It’s March 20—day 182 for the Louis Berger temporary power mission in Puerto Rico. At peak, the company had installed more than 1,600 generators.

Resilience is a term that’s talked about a lot today. But to see its human face, look no further than the 3.4 million residents of Puerto Rico.

Six months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, landslides, broken traffic lights and reconstruction traffic make Edgar Iñesta’s commute halfway across the 100-mile-wide island a slow crawl.

Six months after Hurricane Maria hit the island, patience wears thin as power is still out in some places and money trickles in

After months of struggle to restore power in Puerto Rico, the territory’s Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Jan. 22 announced that the state-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority will be privatized.

A consortium of government agencies and private utilities unveiled a $17.6-billion plan.

As workers struggle to restore power in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, companies and government agencies are looking for ways to make the islands’ power grids more resilient and better able to withstand future storms.

State of power system and lack of resources make restoration in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands an extraordinary task