July comes to an end and power outages in Cuba increase.

With 48 hours to go until the month of August, Cubans continue to endure frequent and prolonged power outages, despite the promises from leader Miguel Díaz-Canel, his ministers, officials, and the Cuban Electric Union (UNE) to reduce blackouts during the summer months.

The repair and maintenance strategies for Cuban thermoelectric plants, developed during the months leading up to the summer season, have not managed to improve the electricity supply situation in July, the first month of school vacations in Cuba and one of the hottest months of the year.

Since the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant went out of service due to a boiler malfunction on June 27, causing a deficit of over 900 MW, the Cuban electro-energy system (SEN) has been unable to generate and supply the electricity that UNE customers require and pay for. Supply deficits since that date have reached daily figures between 290 MW and 1060 MW.

For this Monday, "it is estimated that during peak hours there will be a availability of 2,420 MW and a maximum demand of 3,150 MW, resulting in a deficit of 730 MW. Therefore, if the expected conditions persist, an impact of 800 MW is forecasted during this time," the UNE stated on its social media.

"Yesterday, the service was affected due to a generation capacity deficit from 5:00 PM until 4:43 AM today. The maximum impact during the day was 481 MW at 11:10 PM, not coinciding with peak hours," specified the socialist company led by Alfredo López Valdés.

During the morning of this Monday, the availability of the SEN "is 2,420 MW, the demand is 2,390 MW, with the entire system operational, [therefore] during the midday hours, a service disruption is expected due to a generation capacity deficit of 450 MW."

"The unit 5 of the CTE Mariel, the unit 1 of the CTE Santa Cruz, and the unit 2 of the CTE Felton are out due to breakdown," the UNE added, explaining that the blackouts occur "due to an increase in unavailability due to fuel in distributed generation and demand exceeding the forecast."

As July comes to a close, the promises of the leader appointed by General Raúl Castro and champion of "continuity" have once again fallen flat.

"We are going to have extended maintenance until June to minimize the inconvenience of blackouts in the summer, especially in the months of July and August," Díaz-Canel promised at the end of May.

Cuban internet users who leave their comments on the UNE's social media show the degree of frustration and indignation that this situation and the lies and manipulations of the regime's leaders produce in them.

“You are in Ferrari Mode: you have gone from 90 to 800 in just 3 days. Please clarify something for me: do you meet every day to discuss how to deceive the people more, or is it something that comes to you spontaneously?” asked one of them.

"A lack of respect. The game ends, and the days of rebellion are over, and the increase in the deficit is enormous from one day to the next. How long will this last?" remarked another.

"When you planned this summer, didn’t you think you needed to have diesel? What was it? Utopia? Did you think the weather was going to be sympathetic? The reality does not match what was promised... and meanwhile, summer is synonymous with heat, illness, and despair."