The State Electric Union (UNE) reported that the Antonio Maceo 5 thermoelectric plant comes out of line, due to a “salider in the oven”.
Lima, Peru – Electric Union (UNE) He informed that At 6:50 am this Saturday the Antonio Maceo 5 thermoelectric plant came, also known as I rent, due to a “salider in the oven”.
The state company later said that the national electrical system will maintain a serious situation, with blackouts in about 51% of the territory due to the strong generation deficit.
In its daily note, the state company acknowledged that the service was interrupted during the 24 hours on Friday, September 19 and that the effects extended throughout the morning of this Saturday. The maximum disconnection of the previous day occurred at 8:20 p.m., with a deficit of 1,882 megawatts (MW).
Among the main incidents of this Saturday there are also the breakdowns in Unit 2 of CTE Felton and Unit 6 of CTE Nuevitas. Likewise, Unit 5 of the CTE Mariel, Unit 2 of the Santa Cruz CTE, Unit 4 of CTE Cienfuegos and Unit 1 of CTE Felton, are out of maintenance.
The situation will be aggravated during the highest consumption schedule. According to the state -owned state, in the night peak demand will reach 3,500 MW, while the available generation will be only 1,775 MW. This will generate a deficit of 1,725 MW, with an estimated affectation of 1,795 MW, equivalent to 51.2% of the national territory.
The last weeks were especially critical on the island due to a new collapse of the national electrical system that left almost the entire island off, the fifth so far from 2025.
Electricity cuts exceed 20 and 30 hours a day in the provinces of the East, while in Havana the blackouts reach up to 10 hours a day.
The Energy crisiswhich crawls since mid -2024, obeys breakdowns in obsolete thermal plants, programmed maintenance, lack of fuel and lubricants, in addition to the stoppage of tens of distributed generation engines and bad government management.
