New Delhi, May 22 -- Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonzalez pledged Thursday during her annual address to boost the amount of electric energy available to power the U.S. territory as chronic outages persist, angering and frustrating many across the island.

She said a bidding process to install 3,000 megawatts of additional power generation capacity is underway and will likely be awarded by late summer. In addition, she announced that nearly 1,000 megawatts will be added to the system in upcoming months as crews work to repair and modernize various power plants.

Gonzalez noted that 100 megawatts provide sufficient energy for 60,000 families.

"With more megawatts in the system, we can reduce outages," she said.

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