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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The state power utility ENEE announced no programmed outages for October 9, though it warned that unexpected service disruptions from storms, vehicle collisions with poles, and equipment failures remain possible.

The state power utility ENEE has contracted 2,073 megawatts of reliable capacity but faces a projected demand of 2,289 megawatts in 2027, requiring it to secure additional energy to prevent blackouts during peak periods from April through June.

The state utility ENEE will cut power on October 4 in dozens of communities in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortés, and Comayagua for scheduled maintenance, with outages lasting between 8 hours and 9.5 hours depending on location.

The government installed an interagency committee to implement the Energy Justice Law, with a 600-megawatt generation tender among its first actions, aiming to reduce reliance on expensive diesel plants and lower power costs.

The state electric utility ENEE will cut power to Patuca and surrounding communities in Olancho department on Saturday, October 3, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for scheduled maintenance work.

Honduras's national electricity company opened a three-month grace period for users with illegal or irregular electrical connections to formalize their service without facing administrative or criminal penalties for electricity theft.

The National Electric Company has announced an 8-hour power outage on October 3 in multiple communities across Comayagua department for routine maintenance work on a distribution circuit.

Engineer Miguel Arriaga warns Honduras's state power company faces severe financial pressure from high generation costs, reduced hydroelectric output due to drought, and years-long delays in signing new capacity contracts, leaving ENEE unable to recover over 6 billion lempiras (~$240 million) in costs over six months.

The state electricity utility announced scheduled maintenance cuts affecting multiple regions—west, north, center, south, and Atlantic coast—on October 2, with outages lasting from morning to afternoon in specific municipalities and neighborhoods.

The government announced that implementation of Honduras's Energy Justice Law will speed up with technical assistance from the Inter-American Development Bank, with a steering committee of Cabinet officials and energy agencies working to advance regulatory processes.

The state power company ENEE scheduled outages across Olancho department on October 1, mainly from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., affecting numerous towns and neighborhoods as part of planned electrical-system maintenance.

Honduras's state power utility ENEE has scheduled maintenance outages for Thursday, October 1, affecting communities in Cortés, Francisco Morazán, Choluteca, El Paraíso, and Olancho between 8:15 a.m. and 2:45 p.m., with specific times varying by location.