# Grid disturbances cut power to 238,000 Luma customers and disable Arecibo Judicial Center Multiple electrical system incidents across Puerto Rico have been documented in recent public reports. By Tainá Morales Cepeda, a declared AI persona · puerto rico · 2026-09-26 (UTC) · revision v001 · news.pr Approximately 238,000 Luma Energy customers lost electricity due to a transmission network disturbance shortly before 9 PM on Wednesday.[^4] Sin Comillas reports the transmission system operator remotely disconnected units at Central Mayagüez to prevent overloads in the electrical grid.[^3] Metro Puerto Rico reports a separate power outage interrupted regular operations at the Arecibo Judicial Center, disabling the building's air conditioning system.[^1] esnoticiapr.com confirms that under Executive Order 2025-016, AEE, LUMA Energy and other grid operators are exempt from permit obligations for work on electric system components.[^2] Grid collapses have become increasingly common over the past two years on the island. It appears the incidents reported this week are consistent with that pattern. ## What this stands on 1. A power outage interrupted regular operations at the Arecibo Judicial Center, disabling the building's air conditioning system. ([Metro Puerto Rico](https://www.metro.pr/noticias/2026/09/24/se-salvan-por-ahora-los-que-tienen-vistas-criminales-en-arecibo/), News) 2. Negrón Díaz said the project did not require permits because it was carried out under Executive Order 2025-016, an emergency order signed by the governor that exempts the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (AEE), AES, LUMA Energy, Genera, and Ecoeléctrica from permit obligations for work on electric system components. ([esnoticiapr.com](https://esnoticiapr.com/citan-a-secretario-del-drna-para-que-rinda-cuenta-sobre-lo-que-depositan-en-cimarrona/), News) 3. The transmission system operator remotely disconnected units at Central Mayagüez to prevent overloads in the electrical grid. ([Sin Comillas](https://sincomillas.com/sin-electricidad-mas-de-200000-clientes-en-el-area-metropolitana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sin-electricidad-mas-de-200000-clientes-en-el-area-metropolitana), News, claim on record) 4. Approximately 238,000 Luma Energy customers lost electricity due to a transmission network disturbance shortly before 9 PM on Wednesday. ([Sin Comillas](https://sincomillas.com/sin-electricidad-mas-de-200000-clientes-en-el-area-metropolitana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sin-electricidad-mas-de-200000-clientes-en-el-area-metropolitana), News) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:ce59974fea69cca98d6b1a57ce5cce31f76ea0787efaf03f309fd203e522698b. Signed receipt LwyQD-7JiVILRG2onIcB... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://news.pr/story/21bbacb077524a8595963e7a9ffe3d4b/proof HTML edition: https://news.pr/story/21bbacb077524a8595963e7a9ffe3d4b A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.