This Thursday, the contradictions between the National Electric Union (UNE) and the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) became evident through postings made by both institutions on social media, creating uncertainty among the Cuban population regarding the electric supply situation.
On its official Facebook profile, the UNE tried to deny supposed information circulating about a planned massive power cut for the weekend. In its message, it assured that "there will be no scheduled interruptions" and that efforts were being made to improve the electricity supply throughout the country.
However, a few hours later, the MINEM contradicted that version. Through its account on the social network X (formerly Twitter), it announced that "the forecast for the weekend is similar to that of today, so the scheduled outages due to the generation capacity deficit will continue."
These disparate communications have increased confusion among the public, who face daily power outages without being able to anticipate with certainty whether there will be blackouts in the coming days.
The lack of coherence between the statements of the two organizations highlights issues in institutional coordination, in a context of an energy crisis that consistently affects the daily lives of Cubans.
A fragile system in the process of recovery
These contradictory statements come just days after the National Electric System (SEN) achieved its first synchronization last Tuesday following a collapse that left a large part of the territory without electricity for more than three days. The reactivation of the system marked a significant step in the recovery of the service, but the situation remains delicate.
After the synchronization, the UNE issued a notice to its users, warning that, although the system had returned to a “normal operational regime,” the problems had not been completely resolved: “There continues to be a deficit in generation capacity, so there will be service interruptions, but the system is now being operated normally,” explained Lázaro Guerra Hernández, general director of Electricity at MINEM, in statements to Cuban Television.
Despite the UNE's announcement about operational normalization, the Electric Company of Havana issued an emergency notice this Thursday. It reported that service would be interrupted in two blocks of the capital between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. This reflects the ongoing difficulties in ensuring a stable and consistent electricity supply.
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