Cuba Restores Power Grid but Daily Rolling Blackouts to Continue

Nationwide blackouts disrupted millions, with aging infrastructure and fuel shortages driving ongoing energy challenges.

Cuba's power grid was restored after a nationwide blackout left millions without electricity for several hours on Wednesday.
The latest blackout, the third in under two months, was triggered by a breakdown at the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, Cuba's largest electricity producer.
Cuban authorities announced that rolling five-hour daily blackouts will continue due to insufficient power generation capacity to meet demand.
Frequent outages are attributed to aging oil-fired power plants, reduced fuel imports from Venezuela, Russia, and Mexico, and damage from recent hurricanes Oscar and Rafael.
The energy crisis has significantly impacted daily life, with electricity essential for cooking and water pumping, and is expected to contribute to economic contraction this year.