The Guiteras continues to be out of sync while the regime repeats its litany of justifications

The Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE) in Matanzas, remains disconnected from the National Electric System (SEN) despite repeated announcements of its imminent synchronization, in a new episode that highlights the precariousness of the Cuban electrical system and the official opacity regarding the true extent of the energy crisis.

According to the official newspaper Girón, the Guiteras —the largest power generating unit in the country— had to postpone its restart once again this Saturday due to a malfunction in the boiler feed pump, following a failed attempt to reintegrate into the national electrical system after a shutdown due to problems with one of the regenerative air heaters.

The technical director of the plant, Román Pérez Castañeda, stated that work was carried out during the night and early morning to repair a valve associated with the water pump, a process that, while not categorized as complex, he admitted does require time and precision.

In the morning hours of Saturday, the technicians were still assembling the equipment, hoping to synchronize the unit "for the afternoon peak", provided that no new complications arose.

The repeated discourse about "intensive work" and "final details" is part of the usual script of state media that, instead of providing clear and transparent explanations, opts for technical euphemisms and postponed promises to gloss over the reality of a deteriorating energy infrastructure with inadequate maintenance.

Meanwhile, the Cuban population continues to face extensive daily blackouts, without any forecasts or guarantees. The critical dependence of the SEN on a single generating unit like Guiteras reveals not only the obsolescence of the equipment but also the lack of a sustainable energy plan from the Cuban government.

The constant failures at Guiteras are not an isolated incident but rather a reflection of a collapsed system that barely manages to hold itself together, exacerbated by ineffective management and a lack of real investment in the country's energy infrastructure.