Why this matters: The $5.8 billion power deal affects the island’s energy infrastructure and the public utility, PREPA, which serves local households and businesses.
Juan Ramón González Galarza, the legal adviser to Puerto Rico’s Energy Czar, had a dual role in the island’s controversial $5.8 billion power deal. His firm advises both P3A and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA).
However, González Galarza did not disclose information to PREPA about problems with the Power Expectations contract. This dual role and lack of disclosure have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest in the deal.
In context (787daily, from public data)
LUMA's portal showed 0.1% of customers out at 6:06 AM AST on Oct 24, 2026. Across the 48 days 787daily has tracked it, the daily average is 0.3% and the worst was 1.8% on Sep 30, 2026.
LUMA Energy outage portal · Oct 24, 6:06 AM ASTCustomers averaged 28.4 hours without power in the fiscal year that ended in June 2026, the worst of the five full years LUMA has run the grid and up from 26.3 hours the year before.
LUMA operates the transmission and distribution system.
PR Energy Bureau, as filed by LUMA · fiscal year ending June 2026More on Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
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