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A failure in Cuba’s electricity grid caused this Monday that the central-eastern area of the country, almost half of the territory, was left without light, reported the Unión Eléctrica (UNE), almost five months after a general blackout.
Source: AFP
“A failure in the 220 KV network” (kilovolts), between the cities of Sancti Spiritus and Nuevitas, located in the center of the country, “caused the total disconnection of the Electric System in the Central-Eastern zone, affecting the provinces from Ciego de Ávila to Guantánamo”, the state company UNE said in a statement, without further details.
The affected area covers seven provinces (Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo) of the 15 that make up the country.
Cuba is experiencing an electricity generation crisis due to the poor conditions of the eight thermoelectric plants that the country haswith constant breakdowns and recurring maintenance jobs.
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On September 27, the island registered a blackout throughout the territory, after Hurricane Ian passed through the western provinces.
The Cuban authorities have recognized in the first fortnight the Electricity generation reached “unseen levels”, when only 37.9% of total capacity was being produced.
At that time, the level of affectation for homes in Cuba, with 11.1 million inhabitants, was an average of 10 hours a day without electricity.
Howeveras of December blackouts decreased significantly throughout the country.
In addition to the eight generators, the country has eight floating plants that it rents to Turkey and, to a lesser extent, solar and wind power units.
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The lack of electricity caused unusual street protests in various neighborhoods of Havana and some provinces in the first days of October.
Before they had begun to affect since 2021, when they became one of the reasons for the historic marches of July 11 of that year.
