Rejects additional funding request pending federal aid review By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has authorized $4.015 million for environmental compliance work at two power plants operated by Genera PR while denying, for now, a separate $3.285 million funding request for similar projects, arguing that the company has not adequately demonstrated that federal funding opportunities have been exhausted. In a resolution issued in Case No. NEPR-MI-2021-0004, th

A pension surcharge that has been added to electricity bills is an unconstitutional tax that unfairly forces ratepayers to finance legacy pension obligations, a group of electricity consumers is claiming in a renewed motion filed in federal court in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s Title III bankruptcy case. By THE STAR STAFF A group of electricity consumers is again asking the federal court overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) debt restruct

Javier García Cintrón, executive director of the Municipal Revenue Collections Center By THE STAR STAFF The Municipal Revenue Collections Center (CRIM by its acronym in Spanish) has asked the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to seek approval from the Financial Oversight and Management Board for a disbursement of about $13.6 million to compensate municipalities for revenue losses resulting from the exemption of prescription medications from Puerto Rico’s inventory tax. In

November has been particularly alarming, with three femicides registered during the month alone. The Gender Equity Observatory currently classifies 10 of this year’s cases as intimate femicides, meaning the victims were allegedly killed by current or former partners. Gender Equity Observatory: Recent surge amplifies need to reinforce prevention, education efforts By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico has recorded 62 femicides and two trans homicides so far this year, according to th