Judge orders CEO of Puerto Rico power company to be arrested

A judge has ordered the CEO of a Puerto Rican power company to be arrested for not turning over documents requested by lawmakers.

The island’s House of Representatives requested information from Luma, a power company that took over Puerto Rico’s electric grid in June, The Associated Press reported.

CEO Wayne Stensby allegedly failed to abide by two requests from lawmakers for documents regarding the company, Judge Anthony Cuevas Ramos said. 

Stensby did turn over a majority of documents, but the company requested more time to fulfill the last two requests. 

The last two requests include information regarding communications between Stensby and Puerto Rican officials and receipts from contractors, consultants and employees, according to the AP.

“The truth is that [they] have had at a minimum 233 days or 5,592 hours to have copied all the information to the any digital format of their choice,” Ramos stated in the arrest order. “Unjustified delays cannot be sponsored or blessed by this Court. We consider them a mockery to our judicial system.”

“Nobody is above the Law. NOBODY,” he added.

The arrest came as House Democrats also demanded documents regarding the company following power outages that have occurred under Luma that affected hundreds of thousands of people the past few months. 

Stensby testified in front of Congress about Luma and the power outages, but the lawmakers said his answers “were insufficient.”

The Hill has reached out to Luma for comment.