Genera PR spokesperson Iván Báez stated the company is working to restore power generation before the 6PM to 9PM peak demand window ^[1] Iván Báez did not guarantee that additional load shedding measures would be avoided for this night ^[2] Residents of San Juan and Caguas fear experiencing another night without electrical service during hot weather ^[3] Genera PR Vice President Iván Báez stated the company accepts 100% responsibility for the outage affecting nearly 160,000 customers this week. ^[4] LUMA Energy announced on 2026-10-28 that power load shedding may occur that Wednesday night due to electrical system generation shortages. ^[5] Iván Báez confirmed Costa Sur Unit 5 will remain offline until at least Saturday or Sunday for transformer repairs ^[6] Genera PR is managing $2.8 billion in FEMA funded grid reconstruction and modernization projects including utility scale battery storage. ^[7] Iván Báez stated that once deployed, the planned battery storage systems will eliminate up to 90% of future load shedding events. ^[8] The outage resulted from three concurrent generation capacity losses totalling over 520 megawatts removed from the Puerto Rico grid. ^[9][11] Genera PR confirmed on 2026-10-28 that generation units San Juan CT 5 and Aguirre 2 are offline with no estimated restoration time. ^[10] Genera PR Vice President Iván Báez stated on Radio Isla on 2026-10-28 that the grid outlook remained uncertain that day. ^[12]