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Former PREPA Director Ricardo Ramos explained on NotiUno 630 what would be required to intentionally shut off power to a specific customer. He confirmed that 7 out of 14 emergency plants from Genera PR are currently out of service.
According to Ramos, shutting off a customer would require high-level authorization. The status of the emergency plants and the requirements for intentionally shutting off power to customers were discussed during the interview.
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 Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
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