Overview
- Testifying in the Senate, CNMC president Cani Fernández said the conclusions-and-recommendations document on the April 28 outage will not identify culprits.
- Any potential breaches will be pursued through sanctioning proceedings that provide due-process guarantees, separate from the policy report.
- CNMC proposes recovering a net €25.2–€42.5 million through a temporary charge on electricity bills for up to 12 months, based on variable-cost estimates tied to Mibgas gas prices and CO2.
- With the wholesale market suspended on April 28–29, the regulator estimated a total system impact of €34.3–€51.6 million and calculates a residual equal to roughly €0.10–€0.18 per MWh per user.
- Voltage-control Procedure 7.4 has entered into force with 60 participating facilities from about 400 applicants, CNMC is reviewing compensation levels, and it says it committed no omissions while awaiting input from the ENSOT-e expert group as consumers route service complaints to regional authorities and damages claims to ordinary courts.