Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001843/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Dolors Montserrat (PPE)
On 28 April 2025, Spain suffered one of the worst power cuts in its recent history, during which the entire country – as well as Portugal and parts of France – was without electricity for more than 12 hours. The Spanish Government has not yet provided an explanation as to what caused the incident, nor has it assumed any political responsibility. This situation raises major concerns with regard to energy security, risk prevention and grid coordination by the network management company, Redeia, which is partly state-owned.
- 1.Has the Commission received official information from the Spanish Government on the causes of the power cut?
- 2.Does the Commission think the government’s actions have been in line with the principles of cooperation, transparency and information exchange laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/941 on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector?
- 3.Is the Commission planning to launch an investigation – to be carried out by independent experts with proven, extensive experience who are not under the influence of companies with market interests – to establish whether management failures could have caused this crisis?
Submitted: 7.5.2025
Last updated: 14 May 2025