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October 6, 2017

Tesla's Elon Musk Proposes Solving Puerto Rico Electrical Crisis with Solar Power
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In Puerto Rico, doctors say the island's health system remains severely
damaged, two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, leaving more
than 90 percent of the island without electricity and half of its
residents without drinking water. That's at least according to
statistics published by FEMA on Wednesday. But on Thursday, FEMA removed
data about access to drinking water and electricity in Puerto Rico from
its website. Also on Thursday, billionaire Elon Musk, owner of the
electric car company Tesla, said he thinks his company could resolve
Puerto Rico's energy problem through solar power. On Thursday, Puerto
Rico Governor Ricardo Roselló replied to Elon Musk on Twitter, writing,
"@elon Musk Let's talk. Do you want to show the world the power and
scalability of your #Tesla Technologies? PR could be that flagship
project." The Puerto Rico electric company is currently the largest
publicly owned utility in the United States, and the electric power
industry has long sought to privatize it.


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