The Electric Company of Havana reported that at 4:01 PM this Monday, the electrical system in the capital of Cuba was restored, although it acknowledged that there are some outages in several municipalities.
On Facebook, the entity noted that so far, they have identified issues such as a failure of an underground cable in Santa Fe, Playa municipality, where load is being transferred; a broken conductor at the intersection of Camagüey and Boyeros streets in El Cerro; and another underground cable affecting the streets of Dragones, Manríquez, San Nicolás, Virtudes, San Lázaro, and Campanario in Centro Habana.
Additionally, work is underway to repair an underground cable in the Camilo Cienfuegos neighborhood of Habana del Este municipality, which has left several buildings without electricity.
Additionally, the Electric Company reported that the system has logged a total of 20 complaints: one in Diez de Octubre, one in Plaza, seven in Centro Habana and Habana Vieja, and 11 in Habana del Este.
The statement specified that efforts are being made to restore electrical service in the affected areas as soon as possible.
A few hours earlier, the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant in the province of Matanzas was back online, according to a brief message from the Cuban Electric Company.
The process is in sync with the information previously provided by the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de La O Levy, who stated to the Presidency of Cuba that this power unit would be operational on the afternoon of this Monday.
"Starting at around two in the afternoon, there will be another significant improvement, because then we will begin working with the CTE Antonio Guiteras, which is ready and waiting for the order to proceed slowly," Levy said in statements to the government portal.
In their Telegram channels, the electrical companies of Mayabeque and Artemisa announced that they are continuing to work to restore electric service in their respective areas.
The one in Artemisa restored service in the Baracoa circuit at 6:08 PM. Meanwhile, the Mayabeque Electric Company reported that throughout the day, "service has been provided at some point to most circuits in the province."
However, the reality experienced in other parts of Cuba is completely different.
In Santiago de Cuba, after the service was restored in 14 circuits, some completely and others partially, just one hour later the Electric Company reported that, due to a sudden increase in demand, a new instability emerged in the system, resulting in another service outage across all of them.
Two microsystems in the province of Holguín were affected during the passage of Tropical Storm Oscar through that eastern region, according to local authorities.
"Due to weather conditions, two small systems were lost in the municipalities of Moa and Holguín, respectively, and their recovery will be addressed as soon as the weather permits," stated a report from the local newspaper Ahora, which details the situation in the province following the passage of Oscar.
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