Puerto Rico’s energy czar and head of the Public-Private Partnerships Authority (AAPP), Josué Colón, is breaking his silence as at least three simultaneous investigations are under way and he faces a possible perjury referral over his appearance before the House of Representatives a little more than a month ago. Colón insists he acted within the parameters his roles allowed him.
That includes his decision not to tell Mary Carmen Zapata, then director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA (AEE), or PREPA), about alleged irregularities surrounding the signing of the Power Expectations contract. Under the headline’s quotation, Colón says he "did not have to inform anyone" and points to PREPA as the source of the communication failures in the Power Expectations matter.