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Puerto Rico Energy Board Recommendations

Explore immediate, short-term, and long-term objectives for Puerto Rico's energy sector. Recommendations include regulatory frameworks, renewable energy, economic development, and efficiency strategies.

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Puerto Rico Energy Board Recommendations

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  1. Kenneth J. Nemeth Secretary & Executive Director, Southern States Energy Board

  2. Recommendations: Immediate Goals • Passage of SB1121 is essential to the Island’s people, regulatory agencies, utilities, and investors by creating a pathway for the future • Conduct reliability systems analysis and modeling based on SB1121 to review any future needs for new, large generation sources. • Continue developing electric cooperatives where applicable on the Island • Create regulatory framework for the system operator chosen by the P3 Authority • Implement a functional national emergency response plan on the Island for resilient energy and telecommunication infrastructure • Review and resolve current permitting and siting issues associated with new energy installations • Determine whether the IRP is sufficient to guide the sustainable development of a resilient and reliable electric sector that supports a robust economy • Unbundle PREPA’s costs to support equitable and efficient rate design • Fully fund PREB to enable its technical capabilities • Empower PREB to regulate natural gas delivery and supply • Establish punch list of information required for PREB to contract with a system operator in the public interest

  3. Recommendations: Short-term Goals • Transfer responsibility for preparation of the IRP to the System Operator (wheeling order) then to PREB for approval • Design rates based on actual cost • Determine an energy market required to support a robust electric system • Build small natural gas-fired generating units, where required for system reliability, and to promote the deployment of distributed renewable generation • Evaluate land use planning for developing energy infrastructure and how it affects the physical and economic health of the island • Determine Puerto Rico’s biofuel potential and associated employment demand • Evaluate the efficacy of fueling microgrids with biofuel • Ensure PREB has jurisdiction as the electric grid evolves

  4. Recommendations: Long-term Goals • Establish requisite electricity markets for residential, commercial, and industrial ratepayers • Create an affordable, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric system that fosters sustained economic development and growth • Develop an energy management system that includes microgrids and distributed energy sources • Develop Puerto Rico’s economic biofuel potential and create a biofuel academic center of excellence • Examine opportunities to utilize renewable natural gas from landfills • Continue to balance the rights of Puerto Rico with creditor obligations while negotiating debt structures with PREPA bondholders • Zero carbon emissions

  5. Blue Ribbon Task Force Blue Ribbon Task Force • Review interconnection requirements to ensure they are reasonable and consistent with industry norms • Work with NERC to develop PR-specific reliability standards and procedures • Monitor/Report on efficiency and fairness of generating units’ dispatch on a regular basis • All new generation sources should comply with a uniform permitting/approval process • Establish a mandatory and widely-available certification/licensing process for solar installers • Review permitting processes currently in place for all major transmission lines and base load generation • Performance-based regulation should be used to incentivize optimal utility performance • A regulatory framework should guarantee the PREB operates without political intervention • Provide a regulatory framework for electric cooperatives, an integral part of the Puerto Rico energy system • Legislation should authorize the PREB to designate the service territories of energy providers • The PREB should be provided resources and authority to recruit and hire competent, professional staff • The PREB should be authorized to access relevant documentation from energy providers • The Consumer Advocate and related organizations should be enabled to provide relevant information • Energy efficiency, demand side management, energy storage, distributed energy resources, and electric vehicles (EV) should be included in a regulatory framework Visit www.sseb.org to read our draft report and other information on the BRTF

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