House transportation panel orders reports after May 14 Tren Urbano power failure that left about 48,000 customers without service

The House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Commission held a public hearing to investigate a May 14, 2025 power failure on the Tren Urbano that affected roughly 48,000 Luma Energy customers and damaged train substation equipment.

Rebeca Maldonado, representing Luma Energy, told the commission that Luma’s SCADA records and disturbance recorders show the event was first detected at 2:46 a.m. on May 14 and that “our records indicate the failure originated within the customer’s facilities.” She said the train system is fed by multiple primary substations and that the event began in the train’s 480‑unit distribution system and then propagated to 13.8 and 38‑unit lines as recorded by Luma’s equipment (units and terminology reported in testimony reflect the language used by the presenter). Maldonado said Luma’s remote backup actions isolated the disturbance but that an interruption on the Bayamón side did not operate as expected, leaving one side energized while the other did not separate the fault.

The commission emphasized short timelines for follow‑up. The presiding…