AREQUIPA, Peru – The Camagüey Electric Company issued a statement on its official Telegram channel rebuking the citizens of that province who call the entity to complain about the blackouts.
In the publication, the Cuban regime’s company was dissatisfied with customers who called 18888 to demand a solution to electricity outages, when the number is dedicated to “electrical emergencies.”
As he emphasized, the service is available to address reports of cables on the ground, tripped transformers, homes without power or missing phase, voltage fluctuations or other anomalies related to the electrical service.
“But if our clients call to give long and endless talks, sometimes undeserved insults, about the blackout, they are occupying the telephone channels and those behind them trying to communicate with our operators find it impossible,” the text states.
The Camagüey branch alleges that telephone operators have no solution for this problem. “The blackout is a state of opinion, not an emergency where urgent communication and subsequent solution by our linemen are needed,” he highlights.
The entity adds that when generation deficits reach and even exceed the extinguishable limits, “explanations” and circuit rotations are impossible. Breakdowns, the company emphasizes, “which are emergencies and come through this number, are always resolved.”
In your daily partthe Cuban Electrical Union reported that for this Saturday, unit 2 of the Felton thermoelectric plant (CTE) and units 3 and 6 of the CTE Renté are in failure. Under maintenance are unit 8 of the CTE Mariel, unit 2 of the CTE Santa Cruz, units 3 and 4 of the CTE Cienfuegos and unit 5 of the CTE Renté. The limitations on thermal generation are 264 MW.
79 distributed generation plants with 480 MW are out of service due to fuel, the CDE Mariel with 117 MW and unit 1 of the CTE Felton is operated limited to 125 MW to guarantee a tie with its next supply (95 MW affected). for a total of 692 MW affected by this cause.
For the peak hour of this December 21, an availability of 1,660 MW and a maximum demand of 3,080 MW is estimated, for a deficit of 1,420 MW, so if the expected conditions continue, an impact of 1,490 MW is forecast at this time.
A 2024 among the darkness of blackouts
Before the total blackout on October 18, most of the island’s provinces only had three hours of electrical service a day, a situation to which most of the Cuban territories have returned, with the exception of Havana, the provincial capitals and some localities linked to essential services.
In September, the Island recorded one of the highest electricity service impacts in three months (43%), although still below the 45% impact reported in February of this year. In October the situation became even more critical with blackouts that covered half the country and the “total disconnection” of the National Electroenergy System (SEN).
In May of this year, the Cuban ruler, Miguel Diaz-Canelsaid the country would experience “prolonged” power outages until June due to maintenance work on the energy system. This measure, according to authorities, seeks to reduce interruptions during the months of July and August, when consumption is highest.
“We are going to have extended maintenance until the month of June to minimize the annoyance of blackouts in the summer, especially in the months of July and August,” said Díaz-Canel in the sixth episode of his podcast. From the Presidency. The governor made it clear that the total absence of blackouts cannot be guaranteed: “We cannot commit to there being no blackouts. Due to the current conditions of the system, that commitment is not possible now,” he declared.
The blackouts further complicate the country’s already tense energy situation and not only deteriorate the economic performance of Cuba, which has been mired in a serious crisis for years, but have also been the trigger for anti-government protests. The most notable ones occurred on July 11, 2021the largest in decades, and most recently on March 17 in Santiago de Cuba and other locations.
