On January 28, “a breakdown in unit 5 of the Diez de Octubre Thermoelectric Plant in Nuevitas” caused a blackout affecting around half of Cuba. In addition, unit 2 in Felton has been out of service since 2022 and generation units at the Santa Cruz del Norte, Cienfuegos and Renté thermoelectric plants are undergoing maintenance. Furthermore, the fuel shortage prevents generating 348 MW with generator sets.[1]
Unrelated, “the Cuban government collected more than five million pesos in Matanzas by last week, through more than 2,000 fines, as a result of more than 13,000 control actions. . . . Of the total of 262 fines imposed by the Provincial Inspection Directorate, with an amount of more than one million pesos, 148 of them respond to non-compliance with pricing policies, with fines amounting to more than 800,000 pesos.”[2]
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[1] The Nuevitas Thermoelectric Plant breaks down and half of Cuba is in blackout, Diario de Cuba (Jan. 28, 2025). https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1738096729_59642.html
[2] The crusade against the private sector continues: the Government collects more than five million pesos in fines in Matanzas, Diario de Cuba (Jan. 23, 2025).
