The first secretary of the Party in Pinar del Río, Yamilé Ramos Cordero, confirmed that several circuits in that province have been without power for more than 15 hours during the last week.
When appearing on the local program "Thursday Debate," he explained that the country is experiencing a deficit of over 1,000 MW, which is reflected in all provinces, and clarified that "it is not Pinar del Río that has been most affected."
Last week, the power outages lasted for seven to eight hours, and today we are experiencing outages of between 12 and 15 hours or a little more," he stated.
He said that the authorities are trying to make constant adjustments to "maintain the rotation of the two blocks whenever the impact is less than 50 MW."
However, when the impact is greater, it is not possible to respect the scheduling of the two blocks; as this difficulty is related to "demand and availability," the official emphasized.
"When there is an 80 MW deficit in Pinar del Río, almost the entire province is without power, and hospitals and water well fields are protected," he stated.
In that context, he called for expanding work from home and delaying the start time for children at some schools when they are affected.
Some towns on the island go more than 20 hours a day without electricity, due to generation deficits, breakdowns in their thermoelectric plants, and fuel shortages, which have generated deep popular discontent and protests.
Two weeks ago, four Cuban mothers stood outside the provincial government headquarters in Pinar del Río to demand a solution to the poverty, hunger, and blackouts they are experiencing.
One of the protesters explained that in the facility there were four women with their children waiting to be attended to: "One of the mothers is with a child, me and my child, another with a three-month-old baby, and another mother with three children," she pointed out.
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