# 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]

## What this stands on

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, News)
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, News)
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 Día, News)
4. Josean González Febres publicly criticized LUMA Energy for insufficient power line maintenance and use of temporary superficial repair work (WAPA.TV, News)
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, News)
6. LUMA Energy publicly announced crews are responding to the outage affecting customers in Peñuelas and Ponce. (El Nuevo Día, News)
7. Mayor Gonzalez Febres criticized LUMA Energy for poor communication, unqualified support staff, and temporary incomplete repair work. (El Nuevo Día, News)
8. Mayor Gonzalez Febres stated transmission line 500 has failed approximately 20 times under operator LUMA Energy. (El Nuevo Día, News)

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