Where is the uninterrupted power supply in the Caracas base station room

Venezuela's power grid relies heavily on the Guri Dam, a giant hydroelectric power station that was inaugurated in the late 1960s. While the engineers who planned Venezuela's current power grid imagined the Guri Dam would supply about 60 percent of the country's electricity, today it is believed to supply a whopping 80 percent.

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While the engineers who planned Venezuela's current power grid imagined the Guri Dam would supply about 60 percent of the country's electricity, today it is believed to supply a whopping 80 percent. The remaining 20 percent comes predominately from thermoelectric power stations.

As it approaches a full week, Venezuela's national power outage shows just how hard it is to restart a grid from scratch. Crews attempting to deal with black-starting a frail and brittle grid like the one in Venezuela also face major safety considerations, like explosions. MATIAS DELACROIX/AFP/Getty Images

Decisions dating back two decades have brought about a dramatic decline in the generating capacity and reliability of the Venezuelan electricity system. Progressively worse blackouts since 2010 culminated in a week-long outage in early 2019. Load-shedding has been used to ration power supplies, further damaging infrastructure.

Government statements and reports indicate that the blackout stems from a problem at the enormous Guri dam hydropower plant in eastern Venezuela, which generates 80 percent of the country's electricity. And the already arduous process of restoring power seems hobbled by years of system neglect.