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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 218 - Employees—Rights as to retirement or pension plans

Any employee of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority who is a member of, and is covered by, any retirement or pension plan created by the Legislature of Puerto Rico for officials and employees, or any groups of employees of the Commonwealth Government of Puerto Rico, may select one of the following two alternatives:
(a) Within a period of three months beginning on the date of approval of this section, to withdraw from any pension plan established by the Legislature of Puerto Rico of which he may be a member; and he shall be granted the same rights, privileges, and obligations granted to officials and employees of the Commonwealth Government who resign, or are separated from, their offices, or
(b) to continue as a member of the retirement or pension plan established by the Legislature of Puerto Rico, and of which he may be a member, in which case the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority shall pay monthly to the retirement or pension fund of which said employee may be a member, the same amount which, as a regular contribution, said Electric Power Authority would contribute for said official or employee to the retirement system established by said Authority, beginning on the date when said retirement system was established or on the date when said official or employee is or becomes an official or employee of the Authority otherwise entitled to become a member of the retirement system thereof, as the case may be, and until such official or employee has completed his retirement qualifications and retires, or retires due to physical disability or for any other reason provided for in the retirement or pension plan established by the Legislature of Puerto Rico, and of which he may be a member.
History —May 13, 1947, No. 351, p. 674, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 218a - Employees—Payment upon death of participants in retirement system

(a) Upon death of a retired member of the Employees Retirement System of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority in receipt of a retirement or disability annuity, any fractional amount of the pension by month or other period that is already due as of the date of his death, and/or the excess, if any, of the accumulated contributions of the member at the time of retirement, over the total amount of all retirement or disability annuity payments received by him prior to his death, shall be paid to his duly designated beneficiaries or heirs, if such designation was not made.
(b) Upon death of a member of the Employees Retirement System of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority while in service in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority or while on regular leave with pay or other authorized leave of absence, the accumulated contributions of said employee as of the date of his death, which are not pledged as security for a loan from said Retirement System, shall be paid to his duly designated beneficiaries or heirs, if such designation was not made.
History —June 22, 1975, No. 48, p. 112, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 219 - Employees—Time for selection

Any official or employee of the Government of Puerto Rico, or of any instrumentality or public corporation established by the Legislature of Puerto Rico, who belongs to any pension or retirement plan established by the Legislature of Puerto Rico, and who is transferred or appointed to a position in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, shall be entitled to select, within a period of six months following the date of his employment in said Authority, one of the two alternatives provided in § 218 of this title.
History —May 13, 1947, No. 351, p. 674, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 220 - Employees—Membership in two plans prohibited

No provision of §§ 218—220 of this title shall be construed in the sense that an employee of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority may simultaneously belong to a retirement or pension plan established by the Legislature of Puerto Rico and to the retirement system established by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
History —May 13, 1947, No. 351, p. 674, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 227a - Rural electrification; contract of 1958—Authorization

For the purpose of continuing the program of the construction of electric distribution lines in the rural district by the Electric Power Authority, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized in behalf and in representation of the Commonwealth to enter into a contract with the Electric Power Authority for the payment to said Authority for services rendered to the Commonwealth in maintaining its lines available for the supplying of electric power in connection with the Rural Electrification Program. Said contract shall provide for the payment to the Authority for the services rendered, as above expressed, at the rates fixed, taking into consideration the expenses incurred by said Authority in the construction, repair, maintenance and operation of its facilities and properties in relation with the service thus rendered and the income to be derived from the operation of electric distribution lines constructed by the Authority in the rural district under the program comprised by said contract; Provided, That said contract shall not extend over a period of thirty (30) years after the construction of said lines and that the total sum to be paid by the Commonwealth Treasury in any one fiscal year for the service rendered as above expressed shall not exceed nine hundred seventy-five thousand (975,000) dollars.
Payment for this service shall be made after the same shall have been rendered and the periods of payment shall be fixed in the contract.
History —June 24, 1958, No. 91, p. 200, § 1, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 227b - Rural electrification; contract of 1958—Payments under additional contract

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Electric Power Authority on the dates fixed in the contract to which § 227a of this title refers and upon the proper settlement warrant, the amounts of money payable pursuant to the terms of said contract for services rendered as above expressed.
History —June 24, 1958, No. 91, p. 200, § 2, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 227c - Rural electrification; contract of 1958—Contract as additional to existing contracts

The contract authorized by §§ 227a—227d of this title shall be in addition to those authorized by Acts No. 191 approved May 2, 1952, and No. 26 approved May 6, 1955.
History —June 24, 1958, No. 91, p. 200, § 3, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 227d - Rural electrification; contract of 1958—Planning of additional projects

The rural electrification projects to be undertaken by the Authority under the new contract authorized by §§ 227a—227d of this title for the purpose of furnishing the service contemplated hereby shall be subject to the provisions of the Planning Board Act.
History —June 24, 1958, No. 91, p. 200, § 4, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 227e - Acceleration of Rural Electrification Program

(a) For the purpose of accelerating the Rural Electrification Program which, as a public service for the development of the economy of Puerto Rico in the rural district is being rendered by the Electric Power Authority to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, said Authority is hereby authorized to construct new electric power distribution lines in the rural district of our Island.
(b) The cost of the construction, repair, maintenance and operation of the facilities and properties of the Electric Power Authority in relation with the Rural Electrification Program shall be paid annually to said Authority by the Commonwealth in the manner hereinbelow provided and taking into consideration the expenses incurred on that score and the income to be derived from the operation of the new electric power distribution lines constructed by the Authority in the rural district; Provided, That said payments shall not extend beyond a period of thirty (30) years after the construction of said lines and that the total sum to be paid by the Commonwealth to the Authority in any one fiscal year shall not exceed nine hundred fifty-five thousand dollars ($955,000); Provided, finally, That to determine the annual amount of such payments there shall be applied the formula contained in the contract executed between the Authority and the Secretary of Agriculture, in behalf of the Commonwealth, on February 5, 1959, effective July 1, 1958, by mandate of §§ 227a—227d of this title, relative to rural electrification.
(c) The Electric Power Authority is hereby authorized to withhold, on and after the fiscal year 1963 and in succeeding fiscal years, from the five (5) percent of its gross income which it annually sets aside by virtue of § 212(b)(1) of this title, such sums as may be necessary to make the payment to which subsection (b) of this section refers. Such withholdings of funds shall be in addition to and shall enjoy the same priority of the withholdings of funds authorized under § 1 of Act No. 46 of June 4, 1960, with relation to the rural electrification projects authorized under Acts No. 191 of May 2, 1952, No. 26 of May 6, 1955, and §§ 227a—227d of this title.
(d) Should the sum set aside by the Electric Power Authority pursuant to § 212(b)(1) of this title, be insufficient in any one fiscal year, including fiscal year 1963, to cover the payments to which subsection (b) of this section refers, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cover the deficiency from any unencumbered funds available in the Commonwealth treasury and which are hereby appropriated for said purposes.
History —May 29, 1963, No. 30, p. 76, §§ 1—4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 227g - Continuation of Rural Electrification Program—1972

(a) For the purpose of continuing the General Program of Rural Electrification that, as a public service for the development of the economy of Puerto Rico is being rendered by the Electric Power Authority to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the said Authority is hereby authorized to construct new electric distribution lines in the rural district of our Island.
(b) The costs incurred in the construction, repair, maintenance and operation of the facilities and properties of the Electric Power Authority in relation with the Rural Electrification Program shall be paid annually to said Authority by the Commonwealth in the manner hereinafter provided and taking into consideration the expenses incurred for such reason and the income to be derived from the operation of the new electric distribution lines constructed by the Authority in the rural district; Provided, That said payments shall not extend over a period of thirty (30) years after the construction of said lines and that the total sum to be paid by the Commonwealth to the Authority during any one fiscal year shall not exceed, one hundred eleven thousand five hundred and one dollars ($111,501); Provided, finally, That to determine the annual amount of such payments there shall be applied the formula contained in the contract between the Authority and the Secretary of Agriculture in representation of the Commonwealth which was executed on February 5, 1959, effective July 1, 1958, under the mandate of §§ 227a—227d of this title, relative to rural electrification.
(c) The Electric Power Authority is hereby authorized on and from fiscal year 1972, and subsequent fiscal years to withhold five percent (5%) from its gross income that annually, it sets aside, in accordance with § 212(b)(1) of this title, those amounts of money that may be necessary to make the payments referred to, in subsection (b) hereof. Such withholding of funds shall be in addition to, and shall enjoy the same priority as the withholding of funds authorized under § 1 of Act No. 46 of June 4, 1960, in connection with Rural Electrification Projects authorized by Acts No. 191 of May 2, 1952, No. 26 of May 6, 1955, and §§ 227a—227e of this title.
(d) Should the sum set aside by the Electric Power Authority in accordance with § 212(b)(1) of this title be insufficient during any fiscal year including fiscal year 1972, to satisfy the payments referred to in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall cover the payments from any unencumbered funds available in the Commonwealth Treasury and said funds are hereby appropriated for the said purposes.
History —June 15, 1972, No. 15, p. 372, §§ 1—4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 227h - Continuation of Rural Electrification Program—1974

(a) For the purpose of continuing the General Program of Rural Electrification that, as a public service for the development of the economy of Puerto Rico is being rendered by the Electric Power Authority to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the said Authority is hereby authorized to construct new electric distribution lines in the rural district of our Island.
(b) The costs incurred in the construction, repair, maintenance and operation of the facilities and properties of the Electric Power Authority in relation with the Rural Electrification Program shall be paid annually to said Authority by the Commonwealth in the manner hereinafter provided, and taking into consideration the expenses incurred for such reason, and the income to be derived from the operation of the new electric distribution lines constructed by the Authority in the rural district; Provided, That said payments shall not extend over a period of thirty (30) years after the construction of said lines, and that the total sum to be paid by the Commonwealth to the Authority during any one fiscal year shall not exceed, nine hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($975,000), it being provided, finally, that to determine the annual amount of such payments there shall be applied the formula contained in the contract between the Authority and the Secretary of Agriculture in representation of the Commonwealth which was executed on February 5, 1959, effective July 1, 1958, under the mandate of §§ 227a—227d of this title, relative to rural electrification.
(c) The Electric Power Authority is hereby authorized on and from fiscal year 1974, and subsequent fiscal years to withhold five percent (5%) from its gross income that it annually sets aside, in accordance with § 212(b) of this title, those amounts of money that may be necessary to make the payments referred to, in subsection (b) of this section. Such withholding of funds shall be in addition to, and shall enjoy the same priority as the withholding of funds authorized under § 1 of Act No. 46 of June 4, 1960, in connection with Rural Electrification Projects authorized by Acts No. 191 of May 2, 1952, No. 26 of May 6, 1955, and §§ 227a—227d, 227e and 227g of this title.
(d) Should the sum set aside by the Electric Power Authority in accordance with § 212(b) of this title be insufficient during any fiscal year including fiscal year 1974, to satisfy the payments referred to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cover the deficiency from any unencumbered funds available in the Commonwealth Treasury, and said funds are hereby appropriated for said purposes.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 174, Part 2, p. 15, §§ 1—4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 227i - Continuation of Rural Electrification Program—1979

(a) For the purpose of continuing the General Program of Rural Electrification that, as a public service for the development of the economy of Puerto Rico, is rendered by the Electric Power Authority to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, said Authority is hereby authorized to construct new electrical power distribution lines in the rural zone of our Island.
(b) The costs incurred in the construction, repair, maintenance and operation of the facilities and properties of said Authority in relation with the Rural Electrification Program shall be paid annually to said Authority by the Commonwealth in the manner hereinafter provided and taking into consideration the expenses incurred for such reason and the income to be derived from the operation of the new electrical power distribution lines constructed by the Authority in the rural zone; Provided, That said payments shall not extend beyond a period of thirty (30) years counting from the date of the construction of said lines and that the total sum to be paid by the Commonwealth to the Authority during any one fiscal year shall not exceed one million, one hundred sixty-two thousand, two hundred and twenty-nine dollars ($1,162,229); it being provided, finally, that to determine the annual amount of such payments, there shall be applied the formula contained in the contract between the Authority and the Secretary of Agriculture, in representation of the Commonwealth, which was executed on February 5, 1959, to be effective July 1, 1958, under the mandate of §§ 227a—227d of this title, with regard to rural electrification and as revised and brought up-to-date in August of 1978.
(c) The Electric Power Authority is hereby authorized on and from fiscal year 1979, and subsequent fiscal years, to withhold five percent (5%) from its gross income that it annually sets aside in accordance with § 212 of this title those amounts of money that may be necessary to make the payments referred to in subsection (b) hereof. Such withholding of funds shall be in addition to, and shall enjoy the same priority as, the withholding of funds authorized under § 1 of Act No. 46 of June 4, 1960, in connection with rural electrification projects authorized by Acts No. 191, of May 2, 1952, No. 26, of May 6, 1955, and §§ 227a—227e, 227g and 227h of this title.
(d) Should the sum set aside by the Electric Power Authority in accordance with § 212(b)(1) of this title be insufficient during any fiscal year, including fiscal year 1979, to satisfy the payments referred to in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cover the deficiency from any unencumbered funds available in the Commonwealth Treasury and said funds are hereby appropriated for said purposes.
History —July 12, 1979, No. 104, p. 246, §§ 1—4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 229 - Hydroelectric System of Puerto Rico Public Irrigation Service, South Coast—Conveyance and integration of hydroelectric system; protection of irrigation rights

All property, real, personal, mixed, tangible and intangible, and all funds, appropriations, accounts, books, records, rights, franchises, contracts, obligations and privileges of whatever kind and description, appertaining to and making up the Hydroelectric System shall be conveyed and are hereby conveyed to and vested in the Authority; and on and after the effective date of such conveyance the said properties shall be integrated with the electric properties now owned by the Authority and shall thereafter be operated as an integral part thereof. The registrars of property shall, upon certification of the Authority approved by the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, register in the name of the Authority, fee free, the properties conveyed by §§ 228—231 of this title. No provisions of §§ 228—231 of this title shall in any wise affect the right of the lands served by the Puerto Rico Public Irrigation Service, South Coast, to receive water for irrigation purposes and to enjoy the benefits thereof in the same measure and to the same extent as they did prior to the approval of such sections, and such works of the Hydroelectric System hereby conveyed to the Authority as are jointly used for the storage and conveyance of water for irrigation purposes and for the generation of electric power shall remain affected with their obligation toward the said lands; Provided, however, That after such conveyance has taken place the Authority shall, once the provisions hereof are complied with, have the utilization and application of such waters for all such purposes as may be necessary for the exercising by the Authority of its powers under §§ 191—217 of this title.
History —June 20, 1955, No. 83, p. 314, § 2, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 230 - Hydroelectric System of Puerto Rico Public Irrigation Service, South Coast—Payments

After the properties of the Hydroelectric System are conveyed to the Authority as provided in § 229 of this title, beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1955 and in each fiscal year thereafter until the principal of and the interest on all of the present outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the account of the Puerto Rico Public Irrigation Service, South Coast, shall have been paid or until provision for the payment thereof shall have been made, the Authority shall:
(1) Set aside from its gross revenues, as an item of Current Operating Expenses of the Authority, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000); and
(2) from the sum representing the five percent (5%) of its gross revenues deriving from the sale of electricity to consumers during each fiscal year and set aside pursuant to the provisions of § 212(b) of this title, after setting aside the sums provided in Act No. 2 of May 31, 1950, as amended, and Act No. 200 of May 14, 1948, as amended by Act No. 74 of 1954, the Authority is hereby authorized and directed to allocate the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); and the Authority shall cover the total of the said two (2) sums into the Irrigation Fund established by §§ 251—259 of this title, to be applied to the reduction of the annual assessments as provided in those sections, in lieu of the estimated net receipts which would have resulted from the operation of the Hydroelectric System.
History —June 20, 1955, No. 83, p. 314, § 3, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 231 - Hydroelectric System of Puerto Rico Public Irrigation Service, South Coast—Discharge of advances

Upon conveyance to the Authority of title to the Hydroelectric System, the advances made by the Authority and to which finding (g) of § 228 of this title refers, computed to the effective date of §§ 228—231 of this title, shall, with the consent of the Authority, evidenced by a resolution of its governing board, be understood as having been repaid in full and discharged.
History —June 20, 1955, No. 83, p. 314, § 4, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 233 - Hydroelectric System of Isabela Irrigation Service—Conveyance and integration of hydroelectric system; protection of irrigation rights; impairment of dams

(a) All property, real, personal, mixed, tangible and intangible, and all funds, appropriations, accounts, books, records, rights, franchises, contracts, obligations and privileges of whatever kind and description, appertaining to and making up the Hydroelectric System shall be conveyed and are hereby conveyed to and vested in the Authority, and on and after the effective date of such conveyance the said properties shall be integrated with the electric properties now owned by the Authority and shall thereafter be operated as an integral part thereof, subject to the rates, regulations and laws applicable to the Authority. The registrars of property shall, upon certification of the Authority approved by the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, register in the name of the Authority, fee free, the properties conveyed by §§ 232—237 of this title.
(b) No provision of §§ 232—237 of this title shall in any wise affect the right of the lands served by the Isabela Irrigation Service to receive water for irrigation purposes and to enjoy the benefits thereof in the same measure and to the same extent as they did prior to the approval of such sections, and such works of the Hydroelectric System hereby conveyed to the Authority as are jointly used for the storage and conveyance of water for irrigation purposes and for the generation of electric power shall remain affected with their obligation toward the said lands; Provided, however, That after such conveyance has taken place the Authority shall, once the provisions hereof are complied with, have the utilization and application of such waters for all such purposes as may be necessary for the exercising by the Authority of its powers under §§ 191—217 of this title; Provided further, however, That should any of the dams of the Isabela Irrigation Service conveyed by §§ 232—237 of this title become impaired in its functioning or become so damaged as to require reconstruction, it shall be the responsibility of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to provide the means for raising the necessary funds for defraying the reconstruction costs; and Provided, also, That the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall release the Authority from and shall assume full liability for any damages caused to person or property by the total or partial failure of any such dam, or for extraordinary damages caused by the overflowing of any such dam.
History —June 20, 1955, No. 84, p. 326, § 2, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 234 - Hydroelectric System of Isabela Irrigation Service—Payments

After the properties of the Hydroelectric System are conveyed to the Authority as provided in § 233 of this title, beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1955, and in each fiscal year thereafter until the principal of and the interest on all of the present outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the account of the Isabela Irrigation Service shall have been paid or until provision for the payment thereof shall have been made, the Authority shall:
(a) Set aside from its gross revenues, as an item of Current Operating Expenses of the Authority, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000); and the Authority is hereby authorized and directed to allocate;
(b) from the sum representing the five percent (5%) of its gross revenues deriving from the sale of electricity to consumers during each fiscal year and set aside pursuant to the provisions of § 212(b) of this title after setting aside the sums provided in Act No. 2 of May 31, 1950, as amended, Act No. 200 of May 14, 1948, as amended by Act No. 74 of 1954, and in §§ 228—231 of this title:
(1) The sum of forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000), and
(2) when and insofar as necessary, such additional sum as, jointly with the sums provided in subsections (a) and (b)(1) of this section, plus the revenues deriving from the sale of water and the assessment at present levied on the lands included in the Irrigation District pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 178, approved May 14, 1941, as amended by Act No. 431, approved May 14, 1951, will be sufficient for paying the principal and interest and for establishing adequate sinking fund reserves for the outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the account of the Isabela Irrigation Service, and for paying the expenses of operation, maintenance, improvement and expansion of the Isabela Irrigation System; and the Authority shall cover the total of said sums into the Irrigation Fund established by §§ 301—315 of this title, to be applied in the manner provided therein.
History —June 20, 1955, No. 84, p. 326, § 3, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 235 - Hydroelectric System of Isabela Irrigation Service—Functions; administration of remaining properties

(a) Such properties of the Isabela Irrigation Service as are not hereby conveyed shall be administered by the Authority, and in connection therewith all the powers, duties, functions, obligations and responsibilities which, prior to the approval of these §§ 232—237 of this title, were vested in, and conferred or imposed upon the Chief Engineer of the Irrigation Service, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, the Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico, and the Public Service Commission, jointly or severally, under the Isabela Public Irrigation Act approved June 19, 1919, and all other laws amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Legislature of Puerto Rico, §§ 301—315 of this title, are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the Authority. The Authority shall administer said laws in conformity with their provisions and shall be governed by them in the operation, maintenance, repair, construction of extensions and improvements of the works and systems constructed and operated thereunder. The Authority shall have power to set the basis for the allocating of the overhead and operating expenses of the Authority in the operation of the Isabela Irrigation Service, subject to the previous approval of said basis of allocation by the Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico.
(b) In the performance of its duties under the preceding subsection the Authority shall pay directly all costs and expenses incurred by it. The Authority shall be reimbursed for all such costs and expenses, including a fair share of the Authority’s own overhead and operating expenses attributable to the Isabela Irrigation Service, as determined in accordance with subsection (a) above, from the funds available in the Commonwealth Treasury for the operation, maintenance, repair, construction of extensions and improvements of the irrigation works of said Service. From the said Irrigation funds in the Commonwealth Treasury there shall from time to time be advanced to the Authority suitable amounts to provide same with a working capital fund that will at all times be sufficient for paying promptly all such costs and expenses. The Authority shall keep and administer such funds in the same manner as it keeps and administers its own funds, but shall use same solely for the payment of such costs and expenses. Provided, however, That the Authority shall not be liable for any deficit resulting in any fiscal year from the operation, maintenance, improvements and extensions of the Isabela Irrigation Service, it being the obligation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to provide the means for reimbursing the Authority for the amount of any such deficit as soon as it occurs.
History —June 20, 1955, No. 84, p. 326, § 4, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 236 - Hydroelectric System of Isabela Irrigation Servicey—Employees

Upon the taking effect of the conveyance of the Hydroelectric System as provided in §§ 232—237 of this title, the Authority shall take over such employees of the Isabela Irrigation Service as may be holding regular established positions. Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the officials and employees who, on the date of approval of this act, were members of the Employees’ Retirement System of the Government of Puerto Rico and its Instrumentalities shall have the option, if so requested in writing to the Electric Power Authority, within a term of 180 days from the date this act is approved, of choosing between to continue contributing to the above-mentioned Retirement System or to transfer their credits and contributions to the Employees’ Retirement System of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and becoming members of said System. The credits and contributions of employees, who within the term indicated choose to become members of the Employees’ Retirement System of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority shall be transferred from the Employees’ Retirement System of the Government of Puerto Rico and its Instrumentalities to the Employees’ Retirement System of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, pursuant to the terms and conditions provided by the Reciprocity Act, §§ 797—806 of Title 3, for such transfers between government retirement systems. The Electric Power Authority shall, with respect to said officials and employees, assume the same obligations imposed upon the Isabela Irrigation Service by Act No. 177 of April 30, 1952, which amended §§ 781 and 783 of Title 3. During the first six months following the effective date of such conveyance, the rates of compensation to be paid by the Authority to said employees and to such other as it may be necessary to hire for work in the present district of the Isabela Irrigation Service, shall be the same rates of compensation prevailing for the Isabela Irrigation Service at the time of such conveyance. At the expiration of the said six-month period and within an immediately subsequent period of six (6) months, the Authority shall adjust the compensation of such employees as it may require for the operation of the properties hereby conveyed and those of the Isabela Irrigation Service in keeping with the job classification system of the Authority. During this latter six-month period such employees as are not required for the operation of the said properties shall be given employment priority by the Authority and by the Office of Personnel of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.
History —June 20, 1955, No. 84, p. 326, § 5; July 7, 1973, No. 1, p. 813.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 237 - Hydroelectric System of Isabela Irrigation Service—Rural electrification projects

The Electric Power Authority shall develop and carry out the rural electrification projects submitted by the Isabela Irrigation Service to the Puerto Rico Planning Board.
Such funds as the Isabela Irrigation Service may, at the time of the conveyance, have available for rural electrification projects, shall be used by the Electric Power Authority for these same purposes.
History —June 20, 1955, No. 84, p. 326, § 6, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 238 - Exclusion of land from South Coast and Isabela irrigation districts

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is hereby authorized, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to exclude from the lands in the South Coast and the Isabela Irrigation Districts such parcels of land or portions thereof as to which any of the following circumstances attend:
(a) When such parcels of land or portions thereof have been acquired by the United States of America or by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the agencies or instrumentalities thereof to be devoted to public purposes which do not require irrigation;
(b) when, by reason of acquisition by the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the agencies or instrumentalities thereof, of parcels of land or portions thereof or canal systems in the South Coast and the Isabela Irrigation Districts, the parcels of land to be excluded are not susceptible of irrigation, and
(c) when it has not been or is not possible to supply water to such parcels of land or portions thereof because the canal systems to them have not been constructed. Should such canals be in future constructed, the Authority may reintegrate these parcels into the corresponding Irrigation District.
History —June 13, 1957, No. 44, p. 100.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 239 - Reading of electric power service meters

(a) Electric power service meters may be read by means of any local or remote mechanism by which the amount of electric power consumed by the client may be determined [accurately]. Such meters shall be accessibly located so as to allow the Electric Power Authority personnel to conduct any operation related to the same. If the meters are personally read by duly trained Authority employees, they must be read or verified at least once every two (2) months in the urban and rural zones, except that in those cases whereby the client has consented and stated so in writing, the parties may agree to have the meter read less often than every two (2) months. Whenever the meters are personally read by Authority employees, the reader shall leave a written notice to that effect indicating the prior reading, and the present reading and date thereof. In those cases whereby the Electric Power Authority is able to verify the consumption of electric energy using remote means, said reading shall be done at least once every two (2) months. In those cases, the Electric Power Authority is not bound to leave the written notice required when the reading is done locally.
(b) The invoice the Electric Power Authority must send to its clients shall contain information about the meter reading from the beginning to the end of the billing period, the dates and days included within said period, the meter constant, the rate, and the date of the next reading, as well as any other data that allows verification of the reading. The Authority shall furthermore evaluate the feasibility of implementing alternate methods to provide the client with information so as to enable the latter to verify the reading data before receiving the invoice. Without in any way hindering the power to select alternate methods that may be used by the Electric Power Authority, this public corporation shall study the possibility of establishing mechanisms to provide said information through automatic telephone systems and through the information network best known as the Internet.
(c) The Electric Power Authority shall distribute among its clients information on how to read the meters and provide orientation on the alternate methods that may be established by the Electric Power Authority pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, to determine the electric power consumption the client may be billed for. The provisions of other laws notwithstanding, the Electric Power Authority may use, for this purpose, any means of public diffusion.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 80, p. 183, §§ 1—3; May 21, 2000, No. 81, § 1—3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (§§ 191 — 240) › § 240 - Collecting an outstanding balance; prohibition

(a) The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority shall not collect outstanding electric power bills for electric power services provided to a property previously occupied by a defaulting customer from a new customer requesting electric power services for the same property. Any unpaid balance shall constitute a personal obligation of the prior customer, and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority shall resort to the appropriate legal means to collect any outstanding electric power bill.
(b) The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority shall not refuse to provide electric power services to a new customer requesting such services for a property that was previously occupied by a defaulting customer until the arrearage is paid in full.
(c) This provision shall not apply to juridical persons or entities created by a person related to the defaulting customer within the third degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity or created by the defaulting customer. This section does not preclude the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority from collecting or denying services to a new customer who is a member of the family unit of the defaulting customer or has otherwise benefited from the services previously provided in the property.
(d) The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is hereby empowered to adopt regulations as are necessary and convenient to achieve the purposes of this section.
History —Jan. 3, 2014, No. 7, §§ 1—4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 12 - Protection Against Risks in Emergency Electrical Plants (§§ 241 — 247) › § 241 - Definitions

(a) Authority. — Shall mean the Electric Power Authority.
(b) Provisional connection. — Is that which is done for the duration of the interruption of electric power service.
(c) Fixed power generator. — Is one which is permanently installed in a site and connected through a double-throw or transfer switch be it automatic or manual.
(d) Portable power generator. — Is one which is not permanently installed in a site and is designed to supply power directly to electrical equipment or appliances.
History —Sept. 1, 1990, No. 83, p. 493, § 1, eff. 30 days after Sept. 1, 1990.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 12 - Protection Against Risks in Emergency Electrical Plants (§§ 241 — 247) › § 242 - Requirements for connecting generators

(a) Any person who is going to make a provisional connection of a portable or fixed power generator to a subscriber normally supplied by the Authority’s system, may do so after the main switch that connects the subscriber to the Authority’s power system is opened or disconnected, in order to isolate the subscriber’s power system from the Authority’s power system.
(b) Except for co-generators approved by the Authority to operate connected in parallel to the Authority’s system, all other portable or fixed power generators which can be connected permanently to the subscriber’s power system, shall be connected through a switch known as a double-throw, or transfer switch, so that the subscriber’s power system is isolated from the Authority’s power system. The connection shall be made and certified by a licensed expert electrician, or by a licensed electrical engineer, pursuant to the Electrical Code of Puerto Rico and the manufacturer’s specifications.
History —Sept. 1, 1990, No. 83, p. 493, § 2, eff. 30 days after Sept. 1, 1990.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 12 - Protection Against Risks in Emergency Electrical Plants (§§ 241 — 247) › § 243 - Warning and labeling

Every seller or lessor of portable or fixed power generators which can be connected permanently or provisionally to the electrical system of an industrial, commercial or residential structure in Puerto Rico, shall include, besides the generator’s instruction manual, the following legible and permanent warning in Spanish, attached to the generator:
“The incorrect use or installation of this equipment may harm the user, third parties, the equipment, or produce hazardous electric currents in the power system of the Electric Power Authority. For your safety, first consult a licensed expert electrician or a licensed electrical engineer when connecting, re-connecting or disconnecting said equipment.”
History —Sept. 1, 1990, No. 83, p. 493, § 3, eff. 90 days after Sept. 1, 1990.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 12 - Protection Against Risks in Emergency Electrical Plants (§§ 241 — 247) › § 244 - Orientation by the Authority

The Authority shall be responsible for orienting its power service subscribers on the hazards of reverse power generation produced by the portable or fixed power generators. This orientation shall be done periodically.
History —Sept. 1, 1990, No. 83, p. 493, § 4, eff. 30 days after Sept. 1, 1990.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 12 - Protection Against Risks in Emergency Electrical Plants (§§ 241 — 247) › § 245 - Notification of Authority

(a) Every licensed expert electrician or licensed electrical engineer who performs the installation of a portable or fixed power generator which is permanently connected to the power system of the Authority, shall notify the Authority of such an installation through a certification. The Authority shall provide the certification form.
(b) Every owner, possessor or operator of a portable or fixed power generator shall notify the Authority of the location of such a generator. The Authority is hereby empowered to establish the manner in which the notification herein established shall be obtained from the owner, possessor or operator.
History —Sept. 1, 1990, No. 83, p. 493, § 5, eff. 30 days after Sept. 1, 1990.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 12 - Protection Against Risks in Emergency Electrical Plants (§§ 241 — 247) › § 246 - Modifications

The Electric Power Authority is hereby authorized to decree from time to time and as the technology of the generators existing in the market changes, through regulations and/or a resolution of its Governing Board, the incorporation and/or modification of the norms, criteria and requirements in the warning statement and labeling provided in § 243 of this title.
History —Sept. 1, 1990, No. 83, p. 493, § 6, eff. 30 days after Sept. 1, 1990.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 12 - Protection Against Risks in Emergency Electrical Plants (§§ 241 — 247) › § 247 - Penalties

(a) Any natural or juridical person who for the first time violates the applicable provisions of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), or more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) month or more than six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court. Subsequent violations shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300), or more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a term of not less than three (3) months or more than six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court. Each violation of the provisions of this chapter will constitute a separate and distinct violation.
(b) For purposes of this section the term “person” shall not include the Authority, its officials and employees.
History —Sept. 1, 1990, No. 83, p. 493, § 7, eff. 30 days after Sept. 1, 1990.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-TWO - Public Works (§§ 1 — 1104) › Chapter 13 - Puerto Rico Irrigation Service, South Coast (§§ 251 — 279) › § 251 - Location; appropriation

The sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying to completion the preparation of working plans and specifications for the construction of an irrigation system for the district situated approximately between the river Patillas on the east and the river Portugues on the west, and irrigable lands on both sides of both rivers and for the commencement and prosecution of the work of construction thereof, and expenses in connection therewith, until such time as sufficient funds shall be available in the Treasury from the sale of the bonds provided for such purpose by legislative enactment.
History —Sept. 18, 1908, p. 152, § 1.