Blackouts in Cuba: Unión Eléctrica forecasts nearly 900 MW of outages for this Saturday.

The Electric Union of Cuba (UNE) forecasted another day of massive and prolonged blackouts for its customers, informing them that this Saturday there will be power supply cuts close to 900 megawatts (MW).

"It is estimated that during peak hours there will be a capacity of 2,380 MW and a maximum demand of 3,200 MW, resulting in a deficit of 820 MW. Therefore, if the predicted conditions persist, an impact of 890 MW is expected during this time," stated the UNE on its social media.

The press release from the socialist state-owned enterprise acknowledged that it was unable to restore service since 10 AM the previous day and that by 7 AM this Saturday, the blackouts were still ongoing with 169 MW of "impacts."

On Friday, as often happens, the UNE's forecast was surpassed by reality "due to demand exceeding what was planned," and blackouts reached up to 856 MW during peak hour.

The dance of figures in the informational reports continues to be incomprehensible for the majority of their clients, who express their anger and frustration in the comments on their social media posts.

"It’s eight to ten hours daily without electricity here in Las Tunas. Why don’t they say that on TV? Day and night, day after day… months like this. There’s no schedule for sleep or rest. How long are they going to keep not solving the problems, or do they expect the people to do it in their own way? Find solutions!” protested a user.

"Gentlemen, come on, let's go complain at the accountability assemblies! Are the problems going to be solved? Hahaha. The day zero will come in Cuba with no electricity and no water. We are still rich. 2025 in darkness. All of this is an ideological whim, and the common people continue to pay," another one said.

"That's because they are working on a strategy to ensure a year-end without blackouts," commented a user sarcastically. "An excellent Saturday! The one we deserve! And we're going for more," said another with irony.

"A government, beyond -and in spite of- external pressures, that does not have the capacity to foresee, design, and implement a project that at least reduces the needs that the people suffer, and to seek effective alternatives in exceptional situations; is an incapable government," concluded another internet user.

And he concluded: “A government that, in circumstances of extreme shortages, does not implement an austerity plan for the ruling sphere and does not demand that it be an example of true sacrifice, and that, moreover, remains unchanging in the face of the corruption that proliferates unusually; is an immoral government.”