波多黎各创纪录电价正式生效，停电持续之际，这个美国领地的电网继续恶化。圣胡安，波多黎各——周四，创纪录电价在波多黎各正式生效。随着停电持续，这个美国领地的电网进一步恶化。
A record electric rate has gone into effect in Puerto Rico as outages persist and the U.S. territory’s power grid continues to crumble SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A record electric rate went into effect Thursday in Puerto Rico as outages persist and the U.S. territory’s power grid continues to crumble.
据批准此次涨价的波多黎各能源局称，每月用电800千瓦时的居民客户，月度账单将上涨约18%，从229美元升至271美元。
A residential customer that consumes 800 kilowatt-hours a month will see the monthly bill rise about 18%, from $229 to $271, according to Puerto Rico’s Energy Bureau, which approved the increase.
新电价将至少维持至12月31日，预计将推高这个拥有320万人口岛屿上本已高昂的生活成本。目前，当地超过40%的居民生活在贫困之中。
The new rate will remain in effect until at least Dec. 31 and is expected to drive up an already high cost of living on the island of 3.2 million people, where more than 40% of residents live in poverty.
据美国能源信息署数据，新电价达到每千瓦时33.86美分，远高于美国本土居民客户每千瓦时18.3美分的平均电价。
The new rate of 33.86 cents per kWh far surpasses the average rate of 18.3 cents per kWh for residential customers in the U.S. mainland, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
负责波多黎各电力输送和分配的卢马能源公司曾申请每千瓦时上涨逾6美分，并强调此次涨价不会为公司带来额外收入，只是用于弥补成本上升。
Luma Energy, which oversees the transmission and distribution of power in Puerto Rico, had requested an increase of more than six cents per kWh and stressed that it would not generate additional revenue for the company, but rather cover an increase in costs.
卢马在一份声明中表示：“这一差价源于夏季高温导致用电量增加、中东冲突推高全球油价并造成燃料运输受限和成本上升、客户电池使用量增加，以及发电厂发电量不足时不得不依赖价格更高的燃料。”
“The difference is driven by higher energy consumption due to high summer temperatures, rising global oil prices resulting from the conflict in the Middle East — which has constrained fuel transportation and increased costs — greater use of customer batteries, and the need to rely on more expensive fuel when power plants do not generate enough electricity,” Luma said in a statement.
此次涨价正值停电持续之际，距2017年 powerful 四级飓风“玛丽亚”袭击该岛并摧毁电网已近十年。由于数十年来缺乏维护和投资，该电网此前已较为脆弱。
The increase comes as outages persist nearly a decade after Puerto Rico’s power grid was razed by Hurricane Maria when it struck the island in 2017 as a powerful Category 4 storm, although the grid was already weak given a lack of maintenance and investment for decades.
上周，一座变电站发生大火，导致超过20万名客户断电，成为该岛最新一次大规模停电。
Last week, a large fire that erupted at a substation left more than 200,000 customers without power in the latest outage to hit the island.
能源局周三晚间发表声明称，已批准每千瓦时电价上调5.28美分，以减轻用户的财务负担。
The Energy Bureau said in a statement late Wednesday that it approved an increase of 5.28 cents per kWh to reduce the financial burden on customers.
声明指出，对于其所称新堡垒能源公司在6月至8月未能供应燃料一事，能源局没有将相关的1760万美元成本转嫁给用户。
It noted that it did not pass along the cost of $17.6 million associated with what it called alleged failures by New Fortress Energy to supply fuel from June to August.
“不能仅仅因为燃料成本已经产生或已被计费，就自动将其转嫁给消费者，”能源局说。
“Fuel costs must not be automatically passed on to the consumer simply because they were incurred or billed,” the Energy Bureau said.
新堡垒能源公司向波多黎各北岸的发电厂供应天然气。目前，这些电厂正在使用柴油推高成本，因为一艘装载待交付天然气的船因体积过大，两周来一直无法进入圣胡安湾。相关案件仍深陷诉讼之中。
New Fortress Energy supplies natural gas to power generation plants on Puerto Rico’s north coast. Currently, those plants are using diesel — driving up costs — because a vessel laden with a delivery of natural gas has been blocked from entering the San Juan Bay for two weeks given its size. The case remains mired in court.
能源局表示，还在调查约1900万美元的资金。卢马公司称，这笔钱是为天然气支付的，而官员表示，付款所对应的天然气数量超过了Genera PR“最终所需或能够接收”的数量。Genera PR负责监管波多黎各的电力生产。
The Energy Bureau said it also is investigating some $19 million that Luma said was paid for gas quantities that officials say exceeded what Genera PR “ultimately needed or could receive.”Genera PR oversees the generation of power in Puerto Rico.
在波多黎各州长珍妮弗·冈萨雷斯政府推动取消与卢马公司的合同之际，电价此次上调。由于多起诉讼仍在进行，该案目前也陷入司法缠讼。
The increase comes as the administration of Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González pushes to cancel the contract with Luma, with the case currently tied up in court with ongoing lawsuits.
在波多黎各州政府全资拥有的电力管理局艰难重组逾90亿美元债务之际，卢马公司和Genera PR获得了合同。
Luma and Genera PR were awarded contracts as Puerto Rico’s state-owned Electric Power Authority struggles to restructure its more than $9 billion debt load.
据美国能源信息署数据，2024年，石油占该岛能源使用总量的63%，天然气占31%，煤炭占5%，可再生能源占1%。
In 2024, petroleum represented 63% of the island's overall energy use; natural gas accounted for 31%, coal 5% and renewables 1%, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.