Officials in charge of Puerto Rico's electricity say the crisis of 'the worst performing electricity system in the United States' will be resolved soon, but members of Congress and people on the island remain skeptical.
— the power authority has struggled to keep the lights up for Puerto Ricans. Additionally, corruption and mismanagement within the power authority contributed to the island’s decadelong financial crisis by racking up $9 billion in public debt, more than that of any other government agency in Puerto Rico.
Luis Raúl Torres Cruz, a member of the island’s House of Representatives who heads the energy commission, sued Luma Energy over the summer in an effort to acquire much of the same information Congress is seeking. As part of the appeals process, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court denied on Tuesday Luma Energy's second petition to not disclose the information requested by Puerto Rican lawmakers.
William Ríos, an energy generation director at the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, said the largest power plant in the San Juan area, known as Palo Seco, has been experiencing shutdowns almost every week for the past few months.
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