Puerto Rico's Fiscal Supervisory Board told the island's Supreme Court on 20 October 2026 that canceling the LUMA Energy contract would cause catastrophic consequences for the electricity supply.

The board filed an amicus curiae brief in the LUMA contract litigation. It put a price on termination: over $250M in contractual charges, plus additional obligations. LUMA is the private manager and operator of the grid, handling interconnection authorizations and electricity dispatch.

The board also closed off the two routes back. It said the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority no longer has enough staff to resume running the grid itself. And it said no alternative capable operator currently exists, with no qualified replacement private operator identified by the government.

The government has not conceded the contract. Energy czar Josué Colón Ortiz said the government maintains that the LUMA contract extension document is legally invalid. That position and the board's brief now sit on opposite sides of the same case before the court.