Energy Bureau orders PREPA and Genera to produce natural gas billing records
The regulator set a Thursday deadline for invoices, payments and credits under three NFEnergía contracts, and says a parallel audit by the third-party procurement office appears to duplicate its own.
The short version
- The bureau's order covers three NFEnergía supply contracts, including San Juan units 5 and 6
- PREPA and Genera were told to deliver the records by 5:00 p.m. on October 8, 2026
- The audit was ordered on September 30 and includes looking for credits owed back to customers
- The bureau says a 3PPO audit of two of the same contracts appears to substantially duplicate its work
What was ordered
The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau ordered the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and Genera PR to turn over invoices, proof of payment, and documents on credits and adjustments for three natural gas supply contracts with NFEnergía LLC, El Vocero, Metro and Telemundo Puerto Rico reported. The three contracts are the one for San Juan units 5 and 6, the one for the temporary generation units at Palo Seco and San Juan, and the contract known as Multi-Site.
For San Juan 5 and 6, the bureau asked for records from July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026; for the other two, from the start of supply through September 30, 2026, the outlets reported. The material was due by 5:00 p.m. on October 8, 2026. The order also tells LUMA to provide, on the same deadline, whatever of the requested information it holds as part of its functions, Metro and Telemundo reported.
What the sources posted
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…la auditoría y el proceso de verificación descritos en la carta parecen duplicar, en una medida sustancial, los trabajos que ya están siendo realizados…
Our translation: The audit and verification process described in the letter appear to duplicate, to a substantial degree, work already being carried out.
The source's own statement, as quoted by Metro Puerto Rico. Not verified by PuertoRico.com.
Why the bureau says it wants the records
Metro and Telemundo quoted the Resolution and Order stating that the review is meant to determine whether the amounts claimed and paid were reasonable, to identify who was responsible, and to look at the regulatory and contractual remedies available so that costs attributable to a supplier's noncompliance are not passed on to PREPA, the electric system or consumers. The outlets reported that PREPA and Genera must document the quantities of gas nominated, changes to those nominations, fuel charges, nominated gas that went unused, added charges and credits, and evidence of every payment, and must explain any invoice unpaid or only partly paid.
They must also certify the completeness of what they produce and explain any gap between what was nominated, what was billed and what was paid, and must identify any missing document and who has custody of it, the outlets reported. The audit itself was ordered by a Resolution and Order on September 30, 2026, and the bureau will examine payments and credits on the San Juan 5 and 6 contract so that amounts that should be recovered or credited are returned to customers through the applicable reconciliation mechanism, Metro reported.
A second audit
In a second Resolution and Order, the bureau noted a letter in which the Third-Party Procurement Office, known as 3PPO, said it had begun its own audit of the Multi-Site and San Juan 5 and 6 contracts, Metro reported. The bureau wrote that the audit and verification described in that letter appear to duplicate, to a substantial degree, work already underway in the bureau's own audit. It noted that 3PPO's functions are paid for with PREPA resources, so duplication could be an unnecessary use of them.
The bureau said it was not ruling on 3PPO's contractual authority to do the audit and was not trying to interfere with anyone's rights under the agreements, Metro reported. Going forward, 3PPO must file any communication about the case with the bureau's secretariat under the case number so that it enters the record.
Where the sources differ
El Vocero, Metro and Telemundo Puerto Rico track one another closely because each is summarizing the same two Resolutions and Orders, and they quote the same passages. None adds figures for the amounts billed or paid, and none contradicts the others. All three published before the Thursday deadline, so none reports whether the documents arrived.
What the reports do not say
The reports do not say what the three contracts are worth, what NFEnergía has billed, or whether the bureau suspects a specific overcharge. They do not carry a response from PREPA, Genera, LUMA, NFEnergía or 3PPO, and they do not say what happens if the deadline is missed. They also do not explain why the bureau opened the audit on September 30.
Sources
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- Reporting Negociado de Energía exige a AEE y Genera documentos sobre facturas y pagos de gas natural
- Reporting NEPR exige a la AEE y Genera documentos sobre facturas, pagos y créditos de gas natural
- Reporting Negociado de Energía exige a la AEE y Genera documentos sobre facturas, pagos y créditos por gas natural
How we checked this
The order was reported by El Vocero, Metro and Telemundo Puerto Rico, each drawing on the Energy Bureau's Resolutions and Orders. No official statement from the bureau, PREPA or Genera was available through the feeds we checked.
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