Cooking Gas Shortage in Cuba Fuels Electric Demand, Deepening Energy Crisis
Top Cuban officials took to the airwaves as a shortage of cooking gas on the communist-run island prompted an unusual spike in electricity demand that's now exacerbating blackouts.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel said electricity demand is exceeding 3,500 megawatts at certain times of the day — about 250 megawatts more than usual — and outstripping the island's 1,935 megawatt capacity.
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