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In Puerto Rico, Public corporations are separate legal entities who are owned, either entirely or in great majority, by the Government of Puerto Rico. These corporations are created to serve a public service, such as electricity, water, public financing, education, transportation, and public lands real estate. Such corporations can be owned either by the state government of Puerto Rico or one of its 78 municipalities.

The following is list of public corporations owned by the state government of Puerto Rico. As of 2006, the state government of Puerto Rico had 47 major corporations:

• Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA, Autoridad de Energia Electrica (AEE) in Spanish) – Official websites: www.prepa.com (in English); www.aeepr.com (in Spanish)
• Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA, Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AAA) in Spanish) – Official website: www.acueductospr.com (in Spanish)
• Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (PBA, Autoridad de Edificios Publicos (AEP) in Spanish) – Official website: www.aep.gobierno.pr (in Spanish)
• Puerto Rico Port Authority (Autoridad de Puertos in Spanish) – Official website: www.prpa.gobierno.pr
• Puerto Rico Government Development Bank (GDB, Banco Gubernamental de Fomento (BGF) in Spanish) – Official website: www.gdb-pur.com
• University of Puerto Rico (UPR, Universidad de Puerto Rico in Spanish), who also owns:
  • Comprehensive Cancer Center (Centro Comprensivo de Cáncer in Spanish)
• Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO, Compañía de Fomento Industrial, or simply Fomento, in Spanish) – Official website: www.pridco.com
• Metropolitan Bus Authority (MBA, Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses (AMA) in Spanish)
• Health Insurance Administration (Administracion de Seguros de Salud in Spanish)in Spanish), administrator of the Puerto Rico Health Reform.
• Commerce and Export Company of Puerto Rico (Compañía de Comercio y Exportación de Puerto Rico in Spanish)
• Arts, Sciences, and Cinematography Development Corporation (Corporación para el Desarrollo de las Artes, Ciencias e Industria Cinematográfica)
• Roads and Transportation Authority (Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación (ACT) in Spanish)
• Agricultura Insurance Corporation (Corporación de Seguros Agrícolas in Spanish)
• Rural Development Corporation (Corporación para el Desarrollo Rural in Spanish)
• Land Authority (Autoridad de Tierras in Spanish)
• Land Administration (Administración de Terrenos in Spanish)
• Tourism Company (Compañía de Turismo in Spanish)
• Maritime Transport Authority (Autoridad de Transporte Marítimo in Spanish)
• Puerto Rico Convention Center District Authority (Autoridad del Distrito del Centro de Convenciones de P.R. in Spanish), owner of the Puerto Rico Convention Center and its sorrounding lands.
• Solid Waste Authority (Autoridad de Desperdicios Sólidos in Spanish)
• Cuenca del Caribe Project Financing Authority (Autoridad para el Financiamiento de Proyectos en la Cuenca del Caribe in Spanish)
• Municipal Financing Agency (Agencia de Financiamiento Municipal in Spanish)
• Industrial and Medical Facilities for the Education and Control of Environmental Contamination Financing Authority (Autoridad para el Financiamiento de Facilidades Industriales, Médicas, para la Educación y Control de la Contaminación Ambiental in Spanish)
• Infrastructure of Puerto Rico Financing Authority (Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Infraestructura de Puerto Rico in Spanish)
• Housing Financing Authority (Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda in Spanish)
• Public Financing Corporation (Corporación para el Financiamiento Público in Spanish)
• Economic Development Bank of Puerto Rico(Banco de Desarrollo Económico de Puerto Rico in Spanish)
• Urban Centers and Urban Areas Revitalization Corporation (Corporación para la Revitalización de los Centros Urbanos y Áreas Urbanas in Spanish)
• Right to Work Administration (Administración del Derecho al Trabajo in Spanish)
• National Parks Company (Compañía de Parques Nacionales in Spanish)
• Coporation for Industries of the Blind and Mentally Retarded and Incapacitated (Corporación de Industrias de Ciegos, Personas Mentalmente Retardadas e Incapacitadas in Spanish)
• Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Corporation (Corporación del Centro Cardiovascular de Puerto Rico y el Caribe in Spanish)
• Medical Services Administration of Puerto Rico (Administración de Servicios Médicos de Puerto Rico in Spanish)
• Puerto Rico National Guard Institutional Trust (Fideicomiso Institucional de la Guardia Nacional de Puerto Rico in Spanish)
• Business Training and Work Corporation (Corporación de Empresas de Adiestramiento y Trabajo in Spanish)
• Puerto Rico Credit Unions Supervision and Insurance Corporation (Corporación para la Supervisión y Seguros de Cooperativas de Puerto Rico (COSSEC) in Spanish), is similar in nature and authority to the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) in the U.S.
• Port of the Americas Administration (Autoridad del Puerto de las Américas in Spanish), administrator of the Port of the Americas currently under construction in Ponce
• Integral Development for the Cantera Penninsula Company (Compañía para el Desarrollo Integral de la Península de Cantera in Spanish)
• Conservatory of Music Corporation (Corporación del Conservatorio de Música in Spanish), owner of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico
• Musical Arts Corporation (Corporación de las Artes Musicales in Spanish), who also owns:
  • Musical Scenic Arts Corporation (Corporación de las Artes Escénico Musicales in Spanish)
  • Symphony Orchestra Corporation (Corporación de la Orquesta Sinfónica in Spanish), administrator of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO).
• Puerto Rican Culture Institute (Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP) in Spanish), who also owns:
  • Plastics Arts School (Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Spanish)
  • Performing Arts Center Corporation (Corporación del Centro de Bellas Artes in Spanish), owner of the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center.
• Puerto Rico Public Difussion Corporation (Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública in Spanish)
• Auto Accident Compensation Administration (Administración de Compensaciones por Accidentes de Automóviles, or ACAA, in Spanish), administrator of the state car insurance program
• State Insurance Fund Corporation (Corporación del Fondo del Seguro del Estado, or CFSE, in Spanish), administrator of state workers compensation insurance
• ELA Linguistic Planification Institute (Instituto de Planificación Linguística del ELA in Spanish)
• Caño Martín Peña ENLACE Project Corporation (Corporación del Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña in Spanish)
• Authority for the Redevelopment of Lands and Facilities of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station (Autoridad para el Redesarrollo de los Terrenos y Facilidades de la Estación Naval Roosevelt Road in Spanish)

• Port of Ponce, owned by the Municipality of Ponce.

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