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Why privatizing Puerto Rico's power grid won't solve its energy problems

  • Written by Arturo Massol-Deyá, Professor of MIcrobial Ecology, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao
Puerto Rico's power utility, PREPA, has been decimated by years of scarcity and bad management. But will privatizing it really turn the lights back on for Puerto Ricans?AP Photo/Carlos Giusti

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