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ENEE announced scheduled power cuts on September 4 affecting dozens of communities in Comayagua (8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.) and parts of San Pedro Sula (8:45 a.m.–2:45 p.m.).

ENEE has announced scheduled power cuts on September 3 in Santa Bárbara, Cortés, and Ocotepeque departments from early morning through mid-afternoon for maintenance work, equipment removal, and contractor projects.

The national utility ENEE announced scheduled power outages on September 1 across Choloma (8:45 a.m.–2:45 p.m.), Yoro and Santa Cruz de Yojoa (9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.), and Tegucigalpa (8:10 a.m.–4:10 p.m.) for grid maintenance and equipment installation.

ENEE will cut power Monday, August 31 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Tegucigalpa neighborhoods and 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. in Choloma for scheduled distribution-network maintenance.

The national electric utility (ENEE) will cut power on August 25 in neighborhoods across Francisco Morazán, Comayagua, and Cortés departments for maintenance, equipment installation, and private-company work, with outages lasting 6 hours in most areas.

Honduras's national power utility (ENEE) has scheduled outages for August 22 in Copán, El Paraíso, and Francisco Morazán departments, with cuts beginning between 8:20 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and lasting up to seven hours for maintenance work.

The government is delivering 126 excavators, graders, and tractors to 81 municipalities in a first phase worth $18 million, part of a broader $178 million program to improve roads, emergency response, and drought-affected areas.

Honduras's national utility ENEE has scheduled maintenance outages on August 19 affecting neighborhoods in Francisco Morazán, Cortés, Intibucá, Copán, and Santa Bárbara, with most cuts lasting roughly six hours between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The national utility ENEE will cut power in sectors of El Paraíso, Intibucá, Francisco Morazán, and Valle on August 18 and 19 for scheduled maintenance of distribution lines.

The Property Institute plans to begin distributing metal license plates to roughly one million vehicles currently operating with temporary three-month permits in the final quarter of 2026, with owners paying 500 lempiras (about $20) per plate.

The European Union is offering up to €500 million (over L15.4 billion) to strengthen electricity transmission infrastructure in Honduras and Central America, including technical assistance, financing from the European Investment Bank, and technology transfer from European firms.

Infrastructure Secretary Aníbal Ehrler says landowners who bought property at $40–$50 per vara (about 33 square meters) are now demanding $350 per vara for expropriation, calling the markup excessive for public projects.

The national power company will cut electricity across neighborhoods in three departments on August 15 for transmission-line maintenance and private company work, with outages lasting seven to eight hours depending on location.

The government has allocated over L1.05 billion (about $42 million) in construction and supervision contracts for pothole repair and rehabilitation of the national road network under an emergency decree, though sectors are demanding proof of work quality following recent rains.

The national power utility ENEE has scheduled maintenance and vegetation-clearing work resulting in power cuts in Valle, Olancho, El Paraíso, Comayagua, Cortés, Yoro, Copán, Atlántida, and Colón on August 13, with outages lasting from roughly 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in affected zones.

Honduras's state electricity company is launching three public tenders to hire over 400 work crews to combat energy theft, install meters, manage disconnections, and maintain the power grid, following the end of a three-year loss-reduction program that failed to meet its goals.

The first shipment of heavy machinery, including Caterpillar soil compactors, arrived at Puerto Henecán as part of a $244 million government program to distribute 2,100 pieces of equipment across all 298 municipalities for road and infrastructure work.

The national power utility ENEE will cut electricity on August 9 for scheduled maintenance on substations, distribution lines, and power transformers across neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa and Cortés, with outages running from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. depending on location.

Construction of a 140-meter bridge over the Uyuca fault on the CA-6 Eastern Corridor highway continues, with crews focusing on foundation and drainage work; the project is expected to improve safety and connectivity between Tegucigalpa and Danlí and will create over 250 jobs.

The National Congress authorized 371 construction and supervision contracts totaling L2.4 billion (about $96 million) to restart stalled education, road, and water-supply projects across 40 municipalities, most halted from the previous administration.

The national electricity utility ENEE announced scheduled power cuts on August 6 across Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Olancho, and Valle for routine circuit maintenance, with outages lasting four to six hours in affected neighborhoods.

The National Roads and Transportation Authority is analyzing a plan to restrict low-displacement motorcycles (150–250 cubic centimeters) from major highways outside urban areas, according to the agency's director.

The national utility ENEE will cut power on August 4 across neighborhoods in Yoro, Cortés, Santa Bárbara, Copán, and Ocotepeque for scheduled maintenance work on electrical circuits, with outages lasting four to six hours depending on the zone.

Honduras will deploy license plates embedded with radio-frequency identification technology and install 40 electronic readers nationwide to track vehicles, reduce the 990,000 unregistered cars currently on roads, and strengthen law-enforcement and border controls.

Finance Secretary Emilio Hércules announced the government will provide $120 million to strengthen ENEE's operational capacity and infrastructure, while the utility launches a bond program with a 16 billion lempira ceiling to pay accumulated supplier debts through weekly disbursements.

ENEE announced planned maintenance cutoffs for July 30 affecting Copán, Francisco Morazán, Valle, and Olancho, with specific neighborhoods in the capital and municipalities in each region experiencing interruptions of 5–7 hours starting in the morning.

Honduras's National Congress approved two cross-border electricity contracts to buy 80 megawatts—50 from Panama and 30 from Nicaragua—at 8 cents per kilowatt-hour to help address the national power deficit.

The Infrastructure Ministry officially took over the El Tablón multipurpose project from the national utility, which aims to generate electricity, supply water, and control flooding while ensuring continuity of technical, administrative, and contracting work.

Honduras spent more than 1.05 billion lempiras (about $42 million) on pothole repairs, pavement rehabilitation, and maintenance of 2,702 kilometers of roads under a one-year road emergency decree declared in February 2026, with ten contractors handling 56 projects nationwide.

ENEE has scheduled maintenance-related power cuts across multiple regions on August 25, affecting Siguatepeque, Sabanagrande, and San Pedro Sula among others, with outages lasting between two and eight hours.