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Endesa Sets Record €10.6 Billion Plan, Ties €5.5 Billion Grid Spend to Spanish Decree

The plan depends on a royal decree lifting investment caps with full regulatory recognition.

Overview

  • Endesa reported 2025 net profit of €2.351 billion, up 18% year on year, and said it will raise its dividend by 20%.
  • The company earmarked €5.5 billion for distribution networks in 2026–2028, contingent on a government decree lifting 2013 investment limits and on full recognition of those outlays.
  • Regulatory risk remains after the CNMC set a 6.58% allowed return for the next six years, below the sector’s earlier expectations.
  • Enel’s updated group plan totals €53 billion through 2028, with about €26 billion for networks and €20 billion for renewables, concentrating roughly 21% of network capex in Spain and Portugal.
  • Endesa cites urgent grid needs, noting distribution saturation at 88% nationally and 94% for its network, approval of only 18% of new connection requests, rising data‑center demand, and a forecast of 315 TWh electricity consumption by 2030.