To whom it may concern: My wife's Parents and Brother in Puerto Rico just got their electricty back on after 96 DAYS. They lost it when Irma came by and then lost their phone land line service with Maria.
The old folks still do not have land line phone service but my brother-in-law has cell phone service. That is how my wife learns of what is going on down there.
My brother-in-law is the surviving member of a two brother business that sold and repaired jet skis (i.e. personal water craft) and motorcyles (Edwin, younger than my wife but older than his brother Carmelo, died of colon cancer in 2013).
Carmelo is a shrewd businessman. He is also a fossil fueler.
But, one cannot pick one's in-laws.
He has done quite well selling generators since the latest hurricanes. He is looking into the solar panel plus battery pack business but remains unconvinced that he can make as much money with that as selling diesel generators. Let us hope he gets with the Renewable Energy program soon.