They forecast nearly 1,000 MW of power outages both during the day and at night for this Sunday.

The Cuban Electric Union (UNE) announced power outages for this Sunday, both during the day and at night, due to a deficit of nearly 1,000 MW, slightly less than the values recorded on Saturday.

For this day, a maximum impact of 900 MW is expected during daytime hours and 985 MW during peak hour.

The availability of the National Electroenergetic System (SEN) at 7:00 am was 2200 MW and the demand was 2670 MW, with a generation capacity deficit of 540 MW.

For peak hours, an availability of 2440 MW and a maximum demand of 3350 MW are estimated, resulting in a deficit of 910 MW.

According to the UNE report, on Saturday the situation was even worse than what is expected for this Sunday. The previous day, the 24-hour service was affected, with a maximum value recorded at 8:50 pm of 1045 MW, lower than forecasted.

At this time, three units of the Nuevitas, Felton, and Renté thermoelectric power plants are out of service due to breakdowns. Another three blocks of the Santa Cruz and Felton power plants are undergoing maintenance.

Furthermore, 48 distributed generation plants are halted due to fuel shortage, and there are limitations in the thermal generation of 378 MW.

On Friday, Alfredo López Valdés, general director of UNE, announced "emergency actions" in several thermoelectric units that suffered breakdowns.

The executive attributed the severe power outages to the state of the thermoelectric plants, high temperatures, and an increase in demand in the residential sector due to the acquisition of many air conditioning units and electric motorcycles.

The energy crisis keeps the people in a perpetual state of distress, with power outages that have exceeded 14 hours in some areas.

Miguel Díaz-Canel had to admit that the power outages in recent days have been "terrible," in a supposed gesture of empathy.

The power outages have been terrible, up to 20 hours, but that is going to be resolved. There are plants under maintenance, and this has been the strategy to prevent disruptions during the summer," he said.

The president said that the shutdown of several plants coincided with the maintenance of others just before the summer, and that this needs to be "explained to the people," so "they know that there is an uncomfortable, but temporary situation."