"We have adopted an Energy Reform that will help us reduce our excessive dependence on expensive and environmentally harmful oil, in favor of cleaner, safer, healthier alternative sources, such as natural gas and renewable energy sources, like, solar and wind."
- Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño, State of the State Address, Feb. 2011

• Puerto Rico faces some of the highest energy costs in the country, with electricity costs more than double the rest of the nation: the Island is 68% dependent on oil for power vs 1% in the states
• Puerto Rico has adopted comprehensive energy reform to shift away from oil toward cleaner, safer, healthier alternatives like natural gas and renewables like solar and wind.
• New energy reform laws commit the government to ambitious new targets for power generation through renewable and alternate sources: 12% by 2015, 15% by 2020 and 20% by 2035.
• Through the Via Verde project, Puerto Rico will shift from oil dependence to using natural gas for 71% of our energy needs, which will dramatically cut emissions and costs to businesses and individuals.

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