Overview
- The Ministry of Energy reported a total collapse of the national grid on Saturday, marking the seventh major outage in roughly 18 months.
- By Sunday afternoon, the Havana utility said electricity had returned to about two thirds of the capital as recovery work progressed.
- The state power company said a unit failure at the Nuevita thermal plant triggered a domino effect that disconnected the entire system.
- Cuba’s generation depends on eight aging thermal plants that suffer frequent breakdowns and maintenance stops, compounding systemic fragility.
- Venezuelan oil deliveries have been interrupted for more than two months and the U.S. administration has threatened sanctions on countries supplying Cuba with oil, while an international aid convoy has begun arriving with medical supplies, food, water and solar panels.