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Energy Minister Eduardo Oviedo says the state power utility needs at least $6 billion in coming years to improve service quality and cut losses, and he expects Congress to pass enabling reforms when lawmakers return.

Dante Mossi, former president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, says the government lacks a public strategy to manage ENEE's $1 billion debt to power generators, a $700 million sovereign bond due in January 2027, and roughly $3 billion in stalled infrastructure projects including roads, dams, and hospitals.

The Liberal Party introduced a counterproposal for electricity-sector reform that would restructure ENEE using state-controlled public companies instead of private commercial entities, aiming to strengthen operational efficiency while maintaining state control.

The national power utility ENEE announced scheduled electrical outages on Wednesday, July 15, across eight departments including Atlántida, Yoro, and Cortés from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for maintenance work on transmission lines and distribution circuits.

The head of Honduras's business association warns that the state power utility ENEE has 122 billion lempiras ($4.9 billion) in liabilities against 54 billion in assets, and risks having to return to costly diesel generation unless Congress approves new energy legislation and competitive bidding within months.

The state utility ENEE announced scheduled power cuts in several neighborhoods of Choloma, Cortés, from 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. on July 13 for transmission-line maintenance.

A Libre congressman said the opposition party supports modernizing Honduras's state power company ENEE but rejects its division into separate corporations, signaling a key policy divide between parties over the utility's future structure.

The state power utility ENEE will cut electricity to multiple neighborhoods and institutions across Tegucigalpa on Sunday, July 12, from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for transmission-line construction work.

Finance Secretary Emilio Hernández Hércules said Honduras is proceeding with an open auction of the presidential aircraft and plans to issue up to 16 billion lempiras (about $640 million) in bonds, with proceeds aimed at paying accumulated debts to electricity generators and addressing the state power utility's financial crisis.

An economist at Honduras's national university says the state power utility's financial crisis, unresolved across multiple administrations, risks becoming unsalvageable if deterioration continues.

The president of Honduras's National Association of Industrialists says Congress should approve an energy-sector reform bill quickly, with a 20-year validity period, arguing that depoliticizing the issue and pursuing it on technical grounds will unlock investment and jobs.

A National Party congressman says proposed reforms to Honduras's energy law aim to rescue the state utility ENEE from financial collapse—it loses about 1.5 billion lempiras monthly—and denies the measure includes privatization, calling reports of a selloff false.

The national power company will cut electricity on July 11 from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. across numerous neighborhoods and commercial zones in Tegucigalpa and surrounding areas for preventive maintenance at two major substations.

Roberto Díaz del Valle, a leading hotel operator, says rising electricity tariffs are squeezing operating costs and threatening hotel revenues, while warning that reforms to energy law alone will not solve ENEE's crisis.

The state electricity company has scheduled power cuts across five departments on July 10 for grid maintenance, with outages lasting between two and eight hours depending on the region.

Congresswoman Marixa Julín (PINU-SD) said Honduras's power crisis demands reform, noting that companies owe the state power utility nearly 20 billion lempiras ($800 million) and that outdated contracts dating to the 1990s energy crisis must be renegotiated to protect consumers and reduce losses.

Former ENEE chief Erick Tejada accused the current utility head of signaling a government drive to privatize Honduras's electricity sector, citing France, Costa Rica, and other nations as examples of successful public energy systems.

The organization Sendas warned that Honduras's planned electricity-sector reform needs a dedicated, autonomous administrator with real decision-making power to implement structural changes, noting that fragmented responsibility across multiple agencies and weak institutional continuity have hindered past efforts.

Frequent blackouts across Honduras are causing daily losses to small and medium-sized businesses, with some municipalities reporting up to 14 outages daily and Congress stalled on energy reforms.

The national utility ENEE will cut power on July 9 across parts of Colón, Cortés, El Paraíso, and Olancho for seven to nine hours of distribution-network maintenance, affecting residential, commercial, industrial, and rural zones.

The private-sector business council estimates that power outages—averaging 21,200 hours of unmet demand annually—cost Honduras about L1.2 billion (roughly $48 million) per year in lost productivity, equipment damage, and generator expenses, while the government pushes stalled reforms to strengthen the state electricity utility.

Edgar Aguilar of the Association for a More Just Society (ASJ) says proposed reforms to rescue the state power company ENEE lack fundamental components, while the ASJ has separately presented its own proposals to restructure ENEE's debt and reduce its financial burden.

Honduras's state power utility ENEE has announced widespread outages on July 7 affecting Colón, Santa Bárbara, Cortés, Copán, Francisco Morazán, and Olancho departments between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for scheduled maintenance work.

Defensores de Honduras called on the government and Congress to treat the end of TPS for Honduran migrants and a nearly 12% electricity rate hike as national emergencies requiring urgent policy responses.

A think tank says Honduras's state power utility loses about 15 billion lempiras (roughly $600 million) a year, blamed on political interference rather than operational needs, as Congress debates an overhaul bill opposed by some lawmakers who fear weakening the company's market role.

Economist Amparo Canales warns that rising electricity rates risk setting off cascading inflation and further increasing the cost of living for Hondurans.

The Tegucigalpa municipal government and the state power company are removing unused cables from poles along the historic center's main streets between the San Rafael bridge and near the Health Ministry, aiming to improve urban appearance and reduce hazards.

The state power utility ENEE will conduct maintenance and grid improvements across Tegucigalpa from July 6 to 10, cutting electricity to dozens of neighborhoods, hospitals, schools, and businesses during working hours each day.

Amparo Canales, former president of Honduras's College of Economists, says energy reforms will require foreign investment and must avoid politicization, while improving the state power company ENEE's efficiency and protecting its assets from privatization.

A transformer installed during the Castro administration will be connected to reduce blackouts in the southern departments of Valle and Choluteca, according to Libre congressman Fabricio Sandoval.