NAPREC Editorial Team 10/26/26 NAPREC Editorial Team 10/26/26

Senators propose emergency funds to offset the electric rate increase — a NAPREC perspective

Popular Democratic Party senators filed three measures, including Senate Joint Resolution 229, to transfer $131.6 million from Puerto Rico’s Emergency Reserve Fund to the Electric Power Authority and offset the fuel-cost increase in electric bills for October through December. Original NAPREC analysis in English and Spanish.

NAPREC Editorial Team 10/1/26 NAPREC Editorial Team 10/1/26

A record electric rate takes effect in Puerto Rico — a NAPREC perspective

Puerto Rico’s Energy Bureau approved a 5.28-cent increase that set the residential rate at 33.86 cents per kilowatt-hour from October 1 through at least December 31. The mainland residential average is 18.3 cents. Original NAPREC analysis in English and Spanish.