Nobody is here saying that it should be 100 percent solar. It should be a robust combination with redundant energy.
Eduardo Bhatia
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15th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
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July 24, 2018
Unfortunately, I would say, with all due respect to the Governor, he re-politicized PREPA.
— Eduardo Bhatia
A competitive market is the best friend of the consumer, far better than any kind of politically dominated regulator agency.
I am making a case for solar energy, but I have to say it has to be a portfolio that will include oil, that would include gas.
What happened to government of the people and by the people? What happened to democratic values?
If we can replace fossil fuels with the sun, now that the costs have come down dramatically, I think it would be a good, not only energy policy, but a good economic policy for Puerto Rico.
I would say the analogy would be to open up the market, allow this new generation of millennials and others, other engineers to develop their own technology.
If PREPA wants to exist, it should compete on equal terms with modern, clean, cheaper providers of energy.