P.R. Laws tit. 22, § 195a
(a) In order to protect the reliability in the management of the electric power grid, prevent discrimination against electric power companies interconnected to the electric power grid, and ensure greater independence in the operations of the electric power grid, the Board shall appoint, with the advice of the Executive Director, a Director of the Energy Control Center who shall answer directly to the Executive Director. With the assistance of the Director of the Energy Control Center and the Executive Director, the Board shall establish and maintain mechanisms that ensure the autonomous operation of the Energy Control Center. The Board may dismiss the Director of the Energy Control Center from office, but only for just cause and after he/she has been given notice and an opportunity to be heard. The Director of the Energy Control Center shall be an engineer specialized in the field relevant to his/her office and have at least ten (10) years of proven experience in the management of electric power grids. The Director may not: (1) have had a business relationship with or direct interest in PREPA within two (2) years before his/her appointment to such office; (2) have been a member of a local or central directing body of a political party registered in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico during the year immediately preceding his/her appointment; (3) be an employee, member, advisor, or contractor of PREPA’s labor unions; or (4) has failed to provide the certification of having filed income tax returns during the five (5) preceding taxable years issued by the Department of the Treasury, the certification of having no debts outstanding with PREPA, the Criminal Record issued by the Puerto Rico Police Department, as well as a negative certificate of debt issued by the Child Support Administration (ASUME, Spanish acronym) and the Municipal Revenues Collections Center (CRIM, Spanish acronym).
(b) The Director of the Energy Control Center shall collect and provide PREPA with daily information regarding energy itemization, to be published on PREPA’s website in accordance with the provisions of § 193 of this title.
History —May 2, 1941, No. 83, p. 684, added as § 5A on May 27, 2014, No. 57, § 2.5.