GAO-20-141: Published: Oct 8, 2019. Publicly Released: Oct 8, 2019.

Damage from the 2017 hurricanes caused the longest blackout in U.S. history in Puerto Rico. The island territory now faces the long, costly task of repairing and rebuilding its electricity grid. We found: As of July 2019, federal agencies have not funded grid recovery projects there, in part because FEMA has not provided clear information on what sort of projects are eligible Given local challen...