(a) PREPA shall bill and charge municipalities for the electric power service, in accordance with the provisions of § 212 of this title. It shall be the duty of all municipal governments to implement strategies aimed at reducing electric power consumption in the offices and facilities under its jurisdiction, as well as to promote the greatest energy efficiency possible.
(b) Every municipality, whose electric power consumption exceeds the baseline energy consumption established in accordance with § 212 of this title, shall be responsible for paying PREPA the amount corresponding to the excess. The consumption excess shall be billed to the corresponding municipality by PREPA and such bill shall be paid following the regular debt collection process established by law.
(c) The Energy Commission shall have primary and exclusive jurisdiction to address any case and dispute involving noncompliance by any municipality with the duties and obligations established in this section or in § 212 of this title.
(d) PREPA shall publish, on its website, a list of the annual payments appropriated to each municipality as a replacement of the PILT, as well as the energy consumption of each municipality in comparison with the contribution made in the previous year. This information shall be updated annually and published on PREPA’s website.
History —May 27, 2014, No. 57, § 4.3.