PREPA Archives http://www.powermag.com/tag/prepa/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:15:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg PREPA Archives http://www.powermag.com/tag/prepa/ 32 32 Winter Reliability Concerns Spur Fresh DOE Intervention for PJM, MISO https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/ https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/#respond Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:11:53 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245668 The Department of Energy (DOE) extended its run of federal grid interventions into winter over the past week, issuing a Section 202(c) emergency order on Nov. 18 for Consumers Energy’s 1,420-MW J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan and another on Nov. 25 for Constellation’s 760-MW Eddystone Units 3 and 4 in southeastern Pennsylvania in a […]

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Eddystone Generating Station, located just south of Philadelphia on the Delaware River, is a six-unit, 820-MW facility owned and operated by Constellation Energy. Units 3 and 4—commissioned between 1967 and 1970—are dual-fuel steam turbine units capable of burning natural gas or oil, providing critical flexibility during fuel supply or pricing disruptions. Courtesy: Constellation Energy

]]> https://www.powermag.com/winter-reliability-concerns-spur-fresh-doe-intervention-for-pjm-miso/feed/ 0 Federal Grid Interventions Enter a Second Phase as DOE Extends Emergency Orders https://www.powermag.com/federal-grid-interventions-enter-a-second-phase-as-doe-extends-emergency-orders/ https://www.powermag.com/federal-grid-interventions-enter-a-second-phase-as-doe-extends-emergency-orders/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:33:02 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=240506 The Trump administration’s unprecedented use of emergency grid authorities entered a second phase in August 2025, as the Department of Energy (DOE) extended three critical reliability orders. The measures signal that this year’s historic string of federal interventions—staked in Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act—are likely to continue beyond the traditional summer peak and […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/federal-grid-interventions-enter-a-second-phase-as-doe-extends-emergency-orders/feed/ 0 DOE Orders Fossil Units Online After Puerto Rico Blackouts, Citing Dispatchable Capacity Need https://www.powermag.com/doe-orders-fossil-units-online-after-puerto-rico-blackouts-citing-dispatchable-capacity-need/ https://www.powermag.com/doe-orders-fossil-units-online-after-puerto-rico-blackouts-citing-dispatchable-capacity-need/#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 11:04:56 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=234180 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has invoked emergency authority to compel Puerto Rico’s public utility to dispatch mothballed oil-fired and fossil-fueled power units, citing an imminent threat to grid reliability following two major blackouts in less than a month. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, acting on behalf of the DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, […]

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The Costa Sur Thermal Power Plant, owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), is located in Guayanilla on the island’s southern coast. The 820-MW facility, one of Puerto Rico’s largest fossil-fueled power stations, uses dual-fuel steam units and includes black start-capable gas turbines. It plays a central role in maintaining grid reliability during emergencies. In May 2025, PREPA restored Unit 5 to service following months of outage, adding 350 MW of dispatchable capacity ahead of the summer peak.

]]> https://www.powermag.com/doe-orders-fossil-units-online-after-puerto-rico-blackouts-citing-dispatchable-capacity-need/feed/ 0 Economics Hamper Power Improvements in Puerto Rico https://www.powermag.com/economics-hamper-power-improvements-in-puerto-rico/ https://www.powermag.com/economics-hamper-power-improvements-in-puerto-rico/#respond Mon, 02 Mar 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=149210 Puerto Rico has been battered by natural disasters in recent years, with hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, and a series of earthquakes in late December 2019 and early January 2020, causing widespread damage

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/economics-hamper-power-improvements-in-puerto-rico/feed/ 0 Public vs. Private: The Debate Continues https://www.powermag.com/public-vs-private-the-debate-continues/ https://www.powermag.com/public-vs-private-the-debate-continues/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:01:54 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=145937 In the September issue of POWER , I wrote about a public utility (JEA) that is exploring privatization, and in October, I looked at a city (Boulder, Colorado) that is exploring municipalization. While I think

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/public-vs-private-the-debate-continues/feed/ 0 Puerto Rico’s Utility Makes Debt Payment, Avoids Default https://www.powermag.com/puerto-ricos-utility-makes-debt-payment-avoids-default/ https://www.powermag.com/puerto-ricos-utility-makes-debt-payment-avoids-default/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2015 22:10:49 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=75012 Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, PREPA, Wednesday made a $415 million payment to its creditors (mostly hedge fund investors), avoiding a default and giving the troubled government-owned utility more time to work out a deal to restructure its $9 billion debt. Had the utility defaulted, according to financial experts, it could have triggered the default […]

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