Cuba's Electrical System is wavering: Total and partial collapses mark recovery efforts.

The national electrical system (SEN) is wobbly, while total and partial collapses mark the recovery efforts and millions of Cubans suffer the consequences of two critical days without electricity supply.

This Saturday morning, during the recovery process of the SEN following the total blackout on Friday at noon, the system collapsed again. The electrical current that reached a few thousand users and powered the start of the thermoelectric plants through distributed generation vanished once more, along with the hope of overcoming the crisis.

The Electric Union of Cuba (UNE) initiated the process again, and the second attempt at recovery seemed to make progress throughout the day (it was reported that 11% of the total electricity demand in Cuba was restored), but something went wrong again at the start, and the National Electric System (SEN) collapsed again.

The informational opacity and the regime's nervousness became evident in the scarce information officially provided.

At 10:31 PM, the Electric Company of Havana issued a statement informing that just minutes earlier (10:25 PM), there had been another "total disconnection" of the SEN. The statement was shared on other official social media, such as that of the television broadcaster Canal Habana.

Quickly, the note was edited and it was reported that there had been a "total disconnection of the Western microsystem." Both publications are no longer visible on the state-owned company's Telegram account.

For its part, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) confirmed through its social media that the outage only affected the "western subsystem" and specified that the disconnection occurred at 10:15 PM (ten minutes earlier than reported by the Electric Company of the capital).

"The process of restoring the Electrical System continues to be complex. Around 10:15 PM, another disconnection of the western subsystem occurred. Work continues for recovery," stated the MINEM.

In the hours leading up to the relapse (partial or total) of the SEN, state-run media reported small progress in the recovery efforts.

A publication from Cubadebate indicated that the Electric Company of Havana reported that "121 circuits in the capital already have electrical service."

Prior to that publication, another one indicated that the SEN was generating 695 MW and three thermoelectric plants were in the process of starting up.

"They are operating stably: Energás Boca de Jaruco, the floating plant in Mariel at its maximum capacity, and the first engine of the Mariel site has started," the official portal indicated in its update.

Belonging to the "western subsystem," all the progress made in those facilities came crashing down after 10 PM in Cuba.

In the rest of the Island, small progress was reported. “In the central part, there is a microsystem that guarantees a level of coverage, and its function is to reach Energás Varadero so that it can start up and be able to supply energy to the CTE Guiteras.”

The above highlights something that the Cuban regime is intent on masking: the country's main thermoelectric plant remains damaged, or unable to start up and synchronize with the National Electric System (SEN).

Apparently, at the time of writing this note, the thermoelectric plants in the country remain disconnected or in the process of starting up, but without supplying energy to the SEN. In the "central subsystem," the start-up of unit 5 in Nuevitas is still awaited.

And in the East of Cuba, how is the situation evolving? According to Cubadebate, "in the eastern region, the Moa motors are operating steadily, and the floating power plant in Santiago de Cuba has been activated."

It is unknown whether the latest "total disconnection of the Western microsystem," initially reported as a total collapse of the SEN, affected the central and eastern subsystems.

A final positive note was given by Cubadebate indicating that "the fuel is already available to start the floating power plants in Havana."

This is the situation presented by the collapsed SEN this Sunday. As the regime authorities say, "it remains complex." In the streets, after 48 hours without electricity, Cubans are beginning to show their indignation, banging pots and shouting for a solution, according to reports on social media.

With time running out, the leader Miguel Díaz-Canel and the top regime officials in Cuba—responsible for the current situation, no matter how much they try to blame it on the "blockade"—face an agonizing Sunday, rosary in hand, praying for the divine intercession of Our Lady of Light.