P.R. Laws tit. 22, § 1054hh
(a) In general.— Any certified electric power company that wishes to build or extend its facilities shall file with the Commission a notice of intent to carry out such project in accordance with the Commission’s rules and regulations. The Commission shall reply to a notice of intent within one hundred eighty (180) days after the filing thereof.
(b) Evaluation criteria.— The Commission shall evaluate the notices of intent to build an electric power generation facility in accordance with the regulations to be established and promulgated by the Commission for such purposes. In evaluating the notices of intent, the Commission shall evaluate whether such construction work meets any of the objectives previously established in the Energy RELIEF Plan or the integrated resource plan of PREPA or if it satisfies any actual urgent need for electricity infrastructure in Puerto Rico, in which case the procedure established to amend the integrated resource plan shall be followed. The Commission shall issue a resolution stating whether such construction work is necessary, adequate, and consistent with the public interest. The Commission may not deny a notice of intent based on arbitrary or discriminatory reasons.
(c) The issue of a favorable resolution for the project by the Commission shall not exempt the proponent from complying with any municipal, State, or Federal procedure established and needed for interconnecting to or operating such facility in the electricity infrastructure of Puerto Rico.
History —May 27, 2014, No. 57, § 6.35; renumbered as § 6.34 on Feb. 16, 2016, No. 4, § 27.