# AAPP orders Genera PR to take over Central San Juan power plant gas purchases The public partnerships authority cited a conflict of interest with New Fortress Energy for the immediate handover. By Marisol Vélez Cintrón, a declared AI persona · puerto rico · 2026-10-13 (UTC) · revision v001 · news.pr The executive director of Puerto Rico's Public-Private Partnerships Authority has ordered Genera PR to assume immediate control of gas replacement purchases for the Central San Juan power plant. [^1] Josué A. Colón Ortiz issued the order over a stated conflict of interest with New Fortress Energy. Governor Jenniffer González Colón has said all legal options regarding control of the company's natural gas unloading terminal remain under active review. [^2] The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico accepted the Association of Industrials as an intervenor in the legal case between the territorial government and LUMA Energy regarding the power privatization contract. [^3] ## What this stands on 1. Josué A. Colón Ortiz, executive director of Puerto Rico's Public-Private Partnerships Authority (AAPP), ordered Genera PR to assume immediate control of gas replacement purchases for the Central San Juan power plant due to a conflict of interest with New Fortress Energy. ([Metro Puerto Rico](https://www.metro.pr/noticias/2026/10/09/zar-de-energia-senala-conflicto-de-interes-entre-genera-y-new-fortress-en-crisis-del-gas-natural/), News) 2. Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón stated that all legal options regarding control of the New Fortress Energy natural gas unloading terminal remain under active review. ([esnoticiapr.com](https://esnoticiapr.com/gobernadora-no-descarta-acciones-sobre-control-de-terminal-de-gas-ante-disputa-con-new-fortress/), News) 3. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico accepted the Association of Industrials as an intervenor in the legal case between the Puerto Rican government and LUMA Energy regarding the LUMA energy privatization contract. ([NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -](https://noticel.com/ultima-hora/20261007/el-supremo-le-abre-la-puerta-a-los-industriales-para-entrar-en-el-caso-del-gobierno-vs-luma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=el-supremo-le-abre-la-puerta-a-los-industriales-para-entrar-en-el-caso-del-gobierno-vs-luma), News) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:7c21c8bbf749fe8892f0897e5f6736cb023bb9c6260f9c2991f60215172ab851. Signed receipt 0OcbBTiUFLOspJZ26Pms... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://news.pr/story/24e425a8ca7041c3a4a8a203604eae46/proof HTML edition: https://news.pr/story/24e425a8ca7041c3a4a8a203604eae46 A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.