MIAMI.- This Wednesday the Electrical Union (UNE) recorded the highest generation deficit reported so far. At 6:20 in the afternoon, peak demand time, 1,735 MW were missing what was required to keep the country with electricity and there were plenty the blackouts.
Unfortunately, for today, the prognosis is not encouraging. In its daily report, the company has reported that the impact will be 1,495 MW. This means blackouts in 48%.
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 the authorities, sought to reduce interruptions during the months of July and August, when consumption is highest.
However, the country’s electro-energy situation has worsened to the point that the majority barely have four or five hours of electricity each day. While Havana, the Cuban capital and most populated city, has avoided cutting off the water at night, and blackouts usually last five hours during the day.
The UNE branch in the capital announced that today “it is necessary to affect the electrical service due to emergency”, to the customers of block number one from 6:00 pm to 10:00.
Currently, unit 5 of the Mariel CTE, the Matanzas CTE unit, unit 2 of the Felton CTE and units 3 and 6 of the Renté CTE are in breakdown. In maintenance they reported to unit 2 of the CTE Santa Cruz, units 3 and 4 of the CTE Cienfuegos and unit 5 of the CTE Renté.
Added to this is that 45 distributed generation plants with 216 MW, the Santiago de Cuba lake (67 MW) and 4 engines in the Melones lake (65 MW) are out of service due to fuel, for a total affected by this cause. of 348 MW.
