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A new note from the Manufactured Gas Company informed on November 24 that the service interruption scheduled for this week in several municipalities of Havana has been rescheduled to early December, as part of a technical shutdown at the ENERGAS plant, located in Puerto Escondido.
The adjustment of dates does not change the essence of the problem: Thousands of families will once again be left without gas for cooking, in a scenario where no clear alternatives or support are provided for the most vulnerable households.
According to the official announcement released on social media, the service interruption will take place “between 9:00 PM on December 3 and 3:00 AM on December 5, 2025”, corresponding to a complete shutdown of the ENERGAS plant.
During that period, December 4th will be the day with the highest impact.
The Gas Manufacturing Company stated that the municipalities of Plaza de la Revolución, Cerro, and Centro Habana will experience a total service interruption.
Meanwhile, Old Havana, Diez de Octubre, Playa, and Marianao will experience partial or total disruptions, depending on each area's distance from the production plants.
According to the state entity, the intervention aims to “ensure operational safety and increase the production capacity of the ENERGAS plant, as well as the stability and quality of the gas supplied to the capital for domestic use and electricity generation.”
Changes without solutions
This announcement modifies the plans initially communicated by the company just three days earlier, on November 21, when it was reported that the interruption would take place between November 26 and 28, with the greatest impact on Wednesday, November 27.
In that first notice, the entity explained that the plant would receive less gas volume than usual and that some areas would be completely without supply, while others would experience partial interruptions.
Despite the seriousness of the reported situation, and the almost total dependence that many households have on manufactured gas, no mitigation measures, support channels, or specific protocols for elderly, sick, or at-risk individuals were communicated.
It has not been specified at what exact time on December 5 the service will be normalized, nor whether there will be guarantees of stability in the following days.
The Manufactured Gas Company limited itself to offering "apologies for any inconveniences this interruption may cause," a phrase repeated in every outage notice, without any concrete actions announced to prevent such situations from occurring with such frequency.
The shortage or interruption of gas in Havana is not an isolated incident, but rather part of a pattern affecting the daily lives of thousands of citizens, especially in contexts of energy crisis and general deterioration of infrastructure.
In the absence of immediate options—such as functional electric stoves or subsidies for alternative fuels—gas outages have a direct impact on basic needs like cooking or boiling water, once again placing the burden on citizens who are forced to seek solutions on their own.
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