{"id":251697,"date":"2024-05-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/puerto-ricos-rooftop-solar-boom-is-at-risk-advocates-warn\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T15:22:34","slug":"puerto-ricos-rooftop-solar-boom-is-at-risk-advocates-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/puerto-ricos-rooftop-solar-boom-is-at-risk-advocates-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico\u2019s rooftop solar boom is at risk, advocates warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n      <iframe style=\"margin: 0 auto 20px; width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none\" data-project-id=\"Yual8er4aaQbafhcldNK\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-partner-content\">\n        <em>This story was originally published by Canary Media.<\/em>\n    <\/div>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">In Puerto Rico, residents\u00a0are flocking\u00a0to rooftop solar and backup batteries in search of more reliable, affordable \u2014 and cleaner \u2014 alternatives to the central power grid. Fire stations, hospitals, and schools continue adding solar-plus-battery systems every year. So do families with urgent medical needs and soaring utility bills. The technology has become nothing short of a\u00a0lifeline\u00a0for the U.S. territory, which remains plagued by prolonged power outages and extreme weather events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">But a\u00a0political challenge by a\u00a0powerful government entity threatens to slow that progress, according to local solar advocates and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">The new development, they warn, could make it particularly hard for communities and lower-income households to access&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/energy\/puerto-ricos-rooftop-solar-boom-is-at-risk-advocates-warn\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was originally published by Canary Media. In Puerto Rico, residents\u00a0are flocking\u00a0to rooftop solar and backup batteries in search of more reliable, affordable \u2014 and cleaner \u2014 alternatives to the central power grid. Fire stations, hospitals, and schools continue adding solar-plus-battery systems every year. So do families with urgent medical needs and soaring utility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":251698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Puerto Rico\u2019s rooftop solar boom is at risk, advocates warn - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/energy\/puerto-ricos-rooftop-solar-boom-is-at-risk-advocates-warn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Puerto Rico\u2019s rooftop solar boom is at risk, advocates warn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This story was originally published by Canary Media. 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