By The Star Staff
Daniel Vega Ortiz, the New Progressive Party candidate for the District 25 (Jayuya, Ponce and Juana Díaz) seat in the island House of Representatives, lashed out at LUMA Energy and Genera Puerto Rico on Tuesday for leaving thousands of families in the urban and rural areas of the municipality of Jayuya without electricity service.
The candidate also noted that the House refuses to summon Genera executives to a public hearing, and demanded that sitting District 25 Rep. Domingo Torres García demand explanations from that company, which is in charge of the island’s fleet of generation plants.
“Today, residents of our municipality of Jayuya woke up without electricity again,” Vega Ortiz said. “From the urban area to rural areas, they have no light and that is unacceptable. The excuse that LUMA Energy gives is that there was a breakdown in the 3,400 line which comes from the Dos Bocas hydroelectric plant to Jayuya. According to several estimates, around 6,000 customers do not have service.”
“I demand that LUMA take action now, that it send brigades right now with the objective of restoring electrical service as soon as possible,” the candidate added. “Because of this breakdown, our children cannot take their classes during regular hours, since many schools will dismiss them at noon. The brigades must be here now.”
The affected sectors include the La Monserrate urbanization, the Collores community, the Santa Rosa sector and the La Montaña public housing complex, as well as Matthei I, II and III, the Alturas de Jayuya urbanization, the San Felipe Sector and the Santa Clara community, among others.
“We see how Representative Torres is not proactive in the oversight, not only of LUMA, but of Genera Puerto Rico,” Vega Ortiz said. “The House of Representatives for some reason refuses to bring this company to a public hearing, despite the multiple blackouts recorded due to alleged lack of generation, as well as what has appeared in the media related to delays, in some cases, of up to a year, in the reconstruction work of the generating units in Aguirre, Costa Sur and San Juan.”
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