Another breakdown in Unit 6 of the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant disconnects it from the system again.

Unit number 6 of the "Diez de Octubre" thermoelectric power plant (CTE) in Nuevitas, Camagüey, disconnected once again from the national power grid (SEN) after another fault was detected in its cooling system.

The Cuban Electric Union (UNE) reported on Friday on its social media that "repair work has been carried out since the early hours on a leak in the sea water pipeline of block number 6."

According to the state-owned company, the leak detected in a pipeline of the cooling system caused "the shutdown of this block around 1:00 a.m. this early morning [Friday]."

Likewise, he stated that "other maintenance work is also being carried out in a timely manner" and that the affected block was expected to return to service during the "late evening" on Friday.

This Saturday, in its daily report from the SEN, the company led by Alfredo López Valdés did not report Unit 6 of Nuevitas among those that are damaged or under maintenance. They also did not report its synchronization to the SEN or update the information on the detected leak.

"Transparency" is conspicuous by its absence in the socialist state company's communications, further undermining the scant credibility of its data and statements.

After years of government under the so-called "continuity" and its communication policy, led by a tired and increasingly mediocre Ideological Department of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Cubans no longer know if the inhuman blackouts inflicted on them by their rulers are due to fuel shortages or the collapse of the national electrical infrastructure.

In mid-May, Unit 6 of Nuevitas went out of service less than 24 hours after synchronizing with the SEN following 77 days of technical maintenance shutdown which, according to the official press, "stood out for its preparation, planning, control, and the use of available resources."

"It is normal that it is necessary for the machine to be taken out at some point to correct any parameter that does not show satisfactory behavior according to the planned. It happens not only in Cuba but in any country in the world," explained a UNE executive days later.

The Cuban regime intends for the population to consider it "normal" for a thermoelectric plant to have leaks in the pipes after 77 days of maintenance, during which "highly complex and accurate procedures" were applied. A failure that requires a shutdown could be considered normal, but two or three in such a short period of time indicate that the quality of the work was not optimal, or that the Nuevitas CTE has reached the end of its useful life.

To make matters worse for UNE, this Saturday reported that the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant in Matanzas was out of service for approximately 30 hours due to an oil leak in the generator's lubrication system.