post-disaster work,1 of which Read More

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.

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”.