The Havana Electric Company has published the calendar of impacts on the electrical service for the week of October 7 to 12, 2024 due to the deficit in generation capacity in the country.
The scheduled interruptions will take place between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, and will affect the different areas according to the schedule we share below:
The company has also warned that, in the event of emergency situations, such as unforeseen outages of generating plants, an additional outage schedule will be activated that could affect different blocks and schedules. In addition, it is emphasized that users could experience breakdowns not contemplated in this plan.
Citizens can contact the Havana Electric Company through your service channels for more information and assistance in case of problems.
Blackouts in Havana vs. the rest of Cuba
Jaime Rivera commented that the blackout schedules in Havana “are not even close” to the situation experienced in other parts of the country, where blackouts are more frequent and prolonged. According to this Cuban, the rest of the country has been facing much more severe cuts for more than two years.
Alberto Riera adds that the situation outside the capital is even more critical. He relates that in other provinces there are brief intervals of light, known as “alumbrones”, which last between 25 and 30 minutes, followed by long blackouts, reflecting the gloomy panorama that exists in much of Cuba.
Along the same lines, Vladimir Alejandro Reyes points out that, although Havana residents complain about four hours of blackouts, in other provinces the outages reach 15 to 20 continuous hours. In comparison, he considers Havana residents “lucky” to have fewer power outages.
The energy situation in Cuba
The energy crisis in Cuba continues to be serious. The latest report from the Cuban Electrical Union (UNE) on Sunday revealed that several generating units are out of service, such as units 5 and 8 of the Mariel, unit 1 of the CTE Santa Cruz, among others.
These breakdowns and maintenance in thermal plants, together with the lack of fuel in 45 distributed generation plants and other important engines, have generated a deficit of 416 MW in thermal generation and 485 MW in distributed generation, worsening the energy crisis in the whole country.
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