Puerto Rico has suffered from power problems for a long time now. These power failures get more attention around a hurricane or other natural disaster, but they are always around, and they have been worsened by unworkable ‘green’ mandates.

On New Year’s Eve, a power outage has blacked out much of the island leaving 1.3 million people without power.

The incoming governor has a common sense plan to cope with the power problems.

When Jenniffer Gonzalez takes over as Puerto Rico governor on Thursday she will have to navigate one of the biggest energy messes in the US. Her solution: Embrace fossil fuels.

Gonzalez, 48, is proposing the US commonwealth drop some of its clean energy targets in favor of using more liquefied natural gas. A local law that requires Puerto Rico to have 100% renewable energy by 2050, among other commitments, is not only unrealistic but damaging economic activity, she said in an interview.

“We cannot continue to lose companies because of lack of energy, and none of them can work 24-7 in different shifts with just solar energy,” Gonzalez said. “I believe that we should diversify our energy basket.”

Jenniffer González Colón was the head of the Republican side of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Affairs and her party, the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, is the local counterpart of the Republican Party.

But it’s still refreshing to see Puerto Rico deal with its energy problems by moving away from unreliable ‘green’ power and to reliable energy again.