Guantanamo.- Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines announced Saturday on its X account that the National Electric Power System had been fully reconnected, extending from Pinar del Río to Guantánamo.
Just over 24 hours after the grid went offline, all of the island’s provinces had been reconnected, although efforts to restore the country’s full power-generation capacity are still underway.
The National Electric Power System collapsed Friday afternoon following a series of incidents. The disruption began when the 220-kilovolt transmission line linking the provinces of Matanzas and Cienfuegos tripped.
This triggered a subsequent trip on the transmission line connecting Matanzas, in western Cuba, with the central province of Villa Clara. Unstable weather conditions in the area further complicated the situation.
Cuba’s power system has experienced eight nationwide blackouts in 2026. However, the situation has deteriorated in recent months, with prolonged outages and frequent interruptions attributed to fuel shortages. These shortages have been linked to a U.S. government executive order issued on January 29 that blocks hydrocarbon imports into Cuba.
Since the order took effect—and amid the oil embargo—Cuba has received only one tanker: the Russian vessel Anatoly Kolodkin, which transported 100,000 tons of crude oil.
