Gas service suspension in Havana reported due to urgent maintenance.

CUPET has announced that the gas service will be interrupted in the coming hours due to maintenance work.

The Manufactured Gas Company announced this Thursday the temporary suspension of manufactured gas service—known as "street gas"—in five Havana municipalities. The interruption is due to urgent maintenance work at the Melones Production Plant #1.

According to the official statement, the cut will begin at 9:00 pm on the luneApril 21 and will extend until 6:00 am on Tuesday 22. During that period, Cerro, Plaza de la Revolución, Old Havana, Centro Habana and Diez de Octubre will be without supply.

Authorities assured that the technical intervention is urgent. They said it consists of replacing the plant's input lines, a key action to "guarantee service stability in the medium term."

The company apologized to those affected and stated that the work will be completed in less than 24 hours.

Citizen frustration over the double gas and electricity crisis

Although this is a scheduled outage, the announcement comes at a delicate time. The capital is experiencing an unprecedented energy crisis, with continuous blackouts and a prolonged shortage of liquefied natural gas (LPG) cylinders. Thousands of families depend on this service if they are not connected to the street gas system.

Since the end of 2024, the distribution of pellets has been irregular and without clear official explanations. Many people have had to resort to electric stoves—when power is available—or improvised methods using charcoal or firewood.

On social media, discontent is widespread. Phrases like “And the cylinder gas?” These complaints are repeated in dozens of publications. Citizens like Anna Monzón and Elsa Pérez have reported that the authorities are not answering questions or offering specific dates for the restoration of service.

"We're still waiting for a solution while families live in uncertainty, not knowing when they'll be able to cook again," Pérez wrote in a post shared by dozens of users.

Others criticize the fact that, while occasional gas outages are reported, there is no report on the chronic shortage of liquefied gas, which affects many more homes.

The situation has once again raised alarm bells about the energy vulnerability in the capital, where cooking has become an increasingly difficult task. Between blackouts, shortages of gas cylinders, and now scheduled outages of manufactured gas, thousands of families are trapped in a cycle of precariousness that seems to have no end.