Resilient Power Puerto Rico was launched by a group of friends from New York City with close ties to the Islands just hours after the devastating landfall of Hurricane Maria, with an immediate goal of bringing power to the most impacted communities through the deployment of solar generation and storage systems. In the months that followed Maria, RPPR has identified community groups that provide direct, critical services in historically underserved communities throughout Puerto Rico. We then channel resources and provide direct support through the deployment of small to medium active solar energy systems in their facilities. The redundancy provided by these systems ensures the continuity in the provision of vital community services related to health, education, food, shelter and emergency management. Central to RPPR’s mission is the belief that continuous access to clean, renewable, redundant and independent energy generation and storage capacity is the cornerstone of a community’s ability to: engage in recovery initiatives, strengthen critical built and social infrastructure systems, and build a sustainable and equitable future.