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Public-Private Partnerships Authority · P3A Puerto Rico | Welcome to the new portal of the Public-Private Partnerships Authority of Puerto Rico
Private concessionaires responsible for the strategic management, modernization, operation, and maintenance of critical aviation, maritime transit, and cruise terminal infrastructure.
Active
A Concession Agreement with Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC that allows the company to operate and improve the Luis Muñoz Marín airport. The Government of Puerto Rico retains full asset ownership while executing a revenue-sharing model under a structured concession agreement.
Initiation Date: 2013
Estimated Investment: $1.5 B
Active
An effort to significantly improve and modernize municipal ferry services along the Cataño–San Juan and Ceiba–Vieques–Culebra routes, while pursuing greater operational efficiency and reducing reliance on government subsidies for the maritime transportation system.
Initiation Date: 2020
Estimated Investment: $751 M
Active
Improve conditions, modernize cruise terminal and maritime port infrastructure, and provide enhanced amenities for the hundreds of thousands of cruise passengers who visit Puerto Rico each year.
Initiation Date: 2020
Estimated Investment: $340 M
Concessionaires responsible for the operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, and improvement of toll roads, including the implementation of road safety and traffic management.
Active
A concession agreement between Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico (Metropistas) a consortium comprised of Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners and Abertis Infrastructures, and the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority.
Initiation Date: 2012
Estimated Investment: $1.4 B
Operated by: Metropistas
Active
Accelerate capital improvements and enhance budget certainty and fiscal conditions of the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) through a public‑private partnership delivery model.
Initiation Date: 2023
Estimated Investment: $2.5 B
Operated by: PR Toll Roads
Private concessionaires and operators entrusted with the operation, maintenance, and modernization of Puerto Rico’s critical energy infrastructure.
Active
Enhance the resiliency and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution (T&D) system through the implementation of advanced technologies, supporting improved operational efficiency and system stability.
Initiation Date: 2020
Estimated Investment: $1.5 B
Operated by: LUMA
Active
Day‑to‑day operation and maintenance of legacy electric generation assets, including start‑up, load monitoring and adjustments, continuous tracking of operating parameters, alarm management, and the orderly shutdown of plants or units
Initiation Date: 2020
Operated by: Genera
Active
Provide additional generation capacity by identifying a site for the potential installation of a combined‑cycle generation plant capable of supporting improved reliability, resiliency, and efficiency of Puerto Rico’s generation fleet.
Initiation Date: 2025
Operated by: New Fortress
The Puerto Rico Public‑Private Partnerships Authority has identified compliance deficiencies by the operator and has documented the judicial proceedings and processes under review related to the termination of the operating agreement.
The Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) has initiated legal and administrative proceedings against LUMA Energy LLC for alleged material breaches of the contract governing the operation and maintenance of the electric transmission and distribution system. The case involves multiple legal proceedings, regulatory interventions, and actions aimed at safeguarding the public interest, which has resulted in an evaluation of LUMA's contractual performance.
Primary Plaintiff: Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority
Defendant: LUMA Energy LLC
Regulatory Intervention: DACO (Department of Consumer Affairs)
Coordination: Government of Puerto Rico (interagency)
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Initiated: Notifications since the start of the contract
Jurisdiction: Courts of Puerto Rico
Current Phase: Evaluation of contractual scenarios
Status: Active judicial and administrative proceedings
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LUMA Energy assumed the operation of Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Transmission and Distribution System under an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) agreement. The Puerto Rico Public‑Private Partnerships Authority (P3A), as the entity responsible for overseeing public‑private partnerships, has documented compliance deficiencies by the operator, resulting in escalated corrective actions, including formal judicial proceedings and the evaluation of contractual options ranging from conditional continuation to the potential termination of the agreement.
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Opens legal front for consumer protection by requesting the annulment of a clause included in the LUMA Energy contract under Section 4.1(g).
Acting Entity: DACO
ACTION
LAWSUIT
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2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
LUMA expects the litigation to end the government's attempts to cancel the OMA contract.
Acting Entity: LUMA
ACTION
LAWSUIT
2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
Dismiss the lawsuit filed by LUMA Energy and to deny the preliminary injunction requested.
Acting Entity: P3A
ACTION
MOTION
Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain denied LUMA Energy's emergency motion to suspend the lawsuit filed againstthem by DACO , leaving continuation of the proceedings in the hands of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
Acting Entity: Federal Court
ACTION
RULING
2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
Strengthens consumer claims.
Acting Entity: DACO
ACTION
FINAL JUDGEMENT
2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
Direct challenge to contractual validity; the extension provides indefinite control over the operation of the electrical system and strips the P3A and PREPA of their rightful decision-making authority to protect the public interest.
Acting Entity: P3A/ PREPA
ACTION
LAWSUIT
2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
State case placed on hold for request that the legal action by the Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) be transferred to the Federal Court under Title III.
Acting Entity: LUMA
ACTION
REMOVAL REQUEST
2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
Once the petition is presented by Luma “Notice of Removal”, the state government is prevented from making decisions.
Acting Entity: State Court
ACTION
SENTENCE
Annulment of the OMA contract, declaring the extension invalid. Claiming LUMA should maintain its obligation to collaborate on the transition process.
Acting Entity: Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez Colón / Government of Puerto Rico
ACTION
LAWSUIT
2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
The judge Taylor Swain has returned the case to the court in Puerto Rico because they are regulatory issues.
Acting Entity: Federal Court
ACTION
RULING
2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
FOMB states that only the Title III court has exclusive jurisdiction over all PREPA property, including the agreements of the OMA contract.
Acting Entity: FOMB/ LUMA
ACTION
REMOVAL REQUEST
2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain determined that disputes related to the annulment of the contract must be addressed by state courts, thus ordering the cases to be remanded to the Court of First Instance, concluding that they fall within the exception to the Government’s regulatory power under PROMESA.
Acting Entity: Federal Court
ACTION
RESOLUTION
2.5 MB
January 15, 2025
