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Solar Offers Promise to Puerto Ricans Frustrated With Utility

Solar Offers Promise to Puerto Ricans Frustrated With Utility

FromParts Per Billion


Solar Offers Promise to Puerto Ricans Frustrated With Utility

FromParts Per Billion

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Many Puerto Ricans are fed up with their government-run electric utility, with sporadic outages still occurring more than eight months after Hurricane Maria. Bloomberg Environment reporter Rebecca Kern just returned from the island, and she found that demand there for residential solar power is through the roof. But, as she tells us in the latest episode of Parts Per Billion, even solar panel installers are saying storm-fatigued residents are raising their hopes too high. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
May 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Parts Per Billion is Bloomberg Law's environmental policy podcast. We cover everything from air pollution, to toxic chemicals, to corporate sustainability, and climate change. The reporters from our environment desk offer an inside look at what's happening at Congress, in the courts, and at the federal agencies, and help explain the scientific and policy debates shaping environmental laws and regulations. Host: David Schultz