Puerto Rico residential electricity tariffs rose 18% for the October to December quarter, reaching a record 33.86 cents per kilowatt hour, according to El Nuevo Día.^[1] LUMA Energy attributed the increase to elevated fuel costs tied to tensions between the United States and Iran.^[2] Separately, LUMA presented a request to the Puerto Rico Energy Board for an additional rate increase covering November and December, citing a budget deficit of $48 million, NotiCel reported.^[3] LUMA has proposed a tariff increase for November and December, per WAPA.TV.^[4] The company also clarified that the submitted information does not constitute a request to increase the electricity tariff, according to Periódico Presencia.^[5] The two statements sit in tension: one filing to the Energy Board over a deficit, and a clarification that it is not a request to raise rates. Which it is appears to depend on how the Energy Board reads the submission. The increases drew public demands for answers. Wildlife removal operator Gongo Fishing published a Facebook post pressing LUMA Energy and Genera PR on the tariff increases, El Nuevo Día reported.^[6]