Mission:
The Public Service Regulatory Board (PSRB) consolidates the Energy Bureau, Transportation Bureau and other Public Services Bureau, Telecommunications Bureau and the Independent Consumer Protection Office. PSRB’s mission is to ensure that users of energy, transportation, and telecommunications entities have access to high-quality, safe, and reliable services at reasonable prices.
To achieve greater efficiency of the services and ensure public interest, in 2018 the PSRB was created by virtue of the Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 2018 and the Act for the Execution of the Reorganization Plan of the Regulatory Board of Public Service of Puerto Rico, Act No.-211-2018. This reorganization seeks to facilitate the conditions for the effective regulation of transportation, telecommunications and energy services with the private sector, promoting the aggressive development of economies and better integrated services.
The PSRB carries out different steps to successfully fulfill its mission through a robust and comprehensive analysis that leads to independent decision-making, after open and fair processes for the parties.
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- Protect the citizen to guarantee, through inspection, an efficient and safe service at reasonable prices.
- Promote compliance with the regulated needs.
- Constantly drive improvements in the performance of the industries under our jurisdiction for the benefit of their consumers, employees, interested parties, the utilities themselves and the public.
- Foment competition by regulating utilities according to their stage of development and public interest.
- Achieve the operational efficiency of the agency’s components with the greatest possible savings.
PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATORY BOARD
Edison Avilés-Deliz obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Cum Laude, with specializations in Power and Control Systems (BSEE) from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus in 1991 and a Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, from the Law Faculty from the University of Puerto Rico in 1997. He also earned a Master of Laws in Diplomacy/International Relations/Business from Norwich University in Vermont and a Master of Laws in Energy from the Vermont Law School (LLM). Avilés-Deliz is a licensed engineer and member of the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico (CIAPR); Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE); American Bar Association-ABA, former president of the Disciplinary and Professional Ethics Tribunal of the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico. Avilés-Deliz is a senior member of the IEEE, was president of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of the CIAPR and president of the Society of Electrical Engineers of Puerto Rico. He is admitted to practice as a lawyer and notary public in Puerto Rico and as a lawyer, both in the District Court of Puerto Rico and the Court of Appeals for the First Federal Circuit.