Huffman will keep demanding accountability until the federal government delivers on Puerto Rico grid recovery and modernization funding.

This report makes clear that the federal government has broken its promise to Puerto Rico, and Committee Democrats are going to keep demanding accountability until that changes.

In a House press release on a GAO report about delayed Puerto Rico grid recovery funds, Huffman committed Committee Democrats to continue demanding accountability until the federal government changes course.

Huffman Releases Gov Watchdog Report, Finds Billions in Puerto Rico Grid Funding Stuck in Federal Pipeline Nine Years After Hurricanes | U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman
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AP reported that an 86-page GAO audit released by U.S. Democratic lawmakers found only 25% of roughly $14 billion obligated for Puerto Rico's power grid had reached the territory. AP attributed a statement to California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman/Hoffman saying Puerto Rico had waited nine years while appropriated billions mostly had not arrived. The same report said GAO recommended FEMA guidance updates and DOE coordination steps.

Within the 30-day lookback, Huffman was tied to a concrete oversight action and public accountability demand, but the audit showed the funding and grid recovery were still far from delivered.

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AP News - Federal audit finds Puerto Rico awaiting billions of dollars nearly a decade after deadly hurricane
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AP reported that U.S. Democratic lawmakers visited Puerto Rico and pledged corrective actions after mayors raised delayed reimbursements and project approvals. It reported nearly $43 billion allocated, nearly $40 billion obligated, and $12.7 billion disbursed, with about 30% of projects still pending and FEMA workforce reductions slowing recovery work.

The broader recovery context in the lookback window remained unresolved: federal funds were obligated but not fully disbursed, and officials were still pushing for corrective action.

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AP News - US Democratic lawmakers pledge to help speed up disaster recovery in Puerto Rico
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AP reported that DOE canceled three Puerto Rico solar and battery programs, including one worth $400 million, and planned to reallocate up to $350 million from distributed solar systems to power-generation fixes, while it was not immediately clear whether that funding had been allocated. The article said the projects came from a $1 billion congressional fund for Puerto Rico energy resilience.

This is evidence of reversal or redirection of part of the modernization funding, with delivery to intended beneficiaries still uncertain.

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AP News - Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as grid crumbles
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Puerto Rico Energy Bureau testimony to the House Natural Resources Committee described June 2024 outages, persistent rolling blackouts, federal funding utilization challenges, and PREPA bankruptcy complications. It said LUMA reported $18.1 million obligated by FEMA for one San Juan vegetation-management project out of 31 island-wide vegetation projects estimated at $1.2 billion, and that the system remained far from the desired remediated condition.

Official congressional testimony showed oversight of grid problems and partial federal funding activity, but also documented major unresolved implementation barriers.

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House Natural Resources Committee testimony - Examining Puerto Rico's Electrical Grid and the Need for Reliable and Resilient Energy
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AP reported on a GAO audit finding Puerto Rico had spent less than 10% of more than $23 billion in available federal recovery funds, with more than $11 billion requiring FEMA approval before use. It also reported chronic power outages and that some applications by Puerto Rico's power company and other agencies were expected by 2030 or later.

Earlier GAO-backed reporting established the same long-running delivery problem that Huffman's later oversight continued to target.

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AP News - Federal audit finds 'a lot of work remains' in Puerto Rico's hurricane and earthquake recovery
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