Institutions
Puerto Rico Energy Bureau
Puerto Rico’s specialized electric-service regulator. It examines rates, planning, reliability, and disputes within its jurisdiction. It regulates PREPA and other certified energy companies; it is not the company providing or billing for service.
Arts. 6.3–6.4 ↗Art. 6.4 ↗ · Sources consulted:Negociado de Energía de Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico Energy Bureau · NEPR · Comisión de Energía de Puerto Rico · CEPR · Puerto Rico Energy Commission · PREB
Spanish legal name: Negociado de Energía de Puerto Rico. Spanish legal names are retained. Some English names are functional translations.
- Government level
- State-level
- Branch or grouping
- Executive
- Type
- Bureau
- Sources consulted
- Oct 18, 2026
What it does
- Approves, reviews, and where applicable modifies electric-service rates and charges. A general rate proceeding and review of an individual bill address different questions and have their own requirements.Arts. 6.3(n), 6.4(a)(1)–(2), 6.27 ↗Art. 6.4 ↗Art. 6.27 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Reviews and approves energy-resource plans and monitors compliance. Planning addresses how electricity demand will be met; it is not a repair order for an individual outage.Art. 6.3(k); art. 6.23 ↗Art. 6.23 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Monitors quality, efficiency, and reliability; sets interconnection standards and may require information, investigate, inspect, and enforce the law. Its jurisdiction covers certified companies as well as PREPA.Art. 6.3(d), (s), (w), (bb) ↗Art. 6.3(s), (w) ↗Art. 6.3(bb) ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Adjudicates billing, interconnection, contract, and energy-compliance disputes within its jurisdiction. For bill review, the law first requires exhausting the procedure before the company that issued the bill.Arts. 6.4(a), 6.27(a) ↗Art. 6.27(a) ↗ · Sources consulted:
In everyday life
A bill includes a charge the customer believes is wrong. First request an investigation from the billing company under the applicable procedure; review may then be sought before NEPR. OIPC can provide guidance and assess representation. This is different from challenging the general rate through that procedure and does not guarantee removal of the charge.Art. 6.27(a) ↗Art. 6.27(a)(4)–(5) ↗Art. 6.42(d) ↗ · Sources consulted:
How to distinguish it from other institutions
NEPR is part of JRSP’s structure with operational and functional independence. JRSP does not review its final determinations; judicial review belongs to the Court of Appeals, subject to statutory federal exceptions.Secs. 7, 9 ↗Sec. 9 ↗Art. 6.5(c) ↗ · Sources consulted:
OIPC may advocate for consumers before NEPR. It is a separate office independent of the regulator and regulated companies: representing a party and deciding the dispute are different responsibilities.Art. 6.40(b)–(c) ↗Art. 6.42 ↗ · Sources consulted:
Official services and information
Confirm requirements, forms, and schedules on the linked official portal.
Where it fits
- Regulates: Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Art. 6.4(b)(1) ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Functionally independent component of: Public Service Regulatory Board Secs. 6–8 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Five members appointed by: Office of the Governor Art. 6.5(a) ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Five members subject to confirmation by: Senate of Puerto Rico Art. 6.5(a) ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Judicial review, subject to federal exceptions, by: Court of Appeals Sec. 9 ↗Art. 6.5(c) ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Consumer advocacy before this forum by: Independent Consumer Protection Office Art. 6.42(c)–(h) ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Statutory budget contribution: Independent Consumer Protection Office Art. 6.43 ↗ · Sources consulted:
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Leadership & appointments
Energy Bureau Chair
The governor appoints the chair and four associate commissioners with Senate advice and consent. The commissioners page identifies Edison Avilés-Deliz as chair. The chair and collegial commission have different statutory responsibilities; individual appointment, confirmation, and expiration dates are not certified in this review.Arts. 6.5–6.7, 6.9 ↗Arts. 6.7–6.9 ↗Commissioner list ↗ · Sources consulted:
Edison Avilés-Deliz
Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Sources & method ↓
- Appointment
- Verification pending
- Confirmation
- Verification pending
- Term end
- Verification pending
Governance & composition
The governing commission has five seats, with no ex officio representatives of regulated companies. Successors serve six-year terms, with holdover rules and restrictions on financial interests. The portal lists Avilés-Deliz, Omar M. Rodríguez González, Ferdinand A. Ramos Soegaard, Sylvia B. Ugarte Araujo, and Antonio Torres Miranda. This is recorded as the published roster; it does not by itself establish each term’s dates or certify the absence of later vacancies.Arts. 6.5–6.6 ↗Art. 6.6(e) ↗Commissioner list ↗ · Sources consulted:
| Published member | Seat or representation | Term end |
|---|---|---|
| Edison Avilés-Deliz | Published chair | Verification pending |
| Omar M. Rodríguez González | Published associate commissioner | Verification pending |
| Ferdinand A. Ramos Soegaard | Published associate commissioner | Verification pending |
| Sylvia B. Ugarte Araujo | Published associate commissioner | Verification pending |
| Antonio Torres Miranda | Published associate commissioner | Verification pending |
Members, vacancies, and terms are not certified as a complete roster. An expired term is not automatically treated as a vacancy; some laws allow service until a successor qualifies.
Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026
Sources & method
The consultation date is not the institution’s own update date.
- NEPR – Negociado de Energía de Puerto Rico ↗https://www.energia.pr.gov/Sources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
- NEPR — Portal y búsqueda de órdenes y resoluciones ↗https://energia.pr.gov/Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026
- Ley 57-2014 — Transformación y ALIVIO Energético (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/57-2014.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Apr 28, 2026
- Ley 211-2018 — Ejecución de la reorganización de la JRSP (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/211-2018.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Apr 15, 2024
- NEPR — Comisionados publicados ↗https://energia.pr.gov/comisionados/Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026
- NEPR — Funciones y responsabilidades ↗https://energia.pr.gov/sobre-la-comision/Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026
- OIPC — Procesos ante el Negociado de Energía ↗https://oipc.pr.gov/energia/procesos-ante-el-negociado-de-energia-de-puerto-rico/Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026