Three circuits in the province of Holguín —La Caridad, La Naza, and Nipe— reported 24 hours and 15 minutes of electrical outages at the close of the report from the Holguín Electric Company at 16:55 this Saturday, according to the Power Outage Observatory of CiberCuba.
That time represents the highest provincial impact recorded on October 31. The reports from the three circuits do not specify whether it refers to continuous or accumulated hours, nor do they clearly identify the municipality to which each belongs.
The only verifiable municipal reference available is that the La Naza circuit has previously been associated with the town of Bocas, in the municipality of Gibara. The municipalities corresponding to La Caridad and Nipe cannot be assigned with certainty without an official list from the distribution company.
The magnitude of the provincial electricity deficit became evident at 14:25 this Saturday: the supplied demand in Holguín was only 60 MW compared to a need of 240 MW, according to data attributed to the Holguín Electric Company.
The national outlook was not encouraging either. At 06:00, the National Electric System recorded 1,437 MW affected, with a availability of 900 MW against a demand of 2,343 MW. During peak hours, a maximum impact of 1,810 MW was forecasted.
The situation this Saturday is part of a pattern of prolonged interruptions that have been repeating in Holguín for weeks. The day on October 30 closed with the circuits Gibara 1 and Gibara 2 accumulating 22 hours and 28 minutes of disruption, and the provincial maximum for that day reached 23 hours and 27 minutes.
On October 17, the Holguín Electric Company formally suspended the rotation of circuits every 12 hours, citing the "complex situation of the National Electroenergetic System," and maintained supply only for the circuits that service the Lenin Hospital. The measure generated reactions of frustration among residents. "What rotation?" summarized an internet user the prevailing sentiment.
That same day, the Banes 2 circuit, Tanganica branch, had accumulated 43 hours and 15 minutes without electricity, one of the most extreme records in the province so far this year.
The underlying cause is the structural deficit between available generation and demand. The Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, warned on October 23 that Cuba does not have any fuels and does not expect to have them in the short term, and that approximately 1,000 MW of distributed generation remained inactive for that reason.
Cuba has experienced eight total disconnections from the National Electric System in 2026, the most recent occurring on September 18. The Holguín Electric Company stated that the rotation of circuits would only resume when the "base generation of the system" was restored, without specifying a date.
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