Cubans reported blackouts on Wednesday across the country, with regions having only 4 hours of electrical service after five and six hours of darkness.
The strongest blackouts are in the provinces. The government tries to avoid power cuts in the capital and when it does, it is not usually for periods longer than three hours.
CyberCuba made an analysis of the reports of blackouts that our readers made from the island, with testimonies on Facebook. We group them by province, and specify the average duration of the blackouts.
In total, they analyzed 497 comments in the post dedicated to blackouts, of which 224 were identified as specific reports of power outages. These reports offer a detailed look at the magnitude and duration of the blackouts that affected various regions of the country.
List of provinces that reported blackouts
- Pinewood of the river. Total Reports: 7 Average Duration: 5.0 hours
- Las Tunas. Total Reports: 8 Average Duration: 7.5 hours
- Hundred fires. Total Reports: 14 Average Duration: 9.5 hours
- Matanzas. Total Reports: 16 Average Duration: 8.0 hours
- Villa Clara. Total Reports: 38 Average Duration: 10.6 hours
- Camagüey. Total Reports: 26 Average Duration: 12.1 hours
- Havana. Total Reports: 14 Average Duration: 3.0 hours
- Sagebrush. Total Reports: 11 Average Duration: 7.3 hours
- Mayabeque. Total Reports: 49 Average Duration: 9.25 hours
- Granma. Total Reports: 6 Average Duration: 5.5 hours
- Santiago de Cuba. Total Reports: 7 Average Duration: (not specific)
- Holguin. Total Reports: 17 Average Duration: 11.3 hours
- Holy Spirits. Total Reports: 4 Average Duration: (non-specific)
- Ciego de Avila. Total Reports: 6 Average Duration: (not specific)
- Isle of Youth. Total Reports: 1 Average Duration: (not specific)
Villa Clara was the province with the most reports, adding a total of 38 mentions, with an average duration of blackouts of approximately 10.6 hours. It follows Mayabeque with 49 reports and an average duration of 9.25 hours. Camaguey also stood out with 26 reports and the highest average duration, reaching 12.1 hours.
In contrast, provinces like Santiago de Cuba and Ciego de Avila showed a lower number of reports and an average duration of zero, indicating that the outages were brief or exact times were not specified.
Havana, despite being one of the most populated areas, registered 14 reports with an average duration of only 3 hours.
The Electrical Union of Cuba confirmed that the blackouts on Wednesday in the country were 24 hours a day due to a deficit of 1,268 MW, this meant 458 MW more than estimated.
List of municipalities with reported blackouts
- Consolación del Sur (Pinar del Río): 1 report
- Guane (Pinar del Río): 1 report
- La Palma (Pinar del Río): 1 report
- Los Palacios (Pinar del Río): 1 report
- San Luis (Pinar del Río): 1 report
- Sandino (Pinar del Río): 1 report
- Pedro Betancourt (Matanzas): 1 report
- Matanzas (Matanzas): 3 reports
- Martí (Matanzas): 1 report
- Limonar (Matanzas): 1 report
- Cárdenas (Matanzas): 2 reports
- Unión de Reyes (Matanzas): 1 report
- Madruga (Mayabeque): 1 report
- San José de las Lajas (Mayabeque): 1 report
- Batabanó (Mayabeque): 1 report
- San Nicolás (Mayabeque): 1 report
- Nueva Paz (Mayabeque): 1 report
- Bejucal (Mayabeque): 1 report
- Santa Cruz del Norte (Mayabeque): 1 report
- Quivicán (Mayabeque): 1 report
- Placetas (Villa Clara): 2 reports
- Camajuaní (Villa Clara): 1 report
- Santa Clara (Villa Clara): 2 reports
- Sagua la Grande (Villa Clara): 1 report
- Caibarién (Villa Clara): 1 report
- Manicaragua (Clear Village): 2 reports
- Cifuentes (Villa Clara): 1 report
- Encrucijada (Villa Clara): 1 report
- Remedios (Villa Clara): 1 report
- Camagüey (Camagüey): 3 reports
- Florida (Camagüey): 1 report
- Nuevitas (Camagüey): 1 report
- Mines (Camagüey): 1 report
- Sierra de Cubitas (Camagüey): 1 report
- Santa Cruz del Sur (Camagüey): 1 report
- Esmeralda (Camagüey): 1 report
- Vertientes (Camagüey): 1 report
- Carlos M. de Céspedes (Camagüey): 1 report
- Jimaguayú (Camagüey): 1 report
- Guáimaro (Camagüey): 1 report
- Sibanicú (Camagüey): 1 report
- Najasa (Camagüey): 1 report
- Arroyo Naranjo (Havana): 1 report
- Boyeros (Havana): 2 reports
- Centro Habana (Havana): 1 report
- Cerro (Havana): 1 report
- Cotorro (Havana): 1 report
- Diez de Octubre (Havana): 1 report
- Guanabacoa (Havana): 1 report
- Eastern Havana (Havana): 1 report
- Old Havana (Havana): 1 report
- La Lisa (Havana): 1 report
- Marianao (Havana): 1 report
- Beach (Havana): 1 report
- Plaza de la Revolución (Havana): 1 report
- Regla (Havana): 1 report
- San Miguel del Padrón (Havana): 1 report
- Alquízar (Artemisa): 1 report
- Artemisa (Artemis): 1 report
- Honda Bay (Artemis): 1 report
- Bauta (Artemis): 1 report
- Caimito (Artemisa): 1 report
- Candelaria (Artemis): 1 report
- Guanajay (Artemisa): 1 report
- Güira de Mane (Artemisa): 1 report
- Mariel (Artemis): 1 report
- San Antonio de los Baños (Artemisa): 1 report
- San Cristóbal (Artemisa): 1 report
- Amancio (Las Tunas): 1 report
- Colombia (Las Tunas): 1 report
- Jesús Menéndez (Las Tunas): 1 report
- Jobabo (Las Tunas): 1 report
- Las Tunas (Las Tunas): 1 report
- Majibacoa (Las Tunas): 1 report
- Manatee (Las Tunas): 1 report
- Puerto Padre (Las Tunas): 1 report
- Antilla (Holguín): 1 report
- Báguanos (Holguín): 1 report
- Banes (Holguín): 1 report
- Cacocum (Holguín): 1 report
- Calixto García (Holguín): 1 report
- Cueto (Holguín): 1 report
- Frank País (Holguín): 1 report
- Gibara (Holguín): 1 report
- Holguín (Holguín): 1 report
- Mayari (Holguín): 1 report
- Moa (Ash): 1 report
- Rafael Freyre (Holguín): 1 report
- Sagua de Tánamo (Holguín): 1 report
- Urbano Noris (Holguín): 1 report
- Baracoa (Guantánamo): 1 report
- Caimanera (Guantánamo): 1 report
- El Salvador (Guantánamo): 1 report
- Guantanamo: 1 report
- Imías (Guantánamo): 1 report
- Maisí (Guantánamo): 1 report
- Manuel Tames (Guantánamo): 1 report
- Niceto Perez (Guantanamo): 1 report
- South San Antonio (Guantánamo): 1 report
- Yachts (Guantanamo): 1 report
- Bartolomé Masó (Granma): 1 report
- Bayamo (Granma): 1 report
- Buey Arriba (Granma): 1 report
- Campechuela (Granma): 1 report
- Cauto Cristo (Granma): 1 report
- Guisa (Granma): 1 report
- Jiguaní (Granma): 1 report
- Manzanillo (Granma): 1 report
- Media Luna (Granma): 1 report
- Niquero (Granma): 1 report
- Pilón (Granma): 1 report
- Río Cauto (Granma): 1 report
- Yara (Granma): 1 report
- Contramaestre (Santiago de Cuba): 1 report
- Guamá (Santiago de Cuba): 1 report
- Mella (Santiago de Cuba): 1 report
- Palma Soriano (Santiago de Cuba): 1 report
- San Luis (Santiago de Cuba): 1 report
- Santiago de Cuba (Santiago de Cuba): 1 report
- Second Front (Santiago de Cuba): 1 report
- Songo-La Maya (Santiago de Cuba): 1 report
- Third Front (Santiago de Cuba): 1 report
- Cabaiguan (Sancti Spirits): 1 report
- Fomento (Holy Spirit): 1 report
- Jatibonico (Holy Spirit): 1 report
- The Servant (Sancti Spirits): 1 report
- Sancti Spíritus (Holy Spirit): 1 report
- Taguasco (Sancti Spirits): 1 report
- Trinity (Sancti Spirits): 1 report
- Yaguajay (Sancti Spirits): 1 report
- Baraguá (Blind of Avila): 1 report
- Bolivia (Ciego de Ávila): 1 report
- Chambas (Ciego de Ávila): 1 report
- Ciego de Ávila (Ciego de Ávila): 1 report
- Ciro Redondo (Ciego de Ávila): 1 report
- Florencia (Ciego de Ávila): 1 report
- Majagua (Blind of Avila): 1 report
- Morón (Ciego de Ávila): 1 report
- First of January (Ciego de Ávila): 1 report
- Venezuela (Ciego de Ávila): 1 report
- Isle of Youth (Island of Youth): 1 report
The energy crisis in Cuba is worsening by the day. This week the government warned that blackouts will increase until the end of June due to the increase in maintenance work at several Thermoelectric Power Plants (CTE).
The authorities indicated that the objective of these maintenance actions is to arrive in the best possible conditions to the months of greatest electricity consumption and demand, which are July and August, when most of the population enjoys summer vacations.
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