In Tercer Frente, a municipality that presents the most complex situation, only 6.6% of the population has electricity service.
LIMA, Peru – 18 days after Hurricane Melissa passed through the east of the Island, the Santiago de Cuba Electric Company reported that 45% of the residents in the province still remain turned off.
According to quote the official pressin that southeastern territory “there are 199,009 clients with service, which represents 55%, while in the main city there are 151,611, for 81%.”
In the case of Tercer Frente, a municipality that presents the most complex situation, only 6.6% of the population has electricity service.
The regime assures that damage to infrastructure, falling poles and power lines are some of the destruction on which work is being carried out uninterruptedly, “prioritizing vulnerable, densely populated areas, and where basic services for the population are located.”
Currently, a good part of the eastern region in Cuba remains unlit after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The regime authorities recognized that in parallel with the general deficit, the cyclone left 337 MW out of service, specifically affecting the provinces located between Las Tunas and Guantánamo, which aggravated the situation in that area of the country.
The energy situation at the national level It also remains complex this weekend. Currently, units 5 and 6 of the Antonio Maceo Thermoelectric Plant (CTE), unit 2 of the Felton CTE and unit 5 of the Nuevitas CTE are damaged in Cuba.
Likewise, unit 2 of the Santa Cruz CTE and unit 4 of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes CTE in Cienfuegos are out of service for maintenance.
For this Sunday’s peak hours, the state-run Unión Eléctrica foresees an availability of 1,595 megawatts (MW) and a maximum demand of 3,000 MW, for a deficit of 1,405 MW. If the expected conditions continue, the company predicts an impact of 1,475 MW during this time, which will leave almost half of the Island in the dark.
The energy crisiswhich has been dragging on since mid-2024, is due to breakdowns in obsolete thermal power plants, scheduled maintenance, lack of fuel and lubricants, in addition to the paralysis of dozens of distributed generation engines and poor government management.
