Jan. 16, 2018 Army Engineers Generate Electric Power in Puerto Rico Maintenance operations conducted as part of the Army Corps of Engineers temporary emergency power mission in Puerto Rico are keeping nearly 1,000 federal emergency power generators running at critical public facilities across the island.
Oct. 20, 2017 Power Restoration In Puerto Rico Could Take Up to a Year, Corps Chief Says The Army Corps of Engineers is installing up to 500 temporary generators until Puerto Rico’s deteriorating power grid can be made operational again, but long-term total power restoration could take nearly a year, the Corps’ chief of engineers said.
Oct. 1, 2017 DoD Continues to Provide More Response Capacity to Puerto Rico The Defense Department is deploying more response capacity to Puerto Rico to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s need for a commodities distribution network able to reach isolated communities and sustained medical support for the island’s residents, a Pentagon spokesman said in a