As the privatization of PREPA, the island’s electricity utility, advances, political leaders, academics and business leaders are advocate an energy policy for Puerto Rico that will enable communities to access renewable energy, create jobs, and municipalize traditional energy resources. “Some of the groups stressed that the regulatory framework must not put limits to net-metering, a mechanism that provides credits to solar energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid.” [Eva Lloréns Vélez, “Groups Back Array of Alternatives in Proposed Energy Policy,” Caribbean Business, September 6, 2018]