Five Years After Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico' s Power Grid Is Still Costly and Unreliable News HEAD TOPICS
Five Years After Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico' s Power Grid Is Still Costly and Unreliable
10/22/2022 8:30:00 PM The state of Puerto Rico s power grid has been a sore spot for many island businesses and residents leading to backlash against Luma Energy
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The state of Puerto Rico s power grid has been a sore spot for many island businesses and residents leading to backlash against Luma Energy The state of Puerto Rico s power grid has been a sore spot for many island businesses and residents leading to backlash against Luma Energy High electricity costsBut while most of the island may have power restored, customers still need to contend with crippling high energy costs.Data from theU.S. Energy Information Administrationshows that commercial customers in Puerto Rico on average pay 29.4 cents per kilowatt hour as of June 2022. That's more than double the U.S. average of 12.9 cents per kWh. Residential customers, meanwhile, pay 27.68 cents per kWh on average, while the U.S. average is around 15 cents per kWh. Luma's Bahramirad said the company has"nothing to do with increased electricity costs," adding that this is primarily a function of higher energy costs around the world. Energy prices have soared this year in part due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read more:
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