“Puerto Rico’s public energy utility has officially been privatized for at least the next 10 years. Politicians who allowed the privatization claimed it would bring about the restoration of the neglected and battered electrical grid. But has it happened? A stable electric system that meets the basic needs of the population and can handle the effects of climate change remains a key pillar of climate justice the world over, but specifically in the Caribbean, where the effects of a warmer world will be felt particularly harshly.

Photo credits: Carlos Berrios”