National Electric System

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

The UNE reconnects the system, but Cuba continues to experience massive blackouts due to a deficit of over 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 power plant on July 9 after maintenance

The SEN is beginning to recover: service restored from Mariel to Sancti Spíritus

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

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

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

Five arrested for theft of dielectric oil at pumping station in Guantánamo

Record power outages in Cuba: UNE forecasts a 2,230 MW impact this Sunday during peak hour

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

Foreign students protest with a saucepan demonstration 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 forecast for blackouts in Cuba this Saturday

Three months without water in Colón, Matanzas: residents report an unsustainable crisis and power outages lasting over 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 plight of a Cuban mother overwhelmed by blackouts

Over 80 homes in Matanzas have been without electricity for days due to a fuse that no one is replacing

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

"The blackouts remain the same": Cubans react to the battery bank in El Cotorro

"Only country where garbage collection makes 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 early morning marathon of a Cuban mother in just three hours of power

Ulises Toirac is celebrating his birthday: "If there's anything I did right, it was setting aside engineering."

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

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

The Guiteras returns to the SEN, but power outages will continue above 2,000 MW

Holguín goes up to 50 hours without electricity, and the Electric Company asks to use appliances "in a staggered manner" when the service is restored

Not even nine photovoltaic 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 power grid in Sancti Spíritus is operating on the brink of collapse, acknowledge its own managers

The theft of over a thousand liters of transformer oil exacerbates power outages in the 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 eco-taxis in Trinidad rely on a struggling power grid

Residents of Cárdenas report a pole on the verge of collapsing while the Electric Company looks the other way

Cuban woman explodes with anger after seven days without electricity due to a transformer that blew up twice

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

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

"Without smiles among burning trash cans": Cubans on cooking with charcoal

Another night of national darkness: Cuba anticipates blackouts of up to 2,075 MW as the electrical system hovers on the brink of collapse

Electric crisis and technical failures leave Santiago de Cuba with water cycles of up to 40 days

An elderly woman with a cane is collecting signatures in Havana against power outages and electrical inequality

The Government of Las Tunas denies the rumor about blackouts lasting until 2027, but the transformer crisis keeps the controversy alive

Twenty-seven days without water and up to three without electricity: the ordeal of the Real Campiña community in Cienfuegos

40 hours of blackout in Playa: Residents report inequitable distribution of electricity in Havana

Cuba is facing power outages this Thursday that will exceed 2,000 MW during peak hour

The Guiteras will be out of the SEN for at least five more days

"Brothers in Arms": The UNE's message to CUPET that has sparked criticism from Cubans on social media

He bought a tube of picadillo in Cuba to eat and this is what he found: "Look at this."

Electric Company reorganizes blackouts in Santiago de Cuba: blocks will have only one or two hours of electricity per day

They promise to "bring electricity" to neighborhoods in Santiago with a bus equipped with solar panels

The National Electric System continues to plummet: blackouts of up to 2,000 MW are predicted

"They have multiple entry and exit visas": Luis Alberto García sarcastically comments on Cuban thermoelectric plants

Holguín opens station to charge equipment, just a relief amid the electricity crisis

A house catches fire in Santiago de Cuba minutes after the electricity is restored

Illegal electrical connections detected in Guantánamo amid blackouts lasting up to 20 hours