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Puerto Rico Hands Control of its Power Plants to a Natural Gas Company

Inside Climate News · Nicholas Kusnetz · last updated

Puerto Rican authorities have hired a natural gas company to operate the island’s publicly-owned fleet of fossil fuel power plants, despite the commonwealth facing increasing pressure to rapidly transition its aging energy system to renewable sources. Gov.

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