Overview
- The Energy Ministry reported a total interruption of the national electrical system overnight between Saturday and Sunday.
- The Cuban Electric Union attributed the outage to a malfunction at the Nuevitas plant in Camagüey province.
- Repair teams have begun work to reactivate the grid, but officials have not said when service will be fully restored.
- Recent weeks have brought several large, sometimes prolonged outages that have disrupted transport, healthcare services, and food storage.
- Reporting links the worsening power situation to aging, poorly maintained plants and to tightened fuel supplies described as a U.S. fuel blockade.