Brigades are working in Cuba to restore power serviceBrigades with professionals of the electric company from several Cuban provinces remain on Wednesday in the western territories affected by the passage of Hurricane Ian, category three out of five on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Havana, Cuba.- According to the official account of the Unión Electrica on Twitter, the goal is restoring that service in Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Havana, and Mayabeque and, in parallel, the promotion of actions to reverse the total collapse of the system on Tuesday afternoon.

Previously, this institution belonging to the Ministry of Energy and Mines reported on the creation of isolated micro-systems with distributed generation generators and the restitution of power to consumers in 25 circuits in the capital.

They announced the restoration of service in areas of Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo, and the power supply to the Ernesto Guevara, Antonio Guiteras, Diez de Octubre and Lidio Ramón Pérez power plants.

According to this company, so far they have recovered 224 Megawatts (MW) and maintained the process of creating microsystems for the subsequent synchronization of the rest of the generating units, prepared for their incorporation into the Power Grid. (PL)