Costa Sur 5 said possible to go back online Monday night By THE STAR STAFF After a number of power outages took place over the weekend, Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz said Monday that AES Unit 1 -- which contributes 250 megawatts -- is projected to come back online sometime between this afternoon and evening. “AES Unit 1 is currently out of service. We held a meeting with the AES general manager this morning; they are finishing up the work,” Colón Ortiz said at a press confere

Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera By THE STAR STAFF Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera is calling on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to immediately accelerate the release of roughly $1.7 billion in federal funds earmarked for the island’s electrical grid recovery, warning that prolonged delays are undermining dozens of generation projects and prolonging the island’s energy instability. In a letter sent Monday to HUD Se

U.S. District Judge Raúl Arias-Marxuach (prd.uscourts.gov) Says utility is trying to ‘sidestep’ PROMESA jurisdiction By THE STAR STAFF Power Expectations LLC has urged the U.S. District Court to reject the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) attempt to dismiss, or transfer, the company’s lawsuit over PREPA’s termination of a 400‑megawatt (MW) emergency generation contract, arguing that PREPA is mischaracterizing both the nature of the dispute and the court’s author

A dilapidated structure at the former U.S. Coast Guard pier facilities at Roosevelt Roads in Ceiba prior to demolition that is part of a project the administration of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón says will anchor the island’s emerging blue‑economy strategy. By THE STAR STAFF The central government has begun demolishing the former U.S. Coast Guard pier facilities at Roosevelt Roads in Ceiba, marking the first visible step toward developing a new Marine Business, Research & In