Red Eléctrica: Outage And New Scrutiny Under The Montoro Scandal

Red Eléctrica, Spain’s nationalist grid operator, is nether renewed scrutiny this July pursuing a reappraisal of past contracts pinch a patient linked to erstwhile finance curate Cristóbal Montoro, positive a abstracted strategy nonaccomplishment that forced emergency measures overnight connected Thursday, July 17.

Contract reappraisal amid Montoro links

The Redeia Group, which owns Red Eléctrica, has launched a reappraisal into its master narration pinch Equipo Económico, a consultancy founded by ex-finance curate Cristóbal Montoro, aft media reports highlighted €1.39 cardinal successful payments made betwixt 2010 and 2015.

According to El Periódico de la Energía, Redeia said it is “analysing, successful statement pinch its supplier codification of conduct, nan master narration pinch Equipo Económico, specifically during nan play reported by nan media, betwixt 2010 and 2015.”

Though Red Eléctrica’s sanction appears successful nan investigation, Redeia insists it “has not received immoderate connection aliases petition from nan tribunal investigating nan case,” and added that it “reserves nan correct to enactment and make decisions astatine each levels to sphere nan interests of nan company, its investors, and its bully name.”

Red Eléctrica’s 4-hour emergency aft outage

Separately, Red Eléctrica confirmed that it was forced into emergency operations for astir 4 hours early Thursday morning, July 17, aft its 2 main power systems went offline.

The outage occurred betwixt midnight and 4:00 americium and prompted nan institution to move to a backup strategy to support grid stability.

Industry sources cited “erroneous measurements” crossed cardinal systems arsenic nan logic for nan failure, though nan guidelines origin remains unknown.

Balearic Islands relationship moves ahead

Meanwhile, Red Eléctrica has finalised nan onshore way for a 2nd undersea powerfulness relationship betwixt mainland Spain and nan Balearic Islands. The caller way was agreed upon aft consultations pinch location authorities and section residents successful Alcúdia, Mallorca.

The redesign intends to trim disruption to residential areas by utilizing nationalist roads and highways. Redeia president Beatriz Corredor joined Balearic and nationalist authorities officials to coming nan scheme astatine Alcúdia Town Hall.

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