Puerto Rico-based Máximo Solar hired local women to help installthe 700 solar panels that power the microgrid. Casa Pueblo Thisarticle originally appeared in Nexus Media News and Next City aspart of a series that looks at how cities are tackling inequalityand the climate crisis. A Spanish-language version of this article,translated by Patricia Guadalupe and produced by palabra, isavailable here. For two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastatedPuerto Rico in 2017, Lucy’s Pizza was the only restaurant open inthe central mountain town of Adjuntas. The town’s 18,000 residents,like those on the rest of the island, were entirely withoutelectricity. “No one has power, you can’t get gas, it’sdifficult to make food, so everyone came here to eat,” said owner