The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) of Cuba reported that on Saturday afternoon, attempts began to restart the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant in order to incorporate it into the National Electric System (SEN), after it went offline on Friday, causing a widespread blackout on the island.
"Once the work on the Antonio Guiteras Thermal Power Plant is completed, the starting tasks begin today to synchronize and strengthen the national electric system," published the Ministry of Energy and Mines on Facebook and replicated on X with the same message by the director of the Electric Union of Cuba, Alfredo López Valdés.
On Friday at noon, the SEN suffered a total collapse after the Guiteras thermoelectric plant went offline. On Saturday morning, undoing the minimal progress made to restore it, the system suffered a total disconnection again.
"At this moment we have microsystems in all provinces except for Artemisa, which have limited power and reach consumers close to them," said the director of Electricity of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Lázaro Guerra Hernández, on Friday night.
The executive offered more details about the minimal progress made in the restoration process of the SEN, revealing that the limited energy available this Saturday came from generators.
Despite this, the regime remains cautious about providing a specific date for the resolution of the chaotic situation.
"For this afternoon, greater electricity coverage is expected in the country, based on the thermal power plants that should sync with the territorial microsystems. However, there is no guarantee that the SEN can fully connect today," highlighted pro-government journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso on his social media.
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