Transmission-line failure partially disconnects eastern Cuba
The interruption occurred at midday on the 220-kilovolt link between Nuevitas and Las Tunas; UNE did not specify its full scope.
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A failure caused a partial disconnection of Cuba’s National Electric System in the eastern region on Saturday. The incident occurred at 12:46 p.m. on a 220-kilovolt transmission line linking Nuevitas and Las Tunas.
The Electric Union said the disruptions were concentrated in the east, where about 3.4 million people live. The company did not specify how many provinces were affected or the interruption’s exact scale.
Hours earlier, UNE had forecast outages affecting up to 60 percent of the country during Saturday’s peak-demand period because of insufficient available generating capacity.