Representative Jorge Navarro Suárez filed a bill in the House of Representatives to create the "Natural Gas Supply Continuity for Electric Generation Act." Its main goal is to establish a permanent regime of prevention, technical alert and response to interruptions in the supply of this fuel in Puerto Rico. The legislation sets out clear, specific rules, divided into three stages of action, to keep logistical failures from affecting electricity production and raising costs for consumers.
The bill responds to the vulnerability of the power generation system, where a failure by the supplier, the port or the liquefied natural gas vessel immediately affects the grid. That risk was evident in September 2026, when units at the San Juan power plant had to switch to diesel fuel because of court disputes over a ship’s access to the port.
The situation produced a net increase of $42.27 in the monthly bill of a residential customer consuming 800 kilowatt-hours. The bill’s statement of motives says its purpose is to provide the island, permanently and generally, with clear rules to prevent and address any interruption of natural gas supply for power generation, regardless of who the supplier, importer, operator or vessel is.