Power Outages

A study by the Honduran private-sector council found that blackouts and electrical interruptions cost businesses approximately L1.2 billion (about $48 million) a year, with small firms hit hardest, as the government pushes energy-sector reforms.

ENEE manager Guillermo Peña cited insufficient investment and maintenance of the electricity grid as the root cause of Honduras's recurring power outages.

The Tegucigalpa Chamber of Commerce called for structural reforms to Honduras's electricity system, saying chronic outages and service failures at the state utility ENEE are harming businesses and threatening the country's competitiveness.

The National Electric Company's manager said ongoing blackouts across western Honduras stem from system instability rooted in insufficient investment and maintenance over time.

The state power utility ENEE will cut electricity to several neighborhoods in San Pedro Sula on Sunday, June 21, for two separate maintenance windows on transmission lines—7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and noon to 3 p.m.

Honduras's private sector says chronic blackouts cause direct losses exceeding 1.2 billion lempiras (about $48 million) per year in lost production, calling for structural energy reforms rather than temporary fixes.

Residents of Ocotepeque blocked part of the CA-4 highway to demand that national power utility ENEE fix chronic blackouts causing economic losses and daily disruptions across the department.

The state utility ENEE will cut power across industrial parks, commercial centers, and neighborhoods in San Pedro Sula on June 16 from 8:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. for maintenance work on two distribution circuits serving the Bermejo substation.

The national utility ENEE will cut power to various areas of Honduras on Saturday, June 13, for scheduled grid maintenance and upgrades, with outages lasting up to six hours in affected zones.

The state power utility ENEE has scheduled power cuts across Puerto Cortés, Ocotepeque, Copán, Olancho, El Paraíso, and Francisco Morazán on June 11 for preventive maintenance, infrastructure upgrades, and transmission-line clearing.

Frequent blackouts are crippling Honduras's micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, with the sector reporting estimated daily losses of 15 million lempiras (about $600,000) as outages lasting up to six hours halt production and sales.

The state electricity company ENEE announced planned power cuts on June 4 in multiple regions including Tegucigalpa, Nacaome, Peña Blanca, La Lima, and Colón for scheduled maintenance, tree trimming, and equipment upgrades.

Honduras's power utility has announced scheduled outages across multiple zones on June 3 for maintenance work.

Honduras's state power utility ENEE will cut electricity in parts of the Santa Rosa de Copán and Puerto Cortés areas on Tuesday, June 2, for preventive maintenance, vegetation control, and infrastructure repairs on distribution lines.

The national power utility announced scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs Friday, June 12, affecting neighborhoods across Tegucigalpa, Comayagüela, and the north coast during different hours, including the National Stadium and major commercial zones.

Honduras's state utility ENEE announced planned outages for May 23 affecting circuits in the Francisco Morazán department due to scheduled maintenance work.