Puerto Rico residents will see another increase in their electricity bill, even though they already pay twice as much as mainland U.S. customers for unreliable service.
Against this backdrop, over 30 community groups that are part of the Puerto Rican coalitiongathered in Old San Juan Friday evening to call attention to the ongoing energy crisis, and urge the government to cancel its contract with Luma, a private company working with the power authority, a public corporation.
“It’s not normal to have blackouts, it’s not normal that our students cannot study properly, it’s not normal to have to live with generators, it’s not normal to have to throw away groceries because the refrigerator can’t work without power," Ricardo Santos, a spokesperson for Todos Somos Pueblo at the protest, toldin Spanish. "None of this is normal and it’s not normal that our electric bill goes up all the time. That's why we have to go to the streets.
“Cacerolazo” protests, consisting of the banging of pots and pans, echoed in Calle de la Resistencia as hundreds of people chanted "Fuera Luma" . Luma and the power authority originally requested to charge customers 16 percent more for electricity. They argued the increase was necessary to make up for additional expenses attributed to an increased use of less efficient power plants that operate with
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