Let's not take Maduro at his word, he's great at playing the victim to hide their corruption. Venezuela has been in an energy crisis since 2009 with rationing still happening everywhere in the country except in Caracas [1] big part of it from the Odebrecht corruption scandal [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_crisis_in_Venezuela

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odebrecht_case#Venezuela