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Do not fill this in! === Utilities === ==== Electricity ==== The [[Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority]] (PREPA, {{lang-es|Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica, AEE}})—is an [[electric power company]] and the [[List of government-owned corporations of Puerto Rico|government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico]] responsible for [[electricity generation]], [[electric power transmission|power transmission]], and [[electric power distribution|power distribution]] in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presupuesto.gobierno.pr/PresupuestosAnteriores/af2008_2009/Tomo_II/suppdocs/baselegal/169/169.pdf |title=Ley de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico |website=Presupuesto.gobierno.pr |access-date=26 August 2017 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081627/http://www.presupuesto.gobierno.pr/PresupuestosAnteriores/af2008_2009/Tomo_II/suppdocs/baselegal/169/169.pdf }}</ref> PREPA was, by law, the only entity authorized to conduct such business in Puerto Rico, effectively making it a [[government monopoly]] until 2018. The Authority is ruled by a governing board appointed by the governor with the [[advice and consent]] of the [[Senate of Puerto Rico]], and is run by an executive director. On 20 July 2018, Puerto Rico Law 120-2018 ({{lang|es|Ley para Transformar el Sistema Eléctrico de Puerto Rico}}) was signed. This law authorized PREPA to sell infrastructure and services to other providers. As a result, a contract was signed on 22 June 2020, making [[LUMA Energy]] the new operator of the energy distribution and transmission infrastructure, as well as other areas of PREPA's operations, in effect partially privatizing the Puerto Rican power grid. The takeover was set for 1 June 2021, amidst protests and uncertainty from the point of view of the general public and the former-PREPA workers and [[Trade union|union members]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pagán|first=José Karlo|date=2021-05-18|title=Empleados de la AEE se manifiestan contra LUMA en el Tribunal federal y en la sede de la Junta|trans-title=AEE Employees Protest Against LUMA at the Federal Courthouse and Fiscal Oversight Management Board Headquarters|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/empleados-de-la-aee-se-manifiestan-contra-luma-en-el-tribunal-federal-y-en-la-sede-de-la-junta/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610184853/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/empleados-de-la-aee-se-manifiestan-contra-luma-en-el-tribunal-federal-y-en-la-sede-de-la-junta/|archive-date=2021-06-10|access-date=2021-06-10|website=[[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]]|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rivera Clemente|first=Yaritza|date=2021-06-04|title=Se organizan más protestas para exigir la salida de LUMA|trans-title=More Protests Are Organized to Demand LUMA's Departure|url=https://www.elvocero.com/gobierno/se-organizan-m-s-protestas-para-exigir-la-salida-de-luma/article_c3fa4e7c-c4f1-11eb-84b5-838499c5c700.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610185832/https://www.elvocero.com/gobierno/se-organizan-m-s-protestas-para-exigir-la-salida-de-luma/article_c3fa4e7c-c4f1-11eb-84b5-838499c5c700.html|archive-date=2021-06-10|access-date=2021-06-10|website=[[El Vocero]]|language=es}}</ref> ==== Water and sewage ==== Similarly, the [[Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority]] (PRASA, {{lang-es|Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, AAA}})—is a water company and the government-owned corporation responsible for [[water quality]], [[water resource management|management]], and [[water supply|supply]] in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inicio - Acueductospr|url=https://acueductospr.com/web/guest|access-date=2021-05-17|website=acueductospr.com|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517064319/https://acueductospr.com/web/guest}}</ref> It is the only entity authorized to conduct such business in Puerto Rico, effectively making it a government monopoly. Its existence is designated by Law No. 40 of 1 May 1945, including the corresponding amendments.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Asamblea Legislativa de Puerto Rico|author-link=Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly|date=2020-10-02|title=Ley de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico|url=https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/Agua/40-1945.pdf|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Biblioteca Virtual del Gobierno de Puerto Rico}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page