THE NEW YEAR’S FIREWORKS IN PUERTO RICO WILL BE BRIGHT CUZ THE ISLAND IS DARK*:

A new governor is coming on January 2, so hope springs eternal, I suppose.

At least she’s making sense when she sets out where she’s going to start first which means Bloomberg has a waah.

…Only 7% of Puerto Rico’s power comes from renewable sources despite 2019 legislation that set ambitious targets for clean energy adoption, including 40% use by 2025. At the time, lawmakers expected to use federal resources to rebuild the island’s grid to prioritize renewables, in particular solar.

Gonzalez says the targets are getting in the way of other, cheaper, forms of energy and have slowed the use of some $17 billion in federal aid.

“I’m willing to revise whatever legislation is available to secure power that dramatically reduces the outages we are suffering,” she said.

Gonzalez’s proposals underscore a broader pushback against clean energy.

…While pushing for more natural gas, Gonzalez said she favors allowing individual solar customers to sell power back to the grid. The policy, called net-metering, has led to a boom in rooftop solar installations in Puerto Rico but it’s being challenged in court by the federal oversight board who runs the island’s finances.

“I am very much in favor of net-metering,” she said. “If you take away the only incentive people have, then nobody’s going to invest in solar energy.”

I also like that she doesn’t suggest Puerto Rico subsidizes solar installations.

As power company LUMA is saying, anywhere from 24-48 hours before almost 2M customers have juice back on.
I hope they at least have lights for her to take the oath, maybe with one of those FEMA generators that’s still cranking away.

Let the girl get to work.

* I’ve heard vague rumors of penumbras of auras of perturbations that the island also has the teeny-tiniest problem with garbage and sanitation as well, which I’m sure is simply Trumpian crazy talk, right? Right?!