An electrical emergency struck Cuba as the Mariel thermoelectric plant, Regla plant, and Energas Boca de Jaruco went offline due to breakdowns, according to a post on X by MagJorgeCastro shared within the 3-hour window from 5:16 PM to 8:16 PM UTC on December 16, 2025. The X post, marked as urgent, stated that the breakdowns took the three facilities out of the electrical system and requested comments from users on their current power service status. No official statements from Cuban authorities were reported in the sources during this period confirming the scope or cause of the outages.
