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Puerto Rico Selects New Grid Manager, Concern Follows

GreenTechMedia

” Under the terms of the agreement, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority will continue to own Puerto Rico’s grid while Luma will harden, operate and maintain transmission and distribution. “People here know their transmission line by number because those lines have not been properly maintained.”

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Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather

Grist

Then, two years ago, facilities owned or controlled by utilities regulated by the PUC were exempted from legislation that requires the Texas Division of Emergency Management to “identify methods for hardening utility facilities and critical infrastructure in order to maintain essential services during disasters.”.