Puerto Rico's PREPA gets energy industry veteran Higgins as new CEO
Published on: Tuesday 20 March 2018
Puerto Rico's bankrupt power authority, PREPA, has appointed Walter Higgins as its new chief executive officer, the utility said on Tuesday, on the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Maria's destruction of the island's power grid. Higgins was CEO of Bermuda-based Ascendant Group Ltd from 2012 to 2016, and has 40 years of experience in energy industry management roles, PREPA said in a statement.
