Cuba faces another day of widespread electricity outages this Tuesday, with a projected impact of 2,180 MW during the peak nighttime demand hours, according to the official report from the Unión Eléctrica (UNE).
The figure amounts to simultaneously cutting supply to nearly 68% of the national territory.
Since six in the morning, the National Electroenergetic System (SEN) had already recorded 1,610 MW impacted, with a availability of only 1,070 MW against a demand of 2,650 MW.
By noon, an impact of 1,500 MW was anticipated, and the situation is expected to worsen by nightfall, when demand will rise to 3,220 MW with the same availability of 1,070 MW.
On Monday, electricity service was interrupted for 24 hours without exception, including the entire night. The most significant impact of the day was recorded at 9:40 PM, with 2,066 MW without supply.
Several generating units remain out of service this Tuesday. The unit at the CTE Antonio Guiteras, unit two at the CTE Felton, and unit three at the CTE Renté are currently malfunctioning.
Units three of the Santa Cruz thermoelectric plant, five of the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant, and units five and six of the Renté thermoelectric plant are under maintenance. The limitations in thermal generation total 398 MW.
The 54 photovoltaic solar parks installed on the island contributed 3,885 MWh on Monday, with a maximum output of 604 MW at noon, a figure that is insufficient to offset the structural deficit that peaks during nighttime hours.
July has been one of the most critical months of the year for the electric system. On July 10, the SEN experienced its fourth total blackout of 2026, with a historic deficit of 2,341 MW and barely 935 MW available. On July 24, the deficit reached 2,315 MW, and on July 26, the outages exceeded 2,200 MW, impacting all provinces.
The crisis has structural roots that the regime refuses to acknowledge: obsolete thermoelectric plants with chronic breakdowns and severe fuel shortages. In May, Cuba had completely depleted its reserves of fuel oil and diesel, and so far this year, only two tanker ships with fuel had been officially unloaded.
Miguel Díaz-Canel has responded to the emergency with statements that have irritated the population.
On July 4, he attributed the blackouts to the American embargo and coined the phrase “ring the pots for the neighbors to the north.”
On July 10, during a tour of Havana, he simply requested to "better organize the scheduling of the outages" without announcing any concrete measures to increase generation.
The accumulated desperation has sparked a wave of street protests. In June, the Cuban Conflict Observatory recorded 107 demonstrations, nearly double the previous record, with 82 taking place in Havana alone. In July, the pot-banging protests continued in neighborhoods of the capital and in Santiago de Cuba.
This Tuesday, Yasmila Otero Heredia, a resident of the Diez de Octubre municipality, posted a video on Facebook demanding explanations from the leaders regarding the water outages and blackouts, further illustrating the frustration that is spreading across the island.
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