Posted on 10/19/2024 4:57:58 PM PDT by Libloather
A massive outage left millions of Cubans without power and prompted the government Friday to implement emergency measures to slash demand, including suspending classes, shutting down some state-owned workplaces and canceling non-essential services.
Cuban officials said that the blackout, which started late Thursday, saw 1.64 gigawatts go offline during peak hours in the early evening, about half the total demand at the time.
“The situation has worsened in recent days,” Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said in a special address on national television in the early hours of Friday.
“We must be fully transparent … we have been halting economic activities to ensure energy for the population.”
During his address, Marrero was accompanied by Alfredo López, chief of the state-owned utility, UNE, who said the outage stemmed from increased demand from small- and medium-sized companies and residences’ air conditioners, as well as breakdowns in old thermoelectric plants that haven’t been properly maintained and the lack of fuel to operate some facilities.
Changes to electricity rates for small- and medium-sized companies, which have proliferated since they were first authorized by the communist government in 2021, are also being considered, Marrero said.
Marrero sought to placate people’s concerns about the outage, citing an expected influx of fuel supply from Cuba’s state-owned oil company.
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This can be cured in the next ELECTION! Oh, wait.....
Dollar to a donut that a fistful of Feral “judges” are going to give the Cubans an extra couple months to get their mail-in ballots back to the states to be counted.
They went green!
NYT Headlines: Cubans Erf First
Post 5- perfect👍
Coming soon to a country near you.
On the bright side, they don’t have winter bearing down on them as we do. They’re not likely to freeze to death.
How many communists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
None. They prefer to remain in the dark.
time for youtubers Yoel and Mari to find a broadcaster to tell of all their exploits and adventures as they came to America.
Which is the primary reason that leftists push the so-called “green” movement.
And *socialism* = democrat rule.
Kamala is busy taking notes to see how this can be done here
Yes exactly right. Socialism is the Democrat gateway drug to Communism.
Building a Cleaner, More Resilient Energy System in Cuba: Opportunities and Challenges
April 17, 2024
Six months to the day that story appeared about Cuba's ten years of chasing the dream to cleaner, more resiliant energy system darkness settled.
Who is responsible for this?
The tourist resorts likely have power... And lots of it. The tourist from Canada and Europe are living large, while your average Cuban is living in the dark.
The Canadian government under Trudeau (Fidel’s son) and other administrations have poured hundreds of millions into to the Cuban economy, and Canadian tourist have likely poured in even more money... The net result... Cuban’s live in poverty while the Castro’s live in mansions.
When do blackouts become racist?
Just like despotic regimes everywhere.
The elites have and the rest of us count less than the dog poop on the bottom of their shoes.
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