{"id":17045,"date":"2026-08-03T11:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=17045"},"modified":"2026-08-03T11:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:01:55","slug":"cuba-experiences-total-disconnection-of-the-national-electrical-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/cuba-experiences-total-disconnection-of-the-national-electrical-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Experiences Total Disconnection of the National Electrical System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10759 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UNE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UNE.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/UNE-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/>Guantanamo.- On Sunday night at 10:43 p.m., Cuba suffered another total disconnection of its National Electrical System (SEN), according to reports from the Electric Union\u2019s social media channels.<\/p>\n<p>This event followed a partial blackout in western Cuba the previous day caused by simultaneous trips in the 220 kV transmission lines linking Matanzas to Cienfuegos and Matanzas to Santa Clara. These faults resulted in a division of the SEN and power outages affecting the western region.<\/p>\n<p>The National Electric Union (UNE) is currently executing system restoration protocols to stabilize and recover the grid. According to the Ministry of Energy and Mines\u2019 latest updates on Facebook, several power generation units are either starting up or prepared to begin operations as soon as conditions permit:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Units 1 and 2 at CTE Santa Cruz<br \/>\n&#8211; Units 5 and 8 at CTE Mariel<br \/>\n&#8211; Unit 3 at CTE C\u00e9spedes<\/p>\n<p>Units ready to start once conditions are favorable:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Unit 6 at CTE Nuevitas<br \/>\n&#8211; Unit 1 at Felton<br \/>\n&#8211; CTE Guiteras<\/p>\n<p>Authorities continue to monitor the situation closely and work toward full restoration of service across the island. Further updates will be provided as the recovery process advances.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Cubadebate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo.- On Sunday night at 10:43 p.m., Cuba suffered another total disconnection of its National Electrical System (SEN), according to reports from the Electric Union\u2019s social media channels. This event followed a partial blackout in western Cuba the previous day caused by simultaneous trips in the 220 kV transmission lines linking Matanzas to Cienfuegos and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17046,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17045\/revisions\/17046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}