Cuba restores national power grid after 29-hour blackout
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Cuba reconnected its national power grid and brought the Antonio Guiteras oil-fired power plant back online, ending a nationwide blackout that lasted more than 29 hours and affected about 10 million people.
Why it matters
Sustaining electricity supply will remain difficult because generation capacity is well below demand due to chronic fuel shortages and ageing plants. Limited inbound fuel shipments and threats by the United States to penalize third-party fuel suppliers increase uncertainty about future deliveries and system reliability.
Implications
- • Cuba's state electricity utility must prioritize limited generation for hospitals, water treatment, and other essential services and continue planned rolling outages to balance supply and demand.
- • Cuba's national fuel import coordinators must secure additional fuel deliveries or alternative fuel sources to prevent recurring nationwide blackouts.
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