Generation capacity deficit decreases but blackouts continue in Cuba

Despite the reduction in the generation capacity deficit, the blackouts continue to affect the Cuban population who, this Saturday, will once again be victims of prolonged and frequent power cuts throughout the day.

If the day before the Cuban Electrical Union (UNE) predicted a maximum impact of 595 MW, the maximum impact was 429 MW at 8:20 p.m., according to the Informative Note published this Saturday in its social networks by the state company.

For today, the UNE "estimates for peak hour an availability of 2,370 MW and a maximum demand of 2,750 MW, for a deficit of 380 MW, so if the expected conditions continue, an impact of 450 MW is forecast during this time." .

In addition to the expected impact on peak hours, the state company acknowledged that this Saturday blackouts are already occurring from 6:30 a.m., and estimated that the impacts would reach 300 MW during daytime hours.

The facts have proven right to the Cubans who at the end of April suspected that during the May Day celebrations the regime would not schedule electricity cuts, but that, after the propaganda event, the blackouts would return.

"There is no deficit on May Day!"said a user on the UNE social networks. “On the first day the thermoelectric plants are fixed, and on the second they break down,” noted another.

After the aforementioned date, the generation capacity worsened and on Thursday, May 2, the service was affected for 20 hours, from 6:15 am to 2:02 am on Friday.

The maximum impact was 798 MW at 8:30 pm, exceeding the UNE experts' forecast by more than 200. On Friday, although smaller, The maximum impact reached 429 MW.

The first weekend of May begins with a similar prediction of damage and Cubans once again express their discontent on the UNE social networks.

“They continue to hide the inability to cover Cuba's needs, except in Havana. [They say] three words (preventive maintenance for better functioning) and they continue to affect the town all year round, as if it were normal to spend 8 hours a day without power. REALIZE that changing the name of the problems (now fashionable in the country) does not solve ANYTHING and that what they achieve is that trust in the government is lost every day,” said one user.

“Could you put in this information how many MW of deficit each province has, so we can know why in Santiago de Cuba they turn off the power every day 10 and 12 hours a day?” said another of the many Cubans who perceive inequality in the distribution of blackouts by territory.

“According to you, your corporate purpose is the generation and distribution of electrical energy, but really what you generate is discomfort in the population and what you distribute is the rejection of an entire town,” concluded a third indignant user.