Governor González blames rodent cable damage, LUMA maintenance for April 16 outage

González Colón ties the April 16 power failure to failed preventive maintenance and says Puerto Rico is seeking to void LUMA's contract.

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Governor Jenniffer González Colón said rodent damage to electrical cable caused the April 16 power outage, and that it followed failed maintenance by LUMA Energy.^[1] She said the rodent damage to electrical equipment shows LUMA failed to perform required preventive maintenance.^[2] González Colón also said Puerto Rico is seeking nullification of LUMA Energy's operating contract through a supreme court case.^[3] The governor put the contract fight and a single outage in the same frame, which points to the April 16 failure being used as evidence in the broader effort to void the LUMA deal. The two statements were reported separately, and no cited fact spells out how one feeds the other.

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Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón stated on the reported Thursday that rodent cable damage caused the April 16 power outage, and this resulted from failed maintenance by LUMA Energy. · esnoticiapr.com
Jenniffer González stated that rodent damage to electrical equipment demonstrates failure by LUMA Energy to perform required preventive maintenance. · Metro Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
Governor Jenniffer González Colón stated Puerto Rico is seeking nullification of LUMA Energy's operating contract via the supreme court case. · esnoticiapr.com

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