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The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA; Spanish: AEE) Is an electric power company owned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responsible for electricity generation, power distribution, and power transmission on the island. [ 1 ] PREPA was the only entity authorized to conduct such business in Puerto Rico, making it a government monopoly ...
The company is a joint venture between Houston company Quanta Services Inc. and Alberta, Canada company ATCO. [3][6][2] Both companies have an equal share in LUMA, which was built with the express purpose of managing Puerto Rico's power grid. [1][8] LUMA Energy is currently presided by CEO Wayne Stensby. [3][9] The contract under which LUMA ...
AES, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is one of the world's leading power companies, generating and distributing electric power in 15 countries [2] and employing 10,500 people worldwide. AES Corporation is a global Fortune 500 power company. [3] AES Ranks in the Top Ten of Fast Company's 2022 Best Workplaces for Innovators. [4]
The Puerto Rican government-debt crisis was a financial crisis affecting the government of Puerto Rico. [a] The crisis began in 2014 when three major credit agencies downgraded several bond issues by Puerto Rico to "junk status" after the government was unable to demonstrate that it could pay its debt. The downgrades, in turn, prevented the ...
EcoEléctrica. EcoEléctrica is a Puerto Rican energy corporation headquartered in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico. [1] Since the 2000s, EcoElectrica has the exclusive right to ship liquefied natural gas to Puerto Rico. [2] Its main shareholder is GasNatural Fenosa. [2] [3]
Arecibo Observatory. The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). The observatory's main instrument was the Arecibo Telescope, a ...
The Arecibo Telescope was a 305 m (1,000 ft) spherical reflector radio telescope built into a natural sinkhole at the Arecibo Observatory located near Arecibo, Puerto Rico. A cable-mount steerable receiver and several radar transmitters for emitting signals were mounted 150 m (492 ft) above the dish. Completed in November 1963, the Arecibo ...
Nationality. Puerto Rican. Occupation (s) cultural anthropologist and archeologist. Spouse. Carmen Pons. Children. 1. Ricardo E. Alegría Gallardo[a] (April 14, 1921 – July 7, 2011) was a Puerto Rican scholar, cultural anthropologist and archaeologist known as the "father of modern Puerto Rican archaeology ".