Current Projects

List of Priority Projects 2023

Explanatory note: The information contained in this table is subject to change and revision, especially the information found under the Type of Project and the
Estimated Investment column.

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PROPOSED PROJECT	APP+PROPONENT(S)	PROJECT DESCRIPTION	TYPE OF PROJECT	ESTIMATED INVESTMENT
Call Center	Puerto Rico Department of Treasury	Project to modernize and strengthen taxpayer services, call centers, collection procedures and infrastructure of the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury systems.	Public Private-Partnership contract for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance.	TBD
Regional Airports	Puerto Rico Ports Authority	Project for the optimization, modernization and operation of nine (9) regional airports in Puerto Rico.	Public Private-Partnership contract for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance.	TBD
Bus System from Metropolitan Bus Authority	Integrated Transportation Authority ("ATI"), Metropolitan Bus Authority ("AMA"), Department of Transportation and Public Works ("DTOP")	Project for the optimization and maintenance of bus transportation assets and routes (existing and future expansions), and to modernize the public transportation system to offer efficient and safer services.	Public Private-Partnership contract for the operation and maintenance.	TBD
Río Camuy Cave Park ("Park")	Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources	Project for the design and rehabilitation of the Park, to improve security protocols and to support economic development of the region.	Public Private-Partnership contract for the design, restoring, financing, operation and maintenance.	TBD
Toll Roads Monetization	Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority ("PRHTA")	Project for the capital improvement to improve infrastructure, safety and to address fiscal conditions of PRHTA.	Public Private-Partnership contract for the rehabilitation, maintenance, and operation.	$ 2,500 Million Subject to revision.
Modernization of Digital Infrastructure	Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority ("PRHTA"), Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works	Project to modernize and manage the digital and telecommunications infrastructure of the PRHTA.	Public Private-Partnership contract for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance.	TBD

Potential Projects to be Priority Projects
PR-22 Extension PR-5 Extension Smart Cities Solid Waste Management Hospitals Education

Learn about the projects and initiatives the P3A is commissioning to enhance our infrastructure and services through the effective integration of the private sector’s innovation and expertise.

BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM

Project Summary: Assist in the recovery and modernization of Puerto Rico’s electric grid by constructing utility-scale energy storage systems to increase resiliency, thereby promoting public interest and overall economic growth.

Scope of Work: Design, build, finance, operate, maintenance services for a utility scale energy storage project.

Impact: Reduces overall grid costs by increasing grid operational efficiency. Also increases resiliency in the energy system and stabilizes response to peak demand.

Desirability and Convenience Study (D&C): See document

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): See document

Other Documents: See document

Shortlisted Proponents:

AES Puerto Rico, L.P. and Fluence Energy, LLC.
Tesla, Inc.
PowerSecure, Inc.
Invenergy Storage Development, LLC

LNG to H2 Combined Cycle Generation Plant

Project Summary: Provide additional generation capacity by identifying a site in which a combined cycle generation plant could be installed to increase reliability, resiliency, and efficiency of Puerto Rico’s generation fleet.

Scope of Work: Identify, permit, finance, design, build and operate a new generation facility that will help manage the variating demand of generation in Puerto Rico. Reduce the cost of power generation due to the fuel primarily being used in this new generation plant.

Impact: This project helps decrease the cost of power generation by further diversifying the fuel consumption within the generation fleet. This project will also provide stability of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid by adding a new, modern, and efficient generation plant.

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): See document

Other Documents: RFQ Addendum #1, RFQ Addendum #2, RFQ Addendum #3, RFC Responses

RIO CAMUY CAVE PARK (“PARK”)

Project Summary: Improve operational aspects of the Park and address the infrastructure needs of the asset while developing the necessary strategies to create additional value for the Park through new and innovative attractions and activities.

Scope of Work: Operations and Maintenance of the Rio Camuy Park.

Impact: Address DRNE fiscal situation and increase revenue opportunities for the Park and economic development.

Desirability & Convenience Study (D&C): See Document

Public Notice: See Document

Regional Airports

Project Summary: Improve the operations, management, finances, and services at the nine (9) Regional Airports in the island currently operated by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA)

Scope of Work: Operations and Maintenance of the Regional Airports

Impact: Address PRPA’s fiscal situation, enhance the operational and maintenance efficiency of the Regional Airports network, improve the airports compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration safety and security requirements and incentivize regional economic growth

Desirability & Convenience Study (D&C): See Document

Public Notice: See Document

EXISTING P3s

Find out about the milestones of our projects! Each project is an example of the ongoing collaboration between the public and private sectors to promote Puerto Rico’s sustainable economic development.

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LUIS MUÑOZ MARÍN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Project Summary: A Concession Agreement with Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC that allows the company to operate and improve the Luis Muñoz Marín airport. The government maintains the asset ownership and participates in revenues generated by the airport.

Scope of Work: Achieve operational efficiency, increase airline and passenger capacity, undertake improvements and general maintenance.

Impact: In 2009 the airport handled 4,635,798 passenger boardings and 222,932 short tons of cargo. Luis Muñoz Marín airport is the main entry point to the Island, both domestically and internationally.

Desirability & Convenience Study (D&C): See Document

Reports: Compliance Reports

Request for Qualifications (RFQ) : See Document

Other Documents: RFC Responses #1, RFC Responses #2

Lease Agreement: See Document

Partnership Report: See Document

HIGHWAYS PR-22 & PR-5

Project Summary: A Concession Agreement between Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico (“Metropistas,” a consortium made up of Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners and Abertis Infrastructures) and the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority.

Scope of Work: Improvements and maintenance of highways PR-22 and PR-5 aimed at rehabilitating and improving road safety.

Impact: Approximately 30 million vehicles transit these highways each year, generating $85.1 million through the automated toll collection system.

Desirability & Convenience Study (D&C): See Document

Reports: Compliance Reports

Other Documents: RFC Responses #1, RFC Responses #2, RFC Responses #3, RFC Responses #4

Concession Agreement: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Award: P3 Project of the Year Award

Recognition: Americas Deal of the Year

Partnership Report: See Document

TRANSFORMATION OF THE PR FERRIES SYSTEM

Project Summary: An effort to significantly improve and modernize the municipal ferry service provided in the key routes of Cataño-San Juan and Ceiba-Vieques-Culebra, and to reduce the government subsidy of the current maritime transportation system.

Scope of Work: An operations, maintenance and financing contract that includes the current service from Ceiba, as well as online ticketing and ferry status information for added passenger convenience.

Impact: Increase reliability of the ferry system to provide a better service for the residents of Vieques and Culebra, while boosting an important sector of Puerto Rico’s tourism economy, with visits by thousands of local and international passengers per year.

Desirability and Convenience Study (D&C): See document

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): See document

Other Documents: RFQ Addendum #1, RFQ Addendum #2, D&C Public Notice, RFQ Public Notice, RFQ Addendum Public Notice, RFC Responses, P3 Summit 2017

Transaction Highlights: See document

Partnership Report: See document

O&M Agreement: See document

Operational Efficiency & Performance Update: July 2023, September 2023

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Project Summary: Increase electric power transmission, as well as distribution resiliency and reliability, by implementing new technologies that will also help deliver low-cost electricity to utility customers in Puerto Rico.

Scope of Work: A long-term contract for the utility’s management and operation of the Island’s electric power transmission and distribution system.

Impact: Includes the administration of certain federal disaster recovery funding applicable to the energy sector.

Work Plan for T&D: 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023
Monthly Reports
- Luma Monthly Reports Front End Transition: See Documents
- Monthly Reports Front End Transition -P3A Analysis: See Documents
- LUMA Monthly Reports – Post Commencement Day: See Documents
Quarterly Report to P3A: Q1-2022,Q2-2022,Q3-2022,Q3-2023
- P3 Analysis on LUMA’s Performance Metrics Report to PREB: See Documents
- Request for Information – Legislature: See Documents
Annual Reports: See document
T&D Procurement Process File
- P3 Administrative Records: See documents
- RFP Submittals: See documents
Desirability and Convenience Study (D&C): Not applied according to Law 120
Request for Qualifications (RFQ): See document
Other Documents: RFQ Public Notice, RFC Responses
Transaction Highlights: See Document
Partnership Report: See document
O&M Agreement: See document
Invoice Evaluation Manual: See document

SAN JUAN BAY CRUISE TERMINALS

Project Summary: Improve conditions, modernize maritime ports and provide better amenities to the hundreds of thousands of cruise ship passengers that sail through the Island every year.

Scope of Work: Design, build, finance, operate, and provide maintenance services for the improvement and operation of Ports of San Juan passenger piers.

Impact: Perform capital improvements in the Ports of San Juan passenger piers and optimize its operations to strengthen Puerto Rico’s position as a world-class tourist destination.

Desirability and Convenience Study (D&C): See document

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): See document

Other Documents: RFQ Addendum #1, RFQ Addendum #2, RFQ Addendum #3, RFQ Addendum #4, RFQ Addendum #5, D&C Public Notice, RFQ Public Notice, Public Notice

Photo Gallery of Actual Conditions: See Gallery

Transaction Highlights: See document

Partnership Report: See document

Concession Agreement: See document

Concession Agreement Schedules: Schedule 0, Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule 4, Schedule 5, Schedule 6, Schedule 6 – Appendix 1, Schedule 6A, Schedule 7, Schedule 8, Schedule 9, Schedule 10, Schedule 10A, Schedule 11, Schedule 12, Schedule 13 – pt1,Schedule 13 – pt2,Schedule 13 – pt3,Schedule 13 – pt4, Schedule 14, Schedule 15, Schedule 17

Resolutions of the P3 Authority Board: Resolution 1, Resolution 2, Resolution 3, Resolution 4

Thermal Generation Facilities

Project Summary: Day-to-day operation services of Legacy Generation Assets, including start-up, load variations, active follow-up of operating parameters and alarms, shut-down of the plants or units.

Scope of Work: Manage, operate, maintain and eventually decommission some of all the Legacy Generation Assets, base-load generation plants and peaking plants.

Impact: Increase the safety, reliability, resiliency, power quality and efficiency of Puerto Rico’s Legacy Generation Asset operations; implement operational excellence of electricity generation facilities, including improved safety and compliance with environmental and increased cost efficiency with the T&D Operator.

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): See document
Other Documents: RFQ Public Notice, IRP Final Resolution, IRP Results, RFC Responses, Electronic Submission Instructions
O&M Agreement: See document
Partnership Report: See document
Periodic Reporting: Periodic Report #1, Periodic Report #2, Periodic Report #3, Periodic Report #4, Periodic Report #5, Periodic Report #6, Periodic Report #7, Periodic Report #8, Periodic Report #9, Periodic Report #10

Procurement Process File
- Administrative Records: See documents
- RFP Submittals: See documents

TOLL ROADS MONETIZATION

Project Summary: Accelerate capital improvements and address Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority (“PRHTA”) budget certainty and fiscal conditions through a public-private partnership delivery model.

Scope of Work: Rehabilitation, maintenance, and operations of highways PR-52, PR-53, PR-66, and PR-20 aimed at rehabilitating and improving mobility and road safety.

Impact: Address PRHTA outstanding debt burden and provide initial capital investment that significantly enhances the quality of the toll roads so that they achieve state of good repair.

Desirability & Convenience Study (D&C): See Document

Request for Qualifications (RFQ): See Document

Other Documents: RFQ Public Notice, D&C Public Notice, RFQ Addendum #1, RFQ Addendum #2, RFC Responses #1, RFC Responses #2, PR Tolling Analysis

Partnership Report: See Document

Resolutions of the P3 Authority Board: See Document

Consession Agreement: See Document

Schedules: See Document

Transaction Highlights: See Document