A new collapse of the National Electric System is reported due to a "trigger" at the CTE 10 de Octubre.

The disconnection occurred after a "shot" at the 10 de Octubre Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE) in Nuevitas, Camagüey.

CTE 10 de Octubre © Facebook/Unión Eléctrica UNE
CTE October 10Photo © Facebook/Unión Eléctrica UNE

A new disconnection from the National Electric System (SEN) occurred on the afternoon of this Sunday, after a "trip" in the 10 de Octubre Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE) in Nuevitas, Camagüey.

According to a brief report from the Electric Union of Cuba, after the mentioned "burst," the provinces from Ciego de Ávila to Holguín were disconnected, and subsequently, the rest of the territories in the country, due to the fact that the trailers that kept the western part of the island connected also went offline.

Capture of X/Electric Union UNE

Without providing further details, the regime just said that it is working "tirelessly to restore the National Electric System."

Facebook capture/Union Eléctrica UNE

This new outage shows the fragility of the Cuban electrical system, subjected to high workloads without a capital repair in its infrastructure.

Since last Friday at noon, when the complete power outage occurred, Cubans have been living through an overwhelming and prolonged general blackout, which has severely limited their daily activities.

Although the regime has promised that it will find a solution, the crisis has escalated significantly within the country's deteriorated electrical system.

The so-called "shots" have caused more tension in the SEN, which is experiencing total or partial collapses, and thousands of Cubans continue to be without electricity.

On Saturday morning, during the recovery process of the SEN after the total blackout on Friday at noon, the system collapsed again. The electricity supply that reached a few thousand users and powered the start-up of thermoelectric plants through distributed generation disappeared once more, taking with it the hope of overcoming the crisis.

On that same day, the province of Matanzas experienced a general blackout, after a "failure in the startup of the electrical microsystem" occurred.

Significant breakdowns have also been reported at Unit 3 of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Thermoelectric Plant in Cienfuegos, and at Generation Block No. 3 of the Antonio Maceo Thermoelectric Plant, also known as Rente, in Santiago de Cuba. As a result of the latter, a microsystem failure occurred, affecting the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo, leaving them without electrical service.

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