Puerto Rico faces record electric rate as demand and costs increase
A record electric rate has gone into effect in Puerto Rico as outages persist and the U.S. territory's power grid continues to crumble


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A record electric rate has gone into effect in Puerto Rico as outages persist and the U.S. territory's power grid continues to crumble

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