Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100): Six-Month Progress Update

Robin Burton, Murali Baggu, Jill Rhodes, Nate Blair, Tom Harris, Manajit Sengupta, Clayton Barrows, Haiku Sky, Jaemo Yang, James Elsworth, Paritosh Das, Patrick Duffy, Gabriel Zuckerman, Jeremy Stefek, Prateek Joshi, Lawrence Lewis, John Murphy, Peter Cappers, Jeff Deason, Margaret PigmanYilu Liu, Bandana Kar, Shih-Chieh Kao, Marcelo Elizondo, Xiaoyuan Fan, Patrick Maloney, Vishvas Chalishazar, Patrick Royer, Fernando Bereta Dos Reis, Amanda Wachtel, Matthew Lave, Olga Hart, Christian Jones, James Ellison, Cody Newlun, Michele Chait, Harvey Cutler, Martin Shields

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Abstract

Puerto Rico has committed to meeting its electricity needs with 100% renewable energy by 2050, along with realizing interim goals of 40% by 2025, 60% by 2040, the phase-out of coal-fired generation by 2028, and a 30% improvement in energy efficiency by 2040, as established in Puerto Rico Energy Public Policy Act (Act 17). Since hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017, DOE and its national laboratories have provided Puerto Rico energy system stakeholders with tools, training, and modeling support to enable planning and operation of the electric power grid with more resilience against further disruptions. On February 2, 2022, DOE, FEMA, and six national laboratories launched the two-year Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100) to conduct comprehensive analysis of stakeholder-driven pathways to Puerto Rico's energy future. The robust and objective energy analysis entails five activities, with an emphasis on power system reliability, resilience, and generation planning. This presentation was delivered in a public webinar on July 21, 2022, providing a high level summary of the progress in the first six months of the study, including presentation of four initial scenario definitions based on extensive stakeholder input.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages63
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Bibliographical note

See NREL/PR-6A20-83888 for Spanish translation of this presentation

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-6A20-83431

Keywords

  • disaster recovery
  • energy justice
  • energy transition
  • FEMA
  • Puerto Rico
  • resilience
  • resource assessment
  • scenario modeling
  • stakeholder engagement

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