Source: The US Department of Energy ( DOE ) wants Puerto Rico to develop clean energy technologies as one of several measures in the wake of the estimated $ billion of damage caused by Hurricane Maria , which the department says was partly the fault of poor management . Its report said the island should rebuild infrastructure to follow the US Rural Utilities Service standards , reconsider its generation sources and move away from its current 90 % dependence on energy from oil . The report also backs the development of renewable energy . Puerto Rico has a target of generating 20 % of its electricity from clean energy by 2035 .
The US Department of Energy ( DOE ) wants Puerto Rico to develop clean energy technologies as one of several measures in the wake of the estimated $ billion of damage caused by Hurricane Maria , which the department says was partly the fault of poor management . Its report said the island should rebuild infrastructure to follow the US Rural Utilities Service standards , reconsider its generation sources and move away from its current 90 % dependence on energy from oil . The report also backs the development of renewable energy . Puerto Rico has a target of generating 20 % of its electricity from clean energy by 2035 .