Havana, Oct 20 (EFE).- Cuba hopes that the National Energy System (SEN) will once again reach on Tuesday the state it was in on Friday, when the total blackout occurred that has paralyzed the island since then, according to The Government reported this Sunday.
In a press conference for the international media, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, assured that the Executive estimates that the majority of consumers will have electricity again “tomorrow, Monday” and that “the last customer may perhaps “will be receiving (current) next Tuesday.”
The head of Energy and Mines added, however, that the problems of insufficient generation that the country has been suffering for months would continue, and that they had worsened in the last six weeks due to breakdowns in its obsolete Soviet-made plants and the fuel deficit. , the result of the lack of foreign currency to import it.
De La O Levy acknowledged that the situation in the electrical system is “very tense” and that the lack of electricity has left “the majority of Cubans” without water in their homes. The motors that pump the liquid into homes use electricity.
The SEN collapsed on Friday morning due to a breakdown at the Antonio Guiteras power plant, one of the largest in the country, whose “unforeseen departure” completely destabilized the system and left the island in a complete blackout.
The same thing happened on Saturday morning after the recovery process failed. Hours later something similar happened, which caused the western half – where Havana is located – to be left without power.
The re-energization and recovery process of the SEN has made progress in the last few hours and the current is reaching some points in Havana and other municipalities in the country.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines has explained on social networks that it has already connected circuits from Mariel (west) to Holguín, forming a subsystem that must now be kept stable and expanded gradually.
On the other hand, the head of Energy reported that the island has received support proposals from countries such as Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Russia and the Bahamas.
Asked if this would translate into fuel shipments (one of the great needs of the SEN), the senior official simply said that so far nothing has been finalized and that part of the offers have been technical help.
In this regard, the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, assured on social networks that he “comforts and encourages the solidarity received from various governments and peoples” and pointed to the United States as being “greatly responsible” for the country’s situation. in a serious multifaceted crisis for more than four years.
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