Minnesota Power joins investor-owned electric companies in Puerto Rico

Several investor-owned electric companies including Minnesota Power Co. will deploy nearly 1,500 additional restoration workers and support personnel to Puerto Rico in early January to accelerate ongoing power restoration efforts across the island. Participants are members of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI).

The personnel will work under the direction of seven incident management teams (IMTs) that were deployed Dec. 10 to support the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA’s) regional directors.

Read more at Business North.