Cuba faces blackouts today with impacts close to 1,000 MW.

The National Electroenergetic System (SEN) reported that amid the severe generation capacity crisis, there will be disruptions in the electrical service on Tuesday amounting to nearly 1000 MW, one third of the national demand.

In an informative note posted on Facebook, the entity said that during peak hours, the availability is expected to be 2,275 MW, compared to a projected maximum demand of 3,200 MW.

This implies a deficit of 925 MW, and if the conditions persist, a shortfall of 995 MW is forecasted during that critical hour.

The figure is slightly lower than the impacts on Monday, which reached 1,081 MW during the day, a deficit recorded at 9:30 PM, outside peak hours and higher than expected.

This deficit was attributed by the Electric Company to the lack of fuel in the Melones truck engines and to a demand that exceeded projections.

At the start of today, the availability of the SEN was at 2,100 MW against a demand of 2,550 MW, which resulted in an immediate deficit of 450 MW.

The SEN reported that the crisis in generation capacity is due to the fact that unit 6 of the Nuevitas CTE, unit 2 of the Felton CTE, and unit 5 of the Renté CTE are currently out of service, while unit 2 of the Santa Cruz CTE is under maintenance. The limitations in thermal generation reach 498 MW.

In addition, 43 distributed generation plants are out of service due to a lack of fuel, which represents an additional 281 MW affected.

Although the UNE claims that it continues to monitor the situation to mitigate the impact on consumers, the Cuban population does not escape the discontent represented by nearly 12 hours of blackout daily.