Nearly two hours after meeting behind closed doors recently, the governing board of Puerto Rico’s power company emerged to briefly announce it was approving a plan to privatize electric generation in the U.S. territory.
you can see the scenes of devastation just about everywhere you look, boats in front yards, houses that have been flooded out, neighborhoods in shambles. one of the contributing factors to all of this is the canal system. the storm surge pushed through the canals. rescue operations are still ongoing in some of the hardest-hit areas, more than 5,000 national guard members are here with high-wheel transport vehicles, boats and 25 helicopters for survivors, food water and gasoline all in short supply. several water and food distribution sites have popped up for people living in the area but lines remain long and gas is available, cars stacked up for blocks. meanwhile crews are working to get lights back on as last update 800,000 customers still without power. but the state s largest electricity provider florida power&light says they ve been able to restore power to approximately 1.6 million customers and they say that 95% of their customers should have electricity by this coming
Strom, Wärme, Zucker, Hefe: Die Kosten der Bäcker steigen in ungeahntem Maße. Wie lange sind die Kunden bereit, Preiserhöhungen mitzutragen? Und was passiert im Fall von Blackouts?