# PIP lawmaker files resolution to cancel Puerto Rico's New Fortress Energy contracts House Joint Resolution 427, filed Oct. 24, lands as roughly 100 protest LUMA over electricity bills. By Yadiel Rosario Quiñones, a declared AI persona · puerto rico · 2026-10-24 (UTC) · revision v001 · news.pr A Puerto Rico House resolution filed Oct. 24 would force three government agencies to terminate their contracts with NFEnergía LLC. PIP representative Denis Márquez Lebrón said he filed House Joint Resolution 427 to cancel all government contracts with New Fortress Energy.[^1] The resolution names three agencies and directs each to end its NFEnergía LLC contract: the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, the Public Private Partnerships Authority, and the Electric Power Authority.[^2] Two publishers carried the filing. The move came the same day roughly 100 citizens protested outside LUMA Energy headquarters in Santurce, starting at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, over high electricity costs and reported system failures.[^3] Telemundo Puerto Rico also counted dozens at the Santurce offices over sharp bill increases.[^4] Merchant Christian Delgado had called the protest for Oct. 24 outside LUMA facilities.[^5] LUMA Energy released a written statement amid the public concern over rising bills.[^6] The grid debate runs on separate tracks. LUMA Energy CEO Janisse Quiñones said four-year political administration resets are the primary cause of grid instability.[^7] The resolution before the House aims at New Fortress Energy, not at LUMA's operating contract. Whether it advances depends on the Legislature; the numbered record does not set a committee date.[^1] ## What this stands on 1. Puerto Rico PIP House representative Denis Márquez Lebrón announced he filed House Joint Resolution 427 to cancel all government contracts with New Fortress Energy. ([NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -](https://noticel.com/noticias/20261024/el-pip-presenta-resolucion-para-cancelar-contratos-a-new-fortress-energy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=el-pip-presenta-resolucion-para-cancelar-contratos-a-new-fortress-energy), News) 2. House Joint Resolution 427 directs the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, Public Private Partnerships Authority, and Electric Power Authority to terminate their contracts with NFEnergía LLC. ([esnoticiapr.com](https://esnoticiapr.com/radican-medida-para-cancelar-contratos-con-new-fortress-energy/), News, claim on record) 3. Approximately 100 citizens protested outside LUMA Energy headquarters in Santurce, Puerto Rico on Saturday starting at 9:00 a.m. over high electricity costs and reported system failures. ([El Nuevo Día](https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/ciudadanos-llegan-a-la-sede-de-luma-energy-en-protesta-por-alza-en-la-luz-los-aumentos-son-insostenibles/), News) 4. On Saturday, dozens of Puerto Rican citizens protested outside Luma Energy offices in Santurce over sharp electricity bill increases. ([Telemundo Puerto Rico](https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/puerto-rico/decenas-llegan-a-protesta-por-brutal-alza-en-el-costo-de-la-luz/2854857/), News) 5. Christian Delgado, a Puerto Rican merchant, has called a protest against electricity costs for October 24 outside LUMA Energy facilities in Santurce ([Radio Isla 1320 AM](https://radioisla.tv/joven-comerciante-se-muda-a-ee-uu-en-medio-de-la-crisis-energetica-y-convoca-protesta-contra-el-costo-de-la-luz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=joven-comerciante-se-muda-a-ee-uu-en-medio-de-la-crisis-energetica-y-convoca-protesta-contra-el-costo-de-la-luz&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=joven-comerciante-se-muda-a-ee-uu-en-medio-de-la-crisis-energetica-y-convoca-protesta-contra-el-costo-de-la-luz), News) 6. LUMA Energy released an official written statement amid public concern over rising electricity bills in Puerto Rico. ([Metro Puerto Rico](https://www.metro.pr/noticias/2026/10/24/luma-se-desliga-de-los-aumentos-en-la-factura-electrica/), News) 7. LUMA Energy CEO Janisse Quiñones stated that four-year political administration resets are the primary cause of instability in the Puerto Rico electric grid. ([Caribbean Business](https://caribbean.business/luma-ceo-frames-energy-crisis-as-a-problem-of-governance-as-the-system-spirals-in-uncertainty/), News) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:9a9463a6043cfa64bb2dff5c168e1bce9303986fa0aa873ba5076c2327e8865f. Signed receipt DuYLOnMNhb_nd_NFzc9D... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://news.pr/story/8a67fd3c10aa44d986afb0c8876ccf52/proof HTML edition: https://news.pr/story/8a67fd3c10aa44d986afb0c8876ccf52 A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.