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Caracas .- The Government of Venezuela reported this Thursday that it is carrying out «maneuvers» to stabilize and protect the National Electric System to guarantee the balance of the service, assuring that today a «hito in the demand» for electricity was reached.
«Today, May 7, 2026, we have reached a milestone in the country's electricity demand, which reached a record figure of 15,579 megawatts, the highest in the last nine years,» assured the Government in charge of Delcy Rodríguez in a statement, shared by the Minister of Communication, Miguel Pérez Pirela, on Telegram. The Executive assured that the "high temperatures" and "economic growth" are the causes of the high demand for energy, although opposition leaders have denounced for years that "corruption" and lack of maintenance have generated constant failures in the electrical system. The statement indicated that "significant strategic investments" are being made, without specifying which ones, in the infrastructure of the electrical system to strengthen the generation capacity "in the medium and long term" and respond to the national energy demand.
National Electricity System Recovery and Transformation Plan
In this context, the Government called on the private sector to responsibly use its own generation sources in the face of the high temperatures forecast for this Thursday and tomorrow Friday, and prohibited digital mining throughout the territory.We recommend reading: Venezuela reports total closure of border bridge with Colombia for 15 days
“Those who illegally make use of this activity will be sanctioned to the full extent of the law. A supervision plan is activated with the authorities and competent bodies to enforce this provision,” he warned. Starting this Friday, a national call will begin with private, industrial, academic, and scientific sectors to present the Recovery and Transformation Plan of the National Electric System, according to the statement. This Thursday, the NGO Venezuelan Program of Action Education in Human Rights (Provea) demanded that the State allocate the maximum resources to improve public services, after protests were registered in several states of the country due to electricity cuts and the supply of drinking water. In X, the organization indicated that in recent days protests have been reported in the states of Aragua, Carabobo (north), Anzoátegui, Monagas, Sucre (northeast) and Barinas (west) due to the "constant and prolonged interruptions of water and electricity services and the widespread collapse of public services". Venezuela suffers daily failures in the supply of electricity, especially in regions far from Caracas, for which the Government has blamed the opposition in the past, despite the fact that military personnel monitor the sector's facilities.
