Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

Two GOP Representatives argued that the Puerto Rico Oversight Board should be given additional powers over the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

The biggest share of the funds, $31 billion, would be used to rebuild homes.

Title III bankruptcy Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled that the Puerto Rico Oversight Board didn’t have the power to replace the leader of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

The Title III Puerto Rico bankruptcy judge will hear arguments Monday on the Puerto Rico Oversight Board’s motion to replace the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s leader.

The chair of the House committee that oversees Puerto Rico said after Hurricane Maria a "stronger mechanism" is needed to ensure Puerto Rico's recovery.

The PREPA bondholder group’s consultant estimated it will cost less than $1 billion to repair the power grid, compared with initial reports of about $5 billion.

Restoring electrical service as quickly as possible is a key to reviving the island’s economy.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board plans to shorten its fiscal plans to five years from 10 while still seeking structural balance,

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board will discuss revising the commonwealth government’s and its semi-autonomous entities’ fiscal plans Tuesday morning.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has "significant concerns with how PREPA procured this contract and has not confirmed whether the contract prices are reasonable.”

Gov. Ricardo Rosselló called the board’s appointment of Noel Zamot illegal and said the Puerto Rico government would challenge it.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain promised to release Wednesday a consensus-based order on the legal status of Puerto Rico’s post-hurricane federal aid.

Creditors are at odds with the island government over the conditions on federal hurricane disaster aid.

The board authorized Kobre & Kim to issue the subpoenas, as long as certain conditions, including the start of a "formal" investigation, had been met.

Six projects announced this week may lead to $300 million to $400 million of investment.

Puerto Rico Gov. Rosselló pledged to have electrical service back in less than half the time than had been predicted in late September.

The Trump administration requested $12.77 billion in initial funding to help Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Puerto Rico’s debt cannot be canceled by order of the president, restructuring experts and a key congressman said.

The board says it will postpone any discussion of furloughs until the next fiscal year.

The Puerto Rico Electric Authority bondholders said their loan offer to PREPA was a sincere offer to help and Puerto Rico’s government bitingly denounced it on Thursday and Friday.