The National Energy Union lowers the forecast for power outages in Cuba despite breakdowns in five units of five different thermoelectric plants.

The report from the Cuban Electric Union (UNE) to inform about the blackouts that occurred yesterday and to warn about the expected volume of disruptions for this Tuesday, revealed a decrease in interruptions compared to the past few days and a forecast of 462 MW for this Wednesday.

This Monday, the service began to be affected due to capacity deficit at 10:06 a.m. and was restored at 1:59 a.m. today.

The maximum impact during the day was 664 MW at 8:40 p.m., a time that UNE classified as "not coinciding with peak hours".

The service started to be affected due to the deficit in generating capacity today at 6:15 a.m.

The availability of the National Electric Power System (SEN) at 7:00 a.m. was 2,320 MW and the demand was 2,300 MW, with 65 MW affected by a deficit in generation capacity.

The forecast for daytime power outages for June 4th is 400 MW.

Despite the forecast of power outages during both daytime and nighttime being significantly lower than the past few days, five units from five different thermoelectric plants in the country are currently out of service due to malfunctions. However, the UNE believes that a couple of them may be reinstated today.

Unit 5 of the CTE Mariel, unit 3 of the CTE Santa Cruz, unit 5 of the CTE Nuevitas, unit 2 of the CTE Felton, and unit 5 of the CTE Renté are damaged.

In the field of maintenance, the situation is less complex, as only unit 1 of the Santa Cruz CTE is under maintenance.

The limitations in thermal generation are 397 MW.

There are 55 distributed generation plants out of service due to fuel issues, resulting in a total of 360 MW affected in that regard.

For the peak, the entry of Distributed Generation engines that are currently out due to fuel shortage is estimated, totaling 100 MW.

The entry of Unit 5 of the Mariel CTE is also expected to take place - in the startup process with 64 MW - the entry of Unit 3 of the Santa Cruz CTE, with 77 MW, and the entry of the Regla barge, with 47 MW.

With this forecast, a availability of 2,608 MW and a peak demand of 3,000 MW are estimated, resulting in a deficit of 392 MW. Therefore, if the predicted conditions persist, an impact of 462 MW is forecasted during peak hours.

In conclusion, Cuba will experience power outages in 15% of its territory during peak consumption hours this Tuesday due to breakdowns in power plants and fuel shortages, according to the report from the state-owned company.

Despite the reduction in the volume of planned power outages compared to the previous day, the deficit continues to be high, as evidenced by the comments of many Internet users who no longer believe in the forecasts of the Electric Union.