Overview
- Endesa, which reported the failure Thursday morning, said about 90,000 customers lost power across northern Barcelona and nearby towns.
- Technicians shifted load to other lines within minutes, reducing those without service to about 60,000 and then to roughly 49,000 as repairs advanced.
- The company later reported a full restoration following a staged recovery across affected areas.
- Endesa traced the fault to high‑voltage equipment at the Sant Andreu substation, with outages hitting Horta, Sant Gervasi, Nou Barris, Montcada i Reixac and Badalona.
- The blackout comes one year after a nationwide outage, renewing focus on how shared high‑ and medium‑voltage links can widen failures yet speed repairs through rerouting.