Jenniffer González-Colón

Our job, as lawmakers, is to make sure that we are putting into place all of the changes that are necessary.

We need to continue to leverage these collaborative partnerships to invest in the best monitoring science and technology.

Climate change is here, and it is threatening the ability of our communities to bring water to our fields.

As we all know, our rivers and communities have been gripped across the West by a drought this year.

The dozen or so LNG power units proposed in the PREPA and FEMA action plan, will these in any way prevent the continuance of the conversion to renewables? ... In my personal opinion, the answer is yes.

We need to conduct meaningful oversight of LUMA and stop the blackouts.

I ask that the EPA review the relevant science and issue a new standard for perchlorate, if necessary.

Hypothetically, if one of my constituents drinks well water but the Federal Government assumes that no one is consuming safe water in their health risk assessments, could the Federal Government adequately assess the risk?

If you fail to study a specific source or route of exposure, could the risk be adequately determined?

Should the Federal Government provide further testing in the instance of private wells when they are located near Superfund sites?

Should the EPA have removed regulatory guidelines for contaminants in some wells that people utilize for drinking water?

If you don't have power in some rural communities, they will not have water usage at the same time.

I would like to know, how is the process expected to be managed, what is the timeline for PREPA and for LUMA to submit for FEMA for those scope of work.

Is our system near to a complete collapse here soon?

You agree with me that some of the transformers and the breakers can be taking 1 or 2 years of manufacturing, correct?

The generation system of Puerto Rico, as today, is not as reliable as it should be.

Natural gas is a good bridge fuel, and the future is in wind and solar.

The diesel fuel oil and coal plants have to go, and that is my message to PREPA and to the Fiscal Board.

What is going to be the timeline for submitting the scope of work recommendations to FEMA to see the transmission and distribution of funds?

Why, if we do have $9.6 billion in Federal funds to get a renewable system, to change the power grid, make it more resilient, and help with the generation, as well, why are those funds not being used?

Thank you, Representative Wittman, for yielding, I really appreciate that.

Are we ready to move completely to renewables today, without having the proper backups?

Can it handle any other situation?

I think there are several questions that need to be answered.

Can you please provide us a specific timeline for LUMA submitting project Scope of Work documentation for FEMA/COR3 projects?