LUMA Energy has requested the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico rule that its November 2022 contract extension is valid and remain in force.

The utility has stated terminating the agreement would result in over $1.3 billion in costs passed to Puerto Rico citizens. That figure was first submitted in a 2025 Supreme Court filing. CEO Janisse Quiñones stated under oath that $726 million of the projected termination costs are unavoidable even with a properly planned transition.

A November 2022 legal opinion from Pietrantoni Méndez & Álvarez LLC, prepared for the AAPP, had concluded the interim extension did not constitute a new transaction under Law 29. Fort Buchanan, the US Army base on the island, paid LUMA $9.8 million for electricity in its most recently completed fiscal year.