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Why this matters: The deterioration of these temporary generation units may impact the reliability of Puerto Rico’s energy grid, which is already under strain.
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Genera PR, the administrator of 14 temporary generation units since 2023, has stated that it is unaware of the reason behind the accelerated deterioration of many of these units. Currently, half of the machines are out of service.
The company is discussing the possibility of conducting an assessment with the manufacturer to identify the causes of the premature wear. This situation affects the temporary generation units that Genera PR manages.
In context (787daily, from public data)
LUMA's portal showed under 0.1% of customers out at 6:07 AM AST on Nov 2, 2026. Across the 57 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 · Nov 2, 6:07 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 Genera PR
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