The Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, assured this Wednesday that “they are not at zero fuel,” but announced blackouts during October due to a deficit of up to 700MW.
“We are going out to buy almost daily against the inventories we have in a market that is saturated,” said O Levy, on the state television program Mesa Redonda this Wednesday dedicated to analyzing the fuel crisis affecting the island and which, as announced, will hit the country harder in the coming months.
The minister, as is usual in official propaganda, blamed the fuel shortage facing the island on the US embargo and the failure to comply with contracts they had agreed with other countries.
“We are not at zero fuel, as some publications out there have said, nor are we touching zero, we are in a tight situation, but we are going to lift it,” he said.
O Levy commented that, unlike previous similar situations, the bulk of fuel reserves will not be used exclusively for energy generation, but this time a substantial part will be allocated to other areas of the economy such as transportation or agriculture.
“This is not going to be a long time, it is not going to be for a lifetime, this is going to be a period,” he said.
The official assured that on October 3 with the entry into the National Electric System (SEN) of the ENERGAS plant, they will recover 140 MW and that will help reduce blackouts.
Even so, and despite the fact that they are in negotiations to receive new loads of fuel, they will not have the amount that the country needs or even the quantities that it had in recent months.
During the program, the Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil will announce uA series of measures that the regime will take to face the country's serious energy crisis.
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