A battery energy storage system plant, interior view. A $489.4 million loan awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing will fund 220 megawatts of battery energy storage systems in Arecibo and Santa Isabel. (Wikipedia/Enyavar) By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing has closed a $489.4 million loan to support new battery storage projects in Puerto Rico, an investment federal officials say

Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration Executive Director Gabriella Boffelli By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón welcomed a new push from Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to correct long‑standing disparities in Medicare Advantage (MA) funding that have left Puerto Rico at a structural disadvantage compared with the states and other territories. In a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F

Rep. Domingo Torres García Torres García tells PRASA he’ll go to court over withholding of public info amid water crisis By THE STAR STAFF Rep. Víctor Parés Otero demanded on Wednesday that the Financial Oversight and Management Board declare a water emergency in Puerto Rico in support of the efforts of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to address the unprecedented drought and rebuild the island’s stormwater infrastructure. The chairman of the Government Committee in the island H

By THE STAR STAFF Health Services Administrators Association of Puerto Rico (CASS by its acronym in Spanish) President Tania Conde Sterling gave assurances on Wednesday that hospitals and other health facilities are prepared to respond to a possible drought declaration and that, as part of their preparedness protocols, they have activated their emergency and operational continuity plans to ensure that medical services continue to be offered safely and uninterruptedly. Conde n