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What does genera PR do for Puerto Rico?

In July 2023, Genera PR, an energy infrastructure company created by New Fortress Energy Inc., supports Puerto Rico’s transition to reliable, affordable, and cleaner energy by operating and maintaining power plants and related infrastructure.

Does Puerto Rico have a solar program?

To further assist Puerto Rico's energy resilience and clean energy goals, DOE today announced that on February 22, 2024, residents can apply for DOE’s Programa Acceso Solar (Solar Access Program) — a program designed to connect up to 30,000 low-income households with residential rooftop solar and battery storage systems with zero upfront costs.

What is the Puerto Rico energy Resilience Fund?

This program is a consumer-facing application phase of the first round of funding from the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund, a $1 billion DOE program focused on improving the resilience of Puerto Rico’s electric grid with an emphasis on the region’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged households and communities.

What is Puerto Rico's energy transformation?

Puerto Rico’s energy transformation is creating opportunity by providing expertise, technology, and critical services to the local market. The federal government has allocated over $77 billion for infrastructure reconstruction after the passing of Hurricane María over Puerto Rico in 2017.

What does the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau do?

Additionally, the law opened the local marketplace to energy producers and servicers. As energy activities decentralize, the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau is working to ensure a regulatory landscape that provides the flexibility to produce, sell, distribute, and monitor energy use across all sectors and sizes of users or developers.

How do low-income families get solar in Puerto Rico?

Today, low-income families across Puerto Rico can go to energy.gov/solarPR to check their eligibility, prepare required documentation, and identify their local Solar Ambassador. Solar Ambassadors consist of 16 local organizations selected by DOE to conduct outreach in targeted communities and to process applications to the Programa Acceso Solar.