After the main power plant on the island, Antonio Guiteras, shut down, the nation’s grid collapsed around noon on Friday, resulting in the greatest blackout in at least two years.
Friday’s collapse was huge and noteworthy, even in a nation where the economic situation is getting worse. It happened just as Hurricane Oscar is about to hit the country on Sunday night.
Questions have been raised about the government’s attempt to regain control after attempts to restore power to the island were thwarted for the third time late on Saturday.
This followed reports of some preliminary progress.
“The national electro-energetic system was completely disconnected once more at 10.25 p.m. tonight,” the Havana Electric firm said.
Later, the corporation deleted the post from its Telegram feed.
Millions of people were still without power in the early hours of Sunday, though it was unclear why the message was taken down.
Cuba’s state energy agency stated shortly after the Havana Electric company’s post: “The electrical system restoration procedure is still complicated.
“The western subsystem experienced another disconnection at approximately 10.15 p.m.
