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Quick Facts
- Petroleum products fuel transportation, electricity generation, and industry in Puerto Rico, supplying three-fourths of the energy consumed in the commonwealth.
- In 2016, 47% of Puerto Rico’s electricity came from petroleum, 34% from natural gas, 17% from coal, and 2% from renewable energy.
- Two wind farms supplied nearly half of Puerto Rico's renewable generation in 2016; one of them, the 95-megawatt Santa Isabel facility, is the largest wind farm in the Caribbean.
- As of June 2017, Puerto Rico had 127 megawatts of utility-scale solar photovoltaic generating capacity and 88 megawatts of distributed (customer-sited, small-scale) capacity. In the first six months of 2017, more renewable electricity came from solar energy than any other source.
- Electricity fuel surcharges have decreased with world crude oil prices, but, in mid-2017, Puerto Rico's retail consumers still paid more for their power than consumers in any state except Hawaii.
Last Updated: September 21, 2017
