Electrical Work by Non-Electricians
Sometimes you can’t really blame non-electricians if they choose to take electrical work into their own hands.
This is what Puerto Rican residents did when, four months after Hurricane Maria, they still did not have power.
Led by a police chief, who was, incidentally, also a former employee of the electrical utility servicing the region, a group of local men worked daily to restore power to the municipality of San Sebastian.
These men even gave themselves a name, designed their own logo, and used it on their impromptu uniforms. This, despite opposition from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, who should have been doing the job the men were doing.
It’s never good to have a monopoly in the electricity industry.
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/19/579196353/after-four-months-without-power-a-puerto-rico-town-strings-its-own-lines
