As the possibility of Puerto Rico securing additional short-term electrical generation resources fades, the burden of preventing near-daily blackouts—like those experienced over the past month—from recurring by 2027 will fall largely on Genera PR. The company must accelerate long-delayed generation projects that have been in development for years and complete repairs on existing units.
Currently, about 1,500 megawatts of generation capacity remain out of service. The article frames this as the central challenge facing the island's power system heading toward 2027, with consumers at risk of enduring worsening outages unless Genera PR can speed up both new project completion and repair work on offline units.