Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Selects Burns & McDonnell to Provide Program Management Services for Electrical Grid Revitalization Work
Posted Jan 15, 2021
Program Management Services for Electrical Grid Revitalization Work
Firm is Committed to Grow Local Employment as Puerto Rico Positions for the Future
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Jan. 14, 2021) — Burns & McDonnell has been awarded a contract for program management services to support the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) with the revitalization of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid. The work will be primarily funded by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing. In 2017, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and caused catastrophic damage to the grid. Much of the island’s transmission and distribution infrastructure was severely damaged by the storm and there was a complete loss of power in all 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico.