FEMA is being sued over its plans to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid in a way that limits a transition to renewable energy, according to conservation and community groups.
that concluded that Puerto Rico should prioritize rooftop solar systems and microgrids to reach its renewable energy goals.
According to the study, microgrids and smaller distributed systems improve the overall resiliency of the island’s power system, mainly because it recovers more quickly after disasters. But with permanent reconstruction of the devastated power grid on the horizon, the community groups in Puerto Rico that are suing FEMA worry that the agency will use billions in federal funds to finance “,” they said in a statement.
A FEMA spokesperson told NBC News that it “does not comment on active litigation.” In the past, the agency has said it repairs old power infrastructure in responding to immediate needs during emergencies.Puerto Rico is now in a race to comply with a
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