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Spain Keeps Reinforced Grid Operation After Blackout as Costs Hit €486 Million

Consumer bills are rising because the grid is running in a costlier reinforced mode to guarantee stability after April’s outage.

Overview

  • Redeia’s Beatriz Corredor disclosed €486 million in extra system costs through November, passed mainly to regulated PVPC customers at about €0.04 per day, roughly €86.4 over the period.
  • Red Eléctrica anticipates an additional hit of around €100 per regulated household in 2025, with about 8 million customers on PVPC and many other retail contracts referencing that price.
  • Corredor said none of the overcosts flow to the system operator’s results and instead accrue to power generators, as the reinforced setup relies more on conventional plants and fewer renewables.
  • The operator set no end date for the reinforced regime, tying any rollback to a certified explanation of an anomalous 12:03 oscillation traced to a photovoltaic plant in Badajoz and to verified compliance by generators.
  • CNMC’s temporary measures are in force and operation procedure 7.4 to penalize non‑compliance is slated to take effect on January 1, while technical restrictions have risen to about 20% of costs in November after peaking near 40% in May.