The VC100 circuit, in the Havana municipality of Arroyo Naranjo, had accumulated 64 hours and six minutes of electrical disruption by 6:00 AM on Friday, October 30, according to a report from the Electric Company of Havana collected in the CiberCuba Blackouts Observatory.
The balance for that hour recorded 173 affected distribution circuits and 355 megawatts (MW) of impact in the capital, which the company attributed to a generation deficit.
The recorded duration for the VC100 is cumulative. The consulted record does not specify the computation period nor whether there were any intermediate service restorations.
In the same municipality, circuit A1695 recorded 40 hours and 22 minutes of outages. Other circuits, such as C8 from Cerro and R451 from Regla, accumulated 37 hours and 38 minutes, according to the reports collected at 6:00 in the archive of the day.
The UNE anticipates an impact of 1,990 MW for the peak
For the peak consumption period this Friday, the Electric Union (UNE) anticipates 840 MW available against a demand of 2,800 MW, resulting in a deficit of 1,960 MW and a projected impact of 1,990 MW.
The forecast is included in the official report of October 30, released by the Electric Company of Camagüey, and it depends on whether the announced conditions are maintained.
On Thursday the 29th, the outages due to lack of generation persisted for 24 hours and peaked at 2,004 MW at 7:10 PM. According to the report, the disruption continued into the early hours of Friday.
Breakdowns and maintenance limit production
The UNE reported faults in unit 1 of Santa Cruz, the Antonio Guiteras, unit 2 of Felton, and units 3 and 6 of Renté. Units 3 of Santa Cruz, 5 and 6 of Nuevitas, and unit 5 of Renté were under maintenance.
The thermal limitations reached 496 MW. For the peak, it was planned to incorporate 50 MW from unit 6 of Renté, which was in the starting process.
Cienfuegos also recognized prolonged outages
The records from Havana add to those from other provinces. On Wednesday the 28th, the Electric Company of Cienfuegos acknowledged that it would be unable to meet the scheduled rotations in the city and announced that it would provide service to circuits in the province with outage times of between 70 and 89 hours, as reported by CiberCuba.
The entity attributed the difficulties to the low availability of generation in the country and the unexpected shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant. Reports from the state-owned companies themselves describe a system that fails to meet the demand and, in areas like Cienfuegos, also does not allow for the announced rotations to be fulfilled for the population.
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