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Honduras's state power company announced scheduled maintenance cuts on Monday, October 26, affecting multiple neighborhoods in Puerto Cortés, Omoa, Cortés, Quimistán, and Santa Bárbara from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Municipal authorities and the national utility inspected the Unión y Esfuerzo market in the Alemán neighborhood to assess upgrades to roofing, electrical wiring, and transformers serving about 100 vendors and shoppers from surrounding districts.

Economist Fredy Tejada cautioned that Honduras faces obstacles in its sixth IMF agreement review, citing high current spending, budget execution below 50%, unfulfilled commitments to cut public-sector payroll, persistent inflation, and ongoing losses at the state electricity company.

The government froze electricity rates to prevent a 20% surge from power contracts signed by the previous administration, shielding household budgets and the economy while recent rainfall boosts hydroelectric generation.

The state power utility ENEE announced an emergency outage in three neighborhoods of Balfate, Colón, on Saturday October 24 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ENEE will cut power across multiple zones in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and Colón on October 23 for maintenance, with blackouts lasting between four and eight hours in each affected area.

The STENEE electrical workers' union says the International Monetary Fund's evaluation of Honduras should build on the recent power-sector reform law, which the union argues removed legal barriers to needed institutional investment and allowed ENEE to establish internal oversight and a structured loss-reduction plan.

ENEE announced planned electricity cuts across eight departments on October 22 for maintenance work, with outage windows varying by zone throughout the day.

René Alfaro, a former ENEE administrator, says Honduras's energy reforms have not yet produced tangible results and warns that tying financing to five-year loss-reduction targets lacks technical clarity and could hamper the state power utility's recovery.

Honduras's state power utility will forgive 100% of accumulated electricity debt—including penalties and interest—for low-income residential customers with average monthly consumption up to 250 kWh, under Article 20 of the Energy Justice Law approved in August.

Three weeks after Honduras's new Energy Justice Law took effect, a monitoring report finds only one of 42 required tasks completed, with losses at the state utility ENEE rising to 34.4% and a critical energy auction delayed to early 2027.

Honduras's state electricity utility ENEE has begun forgiving accumulated electric bills, penalties, and interest for low-income residential customers with monthly consumption of 250 kilowatt-hours or less, applying the Energy Justice Law.

An ASJ watchdog report warns that energy losses at Honduras's state power company have risen to 34.4%, a major 1,500-megawatt energy tender already delayed to 2027 risks supply shortages, and the three successor companies can absorb only a fifth of a 143.8-billion-lempira debt.

A utility pole carrying high-voltage lines snapped and fell on Monday morning in Tegucigalpa's peripheral ring near Zarahemla neighborhood, leaving about five nearby residential areas and businesses without power.

The state utility ENEE will cut power to parts of Tegucigalpa, Comayagüela, and areas in Choluteca and El Paraíso on October 19 for scheduled substation maintenance and circuit equipment upgrades.

The national power utility ENEE announced scheduled outages on October 18 in three coastal regions for up to 8 hours to carry out grid maintenance, tree trimming, and replacement of corroded insulators.

Honduras's state power utility reduced its arrears to energy generators from over L16 billion to L7.4 billion (about $296 million) through payments exceeding L9 billion since April, while beginning to forgive residential customer debts under a new energy-justice law that could benefit up to 80,000 families.

The state power utility ENEE will cut electricity to multiple neighborhoods and commercial zones in San Pedro Sula on October 17 for scheduled maintenance, with outages lasting between four and six hours.

Honduras's state electric company (Enee) loses approximately L8.8 billion (roughly $352 million) in the first half of 2026 due to theft, technical losses, and billing failures, forcing the government to subsidize tariffs rather than pass costs to consumers.

The state utility ENEE will cut power in parts of Colón, Lepaterique, and the capital district on October 16 for scheduled maintenance, affecting customers for roughly 8 hours during the morning and early afternoon.

Fourteen of Honduras's twenty electrical circuits with the highest losses are concentrated in the Sula Valley, together accounting for 2.09 billion lempiras in the first half of 2026, a problem experts say must be tackled as a priority to stabilize the national power system.

ENEE is scheduling power cuts from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00–5:30 p.m. on October 15 in Olancho and Colón departments for routine maintenance work affecting dozens of villages and neighborhoods.

In the first six months of 2026, Cortés—Honduras's industrial heartland—lost 3.5 billion lempiras (about $140 million) to electricity theft, equipment losses, and technical faults, representing nearly 40% of the nation's 8.8 billion lempira total energy loss.

ENEE will conduct maintenance and electrical infrastructure work on Wednesday, October 14, causing outages lasting up to eight hours in multiple departments including Francisco Morazán, El Paraíso, Atlántida, Cortés, Santa Bárbara, Valle, and Choluteca.

The government will temporarily absorb a 33.5% increase in Utila's average electricity rate, which rose from L 11.20 to L 14.95 per kilowatt-hour, to prevent the hike from reaching residents and businesses.

Congress president Tomás Zambrano ordered the national power utility to implement a debt-forgiveness program for approximately 80,000–100,000 low-consumption households (under 250 kilowatts) without additional requirements beyond verifying existing debt, as mandated by the Energy Justice Law passed in August.

The state power utility ENEE has scheduled outages on October 12 for maintenance: Puerto Cortés (8–9 a.m., one hour) and seven neighborhoods in Choloma (8:45 a.m.–2:45 p.m., about six hours).

The national power utility ENEE reports no maintenance work or scheduled electricity cuts are planned for Sunday, October 11 across Honduras, though additional outages may be announced in coming hours.

The state power utility ENEE reports no planned blackouts for Saturday, October 10, though emergency crews remain on standby for unforeseen failures from storms, accidents, or equipment faults.

An energy analyst warns Honduras could face an unfavorable International Monetary Fund evaluation because state utility ENEE has failed to meet targets for reducing electricity distribution losses, a goal tied to the country's IMF program.