By Laura Mor on October 22, 2024 from Havana
Havana’s main water pumping and purifying facility. photo: Bill Hackwell
Empresa Eléctrica UNE reported through its usual Telegram channel the reestablishment of the electric system in the Cuban capital, after a new total nationwide disconnection suffered yesterday.
Yesterday at 4:01 pm (local time), Havana’s electricity service was fully restored, according to the report issued by the company, although some breakdowns and minor damages persist in some neighborhoods.
Work is still being carried out to solve these problems as soon as possible to guarantee a stable supply to the population.
However, the impossibility of maintaining constant flows in the acquisition of fuel necessary for the operation and maintenance of the country’s thermoelectric power plants continues to be an aggravating factor in the current situation regarding the sustainability of the electric service, beyond the announced reestablishment. Until the blockade is ended once and for all and Cuba is allowed to trade normally with the world this types of crisis will re occur.
We must always remember that Cuba is going through an energy crisis, caused by this lack of raw material acquisition in the international market; directly caused by the existence of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States and its extraterritorial nature, as was denounced by President Miguel Díaz-Canel in his last public appearance.
The water supply system in Havana has also been affected by the energy contingency, since it practically depends on electric energy, which led to the adoption of strategies to sustain basic issues in the aqueduct systems.
In this sense, the Empresa Aguas de La Habana reported on the prioritization of basic services to hospitals and other critical places; meanwhile work furiously continues in order to guarantee that the total supply will be available for the population.
Source: Cuba en Resumen