The Cuban Electric Union (UNE) issued an information note confirming a critical outlook for the National Electric System (SEN).
During the previous day, electricity service was affected 24 hours a day. The peak impact was recorded at 9:00 pm, with a deficit of 1880 MW, higher than expected, due to an unexpected increase in demand and the unexpected shutdown of Unit 1 of the Santa Cruz Thermal Power Plant (CTE). In this context, the impacts will continue throughout June 22nd and may worsen during peak hours.
Conditions did not improve overnight, and the system continues to operate below capacity. At 7:00 a.m., availability was only 1820 MW compared to a demand of 2958 MW, resulting in a disruption of 1138 MW.
Multiple units out of service and lack of fuel
Currently, Unit 6 of the Mariel CTE and Unit 2 of the Felton CTE are out of service. Three other units are undergoing maintenance: Unit 2 in Santa Cruz, Unit 4 in Cienfuegos, and Unit 5 in Renté. These outages further reduce the SEN's capacity.
Thermal generation limitations amount to 492 MW, while 93 distributed generation plants are out of service due to fuel shortages, resulting in a total loss of 745 MW. Furthermore, an additional 92 MW are affected by a lack of engine oil, bringing the deficit to 837 MW.
Peak-hour forecast: more than 1700 MW of impact
The incorporation of new generating units is not expected during peak hours, so the UNE It forecasts a peak demand of 3500 MW with only 1820 MW available, which would result in a deficit of 1680 MW.
If this projection holds true, the estimated impact would be 1750 MW at night, one of the most serious scenarios of the year.
Solar energy: limited relief
Yesterday, the country's 16 new solar photovoltaic parks contributed 1808 MWh, reaching a peak capacity of 393 MW at noon. However, this contribution is insufficient to cover the SEN's structural deficit, exacerbated by ongoing breakdowns and fuel shortages.
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You can no longer live in Cuba without hope for anything, and without hope for improvement.
They are disrespectful to the people. This people knows about mathematics and thinking about all the things they are calculating. You call them liars. They are not ashamed of themselves before this people.
What comment am I going to leave if there's no explanation for any of the complaints? We're already poorer than Haiti, and the best part is, it's because of our own blockade.
This is too much. How good these people are. My Cuba, I love you, but some change must happen to improve everything.
I think the effect of the current is not uniform, in the country, in the provinces, in the municipalities or in the same street, because there are homes that turn off the power for 10 or 15 minutes, in a day, once or twice a week, while in other homes, they turn it off at the time that is said to have established, more than 4 hours and in the early morning they turn it off and on 2s and 3s times and those of us who have to use a water motor, we cannot get water or water does not come in, those of us who are afraid to use the current, to cook, we cannot cook, because the energy revolution was talked about and almost everyone began to temper with the moment, buying household appliances
One of the strangest and most ridiculous things about it all is when the electricity collector comes, and I can't understand what he's reading on the clocks, and says that you have to pay for a super high consumption, of electricity that couldn't be consumed, because first of all, to make a claim to the company, you have to pay, because otherwise they'll cut the cable.
What a tremendous lack of respect and no complaints! Because the answer is NULL OR EMPTY SET
I WOULD BE ASHAMED. AS A MAN, I WOULD GIVE A REPORT... TO THE PEOPLE, AND EVEN MORE AS A REVOLUTIONARY... BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLES THAT FIDEL TAUGHT ME ARE NOT TO LIE AND TO STAND UP WITH THE PEOPLE... AND IT'S ALL A LIE... AND IT'S 24 HOURS WITHOUT POWER AND OTHERS WITH POWER. WHO BELIEVES HIM?
Hello, you are absolutely right. You have spoken without omitting a single word. The foundation of this government is lies; they have the people disoriented.
But then the impact affects the municipalities that don't have problems. I don't understand anything. If Nuevitas is working well, why do they cut off my electricity?
Photovoltaic parks contributed 1808 MW, and the impact is around 1750 MW. If that were true, there wouldn't be a need for blackouts; the parks supply the demand.
They're delivering the photovoltaic parks, and there are already quite a few, and there isn't even a slight improvement; it's getting worse, that's the truth.
This situation is already unbearable, we are exhausted, we are slowly dying 😪
This is already systemic.
Faced with so many inconveniences and incompetence, I ask, what is the Ministry of the Branch doing? If all of them had to suffer the blackouts, things would be different.
They have a plant at work and at home either they don't remove it or they have a plant too.
Those in the province of Ciggos would not contribute to the deficit since we don't have electricity. 24 hours without electricity and 4 hours with electricity. Who contributes to the deficit?
With the greatest respect, I don't understand, or no one understands yet, the energy situation. So where is the money donated by Russia, millions of dollars for the country's energy problem? Or the donations of parts from the People's Republic of China? I really don't understand anything.
Speechless, until when do you think you will have an entire country suffering without having the slightest consideration for this humble and humiliated people?
With all due respect, the solar parks being built in Cuba are a negligible contribution, with the deficit being 1700 MW. What a shame, because if something urgent isn't done, the generation problems due to motor and generator wear and tear will only increase with each passing year, and repairs and investments will be much more expensive. It's a sad reality for those of us who live here.
I'm going to talk about Felton. I don't know if what he said about his breakdown is true or false. What I do know is that it's true that a week has passed and the power hasn't been cut off for even 5 minutes.
It's sad today so many negative comments about Cuba, all caused by the blockade and we live in a country surrounded by sea and we have no salt, thousands of caballerías of marabou and we have no rice, nor sugar, we have not become there is none, there is no more crying, our people need food, and the leaders in cars driving their families, it is inconceivable to be 24 hours without electricity and no one goes out to explain anything to these people, where are they and what do our leaders do, who learned from our commander in chief, and I end by saying; I quote "If broken into small pieces it becomes my flag one day, our dead raising their arms will still know how to defend it. Bonifacio Virnes
I'm curious, how much do journalists get paid to repeat the news?