Powering an Energy Revolution in Puerto Rico
June 11, 2026
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Earthjustice and its partners are fighting for an affordable, resilient distributed renewable energy system that will safeguard Puerto Rico’s energy security, independence, and natural resources.
Puerto Rico’s aging fossil fuel grid fails its people: blackouts lasting days, bills climbing every year, and air poisoned by coal and gas. Rooftop solar and battery storage can end this.
Earthjustice is fighting in the courts, halls of government, and in the streets alongside communities to make it happen.
Our work is led by two Earthjustice attorneys from Puerto Rico with deep community and environmental ties and is supported by a broader team within and beyond the organization.
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Puerto Rico has committed to producing 100% clean energy by 2050. Distributed solar and battery storage are the superior alternative to the centralized fossil fuel grid.
Installing rooftop solar on the archipelago’s million households, together with community solar and connected microgrids, eliminates dependency on a centralized grid and removes the threat of air and water pollution from fossil fuels.
Earthjustice and its partners are fighting for an affordable, resilient distributed renewable energy system that will safeguard Puerto Rico’s energy security, independence, and natural resources.
$12B
Solar Justice
Expanding Rooftop Solar
Redirecting billions toward distributed solar for every household in Puerto Rico
Erika P. Rodriguez for Earthjustice
Accountability
Stopping Dirty Energy Infrastructure
Challenging LUMA, gas terminals, and the fossil fuel buildout across the archipelago
Joe Raedle / Getty Images
Clean Air & Land
Cleaning Up the Toxic Legacy of Fossil Fuels
Fighting coal ash contamination harming communities in Guayama and Salinas
Erika P. Rodriguez for Earthjustice
Earthjustice’s work in Puerto Rico would not be possible without the partnerships we have forged over the years. Special recognition goes to:
AERA Coalition
Queremos Sol Coalition
Coalición Tierras pa’ Agricultura y Techos pa’ Energía
Comité Diálogo Ambiental, Inc.
Mayagüezanos por la Salud y el Ambiente, Inc.
Coalición Organizaciones Anti-Incineración
Amigos del Río Guaynabo
Alianza Comunitaria Ambientalista del Sureste, Inc.
Campamento Contra las Cenizas en Peñuelas, Inc.
Mujeres de Islas, Inc.
CAMBIO
Sierra Club, Inc.
El Puente, Inc.
Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego de Puerto Rico, Inc.
Frente Unido Pro-Defensa del Valle de Lajas, Inc.
Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Eco Orgánica, Inc.
Bosque Modelo de Puerto Rico, Inc.
Comité Caborrojeños Pro Salud y Ambiente, Inc.
Liga de Ciudades PR, Inc.
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