In total seven units are out of service on the Island, including the Antonio Guiteras, which must attend to “defects that cannot be postponed.”
LIMA, Peru – The Electrical Union (UNE) reported this Saturday that the national electrical system will remain in a serious situation, with blackouts in about 48% of the territory due to the strong generation deficit.
In its daily note, the state company acknowledged that the service was interrupted for 24 hours on Friday, November 7 and that the effects extended throughout the early hours of this Saturday. The maximum disconnection of the previous day occurred at 7:00 PM, with a deficit of 1,418 megawatts (MW).
Among the main incidents of this November 8 is the announced departure for some point in the morning of the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE), the largest in the country, to address “defects that cannot be postponed.”
In total seven units are out of service, including Units 5 and 6 of the CTE Nuevitas, Unit 2 of the CTE Felton and Unit 6 of the CTE Antonio Maceo due to breakdowns.
Likewise, Unit 2 of the Santa Cruz CTE and Unit 4 of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes CTE are carried out in Cienfuegos.
The situation will worsen during peak consumption hours. According to the state electricity company, at the night peak demand will reach 2,900 MW, while the available generation will be only 1,590 MW. This will generate a deficit of 1,310 MW, with an estimated impact of 1,380 MW, equivalent to 48% of the national territory.
Currently, much 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 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.
