The Havana Electric Company has already published the schedule of power outages corresponding to the week of June 23 to 29. 2025, as a result of the generation deficit that continues to affect the National Electricity System (SEN). Details forthcoming. According to officials, this situation has been exacerbated by increased demand due to high temperatures in Cuba, transformer failures, fuel shortages, and thunderstorms that have impacted the capital's electrical infrastructure.
According to explained According to engineer Luis Rodríguez Vargas, director of operations for the company, the increase in nighttime consumption has caused blackouts scheduled between 8:00 pm and 12:00 am to extend beyond the scheduled time in some cases.
In May, 80 transformers were reported to have been damaged due to overload, and in June, although official figures have not been released, these types of failures have also occurred.
Blackouts in Havana will continue into the summer
However, Rodríguez Vargas stated that interruptions have been reduced by 7% compared to the same period last year, thanks to work on primary and secondary circuits.
Even so, he insisted that power outages will continue to occur as long as the structural causes of the problem persist.
The Havana Electric Company keeps its blackout schedule updated on social media and provincial media, and called on the public to use energy rationally, recommending that they avoid using electrical equipment during peak hours.
As part of the measures to address the power outages in Havana, the activation of a second photovoltaic solar park in Havana was announced at the end of June, in the town of El Rincón, Boyeros municipality.
«We believe they should review the savings plans in the State Sector including private businesses and MSMEs as well as large consumers such as Hotels that are not orcupcompletely and maintain the consumption that they could reduce as much as possible," said a user from the capital.
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In Havana, at least in Marianao, they turn it off for 5 hours during the day, then at night they turn it off at 11, they turn it on at 2 or 3 in the morning, they turn it off again at 4 and they turn it on after 7 in the morning. With us, they save all the electricity in Havana.
They shouldn't have any blackout schedule because it's not followed. They turn it off at any time and up to 4 times a day and worse in the early morning, mainly in downtown Havana, where they spend the early morning turning it on and off.
Tremendous difference with the Jose Marti District in Santiago de Cuba, every day there is a blackout at 14 and 15 pm.
impudence and lack of respect
I no longer put the refrigerator on so I can't even sleep because the blackout calendar doesn't match with what they do. They should already remove it forever. This is beyond repair, it's here to stay 😡😡😡😡😡😡
We must take care of the equipment, since you are not going to pay, you have to look for problems elsewhere, and this does not help at all, but rather worsens the situation we citizens have.
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4 hours for Havana while the rest of the country suffers blackouts of up to 19 hours in one day
4 hours for Havana while the rest of the country suffers blackouts of up to 19 hours in one day
He should meet with Aguas de La Habana. They are interrupting the water supply to the neighborhoods and subdivisions due to the early morning blackouts in Alturas de Belén. In Marianao, last year, no water arrived at the subdivision. The pump on 84th Street in Marianao Block 2 had no electricity in the early morning, which is when they pump water to this upper area of the subdivision... without electricity, without water, and without communications. This is already getting worse and spreading. How can we survive with this water shortage? These companies should sit down and figure out how to do less to affect the people, much less by cutting off the water.
IT IS A TRUE LACK OF RESPECT FROM ALL THE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY THAT HAVANA IS ONLY AFFECTED FOR 4 HOURS AND SANTIAGO FOR 22 HOURS. IT IS CRIMINAL. ABUSIVE. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR WHAT THEY SPEND. PARTIES OF ALL KINDS, MEETINGS IN FULL HALLS DAILY AND THEY DO NOT SOLVE ANYTHING. EVERY DAY WE ARE WORSE, THE HUNGER, THE MISERY, THE ABUSE IS ALREADY TOO MUCH. BUT THEY SPEND THE MONEY ON TRAVEL AND LUXURIES AND NOT ON THE PEOPLE. EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED MUST BE CHANGED BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT SOLVED ANYTHING UNTIL NOW BY PUTTING PATCHES AND THE POWER PLANTS DO NOT GIVE MORE. THE PHOTOVOLTAIC PARKS WILL NOT SOLVE ANYTHING. THIS IS THE MOST POOR HAITI
THEY ARE BIG WORDS. THE PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE TO THE STREETS.