APER is the Associacion de Productores de Energia Renovable...
To Ms. Astrid I. Rodrguez Cruz, Esquire Director of Legal Affairs
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Selection of Renegotiated Non-Operational renewable energy PPOAs
Dear Ms. Rodrguez:
On behalf of the APER, I hereby request under Law Number 141 of August 1st, 2019, Law of Transparency and Expedited Process for Access to Public Information, copies of documents related to the selection of two projects, Xzerta-Tec and CIRO One (“Selected Projects”), of the sixteen projects that renegotiated non-operational renewable energy Power Purchase Operating Agreements (“Legacy PPOAs”). As you know, the Selected Projects add up to 150 MW, when a total of 593 MW had been approved by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”).
Specifically, we request the following:
1. PREPA’s Governing Board minutes and resolutions related to the selection of the Selected Projects.
2. Letters, emails, and other communications regarding the negotiations with any representative of the Xzerta-Tec project and PPOA that resulted in the change of energy price to $0.09900 per kWh and Energy Escalation Rate of 1%, including dates.
3. PREPA’s Governing Board minutes and resolutions related to the negotiation and approval of the changes of Xzerta-Tec change in price and escalation rate.
4. Notice of the formal adjudication decision of the Selected Projects, including the mandatory information on the term available to pursue judicial review of this adjudication and the forum where such a review petition is to be filed.
5. The studies that PREPA commissioned to New Energy Partners on the feasibility of the Legacy PPOAs and consultations regarding the selection of the Selected Projects.
Let me know if there is a fee for the transmission of the documents and we will issue the payment. Thank you in advance for your attention to this request.
Sincerely,
Julin Herencia Executive Director