National Electric System

Writer Pablo Socorro: Five years after 11J, the regime "continues to repress, but now with more ferocity and fear"

The regime celebrates "World Population Day": "We reaffirm our commitment to the well-being of our people."

Energy crisis interrupts radio and television signal in Matanzas

Bruno Rodríguez throws another tantrum: "The new disconnection from the SEN is a direct consequence of the energy blockade."

UNE announces partial reconnection of the National Electric System from Santa Clara to Holguín while the risk of another nationwide blackout persists

Collapse in the Western microsystem complicates the restoration of the SEN after the fourth total blackout of 2026

Marrero attributes the new national blackout to the embargo and questions whether Cuba is experiencing a "genocide."

A fault on the Santa Clara to Sancti Spíritus line caused a disconnection from the National Electric System, reports Unión Eléctrica

"Tomorrow is July 11": Cubans react to the new drop of the SEN

"With what current?": Cubans respond to Tele Rebelde's announcement about the quarter-finals of the World Cup

Havana abandons block blackout management and moves to circuit-based administration

Díaz-Canel calls to "better organize" the blackouts amid an energy crisis

At least 24 detained following protest in Luyanó: Aguilera prison is overwhelmed

Cuba breaks another blackout record: 2,341 MW affected, and another critical day is expected this Thursday

Cuban journalist erupts against the government: "I want to see who dares to ask me for more creative resistance."

"Five Days Without Electricity": Cubans Facing Possible Start of the Guiteras

Cubana de Aviación repeats the condition to book on another special flight to Nueva Gerona

"We want freedom, not electricity": the lights return during a massive pot-banging protest in Centro Habana

From surviving to resigning: photographer reflects on the "normalization" of the crisis in Cuba

The UNE reconnects the system, but Cuba continues to experience widespread blackouts due to a deficit of more than 2,000 MW

Cacerolazo in La Hata, Guanabacoa: residents of shelters and military buildings protest against the blackout

A Canadian reveals what they experienced during the blackout in Cuba: "You don't receive real information until hours later."

Cuban playwright: "Don't be surprised when they pass off crab as hare."

National electrical connection restored from Pinar del Río to Holguín

They plan to synchronize the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant on July 9 after maintenance

The power grid is starting to recover: service restored from Mariel to Sancti Spíritus

Cuba remains in a general blackout almost 24 hours after the collapse of the National Electric System

Díaz-Canel praises UNE workers and again blames the U.S. for the nationwide blackout

Mass blackout: Cuba reports a total disconnection from the National Electric System

Five detained for stealing dielectric oil at a pumping station in Guantánamo

Record power outages in Cuba: The UNE predicts a 2,230 MW impact this Sunday during peak hours

Electricity restored at the Faculty of Medicine in Santiago de Cuba after a pot-banging protest by foreign students

Foreign students protest with pots and pans at the Faculty of Medicine in Santiago de Cuba after 24 hours without electricity

In a dark Cuba, the Latinoamericano Stadium lights up for a nightclub until dawn

At the limit: 11 thermoelectric units out of service worsen the outlook for blackouts in Cuba this Saturday

Three months without water in Colón, Matanzas: residents report an unsustainable crisis and blackouts lasting more than 72 hours

The new departure of the CTE Antonio Guiteras exacerbates the energy crisis in Cuba

"We have been sleeping on the rooftop for over a week": The struggle of a Cuban mother overwhelmed by power outages

More than 80 homes in Matanzas have been without electricity for days due to a fuse that nobody is replacing

"This is a shame": Children sleep in a doorway in Havana due to power outages

"Power outages remain unchanged": Cubans react to the battery bank in El Cotorro

"Only country where garbage collection is news": Cubans react to the start of the collection project in Havana

Cuban regime promises fewer blackouts in summer, but admits it will not meet demand

UNE boasts of an electrical "solution" in Cuba, but it will not resolve the blackouts

The dawn marathon of a Cuban mother in just three hours of excitement

Ulises Toirac is celebrating his birthday: "If I did something right, it was leaving engineering behind."

Matanzas is experiencing power outages lasting over 70 hours, with 8 substations out of service

"We have already adapted to living without electricity": The stark portrait of present-day Cuba

La Guiteras returns to the SEN, but blackouts will continue above 2,000 MW

Holguín may experience up to 50 hours without electricity, and the Electric Company requests that devices be used "gradually" when service is restored

Not even nine solar parks are enough to alleviate the electricity crisis in Ciego de Ávila

The "democratization" of blackouts in Holguín leaves most families without power for up to 40 hours

With blackouts lasting up to 50 hours, the electric grid in Sancti Spíritus is operating on the brink of collapse, acknowledge its own managers

The theft of more than a thousand liters of transformer oil exacerbates blackouts in Primero de Enero municipality, Ciego de Ávila

General Director of Electricity explains the SEN crisis: Damaged transformers and lack of diesel worsen the situation

Without solar panels, the ecomobiles of Trinidad rely on a struggling power grid

Residents of Cárdenas report a pole about to fall while the Electric Company looks the other way

Cuban woman erupts after seven days without electricity due to a transformer that exploded twice

Another dark day for Cuba: outages predicted to exceed 2,000 MW

40 plus hours without electricity: Cuban cries out in frustration and demands that no more black berets be sent to intimidate the people