[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Cancel the LUMA contract that has left Puerto Ricans
without power over and over again!

Dear MoveOn member,

Before Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico three weeks ago, Puerto Ricans had
already started losing power. This is because in the years since Hurricane
Maria devastated the island, the Trump administration and a U.S. fiscal
control board pressured the Puerto Rican government to privatize the
island’s energy grid to LUMA Energy, a private consortium.^1,2

Since then, LUMA Energy has failed the people of Puerto Rico almost every
single day, forcing families to experience power outage after power
outage.^3 And, to add insult to injury, Puerto Ricans have been charged
SEVEN rate hikes in one year alone, even though LUMA failed to provide
basic service to Puerto Ricans!^4

Now, three weeks after 100% of Puerto Ricans were left without power after
Hurricane Fiona, LUMA Energy has failed to restore power to communities
throughout the Island. In areas where it is restored, power outages
continue. Imagine being the student trying to get homework done when the
light repeatedly goes out and cuts off your internet service. Or the nurse
in a hospital where the generators give out because of overuse. Or the
struggling small-business owner who has to throw away spoiled food. It’s
heartbreaking and unacceptable.

[ [link removed] ]Will you join in amplifying the demands of Puerto Rican families who
are being harmed by LUMA Energy and add your name to the petition?

Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi can put an end to this. He has the
power to cancel the contract before November 30. If he doesn't, LUMA will
be locked in for another 15 years. Tell Pierluisi to cancel the contract
and support Puerto Ricans over private energy interests!

[3]Sign the petition

[ [link removed] ]Governor Pierluisi, we echo the call by the people being harmed by this
bad contract and incompetent service provider. Make the right choice and
cancel this contract before November 30, or the people of Puerto Rico will
be stuck with LUMA for 15 more years.

The federal government should also take immediate action to finish the
steps that should’ve been taken after Hurricane Maria. It should be
required that federal funding to rebuild the electricity grid be used only
for clean, renewable energy projects, rather than polluting fossil fuels.
FEMA should reprogram the tens of billions already available in disaster
funding to municipalities and NGOs to properly serve the people of Puerto
Rico. 

It’s way past due for Puerto Rico to have a sustainable and clean
renewable energy grid that is reliable, with and without hurricanes.

[ [link removed] ]Together, we can support Puerto Ricans who were harmed by the forced
privatization of Puerto Rico’s energy grid, but leaders must act now
before the November 30 deadline. Add your name to the petition to demand
that they act before it’s too late.

Thanks for all you do.

–Erica Gonzalez, Power 4 Puerto Rico

Sources:

1. "Let Puerto Rico Be Free," The Atlantic, September 20, 2022
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2. Tweet from NBC News, September 20, 2022
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3. "The real source of Puerto Rico's woes," Vox, October 10, 2022
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4. "Puerto Ricans demand cancellation of contract with Canadian-American
energy company LUMA," Peoples Dispatch, July 21, 2022
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