This third Sunday of June, a date celebrated as Father's Day on the Island, seems to have better energy behavior than the celebrations of Cuban Mothers, which took place on the second Sunday of May.
For that May workday, the Electric Company forecasted an availability of 2510 MW and a peak demand of 3100 MW, resulting in a deficit of 590 MW and an estimated impact of 660 MW.
However, on the day when fathers are officially celebrated on the calendar, the availability of the National Electricity System (SEN) at 7:00 a.m. was 2,410 MW, while the demand was estimated at 2,240 MW, with the entire system in service. Therefore, electrical authorities do not anticipate any disruptions for the midday hours.
But this information, instead of causing joy among the population, prompted comments of mistrust.
"Thank goodness they are taking it easy on Father's Day, for sure tomorrow they will come with a renewed vigor," one of the users ironically commented in the comments section.
A user pointed out: "Today is Father's Day, tomorrow will be Mother's Day," warning of possible consequences to this sudden improvement in power outages.
"Thank goodness that today, Father's Day, we will be relieved, I say if no other inconvenience arises, tomorrow we will pay for what we will enjoy today, you'll see, I like to be wrong and I admit it when it happens," added another internet user.
The note shared on Facebook by the Electric Union mentions that Unit 2 of the Santa Cruz Thermoelectric Plant (CTE), Unit 5 of the Diez de Octubre CTE, Unit 6 of the Rente CTE, and Unit 2 of the Felton CTE are in need of repair.
Meanwhile, unit 1 of the Santa Cruz CTE and unit 5 of the Rente CTE are undergoing maintenance.
They add that around 24 distributed generation power plants are out of service due to lack of fuel, representing 98 MW affected by this situation.
During peak hours, the Distributed Generation engines that are waiting for maintenance must be activated and their use is authorized with 115 MW, they add in their publication.
They also estimate the entry of unit 5 of the CTE Diez de Octubre with 60 MW, of unit 5 of the CTE Rente with 75 MW, and of two engines of the Mariel barge with 34 MW.
Finally, they point out that for peak hours, an availability of 2694 MW and a maximum demand of 2950 MW are estimated, resulting in a deficit of 256 MW. Therefore, if the forecasted conditions persist, an impact of 326 MW is predicted during this time period.
This Saturday, the maximum impact during the day was 847 MW at noon.
What do you think?
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