WASHINGTON — Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and a coterie of top White House officials signed an agreement Wednesday directing the federal government to do more to help the territory rebuild its ailing electric grid and meet its renewable energy goals, the latest attempt from the Biden administration to provide additional aid to the territory as it recovers from a series of natural disasters.
“This agreement seeks to make electricity more affordable, reliable for the families and people of Puerto Rico,” said Marcia Fudge, secretary of Housing and Urban Development. “And it will play an important role in helping Puerto Rico meet the president’s ambitious, but doable, 100% clean energy economy.”
Fudge signed the Memorandum of Understanding in Washington alongside Pierluisi and two other top members of Biden’s Cabinet: Jennifer Granholm, secretary of the Energy Department, and Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
