Blackouts worsen in Cuba due to an electrical deficit of almost 1,400 MW.

Using a popular term from Cuban baseball, the energy crisis in Cuba "cuts and extends." The baseball imagery illustrates the regime's inability to address a crisis whose solution slips out of their hands.

If the day before, Cubans experienced blackouts that the Electric Union (UNE) estimated at around 1,370 megawatts (MW), this Tuesday the state-owned company predicted a similar situation, deepening the sadness and hopelessness of the population even further.

"It is estimated that during peak hours there will be a availability of 1,992 MW and a maximum demand of 3,300 MW, resulting in a deficit of 1,308 MW. Therefore, if the expected conditions persist, a deficit of 1,378 MW is forecasted during this time," UNE indicated this Tuesday on its social media.

The collapsed national electro-energy system (SEN) is unable to supply the energy demanded by consumers on the Island, creating a loop of blackouts that has not ceased for weeks due to "a deficit in generation capacity 24 hours a day."

The disconnection of the National Electric System (SEN) from the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Thermal Power Plant in Cienfuegos left a complex situation in electricity generation on Tuesday. The disconnection from the SEN occurred in a "scheduled" manner at 10 PM on Monday, according to the state-owned company.

Despite stating that it is a "scheduled maintenance," the company run by Alfredo López Valdés reported the disconnection 15 hours after it occurred.

In addition to the shutdown of unit 4 of the CTE Cienfuegos, "unit 5 of the CTE Nuevitas, unit 2 of the CTE Felton, and unit 3 of the CTE Renté are out of service. Unit 2 of the CTE Santa Cruz and unit 5 of the CTE Renté are under maintenance."

"43 distributed generation plants are out of service due to fuel, the Mariel barge, the CDE Mariel, engines on the Melones barge, and the Santiago de Cuba barge for a total of 606 MW, of which 262 MW are in distributed groups, 260 MW in the barges, and 84 MW in CDE Mariel," specified the UNE.

"We're doing well!... Marching with shoes costing more than $100 USD for Palestine... And the Middle East in total blackout... We're doing well... And moving forward," said a user on the UNE's social media, who cannot explain the paradoxical images of a regime that tightens the grip on Cubans more each day.