Cuba's fuel shortages severely impact electricity service

The Union of Electricity (UNE) predicts a blackout of up to 860 megawatts in Cuba this Sunday night due to diesel shortages and failures in the generation capacity of the National Electricity System (SEN).

According to Note A UNE official said the maximum impact recorded on Saturday was 856 MW at 8:20pm, which coincides with peak hours, higher than expected due to high demand.

For this Sunday, 2,380 MW is estimated to be available, while demand will reach 3,200 MW, creating a shortfall of 820 MW and impacting up to 890 MW during peak hours.

Among the main reasons for this situation are outages in units 2 of CTE Felton and units 5 and 6 of CTE Rente, which add 523 MW of limits to thermal production.

Also, 50 distributed generation plants and engines at the Rekla plant are out of service due to fuel shortage, adding 402 MW to the total shortfall.

They turn off Havana during the day

In this situation, the Havana Electric Company has announced that the Cuban capital will experience blackouts for up to 4 hours during the day. This is next week's schedule.

He also called on people to adopt energy saving measures to avoid overloading and minimize service interruptions.

Cubans React to New Blackout Crisis

As expected, Cubans reacted angrily to the Electric Association's announcement.

User Tony Naranjo Pompilo wrote: “Beyond – and in spite of – external pressures, a government that, at the very least, lacks the ability to foresee, design and implement a plan that alleviates the needs of the population and seeks effective alternatives. Exceptional circumstances; “This is an incompetent government.”

In the same vein, Pedro Marte pointed out: “Every day I go to bed and wake up thinking how is it possible for this city to endure so much abuse and pretend nothing happened. “It was absolute abuse, suffering after suffering.”