General blackout in Cuba: The Government is trying to recover the national electrical system.

The general blackout that occurred in Cuba this Friday morning remains unresolved, while authorities of the regime, executives, and workers of the Electric Union (UNE) attempt to restore the collapsed national electric power system (SEN).

This was reported by the Cuban Television News (NTV) in its prime time broadcast on Friday night, during an interview with Lázaro Guerra Hernández, the director of Electricity at the Ministry of Energy and Mines.

"At this moment, we have microsystems in all provinces except Artemisa, which have limited power and reach consumers nearby," said the executive, who provided additional details about the minimal progress made in the restoration of the SEN.

With the commissioning of the Energas plant, it was possible to supply energy to the Santa Cruz del Norte thermoelectric plant, which was in the process of starting up at night, according to the official media, which stated that this would help "progress in the restoration of the SEN."

The narrative and terminology used by the authorities reveal the delicacy of the situation, as well as the level of improvisation and the concern that reigns in the upper echelons of the Cuban regime, which knows more than it says about the critical situation it is going through.

"From the direction of the country, we are giving absolute priority to addressing and resolving this high-sensitivity energy contingency for the nation," wrote the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel this Friday at the end of the afternoon. "There will be no rest until it is restored," he added.

The little energy supplied in Cuba this Saturday comes from generators, mostly inefficient equipment, many of which are broken, in addition to the fuel consumption they require to generate electricity for a very small number of customers.

In the west of Havana, work is underway on the microsystem to start the CTE Mariel, which has three generation units. At the time of writing this note, the progress made in this node of the SEN is unknown.

"Once we have Mariel linked with Energas and Santa Cruz del Norte, this will benefit the western area, which is why it is a priority. Work is also being done on the breakdown of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant," said Guerra Hernández.

In Eastern Cuba, there is already power in Renté, which will allow work on its two units to incorporate them into the system. According to the executive, a motor from the floating power plant in Santiago de Cuba was also started. A similar progress was achieved on Friday night in Moa.

In the case of Nuevitas, in Camagüey, work is being done to solve "a problem" that the UNE director did not specify, as well as the possibility (not achieved yet at the time of writing this note) of creating a microsystem that would supply energy.

"Winning strength in the microsystems allows us at some point to start interconnecting systems to achieve a national link at some point," added Guerra Hernández in a desperate attempt to convey confidence in the solutions from the same experts and authorities who were caught off guard by a power outage that has made headlines worldwide.