Nowadays, energy consumer protection must be a top priority in an energy crisis context. The State must fight energy vulnerability and energy poverty through all means. In this scenario, Law has crucial relevance to providing legal guarantees for energy access. In the Cuban legal order, energy consumer protection has new challenges and demands new perspectives. This article entitled: ‘Energy consumer in the Cuban legal system: Towards a comprehensive protection’ has, as a general objective, to determine the need of creating a comprehensive protection system that provides legal security to the energy consumer in the Cuban legal system. This article initially addresses the main general aspects of energy consumer legal protection, first referring to its historical evolution and conceptualization. It also explains the need for each State to provide a comprehensive protection system for its energy consumers, taking as reference good practices in the existing ones. Next, regulation of energy consumers is determined in the Cuban Energy Law and Policy Framework, evidencing the existence of legislative gaps to provide effective protection.

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古巴法律体系中的能源消费者：走向全面保护

如今，能源危机背景下，保护能源消费者必须成为首要任务。国家必须通过一切手段应对能源脆弱性和能源贫困。在这种情况下，法律对于为能源获取提供法律保障至关重要。在古巴的法律秩序中，能源消费者保护面临新的挑战，需要新的视角。这篇题为“古巴法律体系中的能源消费者：迈向全面保护”的文章的总体目标是确定是否需要建立一个全面的保护体系，为古巴法律体系中的能源消费者提供法律保障。本文首先阐述了能源消费者法律保护的主要一般方面，首先介绍了其历史沿革和概念化。它还解释了每个国家需要为其能源消费者提供全面的保护体系，并借鉴现有的良好做法。其次，古巴能源法和政策框架确定了对能源消费者的监管，这表明存在立法空白，无法提供有效的保护。