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Puerto Rico Lawmakers Seek to Scrap Landmark Power-Grid Contract Over Costs

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Puerto Rican lawmakers yesterday said that they will ask local regulatory bodies to cancel a landmark deal that put the island’s ailing energy grid into private hands, Bloomberg News reported. Luis Raul Torres, the head of the Puerto Rico House Economic Development and Planning Committee, said that he will be asking agencies to cancel the long-term contract with Luma Energy, saying that the private company is running over budget and failing to deliver promised improvements.

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