On her second visit to Puerto Rico this week, Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm made positive remarks about the importance of widespread distributed renewable energy that ensures life-saving resiliency to Puerto Rico residents. While her visit to the archipelago raises the hopes of millions of residents there, both the federal government and Puerto Rico’s Energy Bureau have done little to guarantee a transition from a fossil fuel-dependent electrical grid towards a publicly funded, weather-resilient, zero-emission system using distributed rooftop solar and storage.
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The territory's residents want reliable electricity, a functioning healthcare system and long-promised recovery aid from their 2017 hurricane disaster.