A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances has filed a lawsuit challenging amendments to the island’s net metering law, triggering a backlash. The lawsuit filed Friday against Gov.
FILE - A brigade from the Electric Power Authority repairs distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in the Cantera community of San Juan, Puerto Rico , Oct. 19, 2017. A federal judge overseeing a drawn-out debt-restructuring process for the power company ordered all parties to mediation on Wednesday, July 10, in the latest attempt to break an impasse that has sparked widespread anger and frustration.
While most U.S. net-metering programs offer reduced credits, excess energy in Puerto Rico is credited one-to-one. A group of federal lawmakers including U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva have opposed the board’s call to repeal or amend the law, warning there’s a possibility that “the study’s results could be used to weaken or functionally eliminate net metering in Puerto Rico.”
“ is essential for Puerto Rican families to have an incentive that makes access to alternative energy sources cost-effective,” said Javier Rúa Jovet, the association’s public policy director. Robert F. Mujica, Jr., the board’s executive director, said in a statement that the energy bureau was created to “oversee the energy system after years of political mismanagement that led the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority into bankruptcy and left Puerto Rico with a dilapidated electric grid.”is key to Puerto Rico’s energy transformation and called net metering “a very important tool” for making rooftop solar more accessible and affordable.
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