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Peñuelas Mayor Criticizes LUMA Energy After Town Power Outage

Peñuelas mayor Josean González Febres condemns LUMA Energy over unplanned municipal blackout

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LUMA Energy announced load shedding was implemented on Tuesday following generation unit failures at San Juan and Aguirre power plants, causing an estimated 311 megawatt supply deficit [1] LUMA Energy staff informed mayor Josean González Febres that a separate fault on line 500 at Mal Paso, Peñuelas caused the local outage, and that repair crews would be dispatched [2][3][5][6][8] Josean González Febres publicly criticized LUMA Energy for insufficient power line maintenance and use of temporary superficial repair work [4][7]
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  1. LUMA Energy announced load shedding was implemented on Tuesday following generation unit failures at San Juan and Aguirre power plants, causing an estimated 311 megawatt supply deficit · WAPA.TV
  2. Peñuelas mayor Josean González Febres stated the entire municipality of Peñuelas lost power, despite not being scheduled for the announced load shedding · WAPA.TV
  3. Peñuelas mayor Josean González Febres stated power outages began Tuesday at approximately 2:00 p.m. due to a failure on transmission line 500. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
  4. Josean González Febres publicly criticized LUMA Energy for insufficient power line maintenance and use of temporary superficial repair work · WAPA.TV
  5. LUMA Energy staff informed mayor Josean González Febres that a separate fault on line 500 at Mal Paso, Peñuelas caused the local outage, and that repair crews would be dispatched · WAPA.TV
  6. LUMA Energy publicly announced crews are responding to the outage affecting customers in Peñuelas and Ponce. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
  7. Mayor Gonzalez Febres criticized LUMA Energy for poor communication, unqualified support staff, and temporary incomplete repair work. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
  8. Mayor Gonzalez Febres stated transmission line 500 has failed approximately 20 times under operator LUMA Energy. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
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