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The Manufactured Gas Company announced on November 21 that gas supply in several municipalities of Havana will be affected starting November 26, due to scheduled maintenance work at the ENERGAS plant in Puerto Escondido.
The outage, which will extend from the night of Tuesday, the 26th, until the early morning of Thursday, the 28th, will significantly impact thousands of homes that rely on manufactured gas for cooking.
The outage will be total in the municipalities of Plaza de la Revolución, Cerro, and Centro Habana, while in Habana Vieja, Diez de Octubre, Playa, and Marianao, partial and total disruptions are expected depending on the distance from the production points.
According to the state entity, the total shutdown of the plant will take place "between 9:00 PM on November 26 and 3:00 AM on November 28," meaning that the day with the greatest impact will be Wednesday, November 27.
Although it was initially discussed that the outage would last three days, the company later specified that "the interruption of the manufactured gas service is NOT three days" and that "the day of greatest disruption will be November 27, 2025," trying to alleviate concern among users.
What will happen to gas production?
The reason for the outage is a technical operation deemed "necessary" to "ensure the operational safety" of the ENERGAS facility.
According to the Manufactured Gas Company, during this period the plant will receive less volume of gas, which means “it will not have its complete raw material” to maintain its usual production pace.
Despite this, the producing plants will "not stop" completely, but will instead distribute the volume of gas that they manage to receive on a partial basis.
“The volume of gas received will be distributed,” they assured, which explains why some areas will experience partial interruptions, while others will be completely without supply.
A cut after peak hours
The note also emphasizes that the shutdown of the plant will not begin during peak consumption hours, but rather is scheduled to start at 9 PM on November 26, “when the peak cooking hours have already ended,” in an effort to minimize the immediate impact on households in Havana.
According to the company, the ENERGAS plant will resume operations on Thursday, November 28, and “gradually”, the Manufactured Gas Company will begin to receive the usual volume of raw materials for its production.
However, as often happens in technical restart processes in Cuba, it was not specified at what time of day the service will be fully restored, nor whether there is a compensation plan or direct communication with the most vulnerable users during the disruption.
The entity concluded its statement by offering "apologies for the inconvenience this interruption may cause" and committed to providing "a higher quality service once this maintenance is completed."
These types of outages, common in recent years, often coincide with additional problems in the country's energy infrastructure, and many families rely exclusively on manufactured gas to meet their basic needs.
For now, users can only prepare for two challenging days during which lighting a stove or boiling water could once again become another issue in daily life in Cuba.
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