Puerto Rico's Energy Bureau fined Genera PR $25,000 for missing a gas-records deadline

Puerto Rico's Energy Bureau is auditing what the island's power system actually paid for natural gas: invoices, proofs of payment, credits and adjustments under three supply contracts with NFEnergía LLC — San Juan units 5 and 6, temporary generation at Palo Seco and San Juan, and the Multi-Site contract. The audit, ordered Sept. 30, 2026, is meant to establish whether the amounts claimed and paid were reasonable and to keep costs from a supplier's noncompliance from being passed on to PREPA, the electric system or consumers. The records were due by 5 p.m. on Oct. 8.

Genera PR, the private operator that runs PREPA's generation under an operation and maintenance agreement, turned in copies of the contracts and said its gas nominations were already in the record — but did not identify the filings, produce the required monthly reconciliation, or provide the certification of completeness. It asked for ten more days to compile billing, payment, discount and adjustment files. The bureau rejected the request outright, and on Friday Oct. 9 it imposed a $25,000 administrative fine for missing the deadline.

The fine must be paid within 10 calendar days from Genera PR's own funds: it may not charge PREPA, nor book the penalty and any legal costs as reimbursable pass-through expenses. PREPA's own extension bid — that most files sit in Genera's custody — was also denied, the bureau answering that this does not relieve AEE of producing what it controls. Both parties must now produce everything under their control by 5 p.m. Oct. 13, and the bureau warned that further noncompliance brings cumulative daily fines and, for PREPA, possible sanctions under Act 57-2014.

$25,000 administrative fine, payable within 10 days from Genera PR's own funds — barred from PREPA funds or GOMA reimbursement; more daily fines if it misses Oct. 13.

The audit is deciding whether the gas costs passed on to consumers were legitimate — the reconciliation and certification Genera withheld are exactly what makes its file verifiable.

Genera produced part of the record (contract copies) but skipped the monthly reconciliation, the integrity certification and the docket numbers, then asked for ten extra days instead.

PREPA's 'most of the material is in Genera PR's custody' extension argument was dismissed — holding the paperwork does not move the duty to produce what is in your own control.

In a regulatory audit, how you miss a deadline matters less than that you missed it: partial production plus a late extension request bought Genera a fine it cannot pass to anyone else.

The bureau set a new 5 p.m. Oct. 13, 2026 deadline for all documents under each party's control, warned of additional cumulative daily fines for Genera PR and possible sanctions for PREPA under Act 57-2014, and ordered grid operator LUMA to hand over whatever requested information it holds. It also noted the island's Third-Party Procurement Office had begun its own audit of the same two contracts — duplicating the bureau's work at PREPA's expense. No findings of specific overcharges had been announced.