The energy councils of several provinces in Cuba have adopted new regulations and restrictions on the use of electrical energy for the economic and residential sectors.
The information, disseminated through state media, refers to a “critical energy situation” on the island that has forced the implementation of new savings provisions aimed at the economic and residential sectors.
Some of the measures enunciated by the Provincial Energy Council in the provinces of Cienfuegos and Villa Clara are:
- Partially or totally stop productions and services that are not basic during the hours of 11 am to 1 pm and 6 pm to 10 pm.
- Air conditioning of premises will be allowed only between 8 am and 11 am, with the exception of those that support technological systems.
- Adjust work hours with the aim of moving it away from peak hours (11 am – 1 pm; 5 pm – 9 pm) and adopt remote work or teleworking.
- Pump water to the population outside of peak night hours.
- Turn off all electric ovens during peak hours.
- Disconnect refrigerators, refrigeration equipment and cold rooms during peak hours, as long as it does not affect the products.
MEASURES CRITICAL SITUATION IN CUBA
“So to save money we paralyze the country? Workers in the electrical sector must be motivated, there are no qualified personnel in thermoelectric plants, everyone has looked for other alternatives in the face of the economic crisis,” wrote a user on the profile of journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso.
The Cuban TV reporter responded that “the issue is more about fuel than thermoelectric plants.”
“Measures like these greatly affect the private services sector… they are detrimental to the income of the FGNE, which in turn harms salaries and investments,” claimed another person.
The “new energy situation” is evidently linked to fuel problems and not to the release or maintenance of thermoelectric plants.
The Antonio Guiteras thermal power plant in Matanzas synchronized the national electro-energy system at 9:15 a.m. this Monday. Despite its entry, the Unión Eléctrica predicted a deficit of over 500 megawatts for the night, “as a consequence largely of the low availability of fuels for distributed generation,” explained Matanzas journalist José Miguel Solís.
Cuban Directory was able to know that the problem with fuel even affects the tourist services offered to foreigners. “There is no fuel even for the buses on the key. The workers have to travel on transportation from other municipalities, with the staff standing on the buses,” they told our page.
